Oh what fun we have had this year

 

Emmett LOVES to read.  He likes to sit in his little rocking chair and look at his books.  When we say it is time for bed he goes into his room and climbs in his chair ready for his bedtime story.  I am so glad he loves reading, to me reading is such a wonderful adventure!

Em had his first hair cut back in January.  We have a barber that lives just down the road from us so he had his first haircut at Bob's Barber.

 

 He thought sitting in the barber chair was so cool.  He felt like a big boy!  He held still for the most part and did get mad or scared!  It was defiantly time for a haircut too, he had a mullet!  I let his mullet grow out because his hair curls at the bottom and I loved it so much.

Emmett is such a good eater.  He eats veggies and meat, the things kids don't usually like to eat.  I am SO grateful he is such a good eater.   He is a pro at using a fork and spoon and a cup without a lid (as long as he remembers he is holding his cup).  He must be a hobbit though because like in this picture he is having his second breakfast.

 The slide is one of his favorites.  He says GO before sliding down.  He also likes to stand at the top and dance, very safe I know.

 Emmett and Cyris are best buddies.  This box entertained both of them for quite some time.  Emmett always asks for Cyris first thing in the morning and follows him around all day.  Cy is such a baby that sometimes the baby is scary and he tries to run away, which only makes Emmett laugh and chase him.

 "Potty training" is going great.  I put it in quotes because we aren't officially potty training just teaching him what the potty is and to like to sit on it and recognize when he pees.  He knows already!  He pees at least once a day when we put him on the potty and when he is playing he will stop what he was doing and get on the potty and go!  Sometimes we do not get his diaper off in time but he realizes that he has to pee and then goes and sits on the potty!  I have heard so many horror stories about potty training and I feel that it is because as parents we are not teaching our kids form the beginning to listen to their bodies.  By ignoring all aspect of using the toilet until they are 2 or 3 is a detriment to potty training in the long run.  Kids only know that when you go potty you use your diaper and therefore the potty is such a scary and foreign concept.  They have not been use to listening to the signals their bodies give them about going to the bathroom and it makes it frustrating to learn.  Okay I will get off my potty training soap box now :)

A couple weeks ago we took Em out to play in the snow.

As you can see he did not enjoy it.

Emmett is such a happy, easy going boy.  The dog kennels are his little forts

 He likes to climb up on anything he can

Sometimes he gets stuck and needs some help.  He did not appreciate us grabbing the camera and taking this picture before helping him out.

 This little boy loves his Aunt Nikki and he loves his dessert!  We took him to Aggie Ice Cream and he went to town!

 He especially loves his furry buddy Cyris.

 Me and my sister Nicole are members of the An Tus Nua Irish Dance troupe and LOVE it.  We started to learn Irish step dancing when we lived in Germany and are so glad that a certified school opened up not that long ago in Cache Valley.  We had our big St. Patty's Day show this month and had so much fun!

 Em decided after the show to steal some of the leprechaun's gold!  Greg and Em were so sweet and came to both nights of the show.  Emmett is a Michael Flatly in the making, he dancing all day long now!

 He is a John Deer boy through and through, making his Great Pappy and Pappy Koontz proud :)

 Here is Emmett with his Grandma Pearce and cousin Hayzlee.  He loves to play with all his Pearces.

 Best cousin buddies!

 All the nieces and nephews had to get a picture with Aunt Lizzy before she leaves to Sumara Russia to serve a mission.  We are so proud of you Aunt Lizzy!  Em loves his Aunt Lizzy!

 Such loving Pearce siblings :)

 These two could play all night as long as Em is in a good mood.  I realized we need to work on sharing and being soft to others.

 Cyris has a pretty hard life wouldn't you agree

Greg has been so great and keeping our family running with my crazy school schedule.  He has a job interview with USU tomorrow as and engineer with the facilities department.  We are praying and crossing our fingers this is the job that has been waiting for us!

Only 9 more thin sections and the last couple pages of my final report stand between me and graduation.  I hope this chapter of our lives (school and unemployment) is about to come to an end.  In the mean time we are just having fun being together and helping each other with our responsibilities.  I love me family SO INCREDIBLY MUCH!!!!