Merry Christmas Emily!

Her first pony...thanks Aunt Sally!

Emily with all her gifts...I think she did pretty well for her first Christmas!

I think she is excited!

Our fireplace!

Where to begin?

Still a little tired...

It was so much fun to watch Emily during her first Christmas...I think she enjoyed the wrapping paper most! We had a great Christmas! We had dinner with my grandfather and aunts and that was very good. I think I over did it on the food but hey it's the holidays! I think Jeremy needs to build a toybox for all of Emily's toys now. Thank you everyone! Love and miss you all!

Emily in Slidell!

Emily with Bishop Howze( a very dear family friend of the Braud's)

Uncle Christopher feeding Emily!:)

Aunt Allison

Emily and Olivia!

Emily with some of her cousins

She loves pops!

Finally a picture with her Aunt Rachel!

Opening presents from Granny!




So, we made the long drive to Slidell! It was really fun seeing everyone! I'm glad we got to go out there. Emily had fun with her cousins! Those pesky teeth were causing problems one night but all was well! I think next we go to Slidell we will drive!:)

Getting ready for Christmas...

She loves the wrapping paper!

Picking out stuff from the Potterbarn catalog!






Well, Emily is about 6 months old now! Wow time has flown by! She is so funny! She is eating some solid foods now. Loves Banana's..applesauce not so much. Emily is cutting her first tooth. She put my finger in her mouth and bit down...needless to say I felt something sharp! She is "talking" a lot more now and trying to sit up. She can sit up on her on for a few seconds. Let see..she is turning over completely now. I just can't believe how big she is getting! We got blessed with such a great baby!

The Florida Aquarium

LSU fish!
She enjoyed the Seahorses!

Emily watching the fish!

Yes, we are silly!

This otter followed us around. It was so cute!

Watching more fish with her auntie

She really liked going under the fog!

So we decided to take Emily to the aquarium. I think that was a great choice because she was really watching all the fish and laughing. It was so funny! We enjoyed the aquarium too. I guess it is in the top 10 in the United States.

Visiting Great Grandpa Shaw..

Jeremy loves feeding the horses.

She really is a ham!

Group photo! Ashley hasn't seen our Aunt's in ages! We were also glad that grandpa was feeling and doing much better than during Thanksgiving!

We went up to Citra after the airboat tour and visited our grandpa and aunt's! It was nice to see them and we also had some ice cream cake to celebrate my birthday! That was so good! We are planning on going there for Christmas!

The Beach

I took Emily and Ashley to Clearwater beach...it was really nice! There is a lot to do there that is for sure! Emily wasn't too excited about the sand but we will get her there! My sister couldn't believe she was at the beach in December and that the temp was 80!