Emma is 10 Months Old!

Emma turned 10 months old yesterday! She's crawling, cruising, and standing on her own now.

 It's getting harder to get photos of her facing the camera now that she's so mobile!

 Love this shot!

Our 5th Wedding Anniversary

Yesterday was our 5th wedding anniversary. The four of us went to Maggiano's at Santana Row to celebrate.

 Emma has a cold, so she's looking a bit tired. :-(

 Outside the restaurant

 We bought this bottle of wine on our honeymoon, touring Beringer Winery. We had planned to open it on our first anniversary, but I was already about 5 weeks pregnant with Ella. Our 5 year anniversary seemed like a good year to open it.

Dessert at home - We had French Melting Cakes with ice cream. Sead bought me roses. :-)

Chuck E. Cheese

I took the girls to Chuck E. Cheese today. It's so nice and quiet there in the mornings with school still in session.

 Ella loves the driving games.

 A younger version of "Whack A Weasel"

 Emma enjoys the rides now too!

A motorcycle simulator... not that she'll ever be allowed to ride one in real life while I have a say. ;-) 

 Riding a fire truck together - Ella loves when Emma can join her on a ride and shows me when there's room for her.

New Experiences at the SF Zoo

We made a trip to the San Francisco Zoo today (Emma's second time there). They had an animal nature trail set up today, so we got to pet lots of animals. :-)

 The African animals were all out today and very close to the fences.

 Emma, checking out a huge giraffe!

 Ella chose the cats to ride on the carousel. Emma very much approved of that choice. :-)

 Petting a ferret!

 Hedgehog

 Touching a Box Turtle's shell

 Even Emma got to touch the Box Turtle

 Ella, talking about how to hold the animals. The prairie dogs just loved Ella. They wanted to chew through the glass to see her. :-)

Emma, checking out the sunning prairie dogs

On the carousel

Papa Comes for a Visit

 Papa came to see us yesterday and we went to lunch at Sonoma Chicken Coop.

 Emma just loves Papa and was really hammin' it up for him. :-)

Ella's holding the Tinkerbell that came with the little fairy kitchen that Papa brought her and Emma's sock monkey.

The Girls' Favorite Game

This is the girls' favorite game to play together right now. Sometimes Ella initiates it and sometimes Emma does. It's so cute to watch! Emma does it for Mama and Daddy too because she knows we love it.

Yes, Ella loves to wear only her underwear at home. It's so hard to keep clothes on her. The moment we get home from somewhere she strips off her clothes. It is getting hot now, so maybe it's not a bad idea for a 3-year-old who can still get away with that sort of thing. ;-)