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Monday, October 19, 2009

Emma Claire, et al...

This past weekend I met my new niece, Emma Claire. She is so sweet and tiny! It's easy to forget how small newborns are, but it's hard not to fall head over heels in love with Miss Emma! Below are a few pictures (of the 200+) that I took this weekend.


Emma LOVES her swing. She would rather sleep in it than her own bed!














Talk about relaxed...

Emma's hands are always around her mouth! Wonder if she'll be a thumb sucker???

Attitude! She didn't appreciate the photo shoot as much as I did...
On October 27, my sweet Mamaw Sullivan will turn 86! Since I won't be in Meadville for her birthday, I made her an early Halloween/Birthday cake. Mamaw loves Halloween and she has always dressed in costume and made it as fun as possible for us growing up. Growing up, I remember her recording "scary" sounds with her own voice on a cassette player so that she could play it when we were walking up to her house! I don't think there has been a Halloween that has gone by that she has not worn her best witches hat and switched out all the lights...even at 86! So...in celebration of her birthday AND Halloween, I made her a witches hat cake. She absolutely LOVED the red velvet cake with black chocolate icing.

On my way out of town, I stopped in Jackson and met my brother and niece, Callie, for lunch. (Stephanie had to work and was missed!) Callie is 11 months old and is FULL of tricks and personality. When I first got there and held her, she immediately gave me a hug...it was THE BEST! She is such a sweet little girl...cannot wait until she can talk and we can hang out more! Below she is demonstrating her best rendition of "Patty Cake." Chris and I both were laughing histerically and she was loving every minute of it!

Callie will be interested in photography OR she's just really into "bling"...Or maybe she just wanted her favorite aunt :0) Either way, she REALLY wanted my camera.

4 comments:

Joddie said...

GREAT JOB ON THE CAKE! I'm sure it meant a lot to her...knowing that all the fun she prepared for yall is remembered. You are blessed to have such beautiful, full of personality nieces...they are going to LOVE their auntie Steph!! What have they decided your mom will be called?

Mandy said...

Emma Claire is sooo cute! I think she looks like Elliott?? The cake looked really good! I've never seen one like that. You are so talented.

Barbara said...

Can see the Stebbins/Sullivan mix in that cutie! She's adorable. Love the cake! You can bake me one anytime!!

amy said...

very impressive cake and what sweet little girls. they are going to Love you!!! you are going to be such a blessing to them