Baby Martin Is A . . . .

GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are very excited! However, most improtantly, everything on the ultrasound looked good and normal. No signs of any problems, which is VERY GOOD NEWS! We had a Level 2 ultrasound where they check a lot more than they would in a regular one. They saw and measured the heart, brain, spine, stomach, lungs, neck, arms, legs, hands, profile, everything it seemed like! They even saw chambers of the heart. How weird is that they can see that already!

We also told Emily today that she is going to be a Big Sister. We hadn't officially told her anything. She has heard us talk about stuff and some people have even asked her about it, she would usually just smile and not say anything :) But, we got her 2 Big Sister books and tried to explain her about being a Big Sister. While we were talking she looked at me and said "I'm grown up. I'm grown up to be a big sister." It made me cry to hear her say she was grown up! I mean I know she is, but it was so sweet to hear her say that!

She then got to call all the family and tell them that she was going to have a Little Sister and she is going to be the Big Sister! It was very cute! Now we just have to find out what Baby Ezell is :)

Razorback Gymnastics

Friday night we met Tracey & Lily at the Razorback Gymnastics meet. Lily & Tracey have gone to several meets, I just haven't been brave enough to take Emily yet. But I thought since she knew what gymnastics was now, she would probably like it. She was SO excited when I told her where we were going, which was after her nap on Friday :) Her and Lily held hands and practically jumped all the way to the meet. Emily did really well at the beginning. However, it didn't start until 7:00 so about 8:00 she started getting tired. I was very pleased with her behavior even if we didn't get home until 9:30! She was so excited about seeing "The Pig"! But when I asked her if she wanted to go and see him and get her picture taken she said "No, no". I guess she just liked looking at him from a safe distance!

Yummy Ice Cream

The other night I had my monthly Bunco game and Charles & Emily had a night to themselves! So, they went to Shake's for ice cream! Emily chose chocolate....and thoroughly enjoyed it :)

Bubble Bath

Santa brough Emily some Strawberry Shortcake bubble bath in her stocking this year. Well, Emily LOVES to take a bath in "Mommy & Daddy's bathtub" because it has the jets and makes bubbles. So, one night Charles decided to give her a Strawberry Shortcake bubble bath in our bathtub. Needless to say, he had to take her out of the bath before the bubbles were over her head!

Christmas #5

While Vicky & Jeremy were here, we had everyone over to our house for our 5th and final Christmas! It was good to have everyone over! Thank you especially to Aunt Vicky and Uncle Jeremy for coming up over the holidays!

Another present for me :)

What did you get Ma & Pa?

I love presents!

Coloring with the new present from Aunt Vicky & Uncle Jeremy. It really is pretty mess free!

Posing with Uncle Jeremy! A pretty good picture of all of us!

Posing with Aunt Vicky!

New Year's Day

Aunt Vicky and Uncle Jeremy came up on the 1st. So, we headed down to Munner Pap's for our traditional black-eyed peas! She had so much good food, we were so stuffed! We got to spend New Year's Day not only with Aunt Vicky & Uncle Jeremy, but also Mimi, Bub and Munner Pap! I didn't take too many pictures....sorry!

New Year's Eve

For New Year's Eve we thought it would be fun to take Emily to eat at Shogun. It's one of those restaurant where they cook everything right there in front of you! She loved it! She kept saying, "Fire, Fire". It was pretty cool. The guy that cooked our food was really nice too. We had just planned on sharing our meals with Emily, but he kept putting food for her on her plate. I don't think it helped that she kept saying, "Where's mine?". She also got a dish of goldfish and a dish with whipped cream and cherries in it. Yes, that's all, whipped cream and cherries....yummy!

After that we let Emily pick out a movie to rent at BlockBuster. Apparently that was a bigger decision than we thought it would be!! I don't think she ever knew there were so many to choose from! She chose Veggie Tales' Madam Blueberry. It was actually a pretty cute movie!

Charles also got some sparkling grape juice for us to drink. We would "clink" our glasses, raise them up and say "Happy New Year". I think Emily could drink "bubbly" grape juice every day. She would say, "Good, it's good, good". She is too cute!!!!

Unfortunately NONE of us saw it to midnight! I watched the ball drop in New York and then fell asleep. Oh well, it was a great way to spend New Year's Eve just the 3 of us!

Aren't they cute!

How do these popper things work Daddy?

These were really noice maker blower things but Emily called them pom-poms!

Clink!

Clink!
Good night 2008! (Notice the slicked-back hair styled by Daddy!)