Emerson Gets Her Very Own Tree

Emerson's wonderful godparents, Matt and Laura, came by today to see her and to drop off a gift that they got her - a sugar tyme crabapple tree. Matt and Justin planted it in the front yard where it will stay. The tree will get white flowers and red crabapples and Emerson will be able to see it from her window when she moves into her bedroom in a few years.

Matt and Laura live in Iowa City for the time being, so they haven't gotten to hold Emerson in a while. She was happy to see them. . . she especially likes smiling at Matt. She has grown quite a bit in the last few weeks, and she was able to smile and laugh and make talking noises. She also drooled on Matt and Laura a little bit, but they didn't blame her. Hopefully, after Matt is finished with his current program at the University of Iowa, we can persuade them to move back to Omaha.

Aunt Heidi Comes to Town

Aunt Heidi, Justin's sister, came to town from Hawaii. She made a stop through Omaha to see Emerson and do a couple of other things.


Heidi is great with babies. She's also great with yarn. She knitted Em a blanket, which is in heavy rotation and has managed to avoid any really bad spills. She also knitted her a little sweater with a hood that Em will wear once it gets colder. Heidi and Emerson got to spend some time together, which we are grateful for because Heidi doesn't get to the mainland as often as we would all like her to.

Em's grandparents came down again to see her and to pick up Heidi and take her to Lincoln to see Jessica and Monica, then to Bertrand to see Jason and his family, then finally to Denver to see Justin Scott and Michelle. Grandma and Grandpa were a huge help again and allowed Trina to get away to the gym and Justin an opportunity to catch up on some things around the house that needed to be done.