Happy New Year!

2011 has been a fun year for us. We got to visit with the Tuggles in Illinois, Nana and Pop-Pop in New Jersey and the whole Coffman family at Andrew and Lacie's wedding. We moved into a bigger place in hopes of getting more room. Only to find out we are expecting a third little Coffman. We are all looking forward to meeting little Gideon in April. We have watched Elijah grow from this little guy... Into this little man! He has gotten quite the vocabulary the last few months, and he is just way fun to talk to. He is a great big brother to Emme and it is awesome to watch them interact. Emme has changed so much this year! She has grown from this little baby... Into this big girl! We have watched her change from a little bug on the floor who couldn't do anything fun, into a running and dancing crazy lady! LOL She has learned to sit, roll over, walk and to do the stairs. Now there is nowhere that is safe from the Miss Emmers! Here are a few of my favorite pictures of Elijah and Emme together from 2011!

Emme at 17 Months!

Emme turned 17 months old on the 22nd. Thanks Grandma and Tapa for Emme's way cute boots and dress!

Christmas at the Coffman's

We had Christmas at our house this weekend since we are going to my parent's house next week. Elijah has been very excited about Christmas. Emme really had no idea what was going on, but she decided she liked Christmas once she started getting handed presents!

Getting ready for Christmas

Here at the Coffman household we've begun getting ready for Christmas. Since we don't have a fireplace in our new place, we had to get creative with our stocking placement.

The kids were very excited to put the tree up--especially Eli.

We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!

Emme Dancing

Emme and Elijah love the music channel SWRV. They love the songs that have a good beat. They dance to it every night before bed. We have been trying to get video of Emme dancing for a little while now, but she always freezes when she sees the camera. But today apparently the combination of her pretty dress shoes and her monkey backpack made her less shy. Elijah was pretending to be Wall-E while Emme danced tonight.

Grateful

This morning Emme was especially grouchy before breakfast. She is like her mommy, and she needs time to wake up (about 45 minutes) and either milk or breakfast in her tummy before she is ready to be around people. And I am ashamed to say that I had definately had enough by the time I put them both in the bath at 9. But once I got her in the tub and I was watching her play, I realized that I really do have it easy. I have great kids! They both are so happy and healthy. They both are goofy and quite ridiculous at times, but they are perfect for us and our family. And really when they are grouchy it is for a good reason, and it is easily fixed either with food, a snuggle or a long nap, often for both mom and the kids. LOL I realized that I have everything that I have ever or could ever want. I have a great husband that is an amazing Dad to our kids and who really does take care of me. He makes us all feel loved everyday. I am grateful has a great job that provides everything that we need and which allows me to stay home. We have been blessed with another baby, which we didn't necessarily know we wanted and needed, but has already blessed our family immensely. This pregnancy has been my easiest yet, and it has been a joyous thing from the moment it happened. Which has been an especially great and healing thing for me. Both Dustin and I have great families. My kids have two amazing sets of grandparents! I love that my kids have so many people and relatives that they know love them. Elijah and I play a game in the car sometimes, and I will ask him who loves him. And I love hearing the answers he gives. They range from his nursery teachers, to my parents dogs, to his Great Aunts and Uncles to his cousins. There is no greater feeling in the whole world than feeling loved, and I am so glad that my kids get to feel that so overwhelmingly. I think that feeling has greatly influenced them and the confidence they feel in themselves and in the world around them.