by Barbara

Happy 13th Birthday, Emerson!

Dear Emerson,

The first time I saw you I remember thinking, “Wow, he is so long!”. Now, here you are 13 years old and over 6 feet tall, I am stilling saying “WOW!”. You were always such a cute little boy and now you are such a handsome young man. In addition you have such an amazing, loving heart. You are so affectionate to your little cousin, which just melts my heart.

Your Uncle and I love you so much and are so proud of you in so many ways. You truly are one amazing young man. We are so thrilled that you have now entered another stage in your life and we hope enjoy all the new wonderful things that come along with it.

Happy 13th Birthday, Emerson!

Have a wonderful time in your teenage years.

Happy Birthday

This is why you’re so amazing.

so loving

We love you very my much!

Love,

Aunt Barbara, Uncle Craig, and Dagny

P.S. Your sister wanted to say something.

Little Brother,

I know we fight a lot, and I know we have our differences, and we hardly ever see eye to eye, but I will always love you forever and ever.

Happy 13th Birthday, Little Brother.

-Your Sister

by Barbara

Cousins

I am so happy to be able to spend some time with Dagny here on Long Island, even thou we both miss Craig so much. Craig and I felt this would be such a wonderful experience for Dagny not only to expand her horizon, but also to get to know her cousins, aunt, and uncle. I must says she adores them all so much. She is having a blast.

She just loves Erika and Emerson to pieces. It melts my heart to see how much they love her. They both drop everything they are doing for Dagny (mind you one turns 13 in a few days and the other is 16 years old). They each take her to their rooms and let her get into things play.

Here is Emerson and Dagny.

Dagny and Emerson

Emi and D

someone is smitten

smelling flowers

i love this photo

Here is Erika and Dagny.

Erika and Dagny

Erika and Dagny

enjoying

the girls

I love having these kids in my life. They are the best kids in my world.

-Barbara

P.S. Here is what little boo looks like after a long day in the pool.

tired little D
by Barbara

The Fourth Of July

This year Dagny celebrated her first Fourth of July on Long Island at her aunt Edit and uncle Emeric’s house.

There was a lot of first for Dagny this weekend, from being in a pool, to going down a slide into the pool, to feeding, petting, and siting on a horse, and to seeing fireworks. To no big surprise she loved it all. The one thing that Craig and I discovered about our daughter that she is a little daredevil. We are so surprised at how much at 19 months she loves to slide down into the pool.

Here are some… I mean LOTS of photos from the weekend.

enjoying the pool

Here she looks like she is getting ready to catch the next wave.

I am ready

where is my wave?

Here she is going down the slide. (look at that face)

weeee

look at that face

Here is our adrenaline junkie wanting more.

unbelievable

Erika’s turn

the two girls

Here is Erika.

Pretty girl

Here is Dagny enjoying the horse.

feeding the horse

yeah

My little girl and I.

my girl

Dagny and I looking over the photos from the day.

I like that one mum