.easter.

we usually like to have fun around here when it comes to holidays.  we go all out.  this easter sunday was no exception.  we had the yummiest meal made by my mama, cupcakes by yours truly, with one made without grass {shredded coconut} for my sweet benjamin. :)

 

.emma bean's easter goodies.

 

.up from her nap and ready to participate in the easter festivities.

 .happy as ever to get her very own vacuum.

 .even grandpa had fun with Emma's gifts. 



          

  .we all (except benjamin somehow) took a picture with the bunny mask on, emma had a ball when uncle matthew put it on. 

 

.mommy.

.daddy.

.emma bug.

.grandpa.



.tiffany.

.grandma.

.Ashley.

.later in the afternoon, emma started the hunt for eggs, accompanied by grandpa of course.



 



.look at him with his little basket.  cute.

.taking a peek at the loot.

.we ended the night with our traditional egg painting party. 

some of the family were fast asleep by this point, but those that joined in had fun nonetheless.  i love any excuse for a family gathering.  we had lots and lot of fun!  i'm already planning the next holiday when we can do this again.



.date night.

we love it when good friends come over to hang out, especially matt and chantal stewart.  they are seriously so much fun.  jamison and i always have a blast when we get together with them. 
friday was no different.  they came over for dinner, and emma was immediately hooked to matt as soon as they arrived.  she wouldn't let him leave her side.  she didn't even want dinner, though she ate at mommy's request with much reluctance.  she just could not get enough of him.  poor guy!
there were a couple of times that matt tricked emma into taking chantal to play with her in the living room.  emma would play for a bit, and then call for matt to play with her again.  SO funny.
we caught this cute little video of her with their little game.  he was such a trooper...good future daddy practice. ha.
here's a glimpse of their fun.  (and of course, my little dancer had to stop mid-game to dance to one of her favorite songs. haha.  love her)

 after emma finally went down to sleep the stewarts and pruitts ended the night with a little ice cream and wreck-it ralph.  lotsss of fun.  love them.  we had such a fun night!
we even did a mini follow-up date night tonight for the Zion's Youth concert at the smith center - always so good!   can't wait for our next date night with them!  

.pruitt littles.

okay.  i think i finally have emma's new blog up and running and ready to go.  i can't make any promises, but i am seriously going to try to keep her blog updated as much as possible.  i want to keep all of these sweet memories of her, and of course, our future little ones.  i still have a couple little kinks left to work on with the blog, but it's ready for the most part.  therefore, may i introduce:

 www.pruittlittles.blogspot.com  

here's to {hopefully} a more organized amy.  ...hopefully...

.vday prep.

around mid-january i found a cute deal online to make some Valentines day decor.  i've been wanting to have a fun craft night with Tiff and Ash, and I thought this would be a fun activity for us to do, so i got enough for each of us to have our own set.  the girls came over the first weekend of february and we had a great time playing with Emma and painting.  we had way too much fun and spent around 4 hours just having a great time. hopefully we start doing this more often.  miss them.

.more birthday fun.

tiffany's birthday was the 6th of this month, but since it was in the middle of the week everyone had different schedules - including the birthday girl - so we waited to celebrate on sunday the 10th.  she's 21!  i still can't believe that.  here are some pictures to commemorate her special day.

.birthday cake. 

 .Emma really likes hanging out with her aunts and uncles.

.when did he grow up?.

  . she was so excited about the cake she was doing a dance.

 .tiff had some help opening her gifts.

 .happy birthday tiff!.

 now stop growing up!

.emma news.

i'm been planning on making a blog just for emma, and future pruitt babes, to update on big and little things, all revolving around our babies.  as soon as the blog is up and running i will post the link on here for others to enjoy, particularly family near and far.  she changes so much every day.  she is learning and growing and loving life.  she truly is our love and everyday joy.  and i'm so excited to finally have it centralized in one place. 

it's gonna be great.  so so excited to start organizing a bit more with the blog world.  i'll update as soon as i can.  for now...time to go get it all set up and running. 

have a fantastic friday, and an even better long weekend. 

for the sake of picture love, here's a few of emma playing hide and seek before bedtime. 

                                                                                                        .love her. 

.let's celebrate.

i'm all about celebrating whenever someone has a birthday around here, and january 27th was J's birthday.  he's the most fun to celebrate with, in my humble opinion.  ;)  i wanted to take him to eat and get him a new outfit or something.  we've been wanting to try the oh so popular Max Brenner and i thought it was the perfect time to try it out.  so, i made reservations the week before and planned to go on the 26th since his birthday fell on a sunday this year. 

i was giddy, mostly because he had absolutely no clue where we were going.  he always guesses what we're going to do before we do it...ugh...so i was thrilled he couldn't get it right this time. 

we drove down, and by the time we got to caesars he knew what we were there for.  seriously, i'm sad he haven't been there before now.  it was so good.  so deliciously good.  i would have licked the plate if i could.  he had a brenner burger.  i had a sloppy joe type thing.  and we topped off dinner with a yummy "sharing" fondue.  SO good.  so so good. 

then we stopped over at h&m and got him a couple of button up shirts that he's been wanting.  and we followed up by running an errand - dropping the laptop off at best buy to get fixed (still not working).  and then headed for home.

such a great night.  we ended it with a little cup of hot chocolate with heart marshmallows, popcorn, and richie rich.  he's been wanting that movie for a while.  loved it as a little boy so he wanted to relive the memories.  he lovedd it!  score! 

birthday morning he had his requested breakfast, a few kisses from emma and mommy.  and a nice relaxing day at church with a couple of love notes.

 i wrote him a love note from emma and i on a heart shaped paper.  and emma made painted footprints in the shape of a heart on a paper with a note on the side that said "from the bottom of my heart to the tips of my toes, i love you.  happy birthday daddy".  super cute idea from pinterest. he loved it.

we had a nice couple of days together.  filled with new happy memories.  a big thanks to my dad for watching emma for us while we were able to have saturday to ourselves.  i don't know what i'd do without my family there for me.  for us.  they are the best.  :)  happy belated birthday lover boy.  and here's to many many more together.