Spring is finally here! Emerson has been spending a lot of time outside which is her favorite place to be. Again this post, we seem to always be busy but not up to anything in particular. Emerson is learning more new words and just about running speed.

Bruce has been spending a lot of time in the yard the last couple of weeks. I was able to get some things planted as well. We don't have a garden yet because we can't decide what area of the yard one would look and perform best in so, for now, we are going with a pot garden on the deck. It worked pretty well last year so we are trying a few more things this year. With pollen counts the highest on record, I have spent the last week inside. This is not out of desire, but completely out of necessity. I did go to the allergist who again did skin testing and confirmed that I am in fact allergic to everything except horses, rabbits, and a few other small pet animals. All of which we do not have and likely never will. They led me on my way with a bag full of samples which so far have been working pretty well! We were able to get outside yesterday for quite a bit and hope to again today.

Not much else going on in the Oberle household! Have a great week everyone! Here are some random Easter weekend pictures!

All the Oberle kids swinging at the park.

Emerson in on her way back from Kara & Charlie's wedding

Swinging with Papa Oberle on Easter
The Oberle's Easter 2010

Go AWAY snow!

We don't have much to post this week. Today is a pretty boring day since it is cold and crappy outside. We were excited about spring earlier this week. It was 65 degrees on Wednesday so we took Emerson to the park after work to enjoy the playground and beautiful weather. Today we get the joy of 4-8 inches of snow and 30 degrees of cold :(

This is a big couple of weeks for Emerson. Her daycare providers are going on a vacation. Grandma and Grandpa Oberle will be here to watch her this week and Grandpa Kehrt will be here next week to watch her!! It will be a lot of fun!!! We miss that Grandma Kehrt will not be here to visit.

Here is a picture of our afternoon at the park

15 months already!!!

It is hard to believe but Emerson is already 15 months old!!! She had her 15 month Dr's appt this week and is doing "perfect" according to the Dr. She is 19 lb 14 oz and 30.5 inches long/tall. She had 3 more shots at this appointment. Emerson let the nurse know that she was very upset at getting the shots. After the nurse let her go, I picked her up and gave her a hug...she pushed me away and gave the nurse a look that could kill! The nurse even said she is not sure she has ever gotten a look quite like that before! Emerson stop glaring at the nurse until she was gone...JUST to make sure she didn't give her another shot. She took them like a champ but was not happy about it :) She is walking short distances and getting better and longer by the day. She is very proud of herself when she makes a new distance! She is learning new words every day and knows where her belly is!

This week is the Big 12 tournaments in KC and we did get tickets to the Men's tournament this year again so Bruce has been partaking in a lot of basketball! I have been to a couple of sessions to watch Iowa State and K-State play. Emerson got to go to one session too! What a deprived child huh?! Em and I wanted to go to the ISU women's game tonight as a friend had extra tickets for us but we weren't able to make it downtown in time. So we watched and cheered from home. Unfortunately, both ISU teams are out of the tournaments now :(

We do have a new Oberle addition to mention! Bruce's Sister-in-law Arlene gave birth to a little boy this week!!! Javin Scott Oberle! We are very happy to have him here and can't wait to meet him!

For Chad, Rox, & Jill :):)

Apparently my family has been talking bad about me for not updating the blog. So to remedy the bad vibes...here is the updated blog! In their defense, it has been a while!

I would like to say we haven't been up to much but it seems like even if we don't do a lot there is always something going on. We have been without a computer for about 3 weeks. The harddrive blew up in my computer about 3 weeks ago. Luckily we had all of Emerson's first year pictures still on the memory card in the camera. However, we did lose any pictures that friends or family emailed to us. If you gave to us on a disc, we are safe, if not, we lost it. So forgive us if we ask you to send us some in the near future. We will be purchasing an external hard drive for any future picture saving. The only other thing I lost of value was a journal that I kept for Emerson. Which was a bummer.

We stayed home for most of February. We made one day trip to Columbia to watch Logan Schremmer get baptized, that is our Godson, Kaden's little brother and son to James and Janna.

Emerson is not quite walking yet, although still very close. She walks several steps at a time and can balance on her own for several seconds but no running around the house yet. That does not stop her from getting into things she shouldn't.

We hope all is well with everyone! Here are a few updated pics of Emerson. Please bare with us while we figure out the new computer and get our picture saving complete!

Emerson getting some work done on her new computer!

(Maybe she can restore the harddrive!)

Daddy & Emerson cheering on the Cats to beat Missouri!!!

Ok, I know that I didn't use this parenting opportunity correctly but a picture had to be taken! Emerson's favorite place to sneak! She doesn't get that far very often but when she does it is FUN! (For her)

Kehrt Family Christmas

We made our trek to Iowa last weekend to Celebrate our Kehrt Family Christmas. Bruce and I both took 1/2 day off so we could get there early enough to enjoy the family on Friday night. Everyone was able to make it, which made it so much more fun. We didn't partake in any family outings this time but it was fun to hang out at Mom & Dad's just enjoying the company.

The kids had a blast opening their presents. Emerson isn't really in tune with the whole opening presents thing just quite yet she showed flashes of getting into it and she had fun trying to eat the paper! She hit the mother-load with gifts from everyone as usual. Since we open gifts youngest to oldest Emerson got to go first. Mara & Ellen did well at being patient but very excited to get to their turns. The kids play well together and even got Grandpa Kehrt involved in a very sophisticated tea party with Mara & Ellen's new tea sets!

The adults enjoyed the day and evening with football and basketball on the TV, opening our "L" elephant gift exchange, and a game of Dominos/chicken foot. It was a great weekend and it was good to see everyone. Since Jill, Josh, & Jake are now all out of college, it is harder to round everyone up. Here are some fun weekend pics with the Kehrt Fam!!!

Taking a ride on Grandpa Kehrts shoulders!

All of the girls playing with Em's new toy

Sitting with Cousin Nick...He sucks his thumb too?!?!Emerson & Uncle Noel!Jill & NickThe leaders of this crazy pack!This is one of those Flashes of Em getting into opening gift...this is NOT her gift and we did NOT give dad Diapers for Christmas :)

Brr!!!

We have had a quite weekend at home. Yesterday, Bruce and I cleaned up the house before we proceeded to our usual Saturday ritual of watching whatever sporting event is on tv. Emerson proceeded to destroy the kitchen by pulling every piece of tupperware and can coozie (which Bruce now refers to as her toys) out of the drawers and string all over the house. That is not without first banging them on any hard surface within her reach.

She did learn some new words this weeks though. She now says Thank-you and Poop! We are very proud parents! She will however, NOT say these on command...in usual Emerson fashion she speaks them on her own terms. She is very close to walking but not quite there yet. The babysitters said they thought she was going to do it a couple of times this week but opted for the crawl instead...should be anyday now!!! Her personality is also getting much stronger. Emerson will not under any circumstances be bullied. Most of the kids her age at daycare are boys. Earlier this week, one of the boys stole her toy and walked off with it into the front room... not standing for that, Emerson quickly crawled behind him into the other room looked up at him, ripped the toy out of his hand and crawled back to her playspot in the living room. That a girl! Way to stick up for yourself!!!

Gotta run-- Em has somehow figured out how to open the dishwasher and is playing with a fork!!! Never a dull moment!!! I LOVE IT!

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!!!

As we jump into the new year I want to take just a second to reflect on the most dramatic year of our lives. This was the first year that we were 3. It was a great year! I say it all the time but Emerson is the best thing to ever happen to us! She is growing and changing so much everyday and looking back at pictures throughout the year, it is really obvious on how happy, laid back, cool little girl she is! We are very lucky and thank God for her everyday!

Ok, enuf sappy....CHRISTMAS was FUN!!! Since Emerson doesn't really understand the idea of Christmas Santa, Mommy, and Daddy took this once in a lifetime opportunity to relax on the toys and major presents (we left that up to Grandparents:) She did get cool stuff from us and Santa but next year will be even bigger! Even with the snow storm we were able to get to Claflin, KS to celebrate Christmas with Bruce's side of the family. We missed the extended Oberle Christmas due to it being on Christmas day and the snow storm. We enjoyed the Leon & Judy Oberle family christmas on Christmas evening which was a lot of fun! Emerson did very well in the present getting! She got some really cute clothes, books, and a rocking horse that Grandpa Oberle made her!!! Super Cool! She received a baby that sucks on a bottle and cries from Great Grandma Schremmer on Saturday at the Schremmer side Christmas. There was a lot of family that she had never met. She did have to leave a little early due to lack of napping and a couple of molar teeth that just want to be difficult and not pop through just yet. But overall the weekend was great fun to see Bruce's side of the family.

It was a great christmas but OH, she is not done yet!!! We are travelling to Iowa next weekend for the Kehrt family christmas! Bruce and I have our "L" gifts this year and we think they are pretty cool....can the rest of you step up to the challenge?!?! :) :)

A YEAR IN REVIEW!!