Grandma and Grandpa O'Shea visited!

Grandma Jean and Grandpa Tim visited this weekend. We went to Frankenmuth, MI - home of Bronner's Christmas Wonderland and a bunch of other neat little places. Emma was so impressed that she fell asleep in her stroller!


Grandma O'Shea went a bit nuts with the gift-buying. Here you can see Grandpa carrying the bags. He looks very happy to be outside after two hours in Bronner's, doesn't he?


After we got home, everybody helped give Emma a bath.




She certainly enjoys her nice fluffy Hugh Hefner robe!


And, finally, here is a rare picture of Melissa, Brian and Emma together:

Laundry time!

Grandma and Grandpa O'Shea are coming to visit - time to do some laundry! Emma and Cassidy both offered to help out. Emma pretty much just lays around, though...

Who to root for?

UIUC played Michigan State yesterday. I had a terrible time deciding who to cheer for! I mean, Mom and Dad both went to U of I (for a total of sixteen years between the two of them!), but Daddy works for MSU, and they're the ones who keep me in diapers. So, I decided to split the difference with my Illini hat and my MSU cheerleader outfit:

Happy baby!

Emma is a very happy baby... when she's not a very, very grumpy baby. In the last week or so she has started smiling at us. We managed to take a video of her doing it, too!

Emma's tummy time

Emma has been doing a great job with raising her head lately. Fortunately she doesn't have the O'Shea noggin!

Hanging around

Emma seems to spend an awful lot of time just hanging around...

The "Meet Emma" Party!

Grandma Jean and Grandpa Tim threw a "Meet Emma" party in Chicago last weekend. Thank you so much - it was great to see everybody, and we had a fantastic time!

Wedding rehearsal dinner

We took Emma to Chicago last weekend for Jennifer Landgraf's wedding. Emma didn't get to go to the wedding, but she DID get to go to the rehearsal dinner. Here she is with Melissa's friend Chris:


And with Jenn and her (now-)husband Bob:


Congrats to Jenn and Bob on their beautiful wedding, and best of luck for their future together!