Making Apple Butter

It's that time of the year - the Hemann clan gathered at Uncle Ron's farm to make apple butter. Emerson and Ben are still a little too young to stir. Maybe next year!

Emmy is loving trying to walk behind her new walker. It's her new fake smile with her eyes closed that makes me laugh.

Emerson's First Trip to the Ocean

Emerson saw the ocean for the first time when we spent a week in Orange Beach, along with her Grammy and Grandpa. We were lucky to have a whole week of warm days and sunny skies. It was a quiet time of year at the condo where we stayed, so we basically had a pool to ourselves for the week. Emmy liked floating around in her crab but loved being out and "swimming" even more. We also sat in the ocean and let the waves rush over our legs which we all enjoyed. We spent a windy day exploring Mobile, went to Pensacola to watch the Blue Angels and enjoyed quite a few delicious dinners!

Emerson learned a couple of new tricks during the week. She can now wave bye bye and patty cake. We're still working on "So Big".

Labor Day Weekend

We had a great time in Louisiana over Labor Day weekend despite Gustav cutting our trip short. Emerson met her cousin Nya and Great Aunt Marilyn both for the first time. She can’t wait for Nya to get a little bigger so they can play!

GG decorated the house for the LSU Tigers, Illini and UK season openers, so Emmy cheered for all of her favorite teams! Emerson also had a lot of fun following her big cousin Kaleb around, driving around the house, and swimming with Kaleb and Grandpa.

Unfortunately, the hurricane forced us to evacuate early and did a lot of damage to the area, but we are fortunate that everyone is safe after the storm.