Pigeon Roost Farm

If you are looking for a fun place to take your children, Pigeon Roost Farm is the place to go. They have everything imaginable; from donkey rides and feeding goats to slides and trains and of course picking out pumpkins. We had the chance to go today with Aunt Randa, Jack, Mommaw and Aunt Clara.

Bed Head

Randa and Mark recently moved into an apartment and the most ideal spot for Emily to nap during the day is in the pack-n-play inside their closet with the battery operated fan which serves two purposes for the closet: 1) white noise and 2) of course air movement. Randa was able to get some really good pictures of Emily just after one of her naps. These pictures are for those folks that liked the days when Emily's hair stuck straight up.

13 Months Old on September 16

Vocal is the word for this month. It is so neat to see how Emily communicates in her own way these days. She loves it when you mimic whatever sound she's making back to her.

She is on the verge of taking her first steps by herself. She can side step along the front of the couch with no help and can walk holding on to anyone's finger in her hand, but she has not ventured out on her own yet.

She has 2 bottom teeth, 2 coming in on the top left and right and finally one of her 2 front teeth are coming in.

Also, we have discovered BBQ sauce. When I first started giving Emily solid meat she would only take 1 or 2 bites and then set it aside, but ever since we started adding a couple drops of BBQ sauce from our good friend Leann Bailey from Oklahoma, she devours any type of meat we give her. She must have some Southern roots in her.

1st Birthday Party

"My oh my, I can't believe it's already been a whole year since I entered this world, and what a year it has been. I'm all dressed up for my birthday party with my family."

"Here's who showed up for my party minus Pappy because he had to work unfortunately."

"Hmmm, something tells me this cake looks a little different than anything I've eaten so far."
"Here's Mommy's attempt to get me interested in the cake....not the best method."

"I don't think I like this stuff on my hands, but hey, my bib looks really cool." "Yum, now these puffs are something I recognize, thanks Grammy" "Here's the cake the adults got to eat."

"Thank you so much everyone for my presents."

"Poppaw's sharing his words of wisdom."

"Mommaw and I are singing the Happy Birthday song."

"After the party all the First Daughters in the Groff family posed for a picture." "Aunt Kristen was nice enough to share her PB&J with me and boy was it yummy." "I had such a great birthday....I think I'll just take it easy and enjoy sitting here on my front porch."