Emily's Video Debut

Once again, Daddy had the camera in Emily's face.

Emily Update

Emily Rose is now 5 months old. She continues to be a happy and healthy baby. She smiles often, and loves to be out socializing. She loves watching football and enjoys spending time on her activity mat and exer-saucer. See?

The Beach....in January

The Southern California weather has been Summer-like lately. We have been checking our calendar to make sure it's really January. This was a great opportunity to introduce Emily to the beach and ocean. As usual, she loved it. We took a long morning walk along the coast in Carlsbad just a few miles from our house. Later in the day, we met Grandma and Grampa Rios down south on Coronado Island. We all saw a spectacular sunset

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Mommy and Emily enjoying the beautiful winter weather in Carlsbad.


The Carlsbad Ritters about to witness an amazing sunset.


God showing off.

Big Bear Trip

The Carlsbad Ritters celebrated the New Year by taking a weekend trip to Big Bear, CA. We met our friends the Longs and the Lindquists for a weekend in the Southern California mountains. Emily got to spend time with the three Long girls (Katelin, Courtney and Charlotte). Charlotte and Emily were born one week apart. Mike and Elicia got to snowboard/ski and enjoy time with good friends. It even snowed some while we were there!

Christmas 2008

The Carlsbad Ritters stayed home this Christmas and again hosted family and friends. We were part of three celebrations at our home. This is something we love to do....share our home with loved ones.

Here is Emily with Grampa Ritter, Daddy and Mommy on Christmas Eve.



Emily Rose loved her first Christmas. She's a very social baby and enjoys meeting people. Here, she is posing in her Christmas jammies.




On Christmas Day, there was a feast and presents!



On Christmas Eve, we attended worship services at Daybreak Church with Grampa Ritter and Brother Dan. We loved celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus. He is the real reason for the season.