Friday, June 17, 2011

Emma

A lot has happened with Emma over the past few months. Here is a quick run-down:
  • She now has 9 teeth - 3 on the bottom, 6 on the top including both of her 1st molars! I think she is working on the bottom 1st molars now.
  • She is now pulling up on everything, standing without holding on to anything, cruising the furniture and loves to hold on to our fingers and walk.
  • She will point to things and say "da?" and when you name whatever it is she giggles.
  • She will give me a kiss and then pat me on the shoulder.
  • She can roll balls and cars back and forth and loves the boy's Thomas the train cars.
  • She likes to pull everything out of the recycling bin and put the lids back on the jars and containers.
  • If you give her a Kleenex or paper towel, she will proceed to pretend to clean something - like a window, or me. =-)
  • If you hand her a comb, she will comb her hair, and she also likes to brush her teeth. In fact, she does NOT like to give up the toothbrush and will cry if you take it away.
  • She loves writing with the boy's Magnadoodle and one day at Walmart she pulled an old receipt out of my purse and grabbed the pen out of my hand and started writing.
  • Her favorite shows are Curious George (she will dance to the theme song), Pinky Dinky Doo, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.
  • Her first words: Dada, Mama (rarely), that (da), hi, hot. She will also make a ticking noise when she points to the clock.
Pictures!

Easter




Playing with the recycling


Trying to get into the drawer in the kitchen


Ben requested this picture

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Emma's 1st Birthday

We had a small party at our house with family. Pink polka dots was the theme in case you can't tell...
Here's the birthday girl sporting her special birthday outfit (bought by Mimama)!




Lots of polka dot packages!


Emma loves her new books!



Catching Up - Emma's 1 Year Photos

Miss Emma turned 1 on March 26th, and just prior to that Aimee came over and took pictures. They turned out EXCELLENT of course! They were taken in our front yard and on our front porch.







Thursday, May 5, 2011

He he

Ben: My knees are very strong, but I can't stand on my head yet.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

More Conversations...

The other night while putting Jack to bed:
Jack: Mommy, I luh you toooow mush!
=-)

Today
Ben: When I get big, I want to do Science.
Me: That's great. I think you'll be really good at it.
Ben: But I don't like money.
Me: You don't like money? Why not?
Ben: Well I just want to help people. I don't want money.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Quick Note...

Emma's 3rd tooth: March 29th (bottom left lateral)

Also, as of today, April 13th we are officially saying Emma is crawling. She has been crawling a little bit here and there, but she is going in longer stretches now.

Jack and Emma seem to have colds, or else we all just have really bad allergies. Ben has it too but is refusing medicine, so he must not be that bad.

Registering Ben for kindergarten tomorrow!

Jack's expressions lately: "Oh Man", "Oh Boy", "Oh Lord", "Of Course", "Not Exactly".

Friday, April 8, 2011

On Dogs...

Ben: Could I hug dogs?
Me: It depends on what their owners say and if they're friendly.
Ben: If they're not friendly, I will bring them in the house and take their blood pressure.
Me: And what will that do?
Ben: That wiiiiillllll... give them more blood. And then I could hug them.