Emma-antics

Emma is definitely a character. Every day she does something that makes me laugh. .Here are a few Emma-antics from the past two weeks.

Emma is learning new words almost everyday. One of her favorites is "hat". Earlier this week a family came into the store and one of the children was wearing a yarmulke. Emma pointed at the boy and yelled, "HAT!" The boy scowled at her and said, "It's not a hat it's a yarmulke!" Emma pointed again and said, "HAT!" The boy looked at his mom and demanded, "We can't shop here, she keeps calling my yarmulke a hat!" and stomped out of the store. He crossed his arms and waited on the sidewalk for his mother to finish shopping.

Along with Emma's word explosion has come her comprehension of language. Sunday morning we were all laying in bed and one of the dogs passed gas. I asked, "Yuck, what's stinky?" Emma looked at me, said "Dai-Di," and smiled like a Cheshire cat. Yes, Emma, you are correct . . your diapers are stinky!

Yesterday morning while I was getting ready to take a shower Em crawled over to my pile of clean clothes. She fished around for a minute and pulled out my underwear. She picked them up, stretched them out over her head with both hands, and proclaimed, "Mamma Dai-Di!"

Em has decided that since her high chair has wheels she should use them. The other morning I was laying in bed and Brian yelled for me to come see. I get up, go into the kitchen, and see Em moving her highchair across the kitchen while sitting in it. I guess her butt scoot came in handy. . she used the same technique to get highchair jet-propulsion. I got a video on my cell phone, but haven't figured out how to get it off. Once I do, I'll post it for all to see.

Yesterday Em wasn't napping. She was laying quietly in her bed talking to herself. Because she was not screaming, I left her there. After about an hour and 1/2 a customer came in and Em screetched. I went back to retrieve her, and there she stood naked as a jaybird. . holding her shirt and bouncing in her crib. Either she was cold and couldn't sleep, or it actually took her that long to get all of her clothes off. . . That girl's got gumption!

The best Emma-antic is that she is a super lover. She blows kisses by smacking her lips and gives out hugs freely. Ask for a snuggle and you shall receive. I love my girl!

Cheese

Em is now conditioned to smile everytime she sees the camera. . . . Oh the gnarly smile!

Move over Lance . .. . .

Several months ago our fabulous neighbor Paige gave us a kiddie bike for Em. Her two girls had outgrown it and thought Emma might enjoy it. We stashed it on the back porch and forgot about it. . . .until this weekend.

The sun was out, the patio was cleaned (thanks Brian), so B cleaned off the bike and took Em for her first bike ride.

Check me out. I've got my own set of wheels!

Vroooommmmmm~Come on Pop, let's blow this popcycle stand. . . .forward march!

I think her face says everything.

Teeth!!

It's about darned time. Em's teeth have decided it's finally to make thier big debut. She now has 5. . .. Yes. . you read that right, 5.

Three teeth have come through in the past two months. I never thought teeth would make me so happy. With the presence of teeth, my life has gotten a little easier by no longer having to make baby food. She can now eat pretty much everything we eat. She still prefers the mushy slimy stuff, but is quickly finding that biting holes in things can be equally as fun.

She also loves to show them off.

Ask her to show you her teeth and this is what you'll get. or this
and now for synchronized teeth . . .
(looks like I could use a whitening)