Emmie Barely Two

One night I was sewing and Em was walking around with my scraps. All of a sudden she pushes my leg and says, "move over mamma, I'm supervisin' "

Em went down to the stock room and came back with treats. I asked her what she was doing and she informed me, "I need a job! Emmie's stockin" and she put the treats on the shelf.

Em wanted to wear a certain pair of pj's and I told her that they were dirty. She says, "Wash them!" I was joking around and said, "How come it's always do this, do that? I guess I'm Cinderella" Em's reply, "NO I'M CINDERELLA!!!" My reply, "Okay, you can scrub the floors, do the laundry, and make dinner from now on" She quickly interjects, "That's okay mamma, you Cinderella now."

Apparently Em owns the patent on the syllable "la". I was told I'm not longer allowed to sing "la la la la" If I forget and happen to belt out "la, la, la" Em usually pipes in with a stern "No Mamma! That's Emmie's song."

This kid is to much and I have a hard time reminding myself she's only 2!

Merry Christmas Eve!

Em would like to say, "Merry Christmas" to all of her loyal followers out there! I had to work most of the day, but made time this evening to bake cookies for Santa. Em was super excited to help bake cookies and got really stoked when she heard we were adding chocolate chips to the batter. (chocolate is our bribe for doing #2 on the potty so she was stoked to get a freebie). She and Brian shared the beater and she was the first to indulge in the chocolaty gooiness.

Chocolate face!

After bath time we got a plate ready for Santa. Snickerdoodles, chocolate chip cookies, carrots and cauliflower. After writing our note and plating up the goodies Em decided that she didn't want the reindeer to eat the carrots. She wanted to eat the carrots.

This is reaction I got when I suggested she leave the carrot for Rudolf.

"No, my carrot!"

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Emmie'isms

a few phrases from the last couple days!

Emmie hatched from an egg

Emmie eats guacamale at Mexican and noodles at Chinese with Grammie. (always with grammie)

Mamma you're boring

I'm outta here! (as she goes downstairs at the store)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 airplanes!! (I think she thinks airplanes is the next number)

Tucker lubs you! (instead of I love you Tucker)

Mamma, that Santa scary. Santa doesn't ride on airplane.

Mazie howling. Em says, "Mazie singing the I want mamma song" Um. . how does that go? Em cocks her head back and howl/sings "IIIII WWAAANNNNTTTT MYYYYYY MAAAAMMMAAA"

Grammy time

My mom came to visit for Em's birthday and for Thanksgiving. We had a wonderful time. We shopped. We went to the aquarium. We tooled around town. The best part of her trip is that we got to spend a bunch of time together and she got to bond with Emma. Every morning Emma would wake up and ask, "When's grammy be here?" It touched my heart!

While I worked, mom spent most of the days hanging out with Emma. Apparently mom and Em are fabulous shopping buddies. The phrase, "Well, Emma wanted it," followed by a shrug and a smile is something that I heard an awful lot.

I am extremely grateful for the time we got to spend with my mom. We have become great friends and she's an amazing grandmother. Thirteen days was definitely not long enough. . . and I think she should move back out west! Not necessarily Seattle. . .but close enough that we can see each other more often!

Who else is willing to get their face painted with Em?

or hang out with her on the Sea Otter? or pose in front of the seal?or open her birthday presents?

Those are jobs for Grammy Judy! Thanks mom!! We miss you tons already!

Scary Santa!

For those of you who followed our blog last December probably remember the below picture. . . Well, today we dressed Em up, dragged her to Macy's, had the long conversation about how friendly Santa is and how he'll bring her gifts, and then took bets about how she would react. Well. . . .she remains consistent. She screamed, clawed at his suit, and screamed, "Mamma, carry you!" which is how she asks me to pick her up. Poor thing. Santa was a real trooper and the staff was great.
We went to the Macy's downtown and we were super lucky that we went during a slow time. The Santa staff worked with us for over 30 minutes to get a picture we could send to family. This was the best of our many many awful options.

On Santa lap attempt #2, Em finally made her super cheese face in between tears. Check out Santa's face and death grip on her arms! I'm pretty sure he didn't want her to claw his eyes out. Santa pictures are pure torture. . .and just so you know Em got me back by taking off her poopy diaper during nap time. It was EVERYWHERE. Its been over a month since she's done this. All I can say is pay-back is a bitch a she can definitely consider herself vindicated.

Emmie Lemmie is 2

Its absolutely amazing how time flies. My little Nugget just turned two. These past two years have been the most amazing experience of my life. Em is truly a blessing and I am so honored to be her mother.

Some things about Emma.

Emma is a very serious, very cautious kid. She still doesn't run and she insists on holding my hand anytime we're out and about

Emma is very girly and loves to play, "Fairy Princess."

Emma loves the pups and every morning crawls into my bed to give Mazie and Truman a morning "snuggle".

Emma is a talking machine. She amazes me on a daily basis.

Last night my mom was giving Em a bath and asked her, "Em what's your mamma's name?"

Her reply, "Lori Anderson" This made us both chuckle. She said this for the first time about a week ago and I have no clue where she picked up my last name. . . .

Mom then asked, "Emma, what's Grammy's name?"

Her reply, "Grammy Anderson."

Wow!!

Em loves books and puzzles. She's graduated to story books and has fondness for Dr. Seuss.

Em loves being the center of attention .. .yes she is my child after all!

All Em wanted for her birthday was a pink camera and Tooey found her one! Her reaction was classic. She opened the package, she started wiggling, got up on her tippy toes and exclaimed, "MY PINK CAMERA!!!" I will NEVER forget the look on her face!

Em had her birthday party at the Children's Museum in Olympia. Several of our friends made the trek down and everyone had a great time!

Here's Em in her sparkly skirt and birthday tiara!

My mom came up for Thanksgiving and Em's birthday and I am so grateful that we have been able to spend so much time together.

Em and mom are two are two peas in a pod!
Every morning Em wakes up and asks when Grammy is coming over. We are going to miss her terribly when she leaves.

Here's me and the princess in front of our $15 Christmas Tree. Total Score and another reason to shop local!

I love this picture! Here she is getting caught crawling out of a cat tree at the store. What a silly kid!