Sunshine!

The sun came out from behind the clouds today, after many days of clouds and rain. Emily received energy from the sunlight and played like she'd just found her long lost best friend.

And she signs "Blue's Clues" and "drink" and "eat". She's learning "cookie" and "help". She's really beginning to pick things up quickly!

Check my other blog for a "Demotivate This" contest tomorrow!

A List

1. Emily likes to pretend to eat. She takes her spoon and moves it around in her empty bowl and then "eats" from the spoon.

2. She gets embarrassed when we watch her push her shopping cart. She'll see if we're looking when she pushes it, grins real big, then runs to us for a quick hug and then goes back to pushing the cart.

3. She has added "cracker" to her vocabulary and "ball", "book", "hat", and "please" to her regular sign language vocabulary.

4. She tells me when it's time to change her diaper. Sometimes.

5. Emily dances with the contestants on "So You Think You Can Dance". She could be a contender.

6. We're down to nursing twice a day. Sometimes. But mostly. We've pretty much cut out the naptime session.

7. She is learning to share. She's not very good at it, though. Emily had this one toy and Elizabeth was eyeing this particular toy and Emily was hugging it and holding it with her feet and watching Elizabeth very carefully (through her bangs).

8. Emily calls everyone "daddy". Including Randy. And the cat. And me. I'll ask her to say "momma" and she says "Daddy!" Toad.

9. She'll get into the wagon and say bye-bye. She also says bye-bye to cars that drive by our house. And the cars in parking lots.

10. She's just really cute.

"Payda" and Poo

Emily helped me make pizza tonight. I showed her how to take the crust out of the package and how to open the can of tomato sauce and spread it on the crust. Then we put slices of cheese and tomatoes and ham on it. I said, "Pizza, pizza!" when we were done and she said, "Payda, payda!" Close enough to earn her kisses.

And, the inevitable happened during Emily's bath this evening. I'm sure you know where I'm going with this. The poo face has been replaced with a very cute grin, so imagine my surprise when there were little pebbles floating around my grinning child. She thought it was pretty amusing. I thought it was gross. She giggled as I scooped the poop with a cup and flushed it down the toilet. It was kind of a game; see how long it takes to catch the pebbles without them breaking up and without them touching my hand. Ick.

Dishes are Done, Man!

And so are the toys.

JASON!!!

Duuude, update your blog.
Cutie.

Fait Fruit

I came across some photos I took at Kate and Margie's old place of some fresh fruit. I would love to have some fruit trees in our yard.

Swimming!

Yesterday evening Aaron, Tammie, Nana and the boys came to swim at our community pool. We had a good time! The boys seemed to enjoy themselves. There are two pools in our neighborhood, but one was closed due to fecal contamination, so the pool we were at last night was busy. Hopefully next time they come over the other pool will be open and it won't be so crowded.

I debated on the title to this post. It was almost "Don't Eat the Baby Ruth!" but I went with a tamer title.

Swimming Like a Pro!

We took Emily to the pool yesterday evening and she absolutely loved it! They have this part of the pool that is about a foot-and-a-half deep and then it drops off to the rest of the pool. She splashed a bit on the platform and then headed for the edge. Rob was there to catch her, so she was fine, but I was amazed at how little fear she has in the water. She was even kicking her feet like she's done this before. Perhaps we'll put her in swimming lessons soon. I think she's going to be the next Amanda Beard (Gold Medal Olympic Swimmer). Or a bull rider.

Baby Caiden

Caiden was blessed yesterday. Travis gave him a wonderful blessing.

Lookit those feet! Long and skinny!

Do You Sudoku?

I do.
I like the challenging ones.
Hey, Mom! Wanna play?

Up, Up in the Air!

Quarantine!!!

Don't come to our house. We have the hair flu!!!

Sunflowers in June

There is a sunflower field down the street from us. We pass it every time we go to Walmart (which is almost every day).

Notice the bug on this sunflower. He was just chillin' until I came along and stuck my camera in his face. Sorry, Mr. Bug. You're cute. And you're lucky. You live in a sunflower field. Except, your neighbors suck.

Sunflowers remind me of Jean Watson. Jean Watson was my Girl Scout leader in Cedarville. She had some sunflowers at her house. I used to sneak seeds when she wasn't looking. I think it was alright that I ate some, but I was afraid of her. Well, not really afraid, just eager to be the best Girl Scout she ever knew.

Pictures from Today

Here are some pictures of Kelly's cuties.

Here's Caiden. You'd never know he had just been crying. What a faker.
And here is Corgan. He was playing with brown Play-Doh, making it into a balloon shape.
I can't not show photos of Ms. Em. The "shirt" she's wearing is actually a dress, size 3-6 months. I'm just making sure I use her clothes as much as possible before they go in a box for whoever has the next girl.

Aww, she has pretty little curls.

Playing with Cars

I caught a special moment between father and daughter this morning. Emily loves playing with her daddy. He loves playing with her. This morning she handed him one of her cars and they began playing cars together. So cute.

Oh, and earlier, just after her first morning milk, she stretched, tooted, said, "Uh oh!" and turned and looked for her dad. Yeah, we know who does the tooting in our house, huh? Daddy!

Best Buds

Elizabeth and Emily are best buds. Emily was feeling cranky yesterday and Elizabeth kept patting her and giving her kisses. It was so sweet! They play really well together. They share their sippy cups with each other, too. Elizabeth showed Emily how to climb on the kitchen chairs and play with the magnets on the fridge. Emily tried to teach Elizabeth how to say "peaches" but it came out sounding like "badges" and Elizabeth apparently had no stinking badges. They're cute together!

There It Is!!!

After a bit of searching, Emily found her belly button.

Dah Gah!

"Dah gah" is Emily's word for help. I'm pretty sure that's what she's asking. Every time she needs me to take a lid off something, put something together, open a package of fruit chews, she says, "Dah gah?" So, I'll dah gah.

Earlier, she brought me her stocking cap and asked me to dah gah, so I put it on her head and she kept it on! I captured a couple of pictures before she decided she was done.

Oh, and she also said "peaches" today. As well as "thank you". We're still working on "please" and "Momma, you're freakin' hilarious."

Family

We had a great time at the cabin and at Turner Falls. We missed Jason and Dad. Hopefully the next time we do the cabin thing, everyone will get to go!