Visiting Papa

Eme and Mommy took a big trip this last week to visit PaPa in California. When we went out there PaPa's name was Ganpaw, but Eme changed it mid-visit and Papa seemed to stick. Anyhow, Eme and Mommy flew on the plane for a really long time and arrived a Papa's house at about 1:00 in the morning. Then we slept, got up played, fell down in the street and really hurt our lip and spent the rest of that day recovering. The next day when we were driving to Santa Cruz, we got into a minor accident where the person that hit us left the scene of the accident and was amazingly picked up by the Highway Patrol in less than 5 minutes. Then, Eme got to see the Pacific Ocean for the very first time. She loves the beach, but she certainly had never seen a beautiful beach like that. We visited with Papa and his friends and had a very good time. They also have a terrific playground in Modesto, so we spent a lot of time playing there on Saturday morning. Eme was so good on the airplane on the way back that it gave mommy confidence that we might be able to fly to see Papa again. Of course, we like it even better when he comes to visit us! : )

This Year's Boo

Hippity Hopping Around The Yard - We probably spent 45 minutes bouncing around the front yard. She bounced so hard once that she fell down and we had to change her pants so she didn't look like a cute little pink bunny with brown spots on her pants.

Eme was a bunny rabbit for Halloween - sometimes with ears and sometimes without. She went trick or treating and loved it! In fact she threw a fit when we didn't go to a house that we had already been to when we were walking home. She really didn't understand Halloween, but boy was it fun to go door to door collecting things in her bucket. She was a show stopper in her costume. Lots of neighbors were excited to see such a cute little bunny on their doorstep. I'm sure it will be even more fun next year.

Tonight we are going to a Halloween party where she will again be dressed as a little bunny once again.

Bubby's Pumpkin Party and Day at the Fair

Eme talkin to the chickens in her favorite farm exhibit at the fair.

Eme's halloween costume at Jonas' party. She was an alarm clock if you couldn't tell.

Eme and mommy at the fair in front of the giant pumpkins.

Eme at Jonas' party eating cake her friend Amelia's mom was sweet enough to share.

Eme with Nana and Gramps.

This weekend we basically celebrated fall. Nana and Gramps came over to play. We visited Jonas' land where we carved a pumpkin and had fun around the fire. Eme dressed up like an alarm clock. Her costume was kind of cheap, but we didn't figure she would leave anything too complex on for very long. She wore the clock for the entire party.

We also visited the fair. That was fun. We saw lots of animals and people and rides. We smelled smells and heard different things. But, of course Eme still pointed out every airplane, rock, and other normal things even though there was a lot going on around her. Her very favorite thing at the fair was the farm exhibit where she got to pick vegetables, sell them to the farm stand and they buy things at the store. That was a very neat exhibit, we went through twice.

In other news, Eme keeps coming home from church day care with smiley faces drawn all over her. Last night I asked her who did that and pointed to the smiley face. She very clearly said "Maureen do it." Ms. Maureen is one of Eme's teacher and I think she really likes her.

Just a Few Pictures

All Eme wanted to eat for dinner last night was oranges. So here are two pictures of her lounging eating oranges on the counter.

Also included in this group of pictures is a shot of Eme looking out the window of the car. She had recently woken up from nap and was pretty quiet. The mark on her cheek came from a rocking chair that jumped up and attacked her this morning when she was trying to get a book off of the bookcase. Bad chair.

Stirring the Pot

Eme has had a busy two weeks. She got tubes last Friday. She handled the procedure very well. We are hoping that this will help keep Eme from getting so many ear infections.

Here are few pictures I took this morning of Eme stirring the beans. She spent about 30 minutes stirring the dried beans soaking in water.

As I type she is sliding on her back down the treadmill with a papi in her mouth. Having a papi out of the bed is a luxury and she is always very proud when she manages to pull a blanket in her crib just enough to make a papi fall out.

Let's Go Wolfpack

Oh, I hope they win! (They didn't, but they did play pretty well)
Eme made a point to cheer everytime the crowd did.
Eme trying to make the wolfpack sign with her fingers.
Passed out with an NC State flag after the game. She would not let the flag be outside the car.
Talking to Barbie and drinking hot coffee.

Eme went to her first football game this past weekend. She loved all of the activity. She almost fell off of the bleacher trying to see the other team's mascot.

She also went to her first wedding. We were a little afraid that about 20 people were going to sneak out the door with her. She was all dressed up and was so cute.

The last picture is of Eme sitting on her favorite step, drinking pretend "hot" coffee out of a winnie the pooh mug and talking to barbie on the phone. I swear she imitates EVERYTHING we do!

Waving to Nana

Here's Eme and Eme and Daddy waving hi to the silly e-card nana sent where a gopher (I think) crawled out of a hole and started waving hi while salsa music was playing. Hi, Nana! : ) Have fun at Myrtle Beach this weekend, Nana and Gramps!

What came first the chicken or the egg salad?

So, what do you think? The chicken or the egg salad?
Who really cares? Egg salad tastes better than chicken.
So you say this is the first photo shoot you've ever seen of someone enjoying an egg salad sandwich? Where do you live in a shell?
Speed demon Eme even though she can't really reach the pedals.

I'll bet it wasn't egg salad! Well Eme looovvveeeessss egg salad. In fact, she ate an egg salad sandwich just as the egg salad was made last night. Ate an egg salad sandwich for lunch at school and then asked for eggs and toast for dinner. She didn't get her wish for dinner. There's got to be something wrong with eating eggs at three meals in less than 24 hours.

She also got a bike this past weekend. She is a little to small for it, but it is a very nice bike and she immediately starts talking about riding bikes when we pull into the garage each night.

NOT the Spa

Bubble baths are not all fun and games. Eme was interested in the bubbles when she was out of the tub, mildly entertained while she was in the tub and then decided they were WAY more fun when she was out of the tub. So, we got out of the tub and played with the bubbles by bending over the side of the tub. In other news, we made our first blanket fort today. That was fun. It is still up and currently has lots of baby dolls in it.

Glamour Girl Camo

Every morning Emersyn watches me putting on make up. She laughs and laughs every day. Well, tonight it was really quiet after dinner. When I went to check why it was so quiet, this is what I found. I guess we all knew it was bound to happen sooner or later. Oh, she also has her first split lip. She fell down today and has a good cut on her upper lip. Maybe she was just trying to camouflage her injury with lipstick??

Slides, Hugs, Smiles

Hugging Daddy
Trying to find a way to escape from crazy Mommy and Daddy.
Weee. Eme loves slides. She doesn't care for the swing, but if you let her stay at the playground all day and go down the slide I think she would.

The weather is getting cooler so we had to break out the long pants and sweaters. Keeping Eme's clothes organized is a challenge all in itself. She is growing so fast, we never know what size to buy. It is either too big now or too small in a couple of weeks.

We pretty much hung around the house all weekend and took Eme to the playground. She loves the slide!

Her vocabulary continues to improve. She is really speaking in complete sentences now - saying things like "I want Mommy" and "I want to eat." It's pretty amazing.

The other big news is she had her 18 month check up on Tuesday. She is getting much taller and thinner. She is in the 50 percentile for weight and 70th for height.

Otherwise, things are pretty quiet around here.

Bubby

Love my Just Jonas.
Looking out the window of Emersyn's playhouse. Jonas folded up and squeezed in.

Jonas came over to visit this afternoon. He got to play follow the leader, read the same book at least 10 times and fold his 6 foot 5 frame into Emersyn's playhouse several times. She was very upset when Jonas had to leave. I took many photos, but did not have much success with the quality of the pictures. First, the camera was fogged up. Then, I only got one picture where both Emersyn and Jonas were looking at the camera. I guess that's what happens when you are trying to take pictures of a squirming 18 month old and her 36 year old uncle.

Also, Emersyn can't quite say the "J" sound yet. So it looks like Jonas might end up being bubby, which also sounds quite a bit like the way Emersyn says Barbie. : )

Beach Bum

Cute. What more can you say?
Rinsing off with daddy. It took a few days for her to be comfortable in the shower.

Relaxing reading a book, sucking on a paci, sitting in a cooler. What more could you ask for?
Yum. We celebrated daddy's 35th birthday with ice cream sundaes.
Oooooo..... Ice cream headaches really hurt!
Go Beach!
Bathing beauty. She was always very intent on wearing her hat, suit and shoes to the beach. The shoes came off when she got to the beach.

We had a really nice time at the beach last week. The weather was absolutely beautiful without a cloud in the sky unitl tropical storm Hanna came through on Friday. We decided to leave a day early. Eme's vocabulary has exploded. She can say just about everything we say. Yes, everything. So we are all having to watch our mouths. I am trying to decide what to dress her up as for Halloween. The choices are.. an alarm clock, a hurricane or a parrot.

She is really a joy to be around.