Emma Update

EmmaLee is now 13 months old. ahhh the toddler stage.

 

She. . .

• can say "Emma", "choo choo", "whats that?"
• can sign "thank you", "good night", "wait", "stop", "go","flower", "outside"
• knows most parts of the body. Eyes, nose, lips, tongue, hair, fingers, toes. All of these can be confused with 'ears'. Not sure why but once she knows she has ears...everything is an ear.

• Favorite foods: pb&j sandwiches, pb&banana sandwiches, carrots, hot cocoa
• Least favorite foods: hummus and cucumber
• Can now walk. woot. Especially barefooted. Walking with shoes is more of a zombie shuffle than actual walking but she is making progress.
• Is still in a love/hate relationship with Switzer.

• Can play peekaboo 24/7 and never get bored.

 

ever

 

• Still loves dinosaurs. Luckily we have a bouncy one at the park by our house. *rawr

• Loves her car

 

• And loves her wagon

 

• And loves Tangled

• She is down to one nap a day. (which is heaven for this Momma) She wakes up at 8:30 or 9, then naps 2:00-5:00, then goes to bed at 8 or 8:15. love.
• She now unzips her sleepers in the middle of the night. I go to get her in the morning and she is naked except for the one button at the top. Still hasn't figured that one out yet. 

• All 4 one year molars are popping out at once plus tooth #8. yay. So 7 completely out, 3 moving in and 2 holes with the start of teeth coming through. 12 teeth is all.
• Her hair is sooooo close to being long enough to put up in a ponytail. Hopefully only a few more weeks of the mullet look.
• This past month, and the couple months before, Daddy has been busy at work so we have not seen him very much BUT



 

 She loves her Momma.

 

 



 and her red shoes

 (I had to hide them so she would stop crying after I took them off for nap time)

 









 

and we get to play with baby Connor :)

Every day is something new.

Smarty Pants

Okay. So I have been extremely proud of my kiddo these past two weeks because of her use of sign language.

Before EmmaLee was born I only really knew two signs...

"more" and "all done"

So those are the first signs Emma learned back in June. Then we put a couple of toes on the 'baby signing time' train. We rented the first two from Amazon on our PS3 and watched them for about a week. WOW

...me and David learned a lot ;)

But we wondered what Emma got from those shows. She would make signs (milk, cracker, fish, dog) but they were never constant until after her birthday last week. It was like "oh I am a one year old now...."

light bulb

 

signing genius

 

Emma now signs all the time. I ask her if she wants lunch...she signs "eat". When I ask her if she wants a sandwich...she signs "please". When I ask her if she is all done....she can sign "more" or "all done". When I ask her if she wants to take a nap....she signs "eat"...then after I give her a snack and ask her again if she wants to take a nap....she signs "sleep". when she wants up she says "up" then signs "please". When playing with Switzer she signs "gentle" (not that she is gentle) and "dog". When we talk about babies...she signs "baby" and so on. She is communicating what she wants now and not having as many temper tantrums (and not biting me as much). I am not sure how long this will last but it is incredible seeing her sign without prompting. We have been trying to take her morning nap away but for two days now she has come up to me around 1030am and signed "sleep". Oh, sign language I love you.
 

 

'more'

 

 

'gentle'

 

 

'baby'

 

 

'milk'

 

 

'momma, stop taking pictures of me I am trying to finish breakfast'

 



Emma Update

Today my baby turns a whole year old. *sniff

This past month she...

• Can say "yum" (sounds like 'mmmmmm'...she makes this sound when we are watching tv and there is a food commercial), "good girl" (Switzer is a 'good girl' ((poor guy)) and when you tell Emma no she says she is a 'good girl'), "no", "ouch", "baby"
• Can sign "please", "eat"....which is confused with "bird", "milk", "baby", "cracker"
• Finished with daytime bottles and slowly getting rid of the bottle before bed.

• Favorite food: goldfish, bologna, french fries, scrambled eggs, ketchup
• Least favorite food: . . . . .
• Still not an expert with spoon usage BUT she can use a fork...when she chooses to not use her fingers/ eat like Switzer

• Favorite toys: her phone

 

and stage 3

 



 

and her wagon

 



• She still enjoys going on daily stroller rides. Especially now that the weather is so nice and cool.

• Still loves Sesame Street, the Wiggles, the Muppets movie, and Narnia (I think she is more into the music than the actual movie), and she loves shows with babies and little kids and singing (sound of music was a hit)
• She still has temper tantrums

 

they start like that

and end like this

 

• She still loves 'playing' with Switzer. Switzer still loves pretending Emma does not exist. Poor guy. Emma has started to combine making dinosaur noises and torturing Switzer...

 

She does this with a basket on her head and chasing after him. But he still gets all the food she drops to him from her highchair and she always goes havsies during snack time.

 

 

the best of friends. some days.

• She loves being outside and looking out the windows.

• She loves her baby rocker chair

 

a lot.

• Still trying to push out tooth #8
• Has only walked 7 consecutive steps...and lately has not been interested in walking at all (probably why my back is sprained)

• She weighs 27lbs
• Has learned to share...some of the time.
• She knows lips, eyes, toes and nose
• Mimics Davids sneeze/blowing his nose. *she thinks she is hilarious* And she loves Daddy.

• She knows shoes go on toes and she loves wearing jackets/sweaters/bathrobe

I'm sure I am forgetting things...and time has flown by. I miss my little baby but it is amazing seeing her learning everyday and growing into the toddler stage.

 

Pinterest.

Pinterest and I are in a love/hate relationship. It's full of things I'd love to do...but I don't have time to do them because I am usually waisting my free time looking at new stuff on Pinterest.

 

This morning I found myself downstairs in the kitchen...without EmmaLee and David (this is an odd occurrence because both Em and David tend to gravitate towards the kitchen when they sense someone is going to cook something...my family loves food)

But THIS morning it was just me...and my mission was to cook breakfast

 

Pinterest idea.

 

Hocus Pocus Buns.

 

Crescent rolls, coated in butter, sprinkled (I doused) with cinnamon, and rolled up with a marshmallow on the inside...
 

heaven.

 

They are called hocus pocus buns because the marshmallows on the inside vanish when you bake them...I used jumbo marshmallows...so mine didn't vanish all the way but here is a pic of one that did.

 

 

 Don't worry, I also made eggs with jalapenos and cheddar. So breakfast wasn't completely unhealthy. Although, with all the pictures of the new Taco Bueno being built on 116th street that my mom sends to me...I feel obesity is in my near future anyways.

So, as of this morning, I have completed one pinterest idea. Only a hundred or so more to go.

 

*sending love to everyone at home

 

Emma Update

Today Emma is 11 months old. one more month.....and I will be the Momma of a one year old....yikes.

Things that are new

She...

• can say "Switzer" (sounds like 'titer' or yityer') and "daddy"
• signs 'beautiful' and 'dog'

*This morning we went to a parade and there were horses...when she saw them she did the sign for dog. They were the biggest puppies I had ever seen. Luckily, thanks to baby signing time I know the sign for horse (Go Momma!)

• recognizes the signs for horse (as of this morning), milk, eat and fish (she thinks fish are orange crackers)
• getting rid of daytime bottles (yay)
• finishing up formula and only drinking milk
• Favorite food: chicken nuggets with ranch

*okay okay...

• Favorite food: just ranch...and tuna fish sandwiches
• She is done with baby food from a jar and despises spoons (unless she is using it to fling food to Switzer or to bang on the floor/pans) Only big kid table food for this kid.

*ordered a kids meal today for the first time..well first time for my own kid...and I was disappointed. Chick-fil-a...your 'toys' suck. My toddler cannot play a computer game. But I did love the fact you can get kids chicken nuggets grilled.

• Still loves Sesame Street and the Wiggles (uggghhhh)
• She has learned most of the motions to Itsy Bitsy Spider but at the end she lifts up her shirt because she thinks I am suppose to tickle her. She also likes ring around the rosey. Or she just likes Momma acting like a crazy person during ring around the rosey.
• Favorite toy: stage three

* she...eats it...

• still bites when having a temper tantrum (sadly)
• had to baby lock the cabinets this month so she would stop getting the cleaning supplies out from under the sink
• still trying to push tooth #8 out.
• still hates sitting on grass (yes, I am serious)
• enjoys going to the park to swing
• loves stroller rides

 

*I mean...REALLY REALLY loves stroller rides...

 

• She weighs a good 27 lbs this month and after this weeks growth spurt (sigh) I am pretty sure she is almost, if not more than, 32 inches (all in those long legs) Also, all her activity during the day (crawling, cruising, torturing Switzer...I mean 'playing' with Switzer) has made her less of a chunk and looking more like a big kid every day.

• still sleeping like a champ. Although she wants to start only taking one nap. (Momma refuses) She still is a tummy/side sleeper and has started to not want to be rocked by Momma before nap times...of course at bedtime she lets Daddy rock her (I am NOT jealous) to sleep. (Okay...I am a little jealous)
• still a huge fan of books. She reads them to herself...carefully turning each page. Its kind of creepy to watch but they entertain her long enough so I can vacuum, shower, make lunch, check FB...
• she loves dancing (bobbing up and down or side to side), singing in the car (huge Nicki Minaj fan...oh dear) and hates talk radio (I really don't know if she hates talk radio...but I do. and I really wish David would not make us listen to it every time we are in the car (sigh))

 

we love our Daddyman

 

 

and hanging out with baby Connor

 

 

and being a stinker

 

 

and Pumpkin Spice lattes

...fine, fine that's the Momma...

 

 

AND she is going to be a ladybug for Halloween.

I am sure I have forgotten things to put on here. These past few months have flown by and everyday is something new.



Never Forget

This morning was the dedication of the 9/11 memorial here in Havelock.

 

 I went to see David perform and although it was a long event (might of just felt like it for me because of my crabby kid) I am very glad I went. In the middle of the memorial is a piece of steal from one of the World Trade Centers. This memorial has been built in Havelock because of our military community. Many of the people who work or have worked in this town and on MCAS Cherry Point have been to Iraq or Afghanistan following the attacks on 9/11. This beam is in remembrance of the men and women who lost their lives. Not just the lives lost on that day but also the lives lost overseas where people are sacrificing their time and safety in hopes of making America a better and safer place.

 

...and there were bag pipes...

 

 

and police officers

 

 

and Uncle Rich

 

 

 and Daddyman.