21 Months

What can I say? The girl LOVES her hats...and her cake!

A new etsy apron dress!

Approaching 19 months!

Her new favorite toys. I make them all
different, and she calls them all "Owls."

BIIITE! Ice ceem sammich.

Bubble wrap is awesome. She asks for it all
the time now.

With a quilt made by her Great, Great, GREAT
Grandmother.

An EARLY morning with mom.
She's a dolly in the morning.

18 Months: What she's been up to...

She calls this outfit "Cuuuuute!"

Love those ringlets! She tells me to "Stop, Mommy!"
when I play with them. She was coloring, and I was
bothering her, apparently.

I was trying to get a good angle of her reading, and
she plops right down on the floor next to me, looks in
the camera, and gets up to say, "Emmy see," very
bossy-like.

Her tower of books.

She loves to color, but prefers colored pencils.

Mom's Favorite Dress

Handmade from Etsy.com

16 Months: Puzzles, Mood Swings, & Sweet Corn!

In other news: Even more words. "Newt!" being one of the clearest (& funniest).

Phrases: "Thank you, Mommy" (most frequent) along with "I poop!" and "Potty. Potty."

She sat on the potty today with her first very mini poop!

She eats: vegetables sauteed in garlic & olive oil. Green peppers, tomatoes, avocado, to name a few.

She knows: how to use an iPad and how to count....to two, or the following number.

People she loves: Michael Gregory & Evan Gregory (godfather). Baby Evan & "Sassy" Cassie Medema.

Family favorites: Great Grandpa & Grandma Dangle, Aunt Becca and Izaac ("I-kick").

Emerson's 2nd Summer

This summer Emerson LOVES: Rocks, McKennan Park, the Zoo, & Cars.

Almost 1!!

We tried to take 1-year photos of Emerson today. She didn't smile once. But she CAN show you "1" with her finger out.

Our Beauty~10 months

Playing with Daddy

Gimme Five

She loves the glass table in the kitchen.

Pushing the Chair

This is her new game. She'll push the chair back and forth many times before tiring of it.

Helping in the Kitchen

This activity kept her occupied and happy for at least 20 minutes!

Cars and Cell Phones Don't Mix

Em's already using the cell phone when driving.
She must have learned it from her Daddy.

Puttin' up the Tree

Looking Back...11 Weeks

I can just hear her:
"IF YOU TAKE MY SEA HORSEY, I WILL KARATE CHOP YOU."

Sometimes...

she falls asleep smack-dab in the middle

of the floor because she played way too

hard before bedtime. Sometimes.

First Halloween

Emerson was Jackie Kennedy for Halloween.

She wore pearls and carried a matching clutch purse.

I think she captured her essence nicely, though she was mistaken

for Michelle Obama.

First Foods

Emerson has been eating up a storm! Among the favorites so far: oatmeal, peas, green beans, and squash! Oh, and this is during a morning feeding with DADDY, who Em and I both blame for the mess.

Almost Crawling?

Watch out! By the start of 6 months, Em can scoot backwards and get up on her hand and knees.

Expert Sitter!

Some time during her 5th month, Emerson became quite the independent sitter. She occasionally gets so busy sitting and playing, she forgets that she is in fact sitting, and she'll tip right over!