2009 Update

Well it has obviously been a while since our last post and much has happened in the past month...

Emma had her 12 month check up (really at 14 months because I just kept putting it off) and she now weighs 23 pounds and is 31 1/2 inches long. The doctor says we are going to have a tall, skinny girl in our future. We're not too sure that she "feels" skinny when we're lugging her around now-a-days!!!! After receiving her bill of health, they proceeded to give her 5 shots that I wasn't expecting and everything went south from there. I have found that I will no longer do the "multiple vaccination" thing again. She (or maybe I) can't handle it.

Here is a picture of Emma getting her first mohawk from some of the kids in our youth group! She loved the attention.





Since then her vocabulary is constantly changing. A few of E.G.'s words include: Dada, a really whiny mama which really sounds like baba most of the time, Papa, bubbles (sounds like bubba) our name for Aunt Amanda, bee (sounds like bu)for Aunt Bethann, she calls her Mimi's "DooDoo"<--Really funny!, Pup, "TANTU" for thank you, "Duce" for juice and so on!

Emma blowing a kiss!



Her walking has turned into a goofy running of sorts which usually ends in a bang to the forhead or pounce on her hind end! It's cute to watch until the dreadful tears start pouring, but she is getting the hang of things.

Here we are snow tubing at Scaly Mountain.






Her favorite toys are now spoons and spatulas from my kitchen drawers. She gets a kick out of pulling everything out of them and banging around. Everything except that spoon drawer is child-proofed around here. The day she found my makeup drawer was the end to free reign! It makes having a small house wonderful so I can keep up with the little booger.

Emma having fun and eating snow!





We are truly enjoying watching her grow and seeing first hand the miracle of God's creation. I have randomly put pictures throughout the post of some of our crazy adventures with Emma. As you can see, she loves life and we really love her.