The Mouse and the Booger

We were at the Zoo on Saturday and there is this HUGE thing that looks like a gigantic black and silver pig (it's called a Tapir).  Emma and I were looking at it and she was calling it something with an"m" sound but I couldn't quite figure it out.  she said it a couple of more times and I realized she was calling this gigantic creature a MOUSE!

Last night we were sitting on the floor reading books, getting ready for bedtime.  Emma was kind-of rubbing her nose, and eventually stuck her finger up there.  I asker her if she had a booger and if we should  get it out?  She proceeded to grab my hand, single out my finger, and stick it in her nose!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sweet Stories

A couple of cute stories...

I don't know what mom in her right mind gives her 22 month old gum, but this one does!!!  She is obsessed.  the moment I walk in the door to pick her up from my Mom's she is pulling on my purse and digging in my coat pocket, saying "gom, gom, pees"!

Last night she was on her 3rd piece (she has learned to spit it out, thank god) and handed it to me.  I asked her what she wanted me to do with it, and her reply was "night, night"!  She was done with her gum, or wanted to save it, I don't know.  But, she thought it should go to bed:)

Emma also has this very sweet thing where she wants everyone to be included.  If we are singing a song, she makes sure that everyone is singing it, if we go upstairs often we ALL have to go with her.   Well, the other night she just couldn't understand why Cooper wouldn't sing with us!  she walked up to him and looked in his face saying "Pee pee, pee pee!", just waiting for him to sing with us:)

Tom Tom

Emma is in love with the animals who pay attention to her now!  My mom's cats wouldn't have anything to do with her...

We are in the car on the way home and she'll say "Dada, Peepee (which means puppy!), and Ma-ee (Mattie), and Tom"  How cute is that ?  She loves to follow tom around and chase copper and cooper chase us.

She is also talking up a storm!  It is so fun.  Elliott is in North Dakota - again for two weeks - and we took him to the airport.  As we were leaving I said "Emma Dad's on an airplane!"  Now she gets home and says "Dada!" and I say, no Emma, remember where Daddy is?  "Dada - ipane"....  How cute?  It is so fun to hear her starting to make sentences and remembering things too.

ok, love to all...

Em and Cooper

Emma and cooper have reunited as fast friends!  Yesterday El had em all to himself, and he caught a shot of Emma and Cooper watching Animal Planet together!!!!

Emma got a new rocking chair and she pulled it right smack-dab, as close as she could get it, in front of the TV!  Uh oh...

And then, finally, I caught her trying to sit in Cooper's lap!  How dang cute...  She gets right in between his two front legs and plops herself down.

She is so fun right now, and very exhausting.  Her and Daddy spent 1 1/2 hours just running around Home Depot last night!

Love to all from the frozen tundra - I mean, Mid-West:)

Moved!!!!

FINALLY....  We've moved into our new rental townhouse in Rosemount, MN!  Poor Elliott followed a weather system the WHOLE way here form Seattle.  He drove 7 days, with the dog and the cat, pulling a trailer.  Everyday we would look forward to his call to hear about what sort of weather he was driving through:)  But, Saturday he made it, and with the help of Auntie Becca, Uncle Chris, Grandpa and Grandma Loerch - we are "moved" in.  Of course there are LOTS of unpacked boxes and the garage is FULL (we were so excited to get one car parked in the garage, as it was -12 today!!!!!).  

Anyway, you can see both Emma and Cooper enjoyed "helping" Elliott get everything put together.  Emma doesn't need to be prompted to say "cheese" anymore - dang cute.

She's been SUPER busy reacquainting herself with Cooper and Thomas.  As a matter of fact she is OBSESSED with Cooper!  The first day she wanted him to follow her everywhere - "come puppy, come" is what she would say as she bent her knees and waved her hands at him.  

Active Emma

Emma has ALWAYS been an active girl, but things are in overdrive lately!  She LOVES to play with her babies (almost any baby will do!) and she LOVES to give them milk.  We even have to put the "bottle" in the microwave!  

Another favorite activity is putting on Mama's underwear and "bra's"!  although she prefers to have them either around her neck or her waist:)

She also LOVES the outdoors...  This is her new green  snowsuit, which we had to wear yesterday when we went out in the 13 degree cold!!!!  We stood and played with the 3 golden retrievers who live down the block, throwing them snowballs!

OK, happy new year and much love to all...

Christmas w/ Grandpa Jim and Nana

Grandpa Jim and Nana drove in from Michigan to spend an evening with us!  Emma had fun showing off her dance moves, eating whipped cream with Nana, and playing with Grandpa on the couch.  Em's great Aunt Judy made a lovely dinner and we enjoyed visiting with great Grandma Hinrichs.

This was the latest emma has ever stayed up!  She didn't get to bed until almost 9pm - party girl!!!