obsessed

so emma is seriously OBSESSED with the dog food (and the cat food for that matter). as soon as she hears the sound of the food being dumped into the food bowl, she comes running. thankfully Cooper is the least aggressive we've ever known - he is a teddy bear- so she can sit right there with him while he eats, and put her hands in the bowl to help herself. it is all natural dog food, but still. after she has started putting handfull sin her mouth, i have been shutting the door (he used to be in his kennel so she could only get a kernel or two! ). she just loves it so much! and loves the feeling of the food vs. the water.

ok, off to bed, love to all....

Park Day

About 3pm today I was able to drag Elliott out of the house and head to the park with Cooper and Emma. We were all so glad we went (eve though it was HOT here). First you can see Emma walking with El and Cooper, and notice who is holding on to the leash - little Ms. Emma of course. She loves to walk Cooper and Roscoe. Inthe next picture you can see her reaching towards the sky (she does this whenever she hears an airplane now too - as we have an airfield behind out house so she hears them all the time) and there is a kite flying, and she was just dying to get to it! You can see her climbing up the slide with dad and swinging on the swings with me (it is often very hard to get her off the swing, and if you stop she with bounce her legs to tell you to keep going).

She also tried the merry-go-round, the kiddie swing, and took a dip in the "lake" with dad . We had such a good time and Cooper SO much attention!!!! Ok to eat grilled prok chops, love to all....

Big Day

Well, if is official - our house is on the market! Now just send out all of your positive thoughts that it sells, and some time in the near future so we can all be together.

Today we took a VERY much needed break from working on the hosue. It has been NON-STOP. So we went to a park on the Sound, with BOTH dogs, and Em of course. Well they just about wore us out. Emma had to go down to the water, and then into the little wading pool, she had to chase after every dog (and there were LOTS), then she had to take Cooper and Roscoe for a walk. She holds the leash (while dad holds on closer to their collars) and leads them down the sidewalk. She just loves it!

Her first molar has come through - FIANLLY! Tuesday night she woke up crying so many times that I finally went into her room with the blanket and pillow and pulled her onto the floor with me. That is the first time I have had to do that since she was 9 months old and cutting her front teeth! For two days she would wake from every nap and cry for about 1/2 hour until the Tylenol kicked in - poor girl (she is so happy, or surly, but she doesn't really cry usualy so I was actually quite woried). And just wanted me to hold her. Today though, back to life as normal - until the other molar starts to come in:)

love to all....

no more "shorty-long back"

Em had her 15 month check-up today and she weighed in at 28 lbs. and 33 1/4 inches tall. She is literally off the charts, the percentile does not go that high, seriously......................

Here she is climbing on Coop. He was depressed becasue El was gone. the other picture is of the new travel stroller that El got for Em. Em and Coop are always together and she has no fear (no reason to be affrain either) - will go and grab his bone or ball, then throw it at him to "catch", or will run in the opposite direction with it so he will chase her.

The doctor noted today that Emma's personality really came through in the way she explored and payed attention to things. She noted that Emma didn't miss a beat - this we know! She watched everything the doctor did. When she had the "eye looker" she let Em play with it, and she noted that Emma played with it in a way that most 15 month children would not, and then wanted to know if she had an older brother...... i said "well, her dad is kind of like having an older brother!!!!!!!" anyway, i said that she was a "quirky" child, and we love her!

gotta sleep. love to all.....

Happy 4th

Little Ms. Emma was quite sassy tonight at Holly and JAson's annual 4th of July gathering! The poor girl was ready to falla sleep on our way over there, and then didn;t get to bed until 8:30. As a matter of fact, I left with her and she fell asleep not more than 2 minutes after we left thier house.

Emma had a ball running around the yars, chasing the dogs, grabbing and shaking peoples glasses of soda, searching through the garbage cans, trying toget bottles of beer open, reaching for the m and m's (she had tried them today for the first time - she had three and then I put a stop to it), chasing after the ball, chasing after dog toys...... Least to say I am EXHAUSTED!!!!!! Note the sassy look on her face in the picture of the three of us. Of course Holly and Jason were lovely hosts and we saw great friends, which we will dearly miss, but I was ready to get Emma home:)

We were able to get almost all of the mulch down in the backyard today, and the nase boards are all nailed in.... We are VERY close!

Ok, I gotta go close the windows so Ms. Emma doesn't wake up! Love to all...

True Happiness Is....

True happiness is riding in the car with dad!!!! How dang cute is that smile? El got that pic while they were on their way back from the dog park on saturday.

Notice how Emma wears her sunglasses? She will have them on her eyes for just a bit, then she moves them where she prefers - behind her neck!

Gotta rest - love to all....

Hot Days

Dad jsut had to go get Emma pool! It was in the Upper 90's over the weekend and that is hot here with no air. Usually we can't keep her out of the water, but she only wanted to play in it for a little bit. She's gone in it a few times since, but just for a little bit (what is funny is that that first day the water was FREEZING and that is probably the day she spent the longest in there). The first day in the cold water she would sit down and just suck in her breath and then stand right back up - so funny!

On Sunday, Allison brought the two kids over so they could sit in front of our new window air conditioner. Emma usually can't give away enough kisses, but that day she wanted nothing to do with Mason's kisses!

This last picture shows how wonderful Cooper is with Emma. You really would think they are brother and sister. He follows her around the house and steals whatever she has in her hands, and she gets mad and goes after him. He lets her climb and crawl and jump and tromp all over him. She runs to his kennel the moment he gets fed (she seriously has a thing for dog and cat food and eats it daily!!!!!!!!) and watches him wat, getting her hand in his food and water bowl. They are pretty cute together.

Oh! And Emma has learned to help Mama "wipe" her when changing her diaper!!!!!! She also helps me clean floors, firniture, vacuum....

Love to all