On the go....

Here is a video of her pushing her push toy, sorry was taken later day so the light isnt perfect. Of course we staged it since those first moments never happen with the camera rolling, but she will do this on her own.

Cabbage Patch Kids are her new thing thanks to Memere as you can see she is pushing one and there is one on the floor. For those of you who grew up in the 80's, I am sure your parents, grandparents, aunts, etc stood in lines at the toy store to get you at least one. I was fortunate to have 4 growing up. I recently found out that the "Hospital" where they are born is in Georgia. You know Emmi is going to go there once she is old enough. So go out and get your 25th anniversary Cabbage Patch Kid as they just came out with them.

The Daddy ran away....

but now he is back. It was his first weekend away from Emmi where he was driven to Snowshoe for some Downhill biking with the boys and a free place to stay (can't beat that). Emmi and I kept busy by going to a birthday party. Went running. Went to the playground with Uncle Jason and the boys. Just normal stuff to keep busy.

Over the weekend Emmi pushed her push toy across the living room twice. I didnt capture it on video but hope to soon. She also is doing the normal crawl randomly. She will take a few crawls with a serious look on her face while doing it but then drop down to the army crawl since she can go so much faster.

Emmi loves to read books and empty bookshelves to find the right one. Today I set her up to read to Mickey just so I can show you how big she has gotten. Remember the early pics of her barely half his size.

Then here is a pic of her with American Chop Suey face which shows her 5 teef.

Tutu, bows, and toof oh mi....

Emmi continues to climb the stairs, two times this weekend. Then if that wasnt enough the gate for the top of the stairs was leaning against the spare bed. She proceeded to try to scale that to get on top of the bed. Little monkey she has become.

Her 5th tooth is coming through. This one is the top front left side when looking at her. Good thing otherwise she was going to be a vampire for Halloween since the other teeth on top are really showing through.

She has rediscovered her bouncy seat. It is designed to become a toddler rocker. Here she is sitting but often she is standing in it. Yes she gets in and out of it herself.

Here is the little princess after I finished her Tutu. It is on the longer side so it will be much better when she can walk.

I spent one night this past weekend making hair bows. Her Godmother who is also super crafty, painted an 'E' for her hairbows to hang from. The picture doesnt do it justice. Thanks Alana!!!

Big weekend on the Stairs

Munchin has gone to new levels this weekend. She mastered the stairs, at least going up. She had climbed the first two stairs to the landing a few times but hadn't attempted the full set. Luckily I was upstairs at the time to grab the camera with Jacob right behind her.

Emmi turns 10 (mos) today!!!!

Today is Emmi's 10 month birthday. The other night Taryn was mentioning how she's jealous of people that we know having easier times than us with a new born. I was in the middle of working out so I didn't have a whole lot of time to think about the hardtimes we had. So in the 30 seconds of rest from me trying to do more damage to my joints, I thought about it...........What I came up with was only two "tough" nights. The first was the second night Emmi was home with us. Nothing real exciting. She just didn't want to go to sleep. Finally, Emmi and I were able to put Taryn down and get some sleep about 5am. The second time was when we had gone home for xmas last year. We were staying at my aunts and Emmi was a little off having been in a car for 12 hours. Taryn looked at it as screwing up Emmi's schedule. I looked at it as a test to see how tough Pumpkin was (she was only 5 weeks). She passed the test. She was so excited when I told her she passed, she proceeded to projectile vomit all over Taryn. Taryn thought it was gross. I looked a it as a badge of honor. If I were Taryn, I wouldn't have washed that shirt. I would have formed it into some sort of baby-vomit mache mural in honor of Emmi. I would have then placed it on our front lawn, lawn jockey style. Passer-by's would realize the baby puking power that lives at the twelve-oh-seven.

We have since graduated from baby vomit and runny poo's to solid poo's and eating oatmeal cookies whole. Not sure what the next 2 month's will bring. That's right all you math geniuses, in 2 month's Emmi will be 1. I think she'll be walking by then. And when I say walking, I really mean pillaging small villages.

That being said......happy birthday Pumpkin!!

Hair bows, cookies and a load of other stuff

We think Emmi is going to be a vet. Here she is checking Kona's teeth:

Taryn also went to a hair bow making party (yeah, I didn't know there was such a thing either) and made Emmi some bows:

She's been practicing with the sippy cup:Taryn made Pumpkin some oatmeal cookies. We put them in the snack trap but she would rather eat them off the floor. Think she likes the extra value of dog hair which it adds:

Stand up

Emmi has mastered pulling herself up and is now trying to stand on top of things to get higher. She also is a cruiser now like along the couch or footstool in the living room. But still does her army crawl as main mode of transportation. She has climbed the first two stairs to the landing. Tried to scale the bookcase in the living room but just hasn't quite got there yet to get to the top shelf. Lately she has been pulling up on the office window, stand on her tippy toes on top of the Boppy to look out but not really able to see anything. Well today I put a foot stool in front of the window. I stood her on it so she can see out. I am sure it will only be a matter of time she figures out how to climb on the stool herself to look out. Here she is when I put her up to the window (I liked both of these):