Christmas

Emmi's second Christmas went pretty well. For the first time since we moved to NC we decided to stay home. Granted we missed seeing friends and family, it was good to not have to travel and we got to enjoy the comforts of our own home. After the new year, we'll also have a lot of visitors. Taryn's cousin's Beau and Alana, my best friend/Emmi's God Father Phil, and my nephew Justin and Taryn's bro Joey will all be paying us a visit. We'll also be expecting a visit from my Dad as he will have no excuse as we will be paying his travel expenses.

As for Christmas. Santa brought Emmi a pimp Radio Flyer wagon. One of the all wood ones that weighs like 300lbs. Will she be able to pull it? Probably not until she's like 17. But you know what? That's all right. I wanted one but never got one. *My parents got me a wheel barrow. Do you know what it's like, when you're 6 years old, have no friends, and sit in your yard, by yourself, in a wheel barrow, and get mocked by other neighborhood kids in their Radio Flyers? Yeah it's damaging. That wasn't going to happen Emmi. I wanted her to have a wagon that would run over small children and animals. Taryn will probably post pics of it later.

Now on to Santa. What's up with this guy? He delivered the wagon, but didn't put it together. I don't know if he had to lay off some Elf's or is waiting on his economic stimulus package or what. He left it up to me. Dude is getting lazy. Good thing is there are no left over spare parts. Can't really guarantee that it's assembled correctly, but on the short trips up and down the street, it managed to stay together.

As for Kona's Christmas present, Santa and his parents were really lacking this year. I did manage to take him out yesterday and do one of his favorite things......mountain bike. I did receive one comment that I'm sure we'll be hearing more of. "Hey look, it's Marley!!" in reference to the moving Marley and me. Yes, it was kind of cute but I forsee this being said to me so many times when I'm out with him, that I'm going to want to start throat punching people. Yes he's a yellow lab, yes he looks like the dog in the movie, yes he's kind of goofy......but his name is KONA. I can see that the market for yellow labs within the next month is going to grow exponentially. I'm glad we're ahead of the curve and got KONA prior to it being the "in" thing to do. Maybe we can actually market him as that dog "Marley" and have him do guest appearances at bars and whatnot. Maybe make a little money off of him.

Think that's all I got for now. Maybe I'll chime in next week with my new years resolution...

*Disclaimer: My parents actually got me a Radio Flyer wagon. I posted that merely for entertainment purposes. As for the whole no friends thing.......let's just say it's hard to pull yourself in a wagon.

Quick update

Emmi has a cold again. :^( We are busy putting our house together. Need to still send out thank yous from her b-day presents(sorry), get our Christmas shopping done(packages may be late), get a tree, drive around to check out lights, and then relax.

So here is a family pic when we saw Santa. Emmi was so scared that she started shaking. As you can see she was OK if we kept some distance between her and Santa but she would not take her eyes off him.

Where you can find Emmi...

We have been living upstairs since we are having the hardwoods installed on the first floor. We have been able to capture Emmi in her new places...

Upside down (this is one you can find her in often now)



In the desk drawer

In her bureau drawer that she pulled out

On the fouton that she climbed on

Homefront

Here is a pic of the hall before & after. Just doing some finishing work today and then we can live like normal people again. :^)

When do you think Emmi will walk???

Last night she blew us away by taking a couple steps. She did this multiple times. It started with she thinking it was so funny to put her hands on the floor and look under her legs. So Jacob grabbed the video camera to capture the moment. Well that is when she just stood then walked. Check out the video.

She is not walking yet so get your vote on. Post a comment. Where you see it say a number then comments below this post. Click there and it will bring you to another screen where you can put in your vote. Please be sure to include your name.

Dentist, Standing & Craziness

Emmi had her first Dentist appt today. She was a rock star in more ways than one. They were even able to clean her teeth with the cleaner stuff. Everyone was impressed. We dont have to go back for another year although I may send her in 6 months since I had crappy teeth. Go Emmi!!!

She also is standing more and more on her own. At first it was random look she stood for a split second type thing. Then starting this weekend it was one of those moments where Jacob and I looked at each other in amazement as she was just standing drumming on her drum. Or yesterday she was just standing as I came around the corner. What do you think, will be have a Christmas walker?

Then on the home front we are in the middle of chaos since we are getting hardwoods installed on our first floor. It is coming out great. Here is a sneak peak with the little bit that was done as of yesterday.

Happy Turkey Day

We had a great time with Grandpa, Gramma Sharl, Uncle Joe, Voie Jason, Aunt Sara, Cousins Benjamin & Tyler. Dinner was at the Goguens with some great times in the yard playing to burn calories before we ate. Here are some pics:
Emmi sure does love the wagon while cousin Benjamin gives her a ride(check out the smile on her face). Then she also loved their push car for riding in as well.

Here is the beginning of the meal with her crazy Daddy.

Here is the end of the meal.

Then to end different day she got to ride on Grandpa's shoulders.