Four Christmases - number 3

Don't be confused - I've only posted once earlier of Christmas. We had 4, but I'm out of order. Mom sent me these so they're getting posted next. I'll have to upload those of our Christmas morning with Em and Cooper Christmas yesterday. 

Em is in amazement at the presents. She was tempted by that one in front, wrapped in paper with doggies on it. She kept petting it.

My parents gave Em a Disney princess tent (really it was called like a mega hut or mega palace or something). It was so cute. Wes can even fit in it....which is what's going on below. Plus, Em moved her new princess fold out couch into her new digs.

Every time Em opened a present that needed to be undone from packaging, she would take it to Papaw and wait for him to get it out for her. They were best friends on Christmas day. 

LOVE these shades my dad found for Em and strangely enough she leaves them on. Wes is playing with Emersen's new Meowtastic keyboard.

She's a conqueror.

The pull out couch is now her nest for toys. 

Again in the tent. We even pulled out a battery operated lantern for her to take in and play with. 

She loved it!

Christmas was really fun this year with Emersen. I'm truly sad to see the season end. And it has officially ended retail-wise...VALENTINE'S stuff was out today. Give me a break people. I'm thankful for KLOVE that is currently still playing Christmas music intermittently. Weaning me off. I appreciate this. It better start snowing soon - that's the only other good thing about winter. And Em got a sled for Christmas...so...

More  updates to come. And more pictures on a regular basis as my parents got us a new fancy camera for Christmas - thanks folks!

Merry Christmas because I probably haven't said it to you yet.

First Christmas Weekend

This was the first of two Christmas weekends. Em was happier after some food on Saturday, in the pretty dress. The other picture is of her exploring outside in my parent's front yard, playing around the nativity scene they have set up. More of those pics to come. I can't believe Christmas is in a few days. I feel like I completely missed December this year. Boo. Oh, I mean, Bah Humbug.

Pig Tails

We put Emersen's hair in pigtails this weekend. Can't believe we can even do that to a 14 month old! But she looks ADORABLE with them. And she leaves them in as well. Getting them fixed isn't the easiest thing, but I can do it without resistance if she's drinking her milk. It's all about strategy with kids.

I love putting my scarf on her, she looks so cute. Sometimes if she gets a hold of one when I'm not wearing it, she'll wrap it around her neck or around her body.  

And THIS is "silly face". It's self explanatory really. And outrageous. It'll take any annoyance or anger you might have right out of you. This is a trifecta of cute right here - pig tails, scarf and silly face. Go ahead, just pinch her cheeks and eat her up.

Look Out!

Thanks to Grandma Fischer for the cute hat and to Bev Wyman for bringing the hats over for a personal fitting. Em was beyond exhausted at the time and was not one bit interested in the hat. Obviously, things changed.

I looked over at her and thought "who is the 4 year old sitting with me?" She looks so much older to me. Yes she's loving glow worm and drinking her milk. And looking a bit intimidating in the second picture! The first picture she's just playing with the pillows. She LOVES her some pillows.

Em's tricks right now: 

Saying ho, ho, ho to "What does Santa say?"

Saying "ats!" and holding her arm up to "What do we say when Kentucky plays?"

She's doing REALLY well on using her Please and More signs other than at meal times to communicate what she wants. 

She has a new "silly face" that's hilarious. Hopefully I, or my mom, can get it on camera to share - so more to come!

Another Year

 We got family pictures again this year, almost to the same day as right after Emersen was born. We stayed local this year and did a quick mini-session. For some reason, I'm having trouble uploading the pictures onto the blog. The black and whites seemed to work best and even then it was a slow and painful process. So here is a mini-sampling. Color pictures will be on our Christmas cards.

It's funny to see Emersen walking with our hands only now. She's walking on her own now. Not in long distances and not on command. She still claps for herself when she stands up on her own. And she looks a little drunk too. It's so funny to see her little head bobbing along in the living room, or see her head pop up over the back of the chair. Yesterday she really seemed to be embracing walking longer distances, from the kitchen into the living room, so that was exciting for all of us.

Right now I'm trying to transition her to two consistent naps a day. She usually takes 2-3 a day but it's not consistent. She one day doesn't nap in the morning, one days its in the afternoon. So we're trying to get her to a two naps a day, an afternoon nap so she can eat dinner with us, and drop her milk before bed since she'll be eating later. This is the third day of this. The weekend makes it easy to keep her busy so she stays up longer, naps longer, etc. Today is another story. She was tired early at home. I kept her up and now she's taking a little while to fall asleep and it worries me because she's going between babbling and crying. Sometimes she will be SO tired, we put her in her bed and then suddenly its comedy hour. 

Last night she slept 11 1/2 hours. But she only had one nap yesterday afternoon - almost 3 hours. This kind of stuff wears me out a bit - you can't control a baby. And I only have 3 days over a weekend to make changes - well initiate change at least.

As you can see, I changed the background to Christmas. I was so excited about Christmas but suddenly I'm behind on finishing decorations and the month is going by TOO fast. I'm almost finished with shopping. We've wrapped a ton of presents. I LOVE online shopping, by the way. I am enjoying It's a Wonderful Lifetime, all Christmas movies on Lifetime. 

Hopefully I'll have more pictures to add soon and it won't be a WHOLE week (dad...) before I post again.