A Beanie Boo Thank You

A special thank you to Wade and Li Ming for the Beanie Boo stuffed animal.  It was the perfect gift at this stage in Emma's development because she is very into eyes.  Emma loves looking into the gargantuan eyes of her Beanie Boo.  Beanie Boo is even helping her to learn how to crawl.  Mommy puts Beanie Boo just out of Emma's reach and Emma can't resist pushing and pulling herself forward.

Emma and Beanie Boo's first encounter

So Many Reasons to Celebrate

Emma just loves to celebrate birthdays with everyone.  Last night we celebrated Great Aunt Joan's birthday.  Emma loved being passed around to anyone that was willing to hold her.  We even got some big smiles out of her.  Great Aunt Sharon was in town for the celebration too, so Emma had a chance to meet her.  Today Aunt Sharon watched Emma while Mommy and Daddy biked around the lake and went swimming.  Mommy and Daddy loved having some time to themselves and Emma had so much fun with Aunt Sharon.

 "Mommy, How many Great Aunts do I have?"

 "I definitely could get used to being held all the time"

"Really?  I was having a hard time understanding the theory of Quantum Entanglement, but now everything is so clear to me."

Olympic Outburst

If wailing at the top of one's lungs was an Olympic sport, Emma would definitely receive a medal.  Last night Mommy and Daddy had friends over to watch the opening of the Olympic games.  Just as guests were arriving, Emma reached the point in her day where she needed a nap.  However, putting a little kiddo to bed with everyone talking downstairs was too much of a temptation.  Mommy tried to let Emma know that she was too tired to participate in the party, but Emma would have none of this talk.  She was definitely going to be part of the action

Emma proceeded to cry until Mommy finally brought her downstairs and let her get passed around to all the guests.  Emma was fascinated with all the new faces and became very excited for a short while.  Then she returned to her crabby, I need a nap disposition.  Finally after everyone left, Emma decided it was time to calm down.  At this point she was so tired that she crashed as soon as her head hit the bed.

Hey Carolyn, did you try to color coordinate with me?  I was going for "luminous being".  How about you?

Girl Talk

Yesterday was a great day for Emma.  We played outside, took a few airplane rides, smiled a lot at Seahorse and Mommy, and went for a walk.  The highlight of the day was listening to Grandma Walczynski on speaker phone.  As soon as Emma heard grandma talking, she started to coo and smile.  Mommy doesn't know how grandma gets her to smile so quickly.  She had been working all day to get some smiles out of Emma. 

Emma listening to Grandma on the phone

Mommy and Emma working on their "Legs Up, Kick, Kick, Arms Up" dance routine

Yoga Here I Come

Emma has been practicing her head movements and lifting herself up into a cobra position this past week.  She even does a bit of a Savasana in between each set.  A natural yogini at heart.

 "I could do cobra pose all day long"

 

How am I doing boss?

Up, Up and Away

Here I am taking my first flying lessons aboard the Mommy Knee Express.  Today Mommy took my toys outside and we played on the front lawn.  After lifting my plane safely off the ground, I tried both a left turn and a right turn.  The plane went up and down and we even experienced a little turbulence (which I liked greatly).  Lowering the plane was a little bit challenging but I made it safely to the ground without any crash landings.

"I am Ready for Take-off."

"Do you serve milk on this flight?"

"I guess I got a little jet lag from the long flight"

My First Haircut

Yesterday daddy gave me my first haircut!  Ok, it wasn't a full haircut, seeing that my top hair is still so short...but the hair on the back of my head is really long!  I am the world's youngest mullet wearer.  Anyhow, I had some nasty knots in the back due to my incessant squirming and moving of my head when I am laying down.  I'm sorry, but there's just too much to see for me to sit still. 

Just a few small snips, ok?  I want to keep my mullet.

Mommy suggested that some people shave their baby's heads so that their hair grows back thicker.  Well, I don't know about that.  I may get tangles but you have to admit that my blond locks are completely adorable :)