Ready for her Third Christmas - 26 Months

Emma Grace continues to amaze us each day, as she is always learning something new!  She is 29.8 pounds and really growing taller and leaning out lately.  She has a smile that lights up any room and her laughter is contagious!  Emma loves to run and especially jump.  Every time she wakes up she loves to jump on her bed with Hannah.

Emma is talking more and more and is now stringing together words. She will say "Hannah diaper wet" or "Dada work," and more.  Emma loves learning to count (right now she says one....ten over and over).  We are working on the numbers in between!  haha  She loves watching/playing her counting games on the iPad and says "I count" every time she eats a meal.  

It still impresses us what an amazing big sister Emma is.  She shares her favorite toys with Hannah....even Jack!  She helped teach Hannah how to crawl and wave.  They play together more and more now and it really is priceless to watch.

Emma is really excited about Christmas this year and talks about "Sanka" all the time.  She looks forward to finding Elfie every morning and opening the advent calendar each evening.  We will be home for Christmas, so it'll be fun to have Santa come down her chimney for the first time!

Happy 2nd Birthday to our Sweet Emma Grace!

It's hard to believe it's been two years since our little angel entered the world.  It's impossible to imagine life without her.  What a joy it's been to watch her grow into such a smart, loving and vivacious little girl.

At Emma's 2 year check-up with the doctor, she weighed 29 pounds and measured 35 inches long.  She impressed Doctor A. with the fact that she was potty trained by her second birthday!  Mommy and Daddy are so proud!!  Now she goes without even asking for a reward and wears big girl underpants all day except for when she sleeps.

Emma is talking more now, and is starting to string words together.  When she goes potty she loves to say, "I did it!"  She is learning colors and her favorite at this moment in time is yellow.  Emma can point to many objects and tell us what they are.  She has some of her favorite books memorized and can 'read' them to us with some of the basic words.  It's so funny because she has her favorite pages in several books that she always turns to.  Physically, she is very active, running and jumping around the house.  Chasing the dogs and playing "get you" with them is still one of her favorite things to do.

Our sweet big sister still loves to dote on Hannah.  She brings her toys, plays with her, and gives her plenty of kisses.  She is very protective of her when we are out and about.

Emma is taking art classes at Gymboree and we are loving the fall/holiday crafts she's been making!  She still loves music class at the library, so we do that regularly.  Lately with the cooler weather she's gotten to go the the railroad park and pumpkin patches.

Last weekend we celebrated her second birthday with the family.  She had so much fun with all of her grandparents!  She got an adorable kitchen, helping tower, and bounce house, which kept her busy nonstop!

I'm sure I forgot something as it seems that she is changing so much each day, but I think that covers most of it! :)  Love to all.

22 Months!

We can't believe our little angel is almost two... where has the time gone?  She now weighs 27.8 pounds, wears size 2T-3T clothes and size 7 shoes.  We are having a hard time keeping up! :)

Emma is so much fun to be around.  She is so full of life, love and laughter.  Her smiles and giggles are truly contagious.  Of course dancing is still a favorite activity of hers.  She's also been taking an art class at Gymboree and has become quite the little artist!  We love putting her artwork on display around the house.

Since the last blog post, Emma's gotten to see both sets of grandparents and has been quite the little traveler. We did road trips to San Diego and Telluride in July. She had fun in San Diego with all of the family, swimming, jumping on the trampoline and going to the beach.  In Telluride she got to hang out with her little friend CJ (same age), go on gondola rides, play at the park, and go on lots of walks in the cool mountain air!

Over the past couple of months Emma has continued to learn many new words and now is stringing more of them together in phrases.  One of our favorites is when she says, "I love."  So sweet!  She is very concerned with making sure Hannah is taken care of and tells us when she needs a "ba-ba," binkie or burp rag.  Every time Hannah spits up, she very dramatically says, "Oh no!" and runs to get Mommy a burp rag.  She even fed her a few weeks ago (with some help of course)!  She really spends a lot of time taking care of her baby dolls now too, which is just so precious to watch.

Hard to believe we have a 2nd birthday party to plan very soon!  We will keep everyone posted!

Emma's July Memories

20 Months - Our Little Dancer!

Emma Grace is now a vivacious 20 month old toddler whose favorite activity is dancing!  She also loves reading, singing, playing peek-a-boo and 'get you' (Daddy runs around and chases her around the house).  After reading a book to her, she wants the book and will sit there and 'read' it back to us.  It is priceless!

Emma now weighs 27.2 pounds and loves getting on the scale here at home.  She is already wearing 24 month and 2T clothes!  Not to mention that she is outgrowing shoes like crazy... must be going through a growth spurt!

Her vocabulary is growing daily and she is saying more and more words.  One of the cutest things she says is 'Oh no!' in a very dramatic tone of voice when something goes wrong.  She says names quite well, and says Mama, Dada, Emma and Hannah all the time. She is also learning manners and loves to say 'Thank You,' sometimes saying it over and over when we respond 'You're welcome.'

We try to keep Emma busy and get her out of the house almost every day to socialize and play.  She loves going to Gymboree, the library, splash pads, and on play dates at her little friends' houses.  On Thursdays when Daddy is home, she's also gotten to go to the Phoenix Children's Museum and Arizona Science Center!

Emma is a very sweet, loving and helpful big sister.  She hugs, holds (with some help), kisses and burps Hannah frequently.  When Hannah has play time on the floor, Emma likes to be in charge of Hannah's toys and holds them up for her.  She is protective of her when we are out and about, and never wants to leave her  behind.

18 Months - Almost a Big Sister

Our baby girl is becoming quite the independent little toddler!  Emma definitely knows what she wants and is figuring out how to let us know. :)  She loves dancing, playing outside, coloring, drawing with sidewalk chalk, playing with Play Dough, blowing bubbles and walking the dogs.  She will go pick up the dog's leash and bring it to us to put on one of the dogs so she can walk him/her around the house.  Feeding the dogs is another favorite daily task that makes her feel like such a big girl!  We still have to watch her closely to make sure she doesn't try to sneak a bite for herself. ;)

Emma is talking more and more.  We have been working with her on parts of the face, and she can now say eyes, nose and mouth.  One of her favorite things to do is look at herself in the mirror or pictures of herself on the wall and say 'Emma.'  When you ask her, "What is your name?" she responds 'Emma' in the sweetest little voice with a huge smile on her face.  It never gets old!  Of course one of her very favorite words is still 'Daddy.'  She's such a little Daddy's Girl... each morning when she wakes up she wants to hang out with Daddy the whole time he gets ready for work.  On the weekends she loves sitting on Daddy's lap and looking at pictures/listening to music on the computer.

It will be fun to see Emma as a big sister in a couple of short weeks.  Hopefully she will adjust well.  We have been practicing a lot with her baby dolls - walking them in the stroller, feeding them, rocking them to sleep, etc.  She is so sweet and loving by nature, she will be an amazing big sister.

16 Months and Growing Up so Fast!

Our little Emma Grace is getting so big so fast....she seems to change daily and is getting quite independent!  At her most recent doctor's appointment, she weighed in at 23.8 pounds and was 31 inches tall.  

Some of Emma's favorite things to do are dance, play outside with the rocks, read Wheels on the Bus and Row, Row, Row Your Boat, and play with her little friends at school.  Of course, she still loves playing with the dogs.  

It has been a lot of fun watching Emma learn to talk.  Her favorite two words are 'no' and 'up.'  Her answer to almost everything is no, emphasized by shaking her head.  She also says: dada, dog, mama, baby, down, and nose.  

Like any toddler, her food preferences change almost daily; one day she will devour something and the next she won't touch it. It's been fun trying new things with her though.  One thing she loves consistently are scrambled eggs and Daddy's pancakes on 'Pancake Sunday.'  Like her mommy, she also still loves fruit!

As she gets closer to becoming a big sister (in just a month and a half!), we talk about mommy having a baby in her belly.  Sometimes Emma will put her hand on her own belly and say 'baby.'  It's quite funny!  She has been practicing pushing her stuffed animals and baby doll around in her little baby stroller too. :)

We hope everyone is doing well and will update you when the new baby arrives.