November 20, 2007

November 20, 2007
Emma is growing like a weed. She is in size 18 months clothes and a size 5 shoe. I think she is going to sprout up more soon since she outgrew her size 4 shoes so fast. That is how I knew her daddy was going to grow over night… he would eat and eat and eat… then he would outgrow his shoes… then one morning he would wake up 2 or 3 inches taller then when he went to bed. The other two kids grew slowly but steadily, the only way I knew they grew was when their pants were too short. Makes me think if we checked Jordan’s dna and Emma’s they would have almost all the same traits.
Jordan and Brianna and Emma were in Casper all last week. Man did I miss my little “burger butt”. When they came over on Saturday, Emma gave me a cuddle or two then ran after Tara saying “dog… dog… dog…” guess we know who she missed the most! Sunday I worried she would cry when I left to go to work, but Grandpa was here so she hardly gave me a bye-bye kiss. He took her little buggy out to the garage to fix it so it wouldn’t come apart all the time. She wasn’t to sure about that… Brianna said she really freaked out over it until he brought it back in. Sometimes she doesn’t share well. Emma really shares with Tara though. She spends the day giving Tara one toy after another to play with and tries to feed her her plastic play food. Tara takes it all in stride, she sure loves Emma now that Emma is big enough to want to play with her and learning not to pull on Tara’s hair and ears.
Emma doesn’t say much, but talks all the time. She tells you something that is just jabber, but acts like she is telling you something important. She will repeat words and say some words that you can understand too. The other day when I tried to give her baby food, she spit it out and looked at me like “what in the world are you trying to get me to eat??” So I said “oh you want some of grandma’s cooking?” She nodded yes and said “Grandma’s cooking” just as plain as can be. I think she wanted to make sure I wasn’t going to feed her anymore of that jarred baby food!
If I ask her if she wants lunch, she will go get the bread out of the drawer. That means she wants a pb & J sandwich. She likes peanut butter and jelly and also turkey and tuna sandwiches. She isn’t much of a ham eater or even beef she doesn’t eat a lot of.
She had her flu shot booster yesterday. When Brianna brought her into the restaurant afterwards she took one look at me and came to me crying to have me make her feel better. She cuddled up to me and got some loves and then she was all better. She headed in the kitchen and said “Zach?” She loves our cook Zach. He is the same age as Jordan and such a cute sweet young man.
I can’t wait to find out how she likes the snow. Today will be the first day she sees it and can actually play in it. Last year she was to young and was over covered when outside. She is so fun to watch as she learns new things. I love her so much!