December 12, 2008

Look, I am writing twice in one week!

Emma is so funny I figured I better tell about our shopping trip and her spending the night before I forget.

Emma spent the night with me on Tuesday. She had so much fun, playing and just being silly. It has been a while so she was not willing to settle down to easy and it was midnight by the time we got to sleep. She is getting a bit independent and will lay down in the bedroom with a movie without me…well between coming out to tell me something over and over. She is also hard to sleep with, I think she spent most of the night laying across the bed so between her and the dog, my queen size bed seems pretty small!

Wednesday my mom woke us up at 8am to see if we wanted to go to Rapid City shopping. We are always up for a good shopping trip and Emma was excited to go. She wakes up so sweet and cute and so happy. It took us a while to get going but we headed out around 10. Brianna and Emma in the back seat, little did they know how squished they will be coming home.
Emma was so good shopping. She wanted a Elmo book she seen. It is called “where is Elmo’s blanket?” We looked inside and I said “oh look Elmo’s room is messy.” She said “Elmo.. Messy room!” and so that is what the book is now called. I asked her if Emma’s room is messy and she said “yes” so I asked what she is going to do about it and she said “clean”. Smart girl, now maybe she can clean my house too!

We were going through the preteen section at Gordmans when she seen the training bras. She got excited when she seen a monkey on one and yelled out “Ohhh! Monkey Boobs!” Everyone around thought that was funny. She is so fun.

We ate at the Olive Garden for lunch. She has a great time with the black olives and they always bring her lots. We had a wonderful waiter that Emma thought was funny but as long as he didn’t try to touch her. At the end he brought us each an andies mint. I keep some of these in my fridge for Emma when she goes potty in the potty chair. She opened her mint and excitedly exclaimed “Potty Candy!!” which really had Grandma Mert laughing.

That night Emma called me on the phone. Brianna showed her what button to push to dial me with the speed dial. She called and kept telling me “Elmo messy room”. It took me a few times to understand what she was saying. She had left the book at my house and she wanted it. I asked Kevin if he wanted to run it over or should I and he said since he hadn’t seen her, he wanted too. I sent her blanket with him since she had also left that here. Seconds after he left I get another phone call from Emma, this time Brianna didn’t know she was calling me. She got ahold of her mommas phone and remembered which button to push. She said “mommy, Elmo messy room?” she calls me mommy and Brianna Momma. I said “yes, papa is bringing over to you, he already left.” and she said “thank you” and hung up. So sweet and polite.

Tonight we went to see the Parade of Lights. Emma was really enjoying that, especially the fire truck and the fire works. She calls the fire works “Pop-pops”. I guess that is what they do though. She was really excited to see Santa in the parade also! They all went to the chili feed afterwards but I came home. I wonder if she got to see Santa there too.
Soon it will be Christmas and I will have loads more to write. Tomorrow is cookie decorating at the courthouse, that should be fun also.

Oh, I almost forgot. When she was spending the night she was so funny. Tara went to the living room window and barked at someone going by. Emma ran up and stood on the step stool I keep there for her and she started barking at people too! She also got a big kick out of the penguins. She was so crazy about it that first Christmas, still loves it. She was dancing with Mickey mouse to it.
She also had to get pictures of Cocoa who loves laying on the wrapping paper rolls. She took a couple pictures of her then wanted me to take one of her… but she wouldn’t get close to Cocoa for the picture. I almost couldn’t take the picture, I was laughing so hard.

Emma with the stockings

Emma decorating the Christmas tree

December 6, 2008

It has been a month since I wrote in this last, how neglectful of me! Especially with Emma growing and changing so fast.
Emma is getting to be pretty vocal and knows she runs the show pretty much. She might throw fits for her mom and dad some, but she is always very good for Grandma and papa. She is always so fun and keeps us laughing.
Emma still is into the Happy Birthday stage and anytime she sees any candles lit she wants to sing “happy birthday” and blow out the candles. They don’t have to be birthday candles, they can be house hold decorative candles, restaurant candles or if there candles lit in craft shows or stores everyone around gets a personal concert of Emma singing “Happy Birthday” to anyone one she can name from Papa to Tara the dog.
I have been doing a lot of embroidery for craft shows and Christmas presents. The craft shows Emma enjoys visiting me in. The last one Brianna and Emma spent the day with me and Emma hit her mommy. Mommy spanked her and Emma immediately turned to me and look at me like “Are you going to LET her do that to me??” I really wanted to say “aww don’t spank my little Emma” but knew that I had to back Brianna up so instead I said “well if your daddy hit me like that I would have spanked him too!” She was fine with that and didn’t even cry at the spanking, but then Brianna doesn’t spank as much as light swat. She is such a good mother and you can tell it with how well behaved Emma is when we are out and how loveable she is with family and friends.
Brianna was working so I took Emma to Gillette for the Festival of Lights and to see Santa Clause. We met Brittany with her two girls who are just a little older then Emma. We had a great time making goodie bags, decorating cookies, playing bingo and of course seeing Santa, well, everyone had a good time seeing Santa but Emma, who was scared to death of the jolly o’ man and Mrs. Clause also! She would “allow” Mrs. (or Grandma) Clause to talk with her and even hold her hand as long as Aunt Cassie was holding on tight to her, but she didn’t want Santa to even look at her! After getting pictures taken of Cassie holding her behind Santa and Mrs. Clause (which we don’t have back yet), Mrs. Clause gave Emma a candy cane which made her happier although I think us leaving made Emma the happiest of all. We headed back to Cassie’s and Jen brought over her month old baby boy, Trey. Emma loves babies and had fun helping take care of Trey. She also told Jen about going to see Santa. I asked her if she liked going to see Santa and Emma said “yes!” Cassie really had to laugh at that!
Cassie will always be Emma’s favorite, we all accept that, but Jarrod now has a girlfriend who has a little girl just a few months older then Emma. Emma really enjoys playing with Bailey at Monday night bowling when Jarrod and Jordan bowl together on a team. A couple weeks ago, Jarrod and his girlfriend stayed the night at Brianna and Jordan’s so they could all go out hunting in the morning. It was the night before the festival of the lights so when I told Emma to tell Cassie who spent the night at her house the night before, Cassie asked if Uncle Jarrod spent the night. Emma said “yes” and I said “and aunt Skye” Cassie didn’t like the idea of another “aunt” so she showed her jealous streak by saying “who is cooler, Aunt Cassie or Skye?” Much to our surprise, Emma answered “Skye”. The look on Cassie’s face was priceless! So she asked her again, “who is cooler, Aunt Cassie or Skye?” and again Emma answered “Skye”. By this time I was laughing hard and yet feeling bad for Cassie who just had her bubble burst, so I decided to let Cassie in on a fact about two year olds. I told her to change the order of how she asks “Skye or Aunt Cassie?” As soon as she asked that way Emma of course said “Aunt Cassie” which thrilled Cassie. I explained that at that age they will choose what is in their mind at the time, which is almost always the last choice given. This made Cassie feel better to know that Emma wasn’t thinking someone, anyone, was cooler in Emma’s eyes then she was. I think Cassie lives, breaths and talks Emma even more then Papa and I do, well maybe not…
Emma is really excited over Christmas now that the trees are going up and all the excitement with the shopping and all. She loves going shopping and never acts up or cries for things when we go. I have seen her get more upset about not getting new shoes that she likes then a certain toy she likes. I see her as one of those women who has thousands of pairs of shoes as an adult, she better look at closet space when she chooses a home! Yesterday she was insisting on wearing Elmo shoes and she doesn’t even have Elmo shoes (not yet anyway ;-) )
Last night they were over and we put up our Christmas tree. The bottom half is decorated ( top half will be today now that I am alone). I was taking pictures of her putting on the ornaments when she decided that I should put the ornaments on and she should take the pictures! We have lovely pictures of the camera strap and the camera lens cap and floor and even a couple of my big belly, which will go on the fridge to remind me to not give into the sweet cravings! She also decided that stockings go on her feet and not the wall. I got pictures of her with that also so she wanted me to put them on my feet and she would get pictures too. I told her that my feet are too big, they wouldn’t fit, so she said “Papa!” and headed over to him with them. I told her that his feet are even bigger then mine! She is so funny!
I know I am forgetting so much that I should have on here, I just have to make sure I don’t get to busy that I am so behind with the journal.