Eye - Ouch!

Well, Emma got her first black eye. It isn't too bad but it is noticeable. She turned around after talking on the phone and slipped and fell onto her new leap frog toy.

She thought she was quite special using the bunny cold pack.

Birthday Party

Celebration!! Emma's party theme was her beloved puppy. Puppy is the stuffed animal that she loves! We have an extra one in case we ever lost puppy. Emma received a brand new one for a gift from Grandma Nonie. She just loves her puppy! Singing "Happy Birthday" to the Birthday Girl!She did a great job blowing out her candles.

She loved opening presents. The best is when she opened a gift bag - she would throw out the tissue paper. It was quite cute.

We played some games - give puppy a bone and dropping "scooby snacks" into a dog dish. We also had puppy chow and scooby snacks as special treats.

Trying on her new shoes from Grandma Sandi

2 Years Old

Another first for us as a family - a birthday. Emma turned 2 on Jan 15! Our traditional monthly photos took a different twist.... instead of Belinda (panda) Emma is sitting with Buster. No, Emma did not get a puppy! Buster is Anton's. Emma has grown - she had her 2 year check up last Thursday. She weighs 21 lbs 8 oz and is 33 1/4 inches tall. Her appointment went well. I can't believe I am 2 years old!!!!

Snow!

Emma was getting ready to go outside to play in the snow. She had her daddy's boots on. She loves putting on her boots and walking around the house.Emma loved being pulled in the sled. She wasn't too sure about getting snow on her boots and mittens. Once she realized it was ok, she was off and running. She insisted on helping daddy fill the bird feeders. We are hoping the weather warms up so we can get back outside and play in the snow.

Lintula Hockey

We met Shari, John, Billy, Sally, Claude, Wanda, Brittany, Kevin, Katie and Jonathan in Duluth to watch cousin Brady's hockey game. It was a fun day! Brady scored the first goal of the game! We were all proud. Emma had lots of fun - she was showered with attention. She went shopping, watched hockey and went out for dinner and had NO nap. She did have a small meltdown during dinner. She was asleep in the car within minutes of leaving the parking lot and slept the entire way home.

Future hockey player?

Cousin Brady is on Bemidji High School's team

Story Time

Emma, Nicole and I have been going to Story Time at the Gilbert Library. We love it when Nicole can come with us. Emma has a hard time sitting still, she makes it through part of the book then gets squirmy. She does love the story board. She likes to participate and put something on the story board. (the pictures are from early December)

A cute story from today's story time:

We had a substitute story teller. She was showing all of us the story board items and explaing them to the kids. She started the story then had 2 kids put items on the story board. Well, Emma looks at the next item, points, looks at the storyteller and says "please". Nicole & I smiled. I am amazed by how much she loves the storyboard. She did get to put the next item on. She sat very nicely today.

Happy Birthday Auntie Carol & Happy Birthday Aunty Janet.

Happy 2010!

Happy New Year! I am back to blogging. The last couple of weeks have been busy! We are back into a routine. Emma missed her ECFE classes and storytime. One day last week she got her boots on and stood by the door and said "Bye-bye". It was very cute!

She did get a cold and wasn't feeling good for a few days. Now she is back to her happy, busy, charming self. She is saying more words and names.

We spent New Year's Eve with my cousins. We played wii and ate lots of great food! I loved playing guitar hero. I was done with the easy level and wanted more of a challenge, they moved me to medium. Well, I just don't think a person should get booed off the stage! I was trying.