Fun with Icing

So I'm slightly behind...my new years resolution will have to be to stop procrastinating. We had a great time decorating the house with Emma. It's amazing what an 18 month old can accomplish.

Here Comes Santa Claus

This holiday season started with Breakfast with Santa. Emma had so much fun spending time with everyone. She especially enjoyed reading a book with Ms. Claus and decorating cookies.

Thursday Thoughts

Has it really been a month since my last post?!?!? Emma is still as cute as ever. Her two favorite words are "WOW" and "Midnight", which is our cat. We're finishing up with Christmas decorations and tomorrow night we tackle the tree. Hopefully Emma is kind to the ornaments.

The Days Go By...

Talk about chompers...this little girl is getting a mouth full of teeth all at once. A few started breaking mid-September and they just keep coming. Forget 2 year molars...let's now call them 18mo molars.

Oh, and let's not forget about the expansion of her vocabulary. This little munchkin is adding words everyday. Now when we talk to her most of the time we follow up with, "can you say" and she'll get this quizzical look on her face and more than half time she'll repeat it.

However, one of my favorite Emma quirks is her obsession with kleenex. I've had a runny nose for months now so I always have a tissue with me. Well talk about observant- Emma for the past couple month will see the kleenex, point to it (while making sure she has our attention), and then rub her nose. Once you give her the kleenex she proceeds to blow her nose into it. LOL...The other day I had the box on my night stand and when I came back into the bedroom she had pulled almost all of them out and surrounded herself. It was hard not to laugh but I said, "Emma" and she looked at me, scooped them up, and blew her nose.

Below are just random pics that have been taken over the past few weeks, which I thought were too cute not to share.

Our Little Ladybug

Happy Halloween!! Little Miss did it all...picked our her pumpkin, helped Daddy carve it, and of course we went trick or treating with our cousins. Emma is the cutest ladybug that we ever did see.

Pumpkin Patch 2008

We ventured into the great outdoors...well at least to Old McDonalds Farm to find a pumpkin with our cousins. We had fun feeding the animals, taking a hayride, and watching our cousins ride a horse. Oh what fun when the holidays come...

Who's That Girl

Okay so I've established that a wig and/or funny hat plus Emma equals way too much fun! I can't believe how much she changes from day to day. A new word here, ability there, and let us not forget her plethora of facial expressions. Her knew venture is winking, which brings a smile to my face every time she tries it. Oh, and Daddy taught her to answer a few new questions (Who's so pretty? and Who's a genius?) with the only appropriate answer ME! We've been so blessed with this amazing little girl.

Idaho

We had such a great time visiting family in Idaho. The weather was beautiful- a nice change from the 100 degree climate from which we departed. Emma and mommy had a couple of firsts, one of them being riding an ATV. Another was taking part in the potato harvest. We even got to dig up some spuds of our own to bring back to Arizona. The majority of pictures are of Ben, Emma, and Grandma Behrend, which is GREAT (we were SOOOOO happy that we were able to spend time with her) but I made a resolution to remember my camera and bring it to all outings while on vacation. We got to see so many family members but didn't have a camera to capture the moments. Anyhow, the first leg of the trip we spent in Aberdeen where Ben's Aunts and Uncles live; the second leg was spent in Boise to celebrate the union of Ben's cousin Crystal to her now husband Von. The bride was beautiful as was the wedding. We're truly blessed to have such a wonderful family...who we wish we could see more often.