All By Myself

Over the past few weeks, Emory has really started to want to do things by herself, but Saturday she wanted to do EVERYTHING by HERSELF. I got out the broom to sweep the kitchen floor and Emory about had a fit "waiting" for me to finish so she could sweep. And sweep she did. She pushed and pulled that broom around for nearly 30 minutes. I am planning on getting her a pint size broom set for Easter and putting this gal to work!

Then after sweeping it was time to get cleaned up and dressed. But of course she had to do this by herself as well.

She took her brush from me and brushed her hair. Then when I got her clothes out of the closet, she HAD to have those as well.

And once she got a hold of her pants, she immediately sat down and attempted to put them on.... except her pj's were still on!

After 5 minutes or so of trying she got frustrated and brought me her pants. I then explained to her that we had to take off her pj's before getting dressed and she immediately threw up her arms so I could take off her pj top. I am still amazed of how much she understands! So off went the pj's and on the clothes. Then I told her to go get her jacket so we could go bye bye.

This is how she came out of her bedroom. She had "put"on her jacket and came out saying bye bye. Then we were off to Lowes! Now my child loves to ride in things, including shopping carts! So as soon as she sees one she immediately starts her get get get! The only problem with her enthusiasm for riding in shopping carts is she does not want to get out of them. So, Emory threw quite the fit when I took her out of the shopping cart. Bradley and I just watched her as she carried on nearly the whole way home, and we live about 15 miles out of town. She was upset, angry, and sad all wrapped into one and the only way she knew how to express herself was to cry and scream get get get, which is what she did! So after 10 minutes or so of me telling her that we can not take the shopping cart home and she can ride in it the next time we go shopping she finally wore herself out and stopped. Then after a much needed nap, Emory and I went for a ride on the Gator, which she loves! And that was our Saturday!

Where's your .....

Last night Emory and I were playing the where's your.... game. I asked her where her belly button was and she lifted her shirt and put her finger in her belly button, which is her favorite part to find. For some reason she thinks this is funny! We then moved on to ears and Emory proceeded to put a finger in each ear. Next was nose. I said, "Emory where is your nose" and instead of pointing to it as usual, she decided to stick her finger up her nose! From the look on her face I think this was the first time she has had her finger in her nose. After we giggled about that for a while, Bradley asked her where her toes were? Emory then proceeded to sit down, take off her socks, and point to her toes! She is really starting to act like a little girl, especially when it comes to not getting her way. She started throwing MAJOR temper tantrums, which involve her flaying around on the floor and screaming get get get at the top of her lungs! I really hope we are having our terrible 2's at 1, because I can not imagine it getting much worse.

This was my sweet baby girl last year this time. It still amazes me how much she has changed and how light her hair has become.

Caught in the act

Wednesday evening I was working on dinner in the kitchen and Emory was playing with her toys in the living room. After a little while she got real quiet and when I went to check on her this is what I found.

She was telling me UH OH! She apparently thinks that by saying this she won't get in trouble.

She pulled out every single tissue and even blew her nose with a few. She learned how to blow her nose about a month ago, which is really quite cute and helpful!

I was telling her to put the tissues back in the box!

Born to Shop

This weekend Emory and I loaded up and headed to Arkansas to see Grandma and Pawpaw's new house and to visit. We had not seen them since her birthday party! We spent the majority of the weekend shopping, with Emory taking top honors in the I got new stuff category! This gal loves to shop! She got several new outfits, two new pair of shoes, new pj's, and a big girls backpack. Her she is "modeling" her new backpack and new sandals last night!

On the way home from shopping today Emory "lost her lunch" and has managed to lose it two more times this evening. A few kids at her daycare were out last week with a 24 hour stomach bug and I am afraid she might have caught it. Hopefully she is feeling better tomorrow and we can make it home.

Snow, Take Two

Well, it started snowing again Wednesday morning and was still snowing when I got home that evening. It did not stick as well as last time, but I had to take pictures because I do not think we have ever had snow (at least in my lifetime) twice in the same month. This is what it looked like when I got home.

Bradley just planted these azalea's Sunday. We have started working on the landscaping around the house and this is our first flower bed... And yes that first plant has a bloom on it!

My office was delayed until 10:00 am as was Bradley's school so we just hung out this morning. Here is Emory checking out the snow.

This is what it looked like when we woke up and before the sun started melting it. We probably had between 1 to 2 inches that stuck, even though it snowed pretty much all day and was still snowing at 10:00 last night when I went to bed.

Italiano, Gaters, and Leaves

Thursday night I made Spaghetti and I think Emory was a fan! She loved it! I was not sure if she would eat Spaghetti, so I gave her some Chef Boyardee Shells and Meatballs too. That was a mistake, she preferred homemade pasta to canned. SMART GIRL!! We also discovered that she loves mushrooms (I put them in my spaghetti), and she loved them.

Then Saturday morning Bradley had to run an early morning errand and brought us back breakfast. Emory tried her first doughnut hole, but preferred the kolaches.

Here she is with doughnut hole in hand waving at Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse Club was coming on in the living room! She loves that show! After breakfast (she ate half the doughnut hole and half of a large kolache) it was time to play!

She loves the outdoors and always wants to look out the window even though she is NOT suppose to touch the blinds, she does anyways. You notice that she had to look back at me to see if I saw what she was doing. NAUGHTY NAUGHTY

Once I raised the blinds she decided to pull her rocking chair over to the window so she could look out.

Then it was time to play with the purses and Mommy decided we would try on her new size 4 shoes to see if they were close to fitting! This little purse Emory decided she HAD TO HAVE when we were shopping for an Easter dress. She got it off the rack and carried it around the store. She did a good job because it actually matches her Easter dress.

Here she is again with purse #2 and a pair of her new size 4 shoes. They almost fit! Her size 3's are all looking a little worn and I really do not want to have to buy anymore size 3's because I do not think she will be able to wear that size much longer.

After we played for a while we got dressed and headed outside to ride the Gator. She loves to ride! We rode all over the farm. We checked out the cows, horses, trees, dirt, bushes, and visited daddy and Peepaw who were working by the barn.

Here she is giving me one of her looks, because I parked the Gator and she knew we were about to get off.

We then played in Mimi and Peepaw's yard, because we still do not have grass in ours yet. Emory loves to pick up leaves and then bring them to me.

I love how her ear was sticking out in this picture.

Too cute!

After we played we took a break on Mimi's bench! Emory is really into sitting by herself like a "big girl."

After we played Aunt Rachel and Mimi came home from baby shopping and we got to see all the new things for Emory's little cousin, plus two new outfits for Emory. Thank you Mimi!

13 Months Old

Emory turned 13 months old on Monday and is growing by leaps and bounds. She is really starting to act more like a little girl rather than a baby, which is both sad and exciting. She has a mind of her own which I knew would be the case before she was even born. I have not done a list in a while so here is what she has been up too!

-She is still wearing size 9 -12 month clothes and wearing a size 3 diaper.

-She is not quite 19lbs and weighed 18lbs 13ounces last week at the doctor.

-She pretty much eats whatever Bradley and I eat but has her favorites, such as cheese and crackers.

-She is talking up a storm and learning new words daily, including a few multiple syllable words.

-She walks, runs, and came close to skipping the other day before falling down. (Not sure what she was trying to do)

-She loves to watch Mickey Mouse Club and usually always waves to Mickey when he comes on, too cute! She also likes to dance to the hot dog song at the end of the show. I think it is her favorite part.

-She loves to play with her toys and just recently starting playing hide-n-seek with us. Which means she goes and hides and waits for us to find her. Her favorite hiding places are in her closet and in between the side table and wall in the living room. She also likes to play chase!

She also thinks it fun playing in the fireplace! Mommy does not!

She found dental floss while I was getting ready one morning and had a great time undoing it all! She also got a hold of some toilet paper, which she tore into small pieces.

She loves to sit in her Elmo chair as well as her bean bag chair.

She also likes to go for rides in her wagons.