14 Teeth, Saying Doodle Doo, Swishing Food Off Tray, Playing With Crayons, Walking Lots, Kisses

Hi Doodle Doo Bopper!

14 Teeth

You now have 14 teeth. Your third tooth on your top right side came in a couple days ago, and the one on the left side came in just recently. Here's a cute picture of you. It shows some of your teeth :)


Saying Doodle Doo And Lots More

This morning, after sleeping all night (first night in a while), we woke to you making happy sounds. We took you into our room with us. We were saying doodle doo and you were repeating it. You're also talking all the time. You say "mama" a lot. You say "dada" and "daddy". You say "baaabaaaaa". You like to sit down with us and look at pictures and videos on the camera and on the computer. You point at the pictures of yourself and say "baaabeeeee". When we say "that's Emma", you repeat by saying "Emmmmma". You also point and say you want a cookie by saying "kuug-guuh".

Swishing Food Off Your High Chair Tray

You're so funny. When you've had enough to eat, you put your hands on your high chair table and move them back and forth fast to make all the food left on your table fly off. Here's a picture of you in action.

Playing With Crayons

We bought you some crayons and a notepad last week. I sat on the floor a few times with you to see if you'd scribble on the note pad. You made a few marks on the paper, but you mostly like taking the crayons out of the box and putting them back in. Here's a picture of you having fun.


Walking All The Time

You hardly ever crawl anymore. Once you started walking, you just walked more and more. You now get up to your feet and walk everywhere. You stroll around all over the house. You even carry things around like your xylophone and hippo car. Here you are walking around with your xylophone. You're wearing the tshirt that we got for you in Dominican Republic. Its too big for you :)


Kisses For Mommy & Daddy

You're so cute. Without even asking, you sometimes pucker up with a grin and move towards Mommy or I while making a mmmmmmma to get a kiss. Right after getting a kiss from one of us, you turn to the other for a kiss making a mmmmmmma sound. You even do it when we're both not there ... you turn looking for your other kiss. You're such a sweet wonderful baby.

I love you little angel!
Daddy

Few Silly Updates - Walking & Running, Amazing Trick

Hi Cute Walking Doodle!

Doctor Visit - Have an Ear Infection

We took you to clinic after work to have your ears checked. We're flying to Florida next week and we're afraid that any ear infection will hurt you while flying. You've been getting a cold for a few days... your nose has been running, you've been coughing a bit, you are waking up two times each night and you are rubbing and pulling at your ears. We just had you in to see Dr Coady last week to get your ears checked. Your ears looked fine then. But you screamed and cried when he was looking in your ears. Tonight, when Dr Hooley came into the room, you almost started to cry. He shined the little ear flashlight at you a few times to cheer you up. He looked in one ear and you were fine. You started screaming and crying when he looked in the other ear. Lucky we took you, your right ear is pretty infected. He prescribed you antibiotics. We hope your ears are all better by the time we fly next week.

Walked All Over The Waiting Room - Trying To Run Already

Before we seen the doctor, you walked all over the waiting room for the 20 or so minutes that we were waiting. You walked from the waiting room, into the toy room, back to the waiting room, over through the door to the doctor's exam rooms. You peeked around the corner into Dr Coady's office and his nurse Mary was there. She talked to you for a minute, then you went walking into the waiting room. You tried to go back in to see her about 4 more times. You were so cute taking short little steps all around. You waddle around so cutely, babbling noises the whole time. You've only really be walking for a few days and you're already starting to try to run. Many times while you were walking around, you would start walking faster. I was following you around to make sure you wouldn't fall.

Eating and Playing With Straw

After the doctor visit, we went to eat at the newly built Maid Marians. We sat at a small booth with you in a highchair at the end. The table was so small, it was hard to keep everything out of your reach. We got you some water in a cup with a lid and straw. After you had your fill of drinking, you kept pulling the straw out, and putting it back in. You're so smart and coordinated. Mommy and I shared our supper with you... you had lots.

Amazing Trick - Flipped a Coffee Creamer Like Mom & Dad

While we were waiting for our food to arrive, you were getting impatient, especially seeing everyone around us eating. I decided to entertain you with a silly thing mommy & I do in restaurants. We turn a coffee creamer upside down, then push down on it with our finger, then flick our finger back and down. It makes the creamer flip forward and up in the air. We try to make it flip and land rightside up, or we make it try to land on top of another creamer. Its a fun silly game. Anyway, I flipped a creamer towards you a few times. Then I handed it to you. You turned it upside down on the table, put your finger on it and flipped it. It did a half turn and landed upright. It was your very first try ever... it was awesome. You are so smart :) I have a feeling you'll be silly just like your dad.

I love you silly girl!
Daddy

Singing Old MacDonald & Saying Cookie

Hi Cute Little Bopper!


Singing Old MacDonald


You started singing Old MacDonald. You sing the "eee iii eee iii ooo" part. You sing that part after we sing a verse. Sometimes you just go around singing that part randomly.


Saying Cookie

You can now can say cookie ... you actually say something more like "kuuh-guuh". Whenever we are near the cupboard where we keep the cookies, you will point and say "kuug-guuh".


Riding Your Little Wagon


You silly girl. You started sitting in a little wagon that is meant to carry your Sesame Street rubber blocks. You sit in it and push or pull yourself around with your feet. Here's a picture. Its not the best picture because your hair is a mess and your nose is running .


I love you cute little baby!
Daddy

Officially Walking & Other Stuff

Hi Cute Baby Emma!

Fun With Xylophone

We bought you a toy xylophone today. You had lots of fun playing it.

Mommy was playing Mary Had A Little Lamb. You liked listening to her play because you kept bringing it to her to play. You were sitting on the loveseat playing and decided to drop the mallets over the back of the couch ... you drop things behind your toy box all the time and then say uhhh ohhhh. I was taking a video of you. You turned around towards me and started jumping up and down on the couch. I'm glad I was right in front of you, because you fell forward. Your belly landed on the edge of the couch and you were falling head first towards the floor. I reached out and grabbed you just in time. The video shows you starting to fall and you can just see the side of you falling towards the floor. I must have turned the video off as I was reaching out to grab you. Here's a picture of you jumping just before you fell.


Really Officially Walking

You were walking so much today. You were walking all over the house. I guess you are now really officially walking. Well you started walking at this pace a couple days ago.... it would be pretty much on or just after your 17 month birthday.

So Coordinated, Putting Straw In Juice Box

You are getting so coordinated. This morning, I gave you a juice box. You drank about half of it, then started playing with it. You pulled the straw out and then kep trying to put the straw back into the hole in the top. You did it several times. I'm amazed at how coordinated you are. I tried to help you hold the juice box a few times. You would grab my hand and push it away. Haha. You do that a lot when I try to help you.

Putting Bottle On Your Foot

Tonight you were laying on me on the couch while I was giving you a bottle before bed. As usual, you would drink a little, then push the bottle away for a while. While I was holding the bottle off to the side, you started pushing at the bottle with your foot and making uuuuuh uuuuuh noises. I thought you were trying to push it away... because when you don't want food or a cup or bottle, you sometimes throw it away or shove it further away. I realized that you were trying to stick your foot up into the hollow shell of the bottle from the bottom (in where the bottom of the liner is). It was so cute and funny. I started doing that to you a long time ago while we were snuggling and I was giving you a bottle. During the times that you didn't want to drink your bottle, I would sometimes slide the bottle over your bare toes. Its pretty silly but you always had fun. Its cute that you were pushing your foot on the bottle trying to get me to put if over your toes.

Eating Ice Cream With Cameron

Cameron was sitting on the loveseat having some icecream this evening. You were walking around all over the place. You kept walking over to Cameron and opening your mouth for ice cream. When he gave you some, you'd walk around the living room a bit, and go back when you were ready for more.


I love you little baby Emma!

Daddy

Pigtails, Saying Mooo & More, Nooo Moooaa, Pointing At Light Switch

Hi Little Cutie!

Pigtails

Nikki, your babysitter put pig tails in your hair yesterday. You look so cute. We put them back in your hair this morning.


Talking Lots, Saying Moooo

You've been changing so much lately. You are talking lots. When we ask you what a cow says, you say moooo. You say aeeef aeeef when we ask what a puppy says. You sometimes say meoooow when we ask what a kitty says.

Saying Noooo Mooooaa

When we're feeding you in your highchair, you say nooo moooooa when you've had enough. You're often blabbering non-stop when we're driving you around in your stroller or a shopping cart. We took you out for a walk in your chariot last night. You were making happy babbling sounds the whole time. You get cranky when we stop, but you're happy when we're moving.

Pointing At Light Switch

The past few nights, you took off from the living room to your bedroom. I crawled behind you, then peeked around the corner to see you sitting and playing with your toys. When you looked at me, I'd move my head back ... then you'd laugh. I did it over and over and we shared some big laughs. It was in the evening and getting dark. You pointed to the light switch and made a noise, asking me to turn the light on. It was pretty cute.

Walking Even More

You're walking even more now. You still stagger around, and fall down sometimes but you are walking much better and more now. You even get up on your own and walk. You always look so proud of yourself when you're walking. You'll be running in no time.

I love you!
Daddy

Talking, Climbing On/In Toybox, Peekaboo, Snuggling

Hiya Baby Emma!

Talking At Supper

We had BBQ pork chops, veggies and boiled baby potatoes tonight for supper. You were getting pretty anxious to eat, so I started talking to you, telling you that it would be ready soon. You were looking back at me intently and making sounds back at me as if to reply. I said the potatoes are pretty well done, then Mommy said maybe she'd get some for you. You replied with a yeeaaah :)
You were so proud of yourself feeding yourself with a fork. When the pork chops were done, we cut some pieces up really small and put them on your tray. You ate the pieces, one hand after the other. You sure love to eat pork chops and steak. We had a hard time keeping up to you. You'd scream for more. We took a few videos of you. I want to start taking more videos of you talking and making noises. Its so cute when you try to talk. Well, you mostly just reply to what we say with single sounds like eeeaa, yuuuu, nuuuu, and other sounds that resemble yes and no.

Climbing On Toy Box & Sliding Off

Tonight when I was playing with you in your room, you were going through your books as usual. You were also crawling into your toy box like you do a lot lately. You put the cover down and crawled on top. When you got up, you sat down, moved over to the edge with your feet hanging over and started bouncing your feet up and down off the side of the toy box. Twice when you were at the edge, you put your arms out and slid off. I reached to catch you. Silly girl!

Climbing In Toy Box

You also like to open your toy box and climb in. I might have told you about this before. Its pretty cute. You lift the heavy lid open. Then you struggle to climb in with all the toys. Its pretty cute. You usually climb in, then climb out, then climb in again ... you usually do it a few times.


Saying "Where's Emma"

Mommy was playing with you in your room before me. We always play peekaboo with you. We'll throw a shirt or pants or a blanket over your face and say "where's emma" "emmmmma". When you pull it off, we excitedly say "there you are... there's emma" Tonight, Mommy put one of your winter hats on your face. Then you started putting it on your face. A couple times you put it on your face and said "emmmma". It was pretty cute. Here's a couple pictures of another time when you were putting a blanket over your head to play peekaboo.

Snuggling In To Read A Book

You later walked over to me, leaned up against my chest, then turned around to stick your bum up against my chest, then slid down to sit down and snuggle in against me. It was cute, it was your way of telling me that you wanted me to read to you. I grabbed one of the many books on the floor and read some of it to you. You hardly ever sit patiently and let me read to you. I can't even finish a page when you are grabbing the pages and flipping through.

I love you sweet baby!
Daddy

Licking The Bowl & Biting The Spoon

Hi Silly Girl!

You and I had clam chowder for supper. You sure did like it. Here you are trying to get every drop out of the bowl. Silly girl.


You were showing off for the camera as you usually do. You were biting on your spoon and making a silly face.

You're so funny! I love you so much :)
Daddy