Emma is loving her easel.
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| "Emma Paint" - as said by Emma |
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| "Emma wipe" - she doesn't like her hands dirty |
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| Smile for Mommy - "cheese!!!!" |
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| Smile nicely now.... |
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| back at painting |
Our family has officially grown from 3 to 4.....same blog, different name, new addition and lots of adventures ahead to share with you all.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Our budding artist
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
I Love My Family!
We took this photo the other night and I just LOVE Emma's smile! Such a fun photo.
Reminds me/us over and over again how lucky we are to have Emma in our lives and how much fun it is!
She's growing up so quickly and so well in our books, we couldn't be prouder.
And if Emma passes on everything she's learning to her little sister, I'll be a very happy mommy, and Rod a very happy daddy!
Love for your child is really like no other! We tell you 100 times a day, but it doesn't hurt to say it again, We Love You Emma!
Sunday, June 26, 2011
22 Months
Little Miss Emma, 22 months and talking so much these days.
Everyday she's amazing us with new words she picks up. Pointing things out to us and telling us what they are. It's actually great with Emma speaking, we can understand so much more of what she wants, although we do have a good dose of her uh-uh-uh's, and whining!
Not only her speaking, but actions, like stepping over my legs, she no longer needs to hold on to me, she can easily lift her leg and step over. She's walking down steps when a rail is available. Before she would love to climb on my back and go downstairs with me, now she refuses and wants to do it herself, saying, "Emma self". I'm not complaining, as the pregnancy progresses, Emma is getting heavier.
Drawing and coloring, Emma is no longer just scribbling all over the page, she actually tries to color in objects, scribbles in small spaces on a blank page and can draw her lines up and down, side to side and round. She's so proud of herself when she accomplishes all this.
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| an example of her art work |
We got back from LA on Sunday and quite surprisingly this is the first time that Emma has eased right back into her routine. It's been great, either she's growing up, or just getting used to travelling.
It was great seeing Emma and Ruby together again. The fun lasted for the predicted 3 days, then the pushing and pulling began. A bit of mediating and negotiating required. But there were good moments of laughs, Emma copying Ruby, the two of them running around and dancing together. Poor Ruby having to share all her toys with Emma, showing her possession, and reluctantly letting Emma play with her toys "just for a little bit". Emma learnt to say, "Emma's turn" very quick. Just amazing out of all the toys available in the house, they both would want the same toy! Ruby would try turn Emma's attention to something else, guiding her to a different section of the room, or even a different room. You would just see Ruby behind Emma and Emma just walking wherever Ruby took her, but then following Ruby back to where they came from. Guess that's kids for you.
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| The girls opening Ruby's birthday gift |
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| not sure why Emma was a little unsure of this hug |
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| playing with the magnetic dress up dolls |
Emma also had the opportunity to meet more family members. My cousin Bronwyn and her boyfriend were roadtripping from the West Coast to the East Coast, they stopped over for one night. It was great that we got that time to quickly catch up. Emma warmed up to Bronwyn almost right away, and only the following day did Emma warm up to the friendly giant, Andrew! So much fun when there are others around to entertain Emma.
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| blowing bubbles |
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| showing Andrew how the iPad works |
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| Thanks for visiting! |
Monday, June 20, 2011
Travel Bug
Today after some grocery shopping, we get back home and Emma plays with her toys.
While I'm in the kitchen washing the fruit, Emma comes into the kitchen with her little pull case and says, "Bye!!" and waves at me. I wave and say Bye back. I also say, See you soon and I'm going to miss you.
When I said this, she came running up to me and gave my leg a hug, then said, "Miss" and ran back to her case and said Bye again, waves and walks around our kitchen counter.
When she went around once, she saw me again and said, "Hi!". I said Hi back and welcome back, hope you had a good time. Told her too that lunch will be ready soon, but she must just make herself at home. So she dissapears and comes back a few minutes later, again with her case and saying, "Bye", waves, gives me a hug, says "Miss" and does the sign for, "I Love You". And so she repeated her Hellos, Goodbyes, miss you's, hugs and I Love You's over and over, until she grew bored and decided to play with her basket of eggs.
Oh she just makes my heart melt. I count my blessings that I have this opportunity to be at home with Emma and see all these special things about Emma.
A Sister for Emma
So the verdict is in, we are expecting a baby GIRL!
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I will admit I was little dissapointed with the news at first and stunned (I really thought I was having a boy), we like most were hoping for one of each. But two girls, a little sister for Emma to grow up closely with, we cannot wait and definitely getting more excited and creating a better bond with baby, who is nameless right now. Thinking of another girls name is hard.
It was quite funny when the technician was looking at baby and she got to the gender part she asked, "You did want to know the gender right?" But while saying that I could already identify it was a girl!
The first thing I said to Rod when we were told the sex was, darn not as much shopping for me as I was hoping!! Rod's first comment was, I need to buy another shotgun! Rod's pretty excited to have another girl, I think Emma has given him high expectations! haha.
It's fun knowing what to plan for, we don't talk too much about baby to Emma about baby, but the day before our scan we asked her if she wants a baby sister or brother, she responded with, "sister". Now when we ask if she's having a sister or brother she says, "brother".
On to preparing, sorting and thinking of names.....Lots of hand me downs and so starts the second child syndrome :)
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I will admit I was little dissapointed with the news at first and stunned (I really thought I was having a boy), we like most were hoping for one of each. But two girls, a little sister for Emma to grow up closely with, we cannot wait and definitely getting more excited and creating a better bond with baby, who is nameless right now. Thinking of another girls name is hard.
It was quite funny when the technician was looking at baby and she got to the gender part she asked, "You did want to know the gender right?" But while saying that I could already identify it was a girl!
The first thing I said to Rod when we were told the sex was, darn not as much shopping for me as I was hoping!! Rod's first comment was, I need to buy another shotgun! Rod's pretty excited to have another girl, I think Emma has given him high expectations! haha.
It's fun knowing what to plan for, we don't talk too much about baby to Emma about baby, but the day before our scan we asked her if she wants a baby sister or brother, she responded with, "sister". Now when we ask if she's having a sister or brother she says, "brother".
On to preparing, sorting and thinking of names.....Lots of hand me downs and so starts the second child syndrome :)
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Tumble Gym
We've been taking Emma to Tumble Gym for about 6 or 8 weeks now. It's taken Emma a while to get used to everything, new class, new people, new activities. Every week we see her adapt more and more.
This week stood out, Emma was able to follow the stretch exercises (standing and jumping, then touch the ground, straddle your legs and bend down, etc etc), she's able to jump a bit better on the trampoline (feet actually leaving the surface), walk on the balance beam with assistance, hang from the monkey bar (still not lifting her legs tho, but can hold on), completing the Tree Frog (both hands on the ground and both feet off the ground) and sort of doing the bear crawl (two parrallel bars that Em has to climb up on using all fours and walking across like a bear, she usually walks through, but today she managed to climb up top and just stay there, I'm sure she'll get the walking bit soon). I was amazed how she just arrived in class and did everything she had to do.
I think I was more shocked today when she just went up to the mat and placed her hands on the ground and raised her feet for the Tree Frog - thought to myself, is that my Emma doing that??
Amazing how without you pushing them or always helping them, they can complete a task themself and really surprise you.
Quite appropriate that today was their awards day, all the kids received a certificate and gold medal for the school year.
This week stood out, Emma was able to follow the stretch exercises (standing and jumping, then touch the ground, straddle your legs and bend down, etc etc), she's able to jump a bit better on the trampoline (feet actually leaving the surface), walk on the balance beam with assistance, hang from the monkey bar (still not lifting her legs tho, but can hold on), completing the Tree Frog (both hands on the ground and both feet off the ground) and sort of doing the bear crawl (two parrallel bars that Em has to climb up on using all fours and walking across like a bear, she usually walks through, but today she managed to climb up top and just stay there, I'm sure she'll get the walking bit soon). I was amazed how she just arrived in class and did everything she had to do.
I think I was more shocked today when she just went up to the mat and placed her hands on the ground and raised her feet for the Tree Frog - thought to myself, is that my Emma doing that??
Amazing how without you pushing them or always helping them, they can complete a task themself and really surprise you.
Quite appropriate that today was their awards day, all the kids received a certificate and gold medal for the school year.
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| Receiving her medal and certificate |
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| Our little Tree Frog |
Monday, May 23, 2011
21 Months
It feels like its been a busy month, I guess with all the excitement of sharing our good news with everyone, and Rod's sister, Sharon (Sha Sha - what Em called Sharon) visiting. It's been fun.
We met up with Sharon in Boston and it took a day or two for Emma to warm up to her. Em traveled really well. Kind of crazy to think that after this trip Em has flown over 12 times!! Think thats more than I ever travelled by the time I was 21!
Boston is a great city, nice and compact, and relatively easy to get around. Lots of history and lots to see. We tried walking the first day, but then decided to make use of the trolley tours. We at least got to see all the main sights and our feet got to rest a lot more. You know a city is relatively small when you can see the State House from almost anywhere you go, even crossing the Charles River. Em adapted well, taking her naps in her stroller. Somehow she's gone back to 2 naps a day, quick 30-45 min morning nap, then a later afternoon nap. She'll only take her morning nap if she's in the car, or if we're out and about in a stroller. If we're at home, there is no way she'll nap in the morning.
We all shared one room, so I was a little anxious about this, as Emma always sleeps in her own room. But again she adapted well, first night everyone cleared the room, except for me, then the second night we tried with all of us in the room. We were all so tired, we all actually fell alseep while waiting for Emma to fall asleep! During this trip Emma was super clingy to mommy, so left mommy having to carry her a lot, even during some naptimes. Because we were hopping on and off the trolley we didn't want to put Em in the stroller, which left me carrying this heavy lump for almost 2 hours while she napped (how I wished I remembered our ergo carrier). We knew if we tried to pass her over to Rod she'd either wake, or she'd still want me to carry her (half asleep and reaching out her hands - bou bou). The things we'll do for sleep!! My arms were so sore the next day!
I've always been wondering when Em will call me from her crib. Well it started in Boston. So the great thing about hotels are the heavy curtains which really makes the room dark. I've always wondered about getting darkening shades for Emma's room, wondering if it'd help Emma sleep in later. Turns out, it doesn't make a difference. Em still chose to wake up at 6am! First morning she was really quiet in the crib, just waiting for us to wake. Second morning, she's still quiet, but probably half an hour into it, starts calling, Ma, Ma, Ma! Da, Da, Da! ( I will say it was cute hearing her call us, we just laid still hoping she might go back to sleep, no such luck) Our last night, Em took a late afternoon nap, think she fell asleep close to 6 and woke at around 8, in time for dinner, this was nice as we got to see the night lights and enjoy our last evening. Em slept at 10/11pm, I thought great, we all get to sleep in, nope, 6am on the dot, Ma, Ma, Ma! Since Boston, every morning now Em will call me at 7am. Makes me strongly consider keeping Emma in a crib when baby #2 arrives, it's great right now that Emma can stay contained in her crib until I'm ready to get her. All I've got to bear right now are her calls.
After our Boston trip, we came back to NC, spent a week here, then off to Charlotte for the following weekend. Sharon was meeting up with a friend there that lives in Asheville and spending the weekend there. Instead of driving up and down (2 hour drive) Rod and I decided to stay the weekend in Charlotte. So we got to see another city. Not as exciting as Boston. But was nice to still walk around and see what it had to offer. Very quiet city, you almost feel unsafe because it's so quiet. We spent our Saturday at a kids science musuem, Discovery Place. I think Rod and I had our fair share of fun experimenting with all the gadgets there. Lying on a bed of nails, sitting on a chair that elevates by the use of a huge vacuum, taking a science quiz, which clearly is not our strong suite. Em's favourite part was the huge water table. Enjoying filling cups of water and spilling it out. Ending when Em decided to spill water all over herself, instead of back in the water table! Oh no!!!!
Mother's Day, I was spoilt with hugs and kisses. Felt really lazy that morning, so we all had breakfast in bed and took our time to check out, then meet up with Sharon and made out way back home. Amazing to be celebrating my second mothers day. It gets more and more rewarding.
For the rest of Sha-Sha's stay we did a lot of shopping and hardly any site seeing. It was really great watching Em and Sharon spend time together, and Em enjoyed having her aunt there to play with her. I got a few breaks which was welcoming. Sharon got to see Emma at her music class, one of the storytimes at the library, and we decided one day to go strawberry picking. This was fun, the strawberries accumulate really quickly and they look so good you almost want to eat them right there and then, obviously Em wanted to do this, we had to stop her. There were other kids there who's mouths were all red from eating as they picked.
As soon as Sharon left, Rod left for London, so it's been a long week, one more to go. Talking over skype, Rod can't get over how tall she's gotten and how much more she's talking. Her latest word - Avocado - "Avo-ca-ca". It's crazy how her face will change by the week too, this morning I looked at her, and thought there is something different about you today. Looking bigger I guess.
What Emma's been up to this past month - she's changed in her ways that she's stopped her pushing (thankgoodness), and now she's very caring, stroking other kids or babies (this makes my heart melt, esp thinking of baby #2 on the way), or kindly sharing her toy if one kid asks for it or wants it. Not everything is given up easily as you can imagine, but for the most part she'll share. Quite tough when you see other kids not willing to share with Emma after she's been so nice. Em is one of those kids that will stand back and let everyone ahead of her, then be left with the remnants. I see this so often at music class, she'll get all excited to pick an instrument and run toward the box, but when she sees the other kids running too, she'll stop about a foot away from the box and just stand there watching the kids grab their choice of instrument, and she looks as me like, hi mom and just smile with her hands behind her back. I have to go in and tell her to grab an instrument before she's left with the egg shaker AGAIN, poor kid. But she's happy with that.
Oh this month Em got her first official hair cut, she sat on my lap with my iphone and we managed to get quite a straight cut. She was proud of it, and I will say she looks a whole lot neater now.
It was quite funny that day. I was explaining to Emma what I was having done and that after she got to play at the playzone she'd have to be a good girl and sit in her stroller while I had my hair done. Emma kept repeating the word, haircut, haircut, then "back", thinking that I was going to leave her at the playzone while I had my hair cut. After a while she started associating that she was going to have her haircut. Because she seemed quite eager to have her haircut, I asked the stylist if she could cut her hair and she did.
Em has been telling me diaper diaper, basically telling me when to change her diaper. I do wonder if this is the early stages of potty training. It was great in Boston, as she'd always remind me to change her diaper. After a while it became a habit of saying diaper, just so she could get out her highchair and walk.
With the increase in vocab, it's been fun, as now I am able to read stories to Emma and for most books she can end off the sentences as we read. She's also doing this with nursery rhymes and we're slowly learning the alphabet. Amazing seeing Emma's memory increase and how she now remembers things.
We went to the post office the other day and the lady behind the counter gave her stickers. I had to go again about 2 days later and the first thing Em said as we walked in was, "sticker". I said that we'll have to see if the lady has stickers, so as soon as we got to the counter, Emma asked me to carry her, and just as I lifted her, she looks at the lady and says, "sticker, sticker". The lady asked what it is she was asking for, everyone in the post office had a good laugh. So Emma gets one sticker, but of course thats not enough, she asks for "more".
So many funny things happening these days, this post will just carry on and on if I type about every thing. It's definitely a cute age right now, and I know it's only going to get funnier and more interesting.
Emma's latest thing is to have me wrap her blankets around her. It's a warm 30 degrees outside and she'll still insist on being wrapped. Makes for great entertainment - who needs tv when you've got your child??
We met up with Sharon in Boston and it took a day or two for Emma to warm up to her. Em traveled really well. Kind of crazy to think that after this trip Em has flown over 12 times!! Think thats more than I ever travelled by the time I was 21!
Boston is a great city, nice and compact, and relatively easy to get around. Lots of history and lots to see. We tried walking the first day, but then decided to make use of the trolley tours. We at least got to see all the main sights and our feet got to rest a lot more. You know a city is relatively small when you can see the State House from almost anywhere you go, even crossing the Charles River. Em adapted well, taking her naps in her stroller. Somehow she's gone back to 2 naps a day, quick 30-45 min morning nap, then a later afternoon nap. She'll only take her morning nap if she's in the car, or if we're out and about in a stroller. If we're at home, there is no way she'll nap in the morning.
We all shared one room, so I was a little anxious about this, as Emma always sleeps in her own room. But again she adapted well, first night everyone cleared the room, except for me, then the second night we tried with all of us in the room. We were all so tired, we all actually fell alseep while waiting for Emma to fall asleep! During this trip Emma was super clingy to mommy, so left mommy having to carry her a lot, even during some naptimes. Because we were hopping on and off the trolley we didn't want to put Em in the stroller, which left me carrying this heavy lump for almost 2 hours while she napped (how I wished I remembered our ergo carrier). We knew if we tried to pass her over to Rod she'd either wake, or she'd still want me to carry her (half asleep and reaching out her hands - bou bou). The things we'll do for sleep!! My arms were so sore the next day!
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| naptime in the arms |
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| super clingy emma |
I've always been wondering when Em will call me from her crib. Well it started in Boston. So the great thing about hotels are the heavy curtains which really makes the room dark. I've always wondered about getting darkening shades for Emma's room, wondering if it'd help Emma sleep in later. Turns out, it doesn't make a difference. Em still chose to wake up at 6am! First morning she was really quiet in the crib, just waiting for us to wake. Second morning, she's still quiet, but probably half an hour into it, starts calling, Ma, Ma, Ma! Da, Da, Da! ( I will say it was cute hearing her call us, we just laid still hoping she might go back to sleep, no such luck) Our last night, Em took a late afternoon nap, think she fell asleep close to 6 and woke at around 8, in time for dinner, this was nice as we got to see the night lights and enjoy our last evening. Em slept at 10/11pm, I thought great, we all get to sleep in, nope, 6am on the dot, Ma, Ma, Ma! Since Boston, every morning now Em will call me at 7am. Makes me strongly consider keeping Emma in a crib when baby #2 arrives, it's great right now that Emma can stay contained in her crib until I'm ready to get her. All I've got to bear right now are her calls.
After our Boston trip, we came back to NC, spent a week here, then off to Charlotte for the following weekend. Sharon was meeting up with a friend there that lives in Asheville and spending the weekend there. Instead of driving up and down (2 hour drive) Rod and I decided to stay the weekend in Charlotte. So we got to see another city. Not as exciting as Boston. But was nice to still walk around and see what it had to offer. Very quiet city, you almost feel unsafe because it's so quiet. We spent our Saturday at a kids science musuem, Discovery Place. I think Rod and I had our fair share of fun experimenting with all the gadgets there. Lying on a bed of nails, sitting on a chair that elevates by the use of a huge vacuum, taking a science quiz, which clearly is not our strong suite. Em's favourite part was the huge water table. Enjoying filling cups of water and spilling it out. Ending when Em decided to spill water all over herself, instead of back in the water table! Oh no!!!!
Mother's Day, I was spoilt with hugs and kisses. Felt really lazy that morning, so we all had breakfast in bed and took our time to check out, then meet up with Sharon and made out way back home. Amazing to be celebrating my second mothers day. It gets more and more rewarding.
For the rest of Sha-Sha's stay we did a lot of shopping and hardly any site seeing. It was really great watching Em and Sharon spend time together, and Em enjoyed having her aunt there to play with her. I got a few breaks which was welcoming. Sharon got to see Emma at her music class, one of the storytimes at the library, and we decided one day to go strawberry picking. This was fun, the strawberries accumulate really quickly and they look so good you almost want to eat them right there and then, obviously Em wanted to do this, we had to stop her. There were other kids there who's mouths were all red from eating as they picked.
As soon as Sharon left, Rod left for London, so it's been a long week, one more to go. Talking over skype, Rod can't get over how tall she's gotten and how much more she's talking. Her latest word - Avocado - "Avo-ca-ca". It's crazy how her face will change by the week too, this morning I looked at her, and thought there is something different about you today. Looking bigger I guess.
What Emma's been up to this past month - she's changed in her ways that she's stopped her pushing (thankgoodness), and now she's very caring, stroking other kids or babies (this makes my heart melt, esp thinking of baby #2 on the way), or kindly sharing her toy if one kid asks for it or wants it. Not everything is given up easily as you can imagine, but for the most part she'll share. Quite tough when you see other kids not willing to share with Emma after she's been so nice. Em is one of those kids that will stand back and let everyone ahead of her, then be left with the remnants. I see this so often at music class, she'll get all excited to pick an instrument and run toward the box, but when she sees the other kids running too, she'll stop about a foot away from the box and just stand there watching the kids grab their choice of instrument, and she looks as me like, hi mom and just smile with her hands behind her back. I have to go in and tell her to grab an instrument before she's left with the egg shaker AGAIN, poor kid. But she's happy with that.
Oh this month Em got her first official hair cut, she sat on my lap with my iphone and we managed to get quite a straight cut. She was proud of it, and I will say she looks a whole lot neater now.
It was quite funny that day. I was explaining to Emma what I was having done and that after she got to play at the playzone she'd have to be a good girl and sit in her stroller while I had my hair done. Emma kept repeating the word, haircut, haircut, then "back", thinking that I was going to leave her at the playzone while I had my hair cut. After a while she started associating that she was going to have her haircut. Because she seemed quite eager to have her haircut, I asked the stylist if she could cut her hair and she did.
With the increase in vocab, it's been fun, as now I am able to read stories to Emma and for most books she can end off the sentences as we read. She's also doing this with nursery rhymes and we're slowly learning the alphabet. Amazing seeing Emma's memory increase and how she now remembers things.
We went to the post office the other day and the lady behind the counter gave her stickers. I had to go again about 2 days later and the first thing Em said as we walked in was, "sticker". I said that we'll have to see if the lady has stickers, so as soon as we got to the counter, Emma asked me to carry her, and just as I lifted her, she looks at the lady and says, "sticker, sticker". The lady asked what it is she was asking for, everyone in the post office had a good laugh. So Emma gets one sticker, but of course thats not enough, she asks for "more".
So many funny things happening these days, this post will just carry on and on if I type about every thing. It's definitely a cute age right now, and I know it's only going to get funnier and more interesting.
Emma's latest thing is to have me wrap her blankets around her. It's a warm 30 degrees outside and she'll still insist on being wrapped. Makes for great entertainment - who needs tv when you've got your child??
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Videos....
More videos of little Miss Emma.
Enjoying the ride at the mall - ice cream anyone??
Can't wipe that smile of her face. Took forever to try get her off the ride.
We did this while Aunty Sharon was shopping.
Emma loves her music, and will start moving to the music as soon as she hears it.
So we're walking in the mall, and walk past Abercrombie - this store it known for its sounds of loud music and whiffs of perfume and cologne as you walk past. Emma cracked us up, as she walked past. She stopped to listen to the music, then started bopping to the music. After Abercrombie, she moved onto Hollister and did the same. Cuteness!!!
Happy Friday everyone!! One more week and daddy will be home again.
Today she has a pretend conversation on the phone copying everything I'm telling her to say, "Hi Dad, I Love You. We Miss you. See you soon. Ok Bye." Emma's relay, "Hi... Dada, Love, Misssss.. you, See, OK, Biii!"
Enjoying the ride at the mall - ice cream anyone??
Can't wipe that smile of her face. Took forever to try get her off the ride.
We did this while Aunty Sharon was shopping.
Emma loves her music, and will start moving to the music as soon as she hears it.
So we're walking in the mall, and walk past Abercrombie - this store it known for its sounds of loud music and whiffs of perfume and cologne as you walk past. Emma cracked us up, as she walked past. She stopped to listen to the music, then started bopping to the music. After Abercrombie, she moved onto Hollister and did the same. Cuteness!!!
Happy Friday everyone!! One more week and daddy will be home again.
Today she has a pretend conversation on the phone copying everything I'm telling her to say, "Hi Dad, I Love You. We Miss you. See you soon. Ok Bye." Emma's relay, "Hi... Dada, Love, Misssss.. you, See, OK, Biii!"
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Family Update
As most of you already know, our family is expanding.....
We are 13 weeks and 2 days along and everything is going well. Besides being tired, and just a few food aversions, no complaints with this pregnancy so far. Seems quite similar to when I was pregnant with Emma, just notice that the weight or the tummy is coming along a lot quicker.
We find out the sex of the baby in June, we cannot wait to find out!
We're looking forward to our new addition, and can't wait to see what type of big sister Emma will be, a bully, sharing, caring, loving?? It's gonna be fun dealing with two....I think, I hope!
Anyways...we'll be keeping you all updated with our progressions and of course Emma will still be main feature on this blog for the next 5 months, then it's all about sharing, or it may even mean less time for blogging!!!
We are 13 weeks and 2 days along and everything is going well. Besides being tired, and just a few food aversions, no complaints with this pregnancy so far. Seems quite similar to when I was pregnant with Emma, just notice that the weight or the tummy is coming along a lot quicker.
We find out the sex of the baby in June, we cannot wait to find out!
We're looking forward to our new addition, and can't wait to see what type of big sister Emma will be, a bully, sharing, caring, loving?? It's gonna be fun dealing with two....I think, I hope!
Anyways...we'll be keeping you all updated with our progressions and of course Emma will still be main feature on this blog for the next 5 months, then it's all about sharing, or it may even mean less time for blogging!!!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Happy Easter
We had a quiet Easter weekend. Here in America we don't get any days off, so it was like a regular weekend.
Sunday, we just went to church, then after the service they had an Easter Egg hunt for all the kids.
Emma had a blast, we didn't expect her to find many eggs, but she did really well, finding 15 eggs.
Daddy had to help her in the beginning, but after a while started pointing them out, and with some encouragement from others she would run toward them to pick them up. Eventually the adults couldn't resist getting the ones from the trees and putting them on the ground for her to pick up.
Here's Em on her hunt.
Then after the hunt, Em couldn't wait to go on the swings, and lately she has to ride the big swings, no more baby swings for Emma. We hope you all had a great Easter.
Sunday, we just went to church, then after the service they had an Easter Egg hunt for all the kids.
Emma had a blast, we didn't expect her to find many eggs, but she did really well, finding 15 eggs.
Daddy had to help her in the beginning, but after a while started pointing them out, and with some encouragement from others she would run toward them to pick them up. Eventually the adults couldn't resist getting the ones from the trees and putting them on the ground for her to pick up.
Here's Em on her hunt.
Then after the hunt, Em couldn't wait to go on the swings, and lately she has to ride the big swings, no more baby swings for Emma. We hope you all had a great Easter.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Easter and Sweets are.....
We gave Emma her Easter basket this morning. Inside was her first pack of sweets.
Think she liked it??
Happy Easter All!!
Think she liked it??
Happy Easter All!!
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Emma is 20 Months
Happy 20 Months Emma! shuwee...another month flown by!
Can't believe just 4 more months until our little one turns 2, it's crazy. Just yesterday Emma gave me a glimpse of whats to come with the terrible twos! Can't say I'm looking forward to it! It's crazy to see your child so out of control, and you can't reason, talk, or do anything, except let her kick and scream until she has let it all out! There was definitely a point where I wished I could scream the way she did! I thought the tantrum would stop after 10 minutes or so, but it was about 10 minutes plus a 20 minute drive home that this lasted. Boy was that ride home fun! Sounds cruel, but while driving, thinking what can I do to calm her down, I let the windows down and let the wind blow on her a bit, it worked, but for just a few minutes, then it was, no no no! and the screaming started all over again. Eventually she screamt herself to sleep! An hour and a half of quietness. I felt so tired after her episode.
Glad to say that we see more of her better days, than yesterday. Goodness, think I'd be a wreck if this happened on a frequent basis! While this was all going on, I had to call Rod and tell him to listen to his daugther, because if I had to tell him about it in the evening, he'd think, "what, not my Emma!".
Fun times!!
So 20 months, and what has Emma been up to? Big thing this past month is Emma's increase in vocabulary, still alot of babble, but she's saying more words, copying a lot of what we say. This morning I read one book and she was able to finish off the sentences for me, quite cute. Her friend Rohan does this quite well, so I thought let me try with Emma and to my surprise she knew the words. Her latest words, ice, melt, duck (actually saying duck and not quack quack), distinguish between hot and cold, up and down, there are always times where she'll just say something, and you're like hey, thats cool!
Everything is Emma, Emma Emma - what is your name? Emma, what does this say? "Emma", Who is a monkey? "Emma" Whats the magic word, "Emma"
I keep saying I must jot down all her words and things she says, but obviously I forget to do that. It's funny hearing her say certain words and it sounds like curse words. Instead of cup, we hear "kak" and then this morning we get Emma from her crib, she had unzipped her gro, and said, "oh no!", then what sounded like, "oh sh&t!", I think she was saying "zip". Rod looks at me and says, "thats you!". Funny how all the bad things she does are apparently my bad habits!
Em still loves to help around the house, saying, dust, sweep, wash (when I wash the rice, or is she wants me to wet her sponge so she can wash her dishes), she'll also come running and say "help", when she hears me unloading the dishwasher. She loves hanging the cutlery, such concentration to get the utensils on the hooks tho.
Tea Party's with Pooh bear is her favorite, feeding Pooh everything from cake, to bananas, oranges, the one day I said to her, Pooh Bear says thank you for giving him all this food, so Emma goes up to Pooh and takes his hand and makes the sign of Thank You. More funny moments.
We started Emma at gymnastic classes. We go on Saturday mornings, which is nice because Rod can join us and see how she interacts, what she does, and how her confidence levels improve as she gets used to a class. Her first class, she walked onto the gym floor like she knew the place, and made herself at home. She loves the trampoline (jumping only lifting one leg at at a time), and slowly getting used to the balance beam and bars to hang from, altho as soon as she feels the weight of her body she lets go! Lazy girl.
We purchased Emma's first pair of sunglasses, she loves them. Took to them a lot quicker than I thought. We've been reading this one book which shows a whole lot of kids at the beach, and I ask her to point out all the people wearing sunglasses, probably that is why she was so excited to wear them. I asked her how her new sunglasses were, and she responded with, "Dark".
Just last week, Rod's cousin Gavin came and visited for the weekend, it was great seeing him and so wonderful seeing Emma with family. She took to Gavin so well, and it was as though she remembered who he was, giving him a big hug and kiss when he arrived. It's amazing how one just knows family. We see Rod's sister, Sharon next Thursday, we travel to Boston to meet her. We're looking forward to seeing Sharon and exploring a new city. Emma gets to see more family, yay!
Well another great month of Emma. One night I asked Rod, "What would we do if we didn't have Emma?" Without hesitation, his response was, go on vacations, watch more movies, buy a new car, play more golf, want me to carry on?? and rambled on more things. Emma even though your dad says silly things like this, we don't know what we would be doing, but we'd definitely be missing out on you and so fortunate and blessed to have perfect little you in our lives. Just please stop growing so fast!!! We love you oh so much!
Can't believe just 4 more months until our little one turns 2, it's crazy. Just yesterday Emma gave me a glimpse of whats to come with the terrible twos! Can't say I'm looking forward to it! It's crazy to see your child so out of control, and you can't reason, talk, or do anything, except let her kick and scream until she has let it all out! There was definitely a point where I wished I could scream the way she did! I thought the tantrum would stop after 10 minutes or so, but it was about 10 minutes plus a 20 minute drive home that this lasted. Boy was that ride home fun! Sounds cruel, but while driving, thinking what can I do to calm her down, I let the windows down and let the wind blow on her a bit, it worked, but for just a few minutes, then it was, no no no! and the screaming started all over again. Eventually she screamt herself to sleep! An hour and a half of quietness. I felt so tired after her episode.
Glad to say that we see more of her better days, than yesterday. Goodness, think I'd be a wreck if this happened on a frequent basis! While this was all going on, I had to call Rod and tell him to listen to his daugther, because if I had to tell him about it in the evening, he'd think, "what, not my Emma!".
Fun times!!
So 20 months, and what has Emma been up to? Big thing this past month is Emma's increase in vocabulary, still alot of babble, but she's saying more words, copying a lot of what we say. This morning I read one book and she was able to finish off the sentences for me, quite cute. Her friend Rohan does this quite well, so I thought let me try with Emma and to my surprise she knew the words. Her latest words, ice, melt, duck (actually saying duck and not quack quack), distinguish between hot and cold, up and down, there are always times where she'll just say something, and you're like hey, thats cool!
Everything is Emma, Emma Emma - what is your name? Emma, what does this say? "Emma", Who is a monkey? "Emma" Whats the magic word, "Emma"
I keep saying I must jot down all her words and things she says, but obviously I forget to do that. It's funny hearing her say certain words and it sounds like curse words. Instead of cup, we hear "kak" and then this morning we get Emma from her crib, she had unzipped her gro, and said, "oh no!", then what sounded like, "oh sh&t!", I think she was saying "zip". Rod looks at me and says, "thats you!". Funny how all the bad things she does are apparently my bad habits!
Em still loves to help around the house, saying, dust, sweep, wash (when I wash the rice, or is she wants me to wet her sponge so she can wash her dishes), she'll also come running and say "help", when she hears me unloading the dishwasher. She loves hanging the cutlery, such concentration to get the utensils on the hooks tho.
Tea Party's with Pooh bear is her favorite, feeding Pooh everything from cake, to bananas, oranges, the one day I said to her, Pooh Bear says thank you for giving him all this food, so Emma goes up to Pooh and takes his hand and makes the sign of Thank You. More funny moments.
We started Emma at gymnastic classes. We go on Saturday mornings, which is nice because Rod can join us and see how she interacts, what she does, and how her confidence levels improve as she gets used to a class. Her first class, she walked onto the gym floor like she knew the place, and made herself at home. She loves the trampoline (jumping only lifting one leg at at a time), and slowly getting used to the balance beam and bars to hang from, altho as soon as she feels the weight of her body she lets go! Lazy girl.
We purchased Emma's first pair of sunglasses, she loves them. Took to them a lot quicker than I thought. We've been reading this one book which shows a whole lot of kids at the beach, and I ask her to point out all the people wearing sunglasses, probably that is why she was so excited to wear them. I asked her how her new sunglasses were, and she responded with, "Dark".
Just last week, Rod's cousin Gavin came and visited for the weekend, it was great seeing him and so wonderful seeing Emma with family. She took to Gavin so well, and it was as though she remembered who he was, giving him a big hug and kiss when he arrived. It's amazing how one just knows family. We see Rod's sister, Sharon next Thursday, we travel to Boston to meet her. We're looking forward to seeing Sharon and exploring a new city. Emma gets to see more family, yay!
Well another great month of Emma. One night I asked Rod, "What would we do if we didn't have Emma?" Without hesitation, his response was, go on vacations, watch more movies, buy a new car, play more golf, want me to carry on?? and rambled on more things. Emma even though your dad says silly things like this, we don't know what we would be doing, but we'd definitely be missing out on you and so fortunate and blessed to have perfect little you in our lives. Just please stop growing so fast!!! We love you oh so much!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Always laughs in the Fok Household
Oh Emma, how you make us laugh!!!
After bathtime, Emma loves covering herself with the towel and playing peek a boo. One night we were asking where's Emma and she started responding with, "No" and shaking her head whenever we asked if she was anywhere but under the towel. We thought it was the funniest thing, seeing this little body under the towel saying "No" and shaking her head, then getting excited when we asked if she was under the towel, and she would pop out.
There are so many funny moments, so hard to keep track of it all.
Another funny....while Rod was bathing Emma I popped a sweet in my mouth. I then went to join them on the bed while getting dressed. Emma caught a whiff of the sweet, came up to my mouth and took a smell, then motioned to her mouth, eat. I then got tons of kisses after, I guess in hopes I'd share whatever I was eating with her. Can't get anything past Emma.
Here's the peek-a-boo video, hope this lightens up your day.
After bathtime, Emma loves covering herself with the towel and playing peek a boo. One night we were asking where's Emma and she started responding with, "No" and shaking her head whenever we asked if she was anywhere but under the towel. We thought it was the funniest thing, seeing this little body under the towel saying "No" and shaking her head, then getting excited when we asked if she was under the towel, and she would pop out.
There are so many funny moments, so hard to keep track of it all.
Another funny....while Rod was bathing Emma I popped a sweet in my mouth. I then went to join them on the bed while getting dressed. Emma caught a whiff of the sweet, came up to my mouth and took a smell, then motioned to her mouth, eat. I then got tons of kisses after, I guess in hopes I'd share whatever I was eating with her. Can't get anything past Emma.
Here's the peek-a-boo video, hope this lightens up your day.
Friday, April 1, 2011
New Videos
Our latest activity has been playing with Emma's memory cards from her Aunty Sharon. Because she isn't old enough to understand matching the pictures by turning the cards over, I thought to try laying out 2 cards and hand her the other 2 and see if she can match the pictures up. She managed to do this right away, I've slowly increased it, and now she can do up to 9 at a time! It's unbelievable how quickly kids catch onto things...a child's mind really amazes me!
I've finally let go and have let Emma feed herself more. She's doing really well. There are still the messy moments (as you will see at the end), but it's so great watching her, and even better when she enjoys Mommy's cooking.
I've finally let go and have let Emma feed herself more. She's doing really well. There are still the messy moments (as you will see at the end), but it's so great watching her, and even better when she enjoys Mommy's cooking.
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