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November 30, 2010
Watching Airplanes
While I enjoyed a girl's day at the spa with my mom, sister-in-law and cousin on Sunday afternoon, Shawn took Emily over to the airport to watch the airplanes land. We got the idea from my friend Kara. She takes her boys all the time, so as an effort to get Emily out of the house on Sunday, Shawn thought he would see how Emily liked it. Despite it being pretty windy and bit cold, Shawn said Emily enjoyed it (as much as a 13 month old could). He said there was a picnic area, so once spring time comes, we'll have to make plans to go back out and have a picnic. He took the camera with him so I could feel like I was there too. :)
November 28, 2010
Happy 13 months!
Here's what's happening with Emily at 13 months:
- She wears size 6-12 month clothes.
- She wears size 2-3 diapers. Although we're about to move her up to size 3 diapers.
- She still gets 2 bottles of formula a day (in the morning and at night), the rest of the day we try to give her milk in her sippy cup. She is not a big fan of milk. Although she's drinking more and more each time we give it to her. She really doesn't like juice much either. She loves her water though.
- She's still a good eater when it comes to solid foods. She loves pasta, cheese, veggies, meat. She does not like any type of fruit (unless it's dried fruit) or yogurt. Oh and she is a huge snacker! She wants to snack all day on goldfish, yogurt melts, puffs, american cheese . .you name it. She probably goes through a package of goldfish a week.
- She has 5 teeth. 2 on the bottom and 3 on the top. For the longest time, she had 2 bottom ones in the middle and 2 top that were on either side of where her front teeth would be. We called her our little jack-o-lantern. Luckily though her top left tooth has now broken through.
- She does not like her teeth brushed. As soon as she sees me reach for the toothbrush, she clamps her lips together.
- She plays peek-a-boo. She'll cover up her eyes with her hands and then take them away.
- When I tell her to find her brush and brush her hair, she'll find her brush in her elmo purse and pretend to brush her hair.
- When she's tired, she'll lay down on the floor or put her head down on a pillow.
- She still "talks" all the time, although very few words that we can make out. She's gotten really good at pointing to what she wants. She does try and repeat a lot of words we say to her.
- They work with her at school on sign language. She can now sign "all done."
- She loves to dance. She moves her head more than any other part of her body though. It's pretty funny.
- Not walking yet. I feel like she was so close and then I think between getting sick and the daycare change, she hasn't been focused so much on trying to walk. Although she is standing more on her own and I can tell when she does take some steps her balance has gotten much better.
- She'll give hugs when you ask. By a hug, I mean she'll come over to you and put her head down on your shoulder. I love this!!
- She still hates socks and shoes. If you put them on, she'll immediately try to take them off and most of the time succeeds. They have asked us to send her to school in lace up shoes. Oh and she hates tights too. She tries to pull them off just like socks, but never has succeeded at getting them off.
- She can blow kisses.
- She can give high-fives.
- She knows what she wants and will shake her head "no" whenever you tell her to do something she doesn't want to do.
- She's starting to test her boundaries. If we tell her "no", she'll usually stop, but then a few seconds later do the same thing again and look at you while she's doing it. I wasn't ready for her to start testing us this early!
- For the most part, she's totally adjusted to the toddler room at school. She LOVES outside time!
- She wears size 6-12 month clothes.
- She wears size 2-3 diapers. Although we're about to move her up to size 3 diapers.
- She still gets 2 bottles of formula a day (in the morning and at night), the rest of the day we try to give her milk in her sippy cup. She is not a big fan of milk. Although she's drinking more and more each time we give it to her. She really doesn't like juice much either. She loves her water though.
- She's still a good eater when it comes to solid foods. She loves pasta, cheese, veggies, meat. She does not like any type of fruit (unless it's dried fruit) or yogurt. Oh and she is a huge snacker! She wants to snack all day on goldfish, yogurt melts, puffs, american cheese . .you name it. She probably goes through a package of goldfish a week.
- She has 5 teeth. 2 on the bottom and 3 on the top. For the longest time, she had 2 bottom ones in the middle and 2 top that were on either side of where her front teeth would be. We called her our little jack-o-lantern. Luckily though her top left tooth has now broken through.
- She does not like her teeth brushed. As soon as she sees me reach for the toothbrush, she clamps her lips together.
- She plays peek-a-boo. She'll cover up her eyes with her hands and then take them away.
- When I tell her to find her brush and brush her hair, she'll find her brush in her elmo purse and pretend to brush her hair.
- When she's tired, she'll lay down on the floor or put her head down on a pillow.
- She still "talks" all the time, although very few words that we can make out. She's gotten really good at pointing to what she wants. She does try and repeat a lot of words we say to her.
- They work with her at school on sign language. She can now sign "all done."
- She loves to dance. She moves her head more than any other part of her body though. It's pretty funny.
- Not walking yet. I feel like she was so close and then I think between getting sick and the daycare change, she hasn't been focused so much on trying to walk. Although she is standing more on her own and I can tell when she does take some steps her balance has gotten much better.
- She'll give hugs when you ask. By a hug, I mean she'll come over to you and put her head down on your shoulder. I love this!!
- She still hates socks and shoes. If you put them on, she'll immediately try to take them off and most of the time succeeds. They have asked us to send her to school in lace up shoes. Oh and she hates tights too. She tries to pull them off just like socks, but never has succeeded at getting them off.
- She can blow kisses.
- She can give high-fives.
- She knows what she wants and will shake her head "no" whenever you tell her to do something she doesn't want to do.
- She's starting to test her boundaries. If we tell her "no", she'll usually stop, but then a few seconds later do the same thing again and look at you while she's doing it. I wasn't ready for her to start testing us this early!
- For the most part, she's totally adjusted to the toddler room at school. She LOVES outside time!
North Pole Express
Yesterday afternoon we headed to downtown Grapevine with our friends, the Arnolds, to ride the North Pole Express train. This is something that I heard about last year and just sounded like so much fun, so I was excited when Kara invited us to go with them. It ended up being a perfect day to go. It was great weather and the crowds weren't too big yet.
All of the kids are supposed to wear their jammies on the train, so of course we brought Emily in her jammies (I don't have Christmas ones yet. . .we will for next year) and bundled her up. We met up a little bit before our train left and hit the bounce house. This was Emily's first time in a bounce house and she loved it! Daddy was a trooper and went in with her. She enjoyed just crawling back and forth. And since we got there early, Emily and Hudson were able to have it all to themselves for a while.
After playing in the bounce house and having a snack, we stopped by the ornament making tent. Emily picked out a snowman to make. Daddy helped her put it all together.
By now it was time to get in line for the train. There was a 30 minute show before we boarded. The show helped us all get into the Christmas spirit. We sang lots of Christmas carols. Emily enjoyed the show, but I think she liked looking at the decorations inside the tent even better.
Once on-board, we sang more Christmas carols and they read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. It was about a 30 minute train ride in the historical Grapevine trains. I had never been in them before, so it was pretty neat. They have really big windows on either side which Emily loved to look out. She saw lots of plains landing at the airport. I think Shawn enjoyed seeing them too. The highlight of the trip was when Santa came on-board. Emily gave Santa a huge smile.
All of the kids are supposed to wear their jammies on the train, so of course we brought Emily in her jammies (I don't have Christmas ones yet. . .we will for next year) and bundled her up. We met up a little bit before our train left and hit the bounce house. This was Emily's first time in a bounce house and she loved it! Daddy was a trooper and went in with her. She enjoyed just crawling back and forth. And since we got there early, Emily and Hudson were able to have it all to themselves for a while.
Here's Hudson. . .mid jump
After playing in the bounce house and having a snack, we stopped by the ornament making tent. Emily picked out a snowman to make. Daddy helped her put it all together.
By now it was time to get in line for the train. There was a 30 minute show before we boarded. The show helped us all get into the Christmas spirit. We sang lots of Christmas carols. Emily enjoyed the show, but I think she liked looking at the decorations inside the tent even better.
Emily's crazy smile makes me laugh.
At the end of the show, the train conductor came out and sang. He looked just like the conductor from the Polar Express book.
When we got outside of the tent to board, it was "snowing". It was actually pretty neat.
Once on-board, we sang more Christmas carols and they read 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. It was about a 30 minute train ride in the historical Grapevine trains. I had never been in them before, so it was pretty neat. They have really big windows on either side which Emily loved to look out. She saw lots of plains landing at the airport. I think Shawn enjoyed seeing them too. The highlight of the trip was when Santa came on-board. Emily gave Santa a huge smile.
Kara and Hudson singing the Christmas carols.
They came and collected our tickets just like they do in the book too.
Emily and Shawn loved looking at the planes. These are kind of fuzzy, but still cute pics.
If only you could see her face...she had a huge smile on her face.
Hudson doing some more dancing.
Poor Luke, by the end of the train ride, he was so tired.
And I had to get a picture of the boys with their babies. . . Hudson didn't want to stand in the picture.
We had such a fun time that I think this will need to become a yearly tradition! Thanks again Kara for inviting us!
November 25, 2010
Thanksgiving 2010
Today we spent a quiet morning at home and then headed over to my parents house this afternoon for Thanksgiving dinner. It was a smaller group at my parents this year as all of my cousins are out of town and my brother is in Oklahoma with Julie's family. It was still fun though and I definitely ate my share of turkey. I took just a few pictures today.
It's crazy to me that Emily is now starting to repeat holidays. This time last year we were celebrating her first Thanksgiving. She was only a few weeks old. Here's a picture from last year.
It's crazy to me that Emily is now starting to repeat holidays. This time last year we were celebrating her first Thanksgiving. She was only a few weeks old. Here's a picture from last year.
November 20, 2010
Just Because. . .
I haven't posted any pictures of my sweet girl lately. . .
She's been a bit under the weather today with a runny nose and a fever. Hoping a good night's sleep does the trick.
Christmas Cards
We just got our family pictures taken last weekend which means it's now time to start looking for Christmas cards to send out. I saw this great promotion from Shutterfly and I just couldn't pass it up. Shutterfly is offering bloggers 50 free holiday cards! Click here for details.
I love sending out our Christmas cards. It's extra special now that Emily is here. It's a chance for everyone to see just how much she has grown from year to year. Hopefully we'll get some good pictures from our session last weekend that we can use.
I checked out the Shutterfly website and there are so many cute cards that I'm having a hard time choosing. I particularly like the flat stationary cards. They look a little fancier than the normal photo cards that we've done the last couple of years. Here are some of my favorites. . .
The last several years we have made Shawn's dad a calendar with photos of his grandchildren. It's something that's so easy to do and it helps him remember all of those important dates. Shutterfly offers options to make calendars as well. I plan on getting started on his calendar for this year in the next week or so.
So all of you bloggers. . .don't forget to head on over here to sign up and get your 50 free Holiday cards from Shutterfly.
I love sending out our Christmas cards. It's extra special now that Emily is here. It's a chance for everyone to see just how much she has grown from year to year. Hopefully we'll get some good pictures from our session last weekend that we can use.
I checked out the Shutterfly website and there are so many cute cards that I'm having a hard time choosing. I particularly like the flat stationary cards. They look a little fancier than the normal photo cards that we've done the last couple of years. Here are some of my favorites. . .
I'm starting to see a trend. I'm loving the cards in red and also the ones that have just 1 big picture. We're hoping to use a family picture, but if none of those turn out well, a picture of just Emily would be cute too!
The last several years we have made Shawn's dad a calendar with photos of his grandchildren. It's something that's so easy to do and it helps him remember all of those important dates. Shutterfly offers options to make calendars as well. I plan on getting started on his calendar for this year in the next week or so.
So all of you bloggers. . .don't forget to head on over here to sign up and get your 50 free Holiday cards from Shutterfly.
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