Emma is still 1! It is amazing to watch firsthand the growth and development of my little girl. God has surely blessed us. We are thankful that she is healthy and developing well.
She is talking away. So many new words every day I can't write them here. She says new words throughout the day - during meals, while we are reading books, during everyday conversation. She recognizes most of the letters of the alphabet and several numbers too. It is fun to see her interests. She also says 3-4 word phrases/sentences. She got a blister on her ankle and one day after her nap I saw she had picked at it and made it bleed all over her sheet. Now before bed and when she gets up she says "no pick owie". She also is saying words more correctly. Instead of 'feeta" she says something closer to elephant. She has started saying the 'k' sound as in cow and cat. Communication is so awesome!
Emma loves the park. When I ask her what she likes about the park she says "running". She also has taken a liking to slides and playing in the rocks. She isn't too keen on swinging yet. She sometimes likes going on the merry-go-round a little bit. I get quite dizzy though!
She still loves dogs. She is still cautious around most dogs, but has become braver and will go right up to some. Usually the owners are pretty good about knowing their pet and knowing how to handle her with them.
We went to the farm for a day and visited my grandma. She has a cat who came out from hiding but didn't get too near. Emma loved to see it go here and there. It was great visiting Grandma Nina (with a long 'i'). Emma took to saying Nina really well. She still says "Namma" for grandma.
Emma's favorite foods I would say are goldfish crackers, chicken, watermelon, yogurt, most fruits. She will eat pretty much anything - eggs, pizza, hamburgers, frozen veggies, etc. She asks for fresh spinach and lettuce when I am eating it and takes a bite but usually doesn't eat it. Of course she likes cookies really well! She calls anything sweet 'cookie'. She is nursing 1-3 times per day. I can tell it is very important to her emotionally. I am feeling like I want to be done but I don't want to stop too soon before she is ready.
She is learning how to pretend with her baby dolls. She will feed them 'applesauce' or 'beans' with the dolly bowl and spoon. She LOVES babies. Real babies. There is a real baby in the nursery on Sundays at church. When we ask her about the nursery she always says 'baby', 'hi baby' with a squeal. She was almost obsessed for awhile. She has been very gentle with the baby.
She also likes to color and watch us color. Most restaurants give color crayons and a paper menu so that has occupied her for a little bit.
Her hair has grown and grown curly. It is a bit unruly. I'm not a person who loves to spend much time or money on hair or hair products so I might have to learn a bit on what to do with naturally curly hair if it continues. She wears a pink baseball cap "hat" whenever we go outside or to the park. That helps her head not get sunburned. I don't really want to slather sunscreen on her head because her hair is still thin enough for her head to get sunburned. A result of the hat is that nobody can see the unruly hair, but it also causes 'hat hair'. Oh well. She's still cute.
And that is what so many people say when we are shopping, etc. They look at her and say 'she's so cute' or 'aren't you a cutie". It is fun and interesting what people do and say around little ones. Most little ones are cute!
She also has grown taller. I'm not sure how much but she's pretty much in mostly 24 month clothing. Just a month ago she was in 18-24 months. She sleeps well at night and naps for about 2 hours in the afternoon. I still appreciate that she sleeps in until 9 most mornings!
Emma listens pretty well but she also has her own mind which is good and challenging. I will ask her to get her shoes so we can go somewhere. She will get them but then goof off and move her foot when I try to put them on. I then ask her if she wants to go the park. Her: "Yes". Me: "Then let's get your shoes on". Her: "Yes" and then proceeds to move her foot away again even though we are going somewhere she wants to go. Oh the joy!
If you ask her about the library she will say "big fish". They have an aquarium with fish that she likes to see. We've gone to storytime a few times and it is fun to see her watch the other kids. She hasn't joined in the actions during the songs too much yet. We have checked out mostly board books and that is fun for her to enjoy some new books for awhile.
Emma loves reading. Not only us reading to her but she likes reading the books to us and to herself. She can't get enough. She is usually carrying 5-10 books at a time from one room to another. One book is about big and little. Each page has 2 of the same type of object - one big, one little. She 'reads' that book to us with great accuracy. She was playing with Blake yesterday and brought him 2 balls. She said "big ball, little ball." And she was right. It is so fun seeing her apply things that she learned in books to things in her everyday life. I have been told by friends that she is a "student". Maybe, but I think most kids her age usually are.
We love her and who she is. We pray that she will be a woman after God's own heart and will fulfill His purpose for her. May He be glorified.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
22 months
Life goes on...
Emma is beginning to be more of a kid and not a baby anymore. I love it and it saddens me. Mostly it is fun to see the process of developing language, learning skills, etc. She also has grown taller. She has unruly fine, curly dusty blond/brown hair with a tint of red sometimes. No need for a real haircut yet. One day...
She talks a lot. Some understandable, some not. She is starting to say some sentences: I want that book. Thank you mommy (daddooo=thank you). Bye ____. Hockey. Monkey. Rocky. dgill (Jill), Anna (Hannah), Namma (Grandma), Papa, Emmy (Emmitt), Apple (April), Dampa (Grandpa), I want ______, What's that?, be=bird, bug, or bee. She says cookie really well. Ice for icee pop or popsicle. Pizza. Fee=pretty, flowers, fork/spoon. Peas, beans, cheese, keys. Bathroom words-pee, potty, poopy, panties, diaper, wipe.
On the couch or chair or steps she pats the seat beside her and said something that sounds like "sit". Ernie, Elmo, puppy, kitty (t instead of k), neigh neigh, moo, baa, bayee (bear), chicken, Ernie (pepperoni or any other lunch meat). Beeta (blanket), feet/foot, monna (more), all done/all gone (without the 'n'). She likes to pretend she is reading a book/magazine/coupons, etc. It is mostly nonsense, but she will include things she sees in the pictures. Blah, blah, blah, Elmo, blah, blah, baby, blah, etc.
Last night she pushed the cooler into the living room, stood on top of it and started quietly, sweetly singing. Nothing we could understand but we could tell she was singing. Interesting at this age she wanted to be on 'stage'!
We are surprised by how much she knows sometimes. We will ask her to do something we don't know that she understands or knows how to do and she'll do it. She also likes to keep things tidy. She will pick up after herself quite often. Hopefully that will stay in her personality. Don't get me wrong, she is still a messy toddler. heh But she will pick up without us asking her to. Or she will throw trash away without us asking her to. She can be very helpful. She even likes to help me in the kitchen. While I'm cooking I'll ask her to throw something away. Or she will help stir something. Sometimes she just likes to watch what I'm doing while snitching a snack.
When neighborhood kids are outside and the window is open Emma likes to yell nonsense back to them. Emma loves being outside. She has become very interested in birds and rocks. We have rocks under our steps in the backyard so we've been researching those.
She has become interested in interacting with Emmitt again. He's not quite sure if he is liking this new found attention again. She loves to hug him. Lately she really wants him to let her kiss him right on his wet nose or put a hat on him or have him talk on the phone. She tried reading him a book the other day. That was ok. They were sitting next to each other on the recliner.
She sleeps pretty good at night. 9:30ish - 9am. A couple times a week she might wake up and call for me. To minimize night nursing Blake goes in there. She nurses about 4 times a day: morning, before nap, after nap, before bed. She doesn't seem ready to be done yet. I was hoping to be done around her 2nd birthday. We will see.
I was also hoping she would potty train sooner than later too but she doesn't seem quite ready for that either. She has lost interest. And I'm not sure she is physically ready.
And with weaning and potty training, the more I push her the more she pushes back and resists. So, we'll let her be for a little longer. I want her to feel we trust her independence level and give her time. And we don't want either to be too traumatic. Being that I am home with her all the time we have the freedom to do this. It is all temporary.
Oh my word! Emma loves babies! She is obsessed with the little 2/3 month old baby girl in the church nursery. She is very gentle. Lots of kisses and pats. She wasn't jealous when I held her either. But she talked about her for days. Emma would pat my shoulder where I held the baby and say "baby, cold". Yes, I held the baby and she didn't have any socks and had a short sleeve shirt so I had a blanket on her because she was cold.
Emma also was obsessed with "mommy, ba(ll). I ate a gumball and she just couldn't get that out of her head. Must have been a crazy thing for mommy to do! She has started to say ball different. Was "ba", now "bowel". Not great in appropriateness but getting closer! ha! I love it.
We love her. And enjoy that others love and enjoy her.
Emma is beginning to be more of a kid and not a baby anymore. I love it and it saddens me. Mostly it is fun to see the process of developing language, learning skills, etc. She also has grown taller. She has unruly fine, curly dusty blond/brown hair with a tint of red sometimes. No need for a real haircut yet. One day...
She talks a lot. Some understandable, some not. She is starting to say some sentences: I want that book. Thank you mommy (daddooo=thank you). Bye ____. Hockey. Monkey. Rocky. dgill (Jill), Anna (Hannah), Namma (Grandma), Papa, Emmy (Emmitt), Apple (April), Dampa (Grandpa), I want ______, What's that?, be=bird, bug, or bee. She says cookie really well. Ice for icee pop or popsicle. Pizza. Fee=pretty, flowers, fork/spoon. Peas, beans, cheese, keys. Bathroom words-pee, potty, poopy, panties, diaper, wipe.
On the couch or chair or steps she pats the seat beside her and said something that sounds like "sit". Ernie, Elmo, puppy, kitty (t instead of k), neigh neigh, moo, baa, bayee (bear), chicken, Ernie (pepperoni or any other lunch meat). Beeta (blanket), feet/foot, monna (more), all done/all gone (without the 'n'). She likes to pretend she is reading a book/magazine/coupons, etc. It is mostly nonsense, but she will include things she sees in the pictures. Blah, blah, blah, Elmo, blah, blah, baby, blah, etc.
Last night she pushed the cooler into the living room, stood on top of it and started quietly, sweetly singing. Nothing we could understand but we could tell she was singing. Interesting at this age she wanted to be on 'stage'!
We are surprised by how much she knows sometimes. We will ask her to do something we don't know that she understands or knows how to do and she'll do it. She also likes to keep things tidy. She will pick up after herself quite often. Hopefully that will stay in her personality. Don't get me wrong, she is still a messy toddler. heh But she will pick up without us asking her to. Or she will throw trash away without us asking her to. She can be very helpful. She even likes to help me in the kitchen. While I'm cooking I'll ask her to throw something away. Or she will help stir something. Sometimes she just likes to watch what I'm doing while snitching a snack.
When neighborhood kids are outside and the window is open Emma likes to yell nonsense back to them. Emma loves being outside. She has become very interested in birds and rocks. We have rocks under our steps in the backyard so we've been researching those.
She has become interested in interacting with Emmitt again. He's not quite sure if he is liking this new found attention again. She loves to hug him. Lately she really wants him to let her kiss him right on his wet nose or put a hat on him or have him talk on the phone. She tried reading him a book the other day. That was ok. They were sitting next to each other on the recliner.
She sleeps pretty good at night. 9:30ish - 9am. A couple times a week she might wake up and call for me. To minimize night nursing Blake goes in there. She nurses about 4 times a day: morning, before nap, after nap, before bed. She doesn't seem ready to be done yet. I was hoping to be done around her 2nd birthday. We will see.
I was also hoping she would potty train sooner than later too but she doesn't seem quite ready for that either. She has lost interest. And I'm not sure she is physically ready.
And with weaning and potty training, the more I push her the more she pushes back and resists. So, we'll let her be for a little longer. I want her to feel we trust her independence level and give her time. And we don't want either to be too traumatic. Being that I am home with her all the time we have the freedom to do this. It is all temporary.
Oh my word! Emma loves babies! She is obsessed with the little 2/3 month old baby girl in the church nursery. She is very gentle. Lots of kisses and pats. She wasn't jealous when I held her either. But she talked about her for days. Emma would pat my shoulder where I held the baby and say "baby, cold". Yes, I held the baby and she didn't have any socks and had a short sleeve shirt so I had a blanket on her because she was cold.
Emma also was obsessed with "mommy, ba(ll). I ate a gumball and she just couldn't get that out of her head. Must have been a crazy thing for mommy to do! She has started to say ball different. Was "ba", now "bowel". Not great in appropriateness but getting closer! ha! I love it.
We love her. And enjoy that others love and enjoy her.
Friday, February 11, 2011
19 months
I better write before I get too far behind. Emma has done lots of things in the past 4 months. Now I just need to remember them. Hmmm.
In November, we had a visit from her Auntie Rachael and 3 yo Caden. Interesting age differences. Fun to see interact some too.
In December, Emma met her other cousins and Auntie Jill and Uncle Kevin who were overseas as missionaries. They got to spend some quality time while they stayed with us and while we were in their parents' for Bestamor's funeral and in January to celebrate Christmas.
She kind of took a hiatus from reading in December. Must have been all the people and busyness. Plus, she learned how to climb the kitchen chairs. At least she isn't climbing onto the table anymore. She is back to loving books again too.
She is talking more. In December all she would say to people was 'woof woof''. Now when people say hi she says 'puppy'. She knows that people understand her. Then she starts looking around for the puppy even if we are shopping or something. Funny girl!
She says 'mommy' like a pro now. It is nicer to wake up to that instead of crying. But she's quite repetitive!
We communicate pretty well with each other. It takes observation to realize what she is saying. Since I'm with her all the time we do well. She doesn't sign much anymore other than sometimes 'all done' which she also says.
What other words has she added since 15 months? Hmmm. She is saying cow and moo. Pig. She sounded like she was hocking a loogie when she was snorting like a pig! She says 'be" for boot. She still says 'buh' for quite a few things.
She decided that she wanted to fall asleep with her Corduroy bear. She says a quick 'byee' instead of bear. It is nice that she started falling to sleep on her own (with bear). Instead of nursing to sleep like she always has she nurses and then I lay her down and she goes to sleep on her own. Sometimes we hear her talking or singing 'Bible' (Jesus Loves Me....Bible tells me so...) on the monitor while she is falling asleep.
January she got to meet her Grampy. Lots of first meetings these past few months! He stayed with us for about a week. She took to him pretty quick. He even got to babysit the evening after he arrived for us to go to Blake's work Christmas party. She still asks for him when she looks in the guest bedroom. "Dampy" It was a good visit. Emma had a fever the day he flew in and was sick the whole time he was here. Other than wanting to nurse more and needed more comfort she did well. My dad came in on a Wednesday and we took her to the doctor the next Tuesday. She had at least one ear infected. She fought the doctor so he couldn't see the other ear. So, she started amoxicillin (sp?). Poor girl. Her 2nd ear infection. One last January. One this January. They are all cleared up now. I am pretty convinced that she has a similar dairy sensitivity as I do that is causing stuffy noses and ear aches. Plus, at her follow up appointment she got a Hep. A shot. She calmed down pretty quick. I picked her up, pulled her pants up, and she stopped crying. She stared at Kari, the nurse, like "I'm going to remember that!" She doesn't get any more shots til she's 5!
We just (2 days ago) moved her into a booster chair by the table. She likes it. We'll see how it goes. It is helpful that while my dad was here we started training Emmitt to stay out of the kitchen while we are eating. He's still a work in progress but doing well without a barrier now.
Emma tries to take her clothes off and tries to put them on. The other day she woke up from her nap and I opened the door so she could see me while I put clothes away in our bedroom. She threw everything out of her crib - blankets, stuffed animals, etc. After I hung a few shirts up I looked at her and she had her socks off, pants down to her ankles, and her shirt behind her head with her short sleeves still on. What a sight! ha! She hasn't tried doing that too often so let's hope the diaper stays on!
Speaking of diapers. A few months ago Blake told me that while I was talking on the phone that Emma went and leaned against the toilet and messed her diaper. So we thought that maybe we should start some potty training while she is connecting things and has some interest. So, we bought a seat to set on the toilet upstairs and a potty chair for the main level. We have taken it slow since she is still pretty young and we want it to be lead by her at this point. She will say 'poopy' when she is messing her diaper. Usually she is done by the time we get to the bathroom but it is a start. Usually she sits on her 'toilet' and doesn't do anything but read books and play with blocks and baby dolls (she got 4 for Christmas!). But yesterday she said ''pee pee" and I left her in the bathroom and she wanted to shut the door. She came out and loves running around naked or from us. But she had peed in her potty chair! Whoo! I think we are ready to go a little more hard core training. We'll see. It will be nice for her to be out of diapers.
She still naps about 2 hours. She's sleeping from 10pm til 5 or 7 or 9am without waking me us up. Usually we get up about 9 or 9:30am.
She says 'yeah' and 'no'. She can say her name really well. She's gone from saying 'daddy' to 'daa-eey'. I guess it is quicker without the second 'd' sound! She did the same with Emmitt - Emmy.
I'm not sure what else. I'll have to write as I remember.
Just this month when I say 'smile' when I'm taking a picture she sometimes smiles.
In November, we had a visit from her Auntie Rachael and 3 yo Caden. Interesting age differences. Fun to see interact some too.
In December, Emma met her other cousins and Auntie Jill and Uncle Kevin who were overseas as missionaries. They got to spend some quality time while they stayed with us and while we were in their parents' for Bestamor's funeral and in January to celebrate Christmas.
She kind of took a hiatus from reading in December. Must have been all the people and busyness. Plus, she learned how to climb the kitchen chairs. At least she isn't climbing onto the table anymore. She is back to loving books again too.
She is talking more. In December all she would say to people was 'woof woof''. Now when people say hi she says 'puppy'. She knows that people understand her. Then she starts looking around for the puppy even if we are shopping or something. Funny girl!
She says 'mommy' like a pro now. It is nicer to wake up to that instead of crying. But she's quite repetitive!
We communicate pretty well with each other. It takes observation to realize what she is saying. Since I'm with her all the time we do well. She doesn't sign much anymore other than sometimes 'all done' which she also says.
What other words has she added since 15 months? Hmmm. She is saying cow and moo. Pig. She sounded like she was hocking a loogie when she was snorting like a pig! She says 'be" for boot. She still says 'buh' for quite a few things.
She decided that she wanted to fall asleep with her Corduroy bear. She says a quick 'byee' instead of bear. It is nice that she started falling to sleep on her own (with bear). Instead of nursing to sleep like she always has she nurses and then I lay her down and she goes to sleep on her own. Sometimes we hear her talking or singing 'Bible' (Jesus Loves Me....Bible tells me so...) on the monitor while she is falling asleep.
January she got to meet her Grampy. Lots of first meetings these past few months! He stayed with us for about a week. She took to him pretty quick. He even got to babysit the evening after he arrived for us to go to Blake's work Christmas party. She still asks for him when she looks in the guest bedroom. "Dampy" It was a good visit. Emma had a fever the day he flew in and was sick the whole time he was here. Other than wanting to nurse more and needed more comfort she did well. My dad came in on a Wednesday and we took her to the doctor the next Tuesday. She had at least one ear infected. She fought the doctor so he couldn't see the other ear. So, she started amoxicillin (sp?). Poor girl. Her 2nd ear infection. One last January. One this January. They are all cleared up now. I am pretty convinced that she has a similar dairy sensitivity as I do that is causing stuffy noses and ear aches. Plus, at her follow up appointment she got a Hep. A shot. She calmed down pretty quick. I picked her up, pulled her pants up, and she stopped crying. She stared at Kari, the nurse, like "I'm going to remember that!" She doesn't get any more shots til she's 5!
We just (2 days ago) moved her into a booster chair by the table. She likes it. We'll see how it goes. It is helpful that while my dad was here we started training Emmitt to stay out of the kitchen while we are eating. He's still a work in progress but doing well without a barrier now.
Emma tries to take her clothes off and tries to put them on. The other day she woke up from her nap and I opened the door so she could see me while I put clothes away in our bedroom. She threw everything out of her crib - blankets, stuffed animals, etc. After I hung a few shirts up I looked at her and she had her socks off, pants down to her ankles, and her shirt behind her head with her short sleeves still on. What a sight! ha! She hasn't tried doing that too often so let's hope the diaper stays on!
Speaking of diapers. A few months ago Blake told me that while I was talking on the phone that Emma went and leaned against the toilet and messed her diaper. So we thought that maybe we should start some potty training while she is connecting things and has some interest. So, we bought a seat to set on the toilet upstairs and a potty chair for the main level. We have taken it slow since she is still pretty young and we want it to be lead by her at this point. She will say 'poopy' when she is messing her diaper. Usually she is done by the time we get to the bathroom but it is a start. Usually she sits on her 'toilet' and doesn't do anything but read books and play with blocks and baby dolls (she got 4 for Christmas!). But yesterday she said ''pee pee" and I left her in the bathroom and she wanted to shut the door. She came out and loves running around naked or from us. But she had peed in her potty chair! Whoo! I think we are ready to go a little more hard core training. We'll see. It will be nice for her to be out of diapers.
She still naps about 2 hours. She's sleeping from 10pm til 5 or 7 or 9am without waking me us up. Usually we get up about 9 or 9:30am.
She says 'yeah' and 'no'. She can say her name really well. She's gone from saying 'daddy' to 'daa-eey'. I guess it is quicker without the second 'd' sound! She did the same with Emmitt - Emmy.
I'm not sure what else. I'll have to write as I remember.
Just this month when I say 'smile' when I'm taking a picture she sometimes smiles.
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