Poor Emme Girl

Poor Emme girl has had a stuffy nose for a few days now, that we associated with the new tooth that she had cut. But last night Emme had a rough night with a horrible cough and a fever of 101.5. We took her to the doctor this morning and turns out she has a double ear infection. Poor thing. As you can tell from the pictures, she is pretty pathetic and just plain sad. Elijah on the other hand is feeling great and has been trying to make Emme happy. Unfortunately Emme is not so into playing with her brother today. Hopefully tomorrow after a few doses of antibiotics she will be her normal happy self again.

Stairs!

Emme has decided that she can do stairs now. Yikes! We are gonna have to get a baby gate quick.

Cutie

Emme wore this hat to the Little Gym yesterday and caused quite a fuss. All of the ladies went on and on about how adorable she was. Thank you Auntie N!

Apples and Peanut Butter

Nothing goes better with Jake and the Neverland Pirates, than apples and peanut butter. Elijah has decided that he LOVES both!

8 Months Old!

Embry is 8 months old! She has recently started crawling, and since then has decided she needs to walk. She has been pulling herself up to things, and holding on by just one hand. Yesterday she was feeling especially daring and she let go of the foot rest she was holding onto. She stood for a second by herself (just long enough to get a huge grin on her face) then she tried to take a step and she face planted. She was so pleased with herself that she didn't even cry, she just rolled over and pulled herself up again. Also yesterday she tried to follow Elijah up the stairs. She made it up onto the landing, and was thinking about the next step when I caught her. I think it is time to get a baby gate. Emme has become quite the talker. She will talk to Elijah and I from her car seat while we are driving. She likes to call out "Mama," just to see if I answer. She likes to sing to the radio with us, which is way funny. She has opinions now, and she lets us know that she very strongly feels they should be considered. Overall though, she is amazingly easy going, and very calm. She waves hi now by putting her fist in the air and twisting it. She especially likes waving hi to herself in the mirror. She LOVES Elijah and has to be involved in everything he does.

Musical Table

Emme and Elijah love to play with the musical table together.

Castles and Dragons

Elijah wanted to post a picture of his castles and dragons. He wanted to set them up all nice so you could see all of his "way fun stuff." We have spent a lot of time playing with these toys since christmas.

Crawling!

Emme has been trying to crawl for a few weeks now, but last night she succeeded! I was in the kitchen making dinner, and Emme crawled from the couch in the living room to the kitchen counter. Then this morning she crawled that same distance twice while I was making breakfast. Woohoo! Elijah is so excited that she is crawling. (I don't think he fully understands that now none of his toys are safe!) LOL Fun, fun stuff! I will try to get some video of her crawling this weekend. Also another milestone for Emme. For a few weeks now, she has been saying "Nana Mama." But the last two weeks she has been saying just "mama." I love it! What a big girl.

Elijah's Deep Thoughts

Elijah is hilarious! I love listening to him tell me about things. He seems to be at an age now where he is trying to figure out how things work, nd why things happen the way they do. The last few weeks Dustin has been working longer than usual hours at work, and Elijah has definately noticed. He asks me all day when Daddy is going to come home that day. Yesterday Elijah, Emme and I were getting shoes and coats on so we could go to the store, and Elijah and I had this conversation. "Mama, it was nice of Daddy to buy me these new shoes." "Yep, your Dad is a pretty nice guy." "Yeah. He works alot so he can buy me nice things." "He does." "Like he buys me new fancy shoes, and icees and cookies, and nice clothes." "Uh-huh." "Yeah he has to work alot, and he is gone alot. But it is okay cause I am happy when he comes home, because he plays with me. I love Daddy." "I love Daddy too." "And Emme loves Daddy too!" "Yep." That afternoon we were watching Bizarre Foods while eating lunch, and Elijah had a realization about food. The host Andrew was eating turtle, and Elijah turns to me and asks: "We don't eat animals do we?" "Well yeah Big Man, we do eat animals. They taste good and they are good for us." "NO! We not eat animals! That not nice!" "Elijah, we do eat animals. That is why Heavenly Father made animals, for us to eat. We eat cows, pigs and chickens." "NO! NO! NO! I NOT EAT ANIMALS, I LOVE ANIMALS! I love COWS" Yeah, I didn't know what to say, especially since he was eating chicken nuggets at the time. So, I just told him that it was good love animals. And thankfully that was the end of the conversation.

Jenny Jump-Up

This is what the kids do every morning while I take me shower.

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