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Emme at 11 Months

Emme is 11 months old today! I can't believe that she is almost a year old! Emme is such a happy baby. She always has a big smile ready. She likes to talk to Daddy on the phone, even when he isn't really on the other line. She holds the phone up and says "Da Da? Da Da!" and then she just smiles and dances while she chatters. Emme is an incredibly fast crawler, and because of that she isn't really interested in walking on her own. She does think that everyone should be willing to give her a finger to hold onto and walk with her as long as she wants you to. We had a lion walker that Elijah used, that Emme has been using. The only problem is that she has figured out that if she puts the seat down(to make it a little scooter thing) and sits on it and yells long enough Elijah will come behind her and push her around the house. She LOVES books, especially the kind that play music. I have been weaning Emme slowly for the last few months, and we are almost done! Yay! She has been really great about it, and thankfully she loves solid food! Emme goes into her bed for naps and for the night awake, and she is amazing at going right to sleep. It is funny because we can hear her over the monitor, turn on her glow worm and dance until she literally falls over asleep. Emme loves to dance! Anytime she hears any kind of music she immediately starts moving. Dustin and I joke that when she dances it really looks like she feels the music inside her little heart and soul. She even tries to snap her fingers! LOL We are so grateful for Emme in our family! She has brought amazing amounts of joy to all of us.

Imaginext Space Shuttle

Elijah is a very spoiled little boy (thankfully he is not bratty about it). He has learned that if he asks for something little, nice enough, he is more than likely going to get it. Unfortunately, the Imaginext toys that he has gotten into lately are a little expensive. Especially once you get into the big Imaginext toys. Dustin and I have been trying to teach Elijah that money is not always unlimited. So, Elijah has been saving his "moneys" for the last few weeks to buy the Imaginext Space Shuttle Station. We knew is was unrealistic to expect him to earn all the money himself, so once he saved up $11, we covered the rest. We went to Target today and he was able to buy it. In the car on the way, he was singing "I get to go to Target and get my awesome, awesome space shuttle. Thanks! Thanks! Thanks!" He also suffered a little bit of back seat driver road rage when a lady turned in front of us into the parking lot. He yelled "hey you lady, you better not buy all the Imaginext stuff. I got my moneys with me today." Then he told me to drive faster so we could get there before they sold all of them. What a goober!

Happy Birthday Dustin!

The Little Gym

Elijah and his Little Gym class Emme was very excited to be in the gym today, instead of watchng from the waiting room Elijah getting his medal and certificate Today Elijah graduated from The Little Gym. We are very proud of him. He has loved going to class every Monday, and coming home and showing off what he learned. He is signed up for the summer camps and next semester, so he will be able to continue doing gymnastics.

Fun Nursery Picture

Elijah drew this "Elijah" in nursery last week. We were all very impressed with how well he drew himself. Elijah drew eyes that look like real eyes that even have eyelashes, hands with fingers and lots of hair on his head. We think he is a pretty smart little dude.

Beatiful Kids

Anytime the kids and I go anywhere, we are stopped by people who want to ooh and ahh over how cute they both are. And well look at them, who wouldn't think they are adorable. LOL It is always amusing to me when the person doing the oohing and ahhing is completely opposite of how you think you should look. Example: the kids and I went to the post office the other day, and when we got out of the car, there was a rough looking man and a lady on a Harley waiting behind our Jeep for the drive up mail box. I pulled Elijah out of the car and the man said to the lady "Geez look at that adorable little guy, he looks like Dennis the Menace. SO cute." Then we went around and got Emme out and he said in a very excited voice "Oh goodness, there are two of them, I can't believe how adorable they are. Oh, and that one is a girl. Jeez, how adorable are they." Funny! I always tell Dustin about the nice things people say, but I think he thinks I am exaggerating a little bit. But last night we all went to Wal-Mart, and a lady stopped us and told Dustin how beautiful Emme was, she said that she was the prettiest baby she had seen and then went on and on about how Dustin is going to have his work cut out for him keeping all of Emme's suitors at bay. It is nice to hear people say that your kids are cute. It is also nice to have Daddy hear people say how cute they are.

Enjoying Some Nicer Weather

Camping With Daddy

Dustin and Elijah went camping on Monday. As much as Emme and I wanted to go camping with them I know it was great for them to be able to go alone (next camping trip Emme and I are so going too.) Elijah had an awesome time digging holes, burning sticks, roasting marshmallows and cooking hot dogs.