Emma Claire is 1!

Emma Claire is 1! I can't believe she is already one. We had lots of fun at her party. She was really in to the strawberries, what a mess. Let's see, what all can she do? Well, she's been walking for a few months now. She can run and climb. She is always trying to climb on things. She can say, "mama" "dada" "all done" "dog" "mawmaw" "pawpaw" "juice" and "orange juice". She is our messy child. She always has some form of juice or food on her clothes and in her hair. I can't seem to keep her clean. She loves cheerios and goldfish, and she really likes to pour them on the floor and step on them. So much fun for mom & dad! 

Carnival

We went to a carnival in Natchez, MS for the balloon festival weekend. Izzy had a ball! She loved the cars and would cry when would take her off. I think she rode in a circle about 100 times. It was tons of fun!!

Laundry time!

The girls LOVE to help mommy do the laundry. I wonder how clean the clothes really are after they've helped?

Halloween 2008

Chick or Treat! Iz & Em were chicks for Halloween this year. They were so big and fluffy! We went to LSU's Sorority Row to go trick or treating and it was so much fun. The girls started off in the wagon and then they would get out to go to the houses. By the end of the night Izzy was pulling Emma in the wagon. They each had about 20 lollipops before I cut them off. We also went to the St. James Halloween Carnival. That was a lot of fun too, but I think the girls are a little too young for that type of carnival. Maybe next year. On Halloween night we handed out candy with our neighbors. Izzy wanted to hand it out by herself. She would say the same thing to every kid that came, "Trick or treat, put it in your bucket, Happy Halloween, bye bye!" It was really funny.

Izzy's School Picnic

Matt & I went to a picnic at Izzy's school in October. It was so much fun to see all the kids and parents sitting on blankets on the playground having a picnic. The kids quickly left their parents to play on the playground. So Matt & I basically had a picnic by ourselves. We thought it was pretty funny. It was sort of like the kids were showing off for their parents on the playground, like that was their territory and we were just visiting. Izzy was so excited to see us and show us everything she could do. What a fun day.

Recent Pics

Emma Claire 10 months old!

Emma Claire is 10 months old and has already taken her first steps! She took a few steps 2 weeks ago when we were in Ferriday fleeing from the Hurricane. Since then she has taken several steps everyday, but usually it's only 2 or 3 in a row before she falls into whoever she's walking to. She has taken up to 7 steps in row, but that's very rare. She says: mama, dada, dindin, night-night, izzy, diapee, & kiki. She is crawling all over the place and getting into EVERYTHING! She'll eat anything you put in front of her as well anything she finds on the floor, like ladybugs and leaves.  She LOVES he big sister and wants to do everything she does. She is such a happy baby!

Izzy is 2!

Izzy turned 2 on August 31. We had her birthday party a week before...good planning on my part since Hurricane Gustav decided to arrive on her birthday! She had a coloring party. It turned out just as I imagined it. When everyone left she said "Thank you Mommy, I loved my party!" It doesn't get any better than that. We moved Izzy to a "big girl bed" the day after her party and she LOVES it. She is so proud of her bed and wants to show everyone that comes over. She has started Mother's Day Out, 3 days a week, and is doing great. Every morning she wants to get in the car to go see her teachers. When we pull in the parking lot she starts unbuckling her seat belt and says "Bye mom", like she's a teenager or something. Her teachers told me Izzy could teach the class. I hope that means she's participating. She gets in the car after school and starts telling me everything all at once. She'll sing a bit of a song, then talk about the playground, then start naming kids in her class. It's really funny. I'm so glad we signed her up, she really needed to play with kids her age.

Izzy is almost 2! (22 months)

Izzy is 22 months old and is embracing age 2 with a passion! She is very opinionated and throws quite the tantrum if she doesn't get what she wants. She plays hard all day and usually crashes at nap and bedtime. She LOVES her sister and wants to take care of her all the time. She even wants to wash Emma's hair every night after I've already washed it. Izzy really like to dance and wants everyone to get get up and dance with her. Her vocabulary is really growing and we can actually understand her most of the time. She is still extremely attached to "Other" her lamb that she's had since birth. He goes EVERYWHERE with us. She even insists on bringing him in the pool when we go swimming. Izzy LOVES Hannah Montana. We watch it everyday. I swear I'm raising a pre-teen!

Emma Claire 8 months old!

Matt thinks Emma has "rocker" hair, so he thought she needed a guitar to go with it. Her hair is ALWAYS sticking straight up. It will not lay down no matter what we do. I've decided to just let it be. It gives her a spunky little personality!
Emma is 8 months old now! It's hard to believe she is that old. She's been babbling, mainly "dadada" but I swear she has said "Izzy" and "diappie". I think she said "mama" today, but it was only once.

Bye, bye baby food! Hello "pick-ups"! The girl can put away some fruit and cheerios. She would rather feed herself now. I still try to spoon feed table food to her but she prefers to feed herself. 


Emma has been pulling up on everything. She's pretty steady once she's up. she can stand in the same spot holding onto the couch forever. She also really likes it when we hold her hands and let her walk around the house. She is great at putting one foot in front of the other. I don't guide her at all, I'm just there for support. She's been pulling up to her knees when she's in her crib. It is really getting in the way of nap and bedtime! She just cries until we come in to lay her back down. She sleeps from about 6:30pm-6:00am and takes 2 naps during the day.



Emma's favorite spot to crawl to is under the exesaucer. She LOVES to crawl under it and just sit there. It's pretty funny. Most kids want to get in it and lay with the toys. Not Em, sje just wants to hang out underneath it!



Here are some pictures of Emma crawling. She usually does more of a bear crawl, on her hands and toes. Every now and then she drops her knees. But she's definitely quicker on her feet.