Bath Time?

Last night would have been Emma's bath night however Drew agreed to do a dealing show so we pushed it off until tonight. Since I had nursed Emma Drew always did bath and that is his special time to spend with Emma. I'm not saying that I have never given her a bath but if Drew is able to do it then he wants to.

Anyway Emma must have known that last night was supposed to be bath night. About 7:15 last night she started trying to get her shirt off. After awhile I helped her get it off mainly because she was getting very frustrated that she could not get it off on her own. Once her shirt was off she played for just a little bit and then she started going over to the bathroom door and every time I took her away from it she just went right back. I let her into the bathroom finally and she went straight over to the bathtub and tried to climb in.

Her personality and the things that she picks up on are constantly amazing us.

The Children's Museum

Vince and Linda gave us a membership to the Children's Museum for Christmas so we decided to go and check it out on Sunday. They are only open from 10am to 5pm Tuesday through Sunday right now which does not make it really easy to go with Emma's nap times but we got there around 11 and stayed until around 1:30. They have some really nice exhibits and while Emma is a little to young to fully enjoy them she seamed to have a good time and was well behaved. The only real problem that we had with her was that she wanted to get down and play. She did not want to be held. We checked out the Dinosaur exhibit, the Egyptian exhibit, the train exhibit, and the star wars exhibit. Also we went and played in their playscape area(for kids 5 and younger) for a little bit. There were more exhibits there but we ran out of time to see them all so I guess we will have to go back some other time.

Walking on a Bridge in the playscape area. Emma was not too fond of that bridge and got off as soon as Drew let go of her. I'm sure she will have a lot of fun in this area as she gets older. They had lots of different activities for the kids to do including playing in the sand and water.

Driving the race car that was set up on the third floor. It was not part of any exhibits but Emma had fun playing with the wheel.

In the Dino Exhibit. They had a section where kids could put on vests, Dino hands, and Dino feet and play with what were supposed to be eggs. Emma sitting in a nest playing with the eggs.

Sitting on the Croc in the Egyptian exhibit.

The glass tower. This is a big tower that is all made out of glass. It goes up all 4 stories of the building.

The Water clock. If you can make it out it was a little before 12:30 when I took this picture.


As you might have noticed with the pictures of Emma she is wearing a headband. I was trying to find a headband to go with the dress that I intend to put on her for her 1 year pictures and came across a website that had just the plain crochet headbands which is great because I do not like the big bows and flowers on them. Anyway for the price I went ahead and got 1 of each color that they had. We now have plenty of headbands for her to wear and I like them on her. They make her look a little more like a girl since she does not have much hair. If anybody is interested I added the website to the links on the right side of the page.


We have started to get the supplies for Emma's birthday parties and one thing that I got was a case of water. Well Emma thinks that it is a swell place for her to sit. Just the right height I guess.


Drew took his shirt off yesterday because he was getting hot in the house and Emma wanted to play with it so we put it over her head. She was having quite a bit of fun playing with Daddy's shirt.


Overall everything has been pretty quiet around our house. Emma is still working on her top teeth. She has one that Drew and I have sworn should come though any time but they are being stubborn I guess. Hopefully they will come though before to long. Her face is kind of broken out and she has a little bit of a cruddy nose and I'm really hoping those will both be clear for her pictures.

11 Months

Emma turned 11 Months old last Friday. Only a couple more weeks and she will be a year old which is really hard to believe. Currently she is walking on her own without any problem, she is able to bend over and pick up items and then stand back up without loosing her balance, and she has started to stand up on her own (she is not doing this very often yet though). Also Emma has started to get to the point where she is not falling asleep with her bottle most nights. Thankfully she is still going to sleep without a problem so overall I think that this is a step in the right direction.

Another thing that has changed in her world is that she is now getting some Vitamin D milk. Her doctor told us that we could start giving her a little bit when she turned 10 months old. I decided that I would go ahead and start using Vitamin D milk instead of breast milk for her cereal in the mornings so that she would get used to the different flavor and hopefully the transition to regular milk will be easier. Emma gave us no trouble with this transition . Another change with her milk is that I'm trying not to warm it up quite as much so that she will eventually get used to drinking it cold.

We tried to get Emma to eat with us instead of giving her baby food and she is able to eat with us but she seams to gag a lot while eating so we have decided to give her a couple more weeks at least yet. I guess she is just not quite ready to eat all solid foods yet. Hopefully once she gets her top teeth in she will do a little better. The teeth are right under the gums but don't want to pop though.

One thing that has started that I cannot say I care for is that she is getting very opinionated about what she wants and does not want and lets us know when she is not happy. She wants to be held a lot when we first get home which is kind of a pain because we are trying to get supper done. If we do not hold her when she wants to be held she throws a fit. Our babysitter has even made the comment that when the boys are there she really does not want anything to do with her unless she is hungry but when the boys are not there she just wants so much attention. The babysitter told me that she needs a sibling. I told her not quite yet.

These first 2 pictures are my attempt at getting an 11 month picture of her. Anymore it is really hard to take any pictures of Emma it seams because she is on the move so much.

I guess Emma was not quite ready to get the day started this morning. This is what she decided to do after she had finished drinking her bottle. I think she was trying to tell me that she wanted to go back to bed.

A New Year

I hope that everybody had a happy and safe new year. Drew had to work all weekend and Emma was not in a very good mood so we really did not do a whole lot. It is really hard to believe that another year has passed.

Emma is currently cutting the 4 top teeth in front which is why she was not in a very good mood. Hopefully they will pop though before to long so that she is feeling better. For the most part she has gotten her balance and can walk anywhere in the house. We have to make sure we keep all of the doors closed because if she sees an open door that is where she wants to go. Also she has really become attached to Miss Kittie, her blankie. Currently we can still get her to let Miss Kittie go for the most part but anytime we are in her room she wants to get her out of the crib.

Emma sitting nice in the chair that Barbara had given her for Christmas. She really likes climbing on it and more often then not ends up sitting on the back of the chair instead of the seat because she has tipped it over.

Eating supper with Mommy and Daddy. Deppending on what we are having for supper and what kind of mood she is in we have started to let Emma eat supper with us instead of eating her baby food. We figure she will be completely on regular food before to long so why not.



Not much else has been going on around our house. We got our new entertainment center in this week. We had ordered it because Emma was able to get to all of the electronics in the old one and the new one has the bottom closed in. Unfortunately she has already figured out how to get the cabinet doors open. I will have to get something to keep them closed when I go to the store this week.