If you're happy and you know it Part 2

So finally the second part of my blog post. I wasn't meaning to be cryptic. I was just having technical difficulties. Ha! Emerson is happy because she is now a walker! Part-time at least. I'm glad I had my flip video ready!

If you're happy and you know it

Although Emerson has been expressing her opinion a lot lately...

Her opposition to us not doing exactly what she wants...

This weekend she has a very good reason to be....

Happy

Giggly

and Proud.

to be continued....

Whats yours is mine

Doesn't Emerson look sweet in her red checkered dress? Or shirt? I'm not really sure what it qualifies as but it's a lovely Patsy Aiken consignment find. Emerson has been all kinds of fun lately...
But, also all kinds of naughty. Ha! What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine is pretty much her mantra these days. If it doesn't go that way there are some guaranteed tears. How quickly she has turned into a sassy toddler! Sorry Emerson you cannot have my iphone. It's just not gonna happen.
Her new word is No. So this morning when I gave her some cantaloupe I said,

"Is it good?"

Emerson- "No."

"Did you try it?"

Emerson- "No"

"Will you eat a bite?"

Emerson- "No, no, no"

All at the same time while shaking her head. Well, I'm glad we're clear.

New Hairstyle

We had a super busy morning running around so when Emerson woke up from her nap we had a lazy afternoon. I pulled out my camera to take pictures of this cutie pie. It was a little tough of course to get her to stay put. I put her on the bed and she tried to climb off. Yes, she will turn around and attempt to lower herself down! I guess that's better than head first!

I must say I just love the shirt she is wearing today. A consignment sale find!

I was admiring those cute little locks and decided to try out something. Pigtails!

So I didn't part exactly straight and the band fell out in two minutes but isn't she cute?!?

Imagine how cute this will be come summer's end when we have a couple more inches of hair! I am contemplating a new hairstyle as well. Hair color at least. I suppose I'm getting an itch after having the same natural color for two years! Wow, that has to be a record for me.

Waiting

As you can see we aren't quite ready for the walking thing yet!

Easter Bunny

The easter bunny did come to our house!

Happy Easter!

Easter was a whole weekend of festivities for us. Emerson and I went to an Easter Egg Hunt on Thursday. Then we all attending the Saturday service of church and served on Sunday morning in the nursery. Emerson was in our class and she was pretty excited that Mom and Dad weren't dropping her off! Haha. Over a 100 people ended up being baptized during the weekend of services.

Emerson was excited about the holiday

It also didn't hurt that she had two easter baskets! She was over the moon to have a bucket as you can see. She has also been trying to carry her sand pail all over the house this week with eggs in it. But, this wasn't the highlight of our week. Emerson taking her first steps were! Well she took one or two like a month ago but this seemed intentional!

Ready....

Set...

Go! Three steps total to be exact. It was so exciting and unexpected to see her go and to see how proud she was of herself. She hasn't done it since but is now going straight from sitting to standing. I'll be glad to keep her a baby a little longer.

“For God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. "

John 3:16

Pool Day

The Easter Bunny was very good to Emerson and brought her a pool! To say she liked it is an understatement. Friday it kind of felt like June with the mid 80 temperatures and all of use wearing our bathing suits.

Emerson found it refreshing.

Look at this cute little grin.

We played in the pool for about an hour and Emerson had a blast!

And we had a blast hearing her giggles and seeing big teeth smiles.

It was the perfect Friday afternoon catching some rays in our tiny "backyard"

Obviously not everyone can sport a mohawk like this.

(Easter post to come shortly)

13 months

Could it be that it has really been a month since Emerson's big birthday? I can't believe it! But, Emerson is now 13 months. She has been changing everyday and is really such a joy to be around. She is rather giggly, ticklish, and all around delightful. Not a day passes that she doesn't make me burst out laughing. She has started to say dog and will even bark going "woof, woof." To make it even better when we go on a walk and the neighborhood dogs go nuts she will wave at them and bark back. She even said what sounded like Hey Dada last week. Her new trick is to find her belly button and she is very proud of that. I have no idea how she learned it but, when I say, "Where is Emerson's belly button?" she pulls up her shirt and points to hers. More proof of her smart little brain is when I asked her if she was hungry the other day she signed for milk. She's making the connection between what I say! She has been signing milk for a long time but it was prompted by her and not a question. Emerson also starts clapping when I sing "If you are happy and you know it.....Clap your hands!" She also likes to strum her lips and play a little song for us. Another word she has been saying a lot is "Doh". I have no idea what that word is. But, apparently she really means it. I don't have any fancy 13 month pictures yet but here is her enjoying her beach weekend. She was chatting up a storm to me saying, "Doh."

Because I'm feeling nostalgic here is Emerson around this time last year. What a difference a year makes!