Growing up with Emily

This weekend was fun, and busy!  Friday was mommy’s and daddy’s anniversary but daddy had to work friday night so he slept all day so they celebrated it saturday instead.  We started by going shopping at the farmers market.  We got some yummy fruit and vegetables to eat.  There were alot of people that thought I was cute.  There was even another little girl with her mommy and her mommy was asking the girl why she didnt have curls like mine.  We also went to Manito Park.  We can’t feed the ducks and geese anymore, but it was sure fun to watch them.  I sat there in my stroller and pointed at everything that moved.  Lots of birds!  They were so cool!

Here is a picture of some of them eating weeds in the grass.  The other picture is the smile I constantly had on my face while watching the birds.  I was smiling because I loved watching the ducks, but I was so distracted that I forgot to smile so it wasnt very big.  This is the result. After the shopping and Manito Park, we went to visit the Mitchells.  It was great to see Grandpa!  (Grandma

didnt show up till right after Mommy and Daddy left.)  We played lots, then I fell asleep, and then when I woke up Mommy and Daddy was back.  They went to eat at Olive Garden.

On Sunday, we went to church with Grandma and Grandpa because one of Daddy’s friends is leaving to go on a mission and he was giving a talk in Sacrament Meeting.  Mommy and Daddy left after Sacrament to teach Primary in our home ward, but I stayed with Grandma and Grandpa.

I was such a goof at Grandma and Grandpa’s house.  I ran around and made messes and danced and spun in circles and was just having fun!  It was Daddy’s birthday, so we had cake and icecream again.  Daddy and I also showed everyone my cool cheerleading moves.  I stand on Daddy’s knees and cheer.  Mommy got it on video.  I’m also trying to learn a new trick that Brady was doing.  He was shaking his head REALLY fast.  Grandma says I do the Reader’s Digest version of it.

Anyways, I have a dentist appointment soon so I will leave you with these videos.  One is of me at Manito and the other is the cheering.

I learned a cool new trick!  I spin around in circles till I lose my balance, then, when I fall over, everything is still spinning.  It is so much fun.  Mommy thinks I’m very silly when I do it.  I do it while dancing to music sometimes too!  Mommy caught me on video spinning, then I see the kitty, Padme.  I don’t know if the sound will work but I actually say “Padme” when I see her.  I’m getting closer to talking and making sense everyday!  I try my hardest to communicate, even if it is just pointing.  Also on the video, you see me exploring something I just discovered.  I’m not sure what it is yet, but I’ll figure it out.

I love the wiggles!  Mommy and Daddy got a CD from the Library of them, and everytime the music comes on I just can’t hold back, I gotta dance!!!  Mommy caught some video of it for my blog readers to watch!  She also got a couple pictures of the faces i am famous for making.

This is my kissy face!  The one below is my smile thats so big i have to squint my eyes.

Here is me dancing!

Yesterday was a very long day for me.  It started with us going out to the Valley to go to Kiddie Kandids and get my picture taken.  They turned out cute, but we left them at Grandma Mitchell’s house yesterday so I can’t put them on here yet.  After Kiddie Kandids, we went to Grandma’s house to celebrate Zach’s birthday.  (Happy Birthday Zach!)  We got him a “30 seconds to Mars” shirt at Hot Topic while at the Valley Mall.  Uncle Zach invited lots of other boys over and they all went out into the field and played football.  I had so much fun watching them that I wanted to play to.  I walked across the field several times and Mommy kept chasing me then bringing me back to my wagon where I was safe.  I was exhausted by the end of the day that I slept very good last night.  I slept in till around 11:30am this morning!  Mommy had to keep checking to make sure I wasn’t dead because I normally wake around 6:30am.

I have enough hair for pigtails now!!!

Thats me devouring my birthday cake.  The next video is of me unwrapping my presents.  I also got a big red wagon that was brought in a little later, so there is pictures of me with that.

Last night I had a dream that I was walking, climbing down the stairs, and standing up without pulling myself up onto anything. It all seemed to be pretty easy so I studied hard at how I did it in my dream and got right to work this morning. As soon as I woke up and mommy let me off the bed I walked away. I made it all the way out of her bedroom and down the hall to my bedroom without falling or sitting down! Thats more than 20 steps! I also realized that from crawling I can just put my feet under me so I’m squatting and then just stand from that without grabbing anything to pull myself up. I’ve been doing it all day! My last surprise was climbing down the stairs. Mommy and Daddy have been trying to teach me how to do it since I learned how to climb up it. I HATED IT! I wanted to be carried down! I refused to even TRY to learn. About a week ago, Daddy left in a major hurry and was kinda mad and he ended up knocking down the baby gate at the top of the stairs in his hurry. Mommy hasn’t put it up yet and didn’t worry because I’m rarely upstairs unless Mommy or Daddy is with me, and I’m afraid of going down the stairs because of the few times (when someone besides mommy was watching me) I have fallen down them. So I avoid the stairs when I am upstairs. Not this morning though. I saw Boba playing and eating and wanted to play with him. Mommy heard me playing at the top of the stairs and ran to watch me. When she saw that I was climbing down them, she grabbed the camera of course! Then in the video, I get distracted by Daddy walking in the door from work, so thats what I’m looking at when I reach the bottom.

Our neighbors house burst into flames. It was cool. We woke to sounds of sirens but daddy had just gotten home and he heard the explosion. We took video from our upstairs window, which is the only place anyone could see the flames without being in them basically. So we are lucky. Here is the video.

Last night my Aunt’s Ariella and Lydia stayed the night. This morning, when daddy came home, i decided to wake everyone up with my giggles. I took my lightsaber and kept hitting daddy with it. He kept getting hurt and it was so funny I couldn’t help but laugh.

Today mommy and daddy went to a wedding so I stayed with Grandma Mitchell. We had lots of fun together, as always. Today was a Daddy day though, I wanted only him if he was around. Sometimes it’s a Mommy day, and sometimes its also a Grandma or Grandpa day. Not today. I miss Daddy when he is sleeping and at night when he works. I love to play with him! He holds onto my legs really tight sometimes, and I’ll fall backwards and he’ll swing me around, it is so much fun! I know he will never drop me because he really loves me and always holds me tight.

Tonight I am having a sleepover at Grandma’s house! They decided to take me for the night so Daddy can get lots of sleep as soon as he gets home from work in the morning since he didn’t get any sleep today and he won’t get much more tomorrow and he has to work. I love my Grandparents so much! They spoil me rotten with lots of love.

Guess what!?!?! I’m officially a walker! Mother’s day was a bit of a spoof, just a suprise for mommy. Now, I’m officially walking. It started with Monday. On Monday, Aunt Becky came to visit! I was so happy to see her! She is so much fun. Mommy said that when Becky comes, I can start walking. So when Grandpa was playing with me, I decided to take a couple steps. Grandma wasn’t around though, so we didn’t say anything. Then yesterday, after my bath. I walked back and forth between Grandma and Grandpa several times till I was too tired to do it anymore. I even got it on video! Also there are pictures of me taking a bath, of my kitty Boba, and a video of me with Boba and a video of me giving kisses. Enjoy!

This last picture is of me after my bath with how curly my hair gets.

Camping was so much fun this weekend! First I’ll tell you about church though. At church on Sunday, all of mommy’s and daddy’s students were really reverent, which was a miracle because they always behave very badly. Then mommy and daddy taught sharing time, so I got to sit it Taryn and Sabrina and Makenna’s laps (they are in mommy and daddy’s valiant 9 class). They play with me and I LOVE the attention. Once church was over I took a good long nap while we drove out to Grandma and Grandpa Stewart’s property to go camping. As soon as we got there I got really excited that I kept smiling and laughing and clapping my hands. I even helped mommy and daddy put up the tent! I also got my own little lawn chair that is just my size! Once the tent was set up and we were all settled in we went up the driveway and met Grandma and Grandpa and also Aunt Areilla and Lydia and Michael and Jaspenelle. Aunt Jaspenelle has a big belly and I can tell I’m gonna have a cousin soon! After meeting them we went back down to the campsite and daddy built a campfire. I was mesmerized! It was so cool to look at! I grinned so big everytime someone put more wood on and it got bigger! I cried everytime the fire started to die down also. Daddy cooked me a turkey dog on the fire and I ate the whole thing! I also got some s’mores and marshmallows. Yum Yum!! I got so tired watching the fire that finally i just fell asleep right in daddy’s lap and the next thing i remember is waking up in the middle of the night wrapped up so much in blankets and sweaters and a sleeping bag i could hardly move and i was still cold. Mommy and Daddy took me up to the house and I went back to sleep cuddled up with them on the floor. After that we played at Grandma and Grandpa Stewart’s house. I was so overwhelmed with everything going on though that I was extremely grouchy. More grouchy than I have EVER been even when I’m sick. After a while mommy and daddy finally took me home. We were going to get my kitten from the store but they closed 30 minutes before we got there. That was ok though, I got to hold and play with a 4 week old kitty that belongs to my Aunt Lydia. My Aunts kept taking the kitten away from his mommy so that he didnt get to eat often enough that he was really malnourished and was dying. Very sad because he is so cute! I even got some pictures of him. Also the other morning I cuddled and played with Padme so I’ll put some of those pictures up and also the video of me camping. Mommy found ANOTHER feature on her phone and realized it can take video up to an hour not just 30 secs, so we can get longer videos now of me being my cutest!

Today mommy went to the orthodontist for a retainer check-up, then we picked up Tabitha and brought her home with us. On the way home we went and picked out my kitten!! He is black and white, and I named him Boba Fett, but I just call him Boba (it sounds a little more like baba right now from me) We will take some pictures of him later as I play with him more. We picked up Tabitha so she could cut Mommy’s hair. It is REALLY short. She calls it an inverted bob. It looks really cute. Anyways, here are the pictures and the video I promised!