Lazy Saturday Morning 11/22/09

Here a just a couple of shots of Emma with her Tata on lazy Saturday morning.

On weekends we usually take Emma into our bed, put on cartoons for her and try to get a few more zzz's. She absolutely loves watching cartoons and her favorite by far is Dora the Explorer.

Emma's Favorite Play Skirt 11/17/2009

This is a picture from Daycare of Emma and her friend Katherine.

Emma loves the skirt she has on. Practically every day she puts it on over her pants and wears it because she thinks she is beautiful and can dance in it. It's really cute. I bought a skirt as similar as I could fine as a Christmas but I am not sure it will have the same effect.

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Emma takes her shot at Dancing with the Stars

Emma just loves to dance so of course she loves to watch Dancing with the Stars. She does a great job imitating some of the moves and giving it her two years old best shot. Too cut not to capture on film. She did great considering she is fighting the flu and a 101F fever. Usually she is even more enthusiastic.

Here is the longer audition.

Super Emma

This is a cute ritual Emma does each morning. She takes her legs out of her footed pajamas and runs around saying she is Super Emma. It is definitely something that we had to capture on film. The funny thing is on the next turn she lost her diaper but of course I would never publish that so thank God for editing features.

The Big Move; Emma gets a toddler bed! 10.13.09

This Saturday we decided to convert Emma's crib into a toddler bed. Dad with a little help from his dad put it together. Emma was uncertain of it at first but by bedtime she was having fun trying it out. In fact she slept pretty well for the past two nights only waking up once around 4:45 Am or so. Believe me that is an improvement since she has been having sleep issues lately. She stays in bed, does not wonder around the house and is pretty content in it so it went a lot more smoothly than we both anticipated. My baby is no longer in a crib...it makes me a little sad...she is growing up so fast.

Fast asleep or just pretending?

Emma Chows Down Nov 12, 2009

Emma likes chicken but what she really loves is dark meat. I always cut it for her but this time she wanted the leg from her dad and she certainly went for it. Adam though this should be a Kodak Moment so I quickly grabbed the camera and so we have Emma eating her first chicken leg. Go Emma...Dark meat is better!

Emma's New Favorite Book Nov 11, 2009

Emma has recently really started to like the counting book "1 to 10".
She also loves "Kaczka Dziwaczka" which translates to "The Odd Duck" and "Krolowa Sniegu" which translates to "The Snow Queen". Of course she adds to her favorites all the time but the most important thing is that she really loves to read and have books read to her.

Here is a picture of her all time favorite "Odrobinka"

It translates to "The Tiny One".

Some More Halloween Pictures. 10.31.09

Here are a couple of Halloween day pictures. Emma was a turtle but everyone thought she was a frog because she spent a lot of time in the stroller and people couldn't see her shell while we were out trick-a-treating.

The turtle walk

Pudgy Turtle

The weather was warm and humid in the mid 60s but it was cloudy and the treat of rain was thick in the air. We went with my friend Ula and her five month old daughter Emilka who was dressed as a flower (one of Emma's past costumes). Of course Emma was much older when she wore it but then again she is short like her mama...
Turtles love their mom

The turtle has a dad!

We collected a lot of candy but we were the only house in our neighborhood who gave out full sized candy bars...I guess the recession hit everyone although we certainly did not have a lack of trick-a-treaters. Dad stayed home to give out candy; he gave away more than 130 candy bars! We got caught in the rain so we had to cut our trip short. Emma still got lots of candy most of which we hid from her. Trust me too much sugar and Emma do not mix well.