Blow Kisses! and other favorites....

Blowing kisses... It's her newest thing!  

She'll blow many at once

 if you're lucky!  

Waving hello and goodbye

 is becoming another norm for her.... 

The cutest thing is she waves goodnight to daddy 

as we head up stairs.  

So now, as we head up to bed, she even waves 

when no one else is around to wave back.  It's adorable! 

 We're trying to teach her some signs 

but the only one she's got down is

 "all done" 

when she's done eating her food. 

 I try to respect this 

unless its only after a few bites. lol  

She LOVES kissing her boys, 

Evan and Ryan.  

Although Evan better sit up and take notice

 that Ryan is getting the majority of her attention these days. 

 Lil' Evan is being a little too shy, 

sitting by and watching. 

But he needs to make his move!  

Luckily its not just the boys she loves to kiss.  

She's loves kissing mommy and daddy too!  

Somedays we're lucky and

 she's all kisses.  

Other days you can't get one out of her!  

Some new things we're working on 

are finger foods, 

sippy cup (with water) 

and holding her bottle.  

Recently I all of the sudden thought

 "you are almost one year old and you don't hold your own bottle".  

So we've been working with her.  

Now I hold it in front of her until she grabs it 

and puts it in her mouth.  

This did not go over well 

with our lil' Miss the first couple days.  

She would sit there with her arms to her side, 

and start to grunt, 

then whine,

 then to an all out cry! 

 I was like "really?".  

After a little encouragement and help,

 she would hold it. 

 Now she is getting better 

and actually reaching for it herself 

and putting it in her mouth. 

 I'm such a proud mommy!  

:)  

So luckily this is carrying over to the sippy cup 

which she is still getting used to. 

 And she loves her finger foods!....

 turkey, avocado, 

pasta (she ate a full meal straight off my plate the other night 

of lasagna and garlic bread!), 

toasted bread with cream cheese (yes, trying to fatten her up), 

hummus... just to name a few!  

Her newest thing is dancing!  

She'll start be-bopping 

where she sits when a good tune comes on.  

And according to Sean, 

the rockier, the better!  

Her favorite cartoon?  

Bubble Guppies!!!!  

It's awesome!.... 

I will start to sing the song

 and her little face lights up, 

she smiles real big 

and then turns to the TV and stares, 

waiting for it to turn on.  

And there's no stranger danger

where Emery is concerned!

She's a little social bug!

Although I've noticed...

she's so used to playing alone at home

that she can be 

pretty independent during playdates.

Especially with all of Evan and Ryan's

awesome toys! 

(they've got great toys!)

But now that the holidays are done,

our weekly playdates will resume!

That's all for now....

It's eleven o'clock...

do you know where your children are?

 I DO!!!!!

I've always wanted to say that! :)