So silly

I love this picture - so typical....

Asheville!

Last week was such a busy fun-filled week. Jen's family was in town and we got to hang out all week until we went to Asheville for a family wedding. Both plane rides went great, Emma was a gem during all the crazy moving around and tons of people in her space, and there was lots of pool time. What fun - here are a few pics from the trip to North Carolina.

Talking and Walking.

Emma turned 16 months a few days ago and is just learning so much. I think her biggest learning has been in vocabulary.

I think her speaking vocab is around 30, some new ones are: belly, strawberry, girl, flower, eye, bite. No - they don't all sound perfect!

We have been working on animal noises a lot and it has been so cute, we need to get a video... she can do: elephant, dog, giraffe, lion, gorilla (does the fists on the chest), sheep, bear, duck, rooster, horse, cow, turkey (my fav by far, so cute)

And body parts that she knows: eyes, mouth, teeth, tongue, ears, toes, fingers, back, belly button, knees, and elbows (which is again, my fav watching her fold those arms and touch her elbows!)

Let's admit, she's pretty much genius :) or just a girl who likes to talk.

Also, we finally got a video of Emma walking. She has been getting more and more confident and it is just so cute. Yesterday she took a few steps backwards which was fun to watch her figure that out. So - not the best video, its hard to do it with just you and the kid, but you can get the point.

Having a sick day.

Well, I guess we were due a sick day, I can't remember the last time Emma was sick. Last night she woke up with a 102 temp and just crying. It has stayed in the 102-103 all day and she has just been so tired, but so cuddly. I don't mind. I decided to put a video in for some relax sick time:

This is how she started out (notice the bottle of tylenol, ha)

And this is how she looked the next time I walked past, too tired to even sit up.

And here she is waiting at the doctors office - poor thing.

Turns out she has a pretty bad ear infection in both ears so I am glad we decided to take her in and not wait this one out. Good thing because Morgan and Bobby are coming to visit tomorrow! We can't wait.

Well, its nap time again!

Two things Emma loves.

Reading books! She has always loved flipping through them, but now she will pick up a book, come sit in your lap and you get to read to her. We do this for literally hours a day. I love it too!

And... cleaning out her drawer. Isn't that so helpful of her?!? She does pick it up, although it takes a LONG time, and it's not always to my liking, but at least it is off the floor.

Easter

Did I mention that Emma got to meet the Easter Bunny - pretty handsome rabbit if I do say so myself. She wasn't too sure though...

And let's not forget about Mrs. Bunny!
There were so many great pictures from Easter Family Camp, but I had to narrow it down to two. Thanks to both sets of parents who came, we had so much fun hanging out and hope to do it again next year!

The Canopy

This is why we bought our house, I love these trees! We don't have to go far for a good picnic.

I guess it wont be long before Emma is climbing them, but for now, we enjoy the blanket together.