2010 recap

january:

emi learned how to use a sippy cup. eddie was busy with school, work and his internship. emi chewed on anything and everything she could get her teeth on. emi started pulling her headbands off.

february:


amber finished making her busy books. emi started wearing shoes. gma darm came to visit. emi started riding in her new big girl car seat. emi and amber visited utah.

march:


got a zoo membership. emi started walking. amber started getting busy making bows while eddie was gone all the time between school, work and internship. emi and amber celebrated their birthdays.

april:


emi's hair was all of a sudden long and curly. emi figured out how to unwind toilet paper. emi and amber took a road trip to visit uncle erik and claire. eddie worked the kentucky oaks. eddie celebrated his birthday.

may:


emi and amber visited utah and were sick the entire time. eddie and amber celebrated their 6 year anniversary. emi learned how to make an elephant noise. bathing suit season started. we went to the children's museum in cincinnati.

june:


we took a trip to nashville. emi learned how to use her step stool. emi started coloring. emi and amber took a road trip to virginia. went to a horse ranch for the first time. gma darm also came to visit erik in virginia.

july:


emi and amber went to visit uncle russell in DC. we flew to oregon to visit momo and poppy. went to the oregon coast. emi started talking more and more. we made a surprise visit to DC.

august:


emi started gymboree. emi had her first sucker and had no clue what to do with it. we almost melted from the humidity. we 'picked' peaches down at the farm. we went to the state fair.

september:


amber finally decided she would sell her bows and opened an etsy shop. eddie started his last semester of his master's program. emi rode on her first carousel ride. took a family trip to florida.

october:


emi finally likes the swing. went to utah for a visit. emi got the flu. went to the ward halloween party. went to as many parks as we could while the weather was still warm enough. momo and poppy came to visit.

november:


amber did her first craft show. as a family we went to the sesame street event downtown. emi had her first ear infection. amber spent most of the month packing. we celebrated thanksgiving at cracker barrel.

december:


emi had cereal for the first time. we decided we would stay in louisville for a few more months. we went to california for christmas to visit gma and gpa darm.

christmas 2010

every christmas eve my parents, aunts, uncles and cousins

go to my oma and opa's to celebrate christmas
it was nice to be able to join them this year.
we didn't even make it a half mile down the road
we stopped for gas and before we knew it
the whole car unloaded to look at some baby goats.
we leaving yet?
the guys all chatted in the living room

while the women chatted in the kitchen.

emi the future photographer.

oma-grandma in german
cooking in the kitchen

opa-grandpa in german
reading a story...a christmas one i suppose.

an emi sandwich!

christmas morning we opened presents and enjoyed the day.

emi enjoyed unwrapping presents.

i bet next year will be even more fun.

playing with her new tea set and kitchen pots and pans

i hope she enjoys her new kitchen when we go home.

twenty one months

another month has flown by, especially during december
i have actually started saying she will be 2 in march
since it is right around the corner...
when people ask me how old she is.

we have some major communication issues going on
she knows exactly what she is saying, and we have no clue what she is trying to say
she has her own language it seems
and this is usually the result.
crying...probably saying, why don't you understand me?
she is saying a whole bunch of new words..
her favorite word has gone from ouch to stuck!
she also says please...ease!!! light, open, shoes
and my favorite is choo-choo....
she says it howling like a dog, putting her face in the air.
she says a few others but i can seem to ever think of them
when i sit down to document it.

she is obsessed with my camera!
the above picture was taken christmas eve
she's holding my cousin's camera, knowing exactly what to do.
every time i take a picture...she says...eeeee!!
which means she wants to see.
emi's new favorite books are how do dinosaurs....
and her ellie the elephant book still.

she has gotten completely comfortable with dogs and cats
but freaks out if we try to sit her on a fake elephant.
she definitely tells us when she doesn't like something.
and if your bothering her, she will tell you no.
like get away from me or don't touch me.
she could be having a full on crying fit about something
ask her a question and she will say no,
like she was never crying.
usually looking down and slowly shaking her head no
and if you ask her any question, no matter what it is
the answer will be no.

when she thinks she is being silly and laughing about something
she will cover her mouth with her hands.
when something spills or drops, she says NOOO!
instead of oh no! while putting her hands on her cheeks.
emi loves to organize and line things up.
if she is playing and something seems out of place
she will fix it before she can move on and play.

emi is the smartest little baby we know.
she watches and listens to everything we say.
and understands everything.
she knows how to turn the t.v. on and off
we have to put passwords on our phones
because she knows how to work them
she is learning to open and shut doors
and will take her fake keys and try to put them in doors.
i love when she takes her keys and fake cell phone
and comes up to me, says bye!
and gives me a kiss, like she is leaving.

when she thinks i am funny, she will say illy(no s sound) mama.
but won't call me mom, mommy, or anything.
whenever she sees something of eddie's and he isn't home
she yells...daddy!
when i try to take something away from her, she says mine!
when done eating she will take off her bib and empty her plate

she is a yogurt snob and will only eat certain yogurt.

she loves watching t.v.

if i turn off the t.v. and work on some chores or something

she will try to turn on the t.v. with the remote.

she isn't very good at playing by herself...
she always needs me to play with her.

she loves sesame street and sesame street books

she calls elmo, bell-bow, cracks me up.

she will make loud noises and then say: shhhh!

i'm sure i'm missing something

but she is growing so fast

she starts something new
and it seems like she's been doing it awhile.

graham cracker houses

*i started this about 5 hours ago.
since then i have been holding eddie's hair, kidding....but he has been ralphing
i've probably changed at least 8 diarrhea diapers.
administered liquids, gatorade and pedialyte and tylenol.
i guess you could say i've been playing nurse.*

i thought it would be a fun activity to make
some 'gingerbread' houses
i think it turned out well.
i found the stash of my little brothers left over halloween candy
so we had a ton of different candies to work with.

construction was the hardest part.
and the messiest.

ozzy wanted in on the fun.
he literally ran around the table going from person to person
hoping we would slip him something to snack on.
eventually he just waited under the table.

dad's was a s'more model home, with a chocolate roof and all.

tanner's was king benjamin's tower.

eddie's was a beach hut.

and mine was a traditional gingerbread looking house.

i think they turned out great. and it was super fun to do.

maybe we will have to do it again
and have a contest when mom gets back into town
and ashley and david get here.