hallow's eve et al.

pontificating to Gram

10-31, post petting zoo. Still so wee!

10-25ish dancin' in shiny leggings!

10-24 LOVES to hear her books over and over and *gag* over. She's often sitting and reading to her self, saying "blaggle bah yar" etc. EDIT: in this picture, however, E is eating a sandwich. woops. Still, this is a cute friggin pose, ya?
10-19 Miss E's new ride. Yes, we caved to plastic and she loves it!
We've had a few busy weeks lately. D was job hunting, E was busy growing and whining and babbling a LOT...and the Grands revisited one quick weekend

--they NEEDED some E-in-costume viewing.

Unfortunately, it was super cold for Halloween, which limited our Trickin and Treatin. Still, we 5 walked (one ran--guess who!!) all teh way to Gethesame for a free petting zoo (and a quick Hello! to friend Linda who lives nearby). 10-27 climbed up onto Daddy's back for smooch and harassment

E got to ride a pony for a 10' circle (it's free, yo) on a very complacent fella name of Mocha. She LOVED it.

Then, we hopped into the wind free tent for harassment of small farm animals for a few minutes (E sat in some sh*t. Nice.) then parted ways a bit for nap time.

Met up with Ezra and posse for a little candy-beggin'.

Was hilarious--Ez was saying the Tricktreat but not quite able to get up and down all those stairs; E was the one going up to get it but stayed silent. I mean SILENT during the whole exchange. I'd be creeped out.

1st T&T moment!!1 As it was, she got the hang of it and started muscling up, picking and choosing through bowls. The cute little snotty giraffe. xo.

Let's just say they both increased their fan base that evening. TOO cute.

Other than that, had a nice night hanging out with friends Eva & Rob on one occasion. Uncle Rob 10-30

Lots of family time. Lots of omg a new park!!!11. 10-27ish at new park and it RULES (yes, 2 outfits for hallow's day . [10-30] This one is a full deal, pants and hoodie that is still getting lots of wear. Best $5 ever spent.)

We've worked on staying warm. LOTS of babbling, and I think E was impressed by Ezra's command of lingo as she's been trying to do more mimicking lately.

spin! 10-28 maybe

so I'm sure I'll think of other things, like specific words or tricks. But at the moment, we're off to dinner!! Enjoy the pix

10-29 Mario 1st attempt! sorry for the blurry

11-2 new hat and gloves--she brings this set up for random wearing
11-1 on the skateboard!!

11-4 We've been changing bed time to mainly falling asleep with us on stand-by...but this night she zonked right after book reading. awwwww

ps Movies posted later on

going on 18...months

mischievous one 10-10

10-3 Gram brought endless giggles
...and naps

walks w/Grampa+Gram

random 10-3

10-1ish wearing the helmet has become a fun little game. I don't mind--wish she could wear it all the time! This planet is pointy! (especially my teeth, as she is wont to bang up into my face a lot)

busy here, what with the weaning, D home more for a bit, and school...meanwhile Miss Emelia is expanding her wakefullness. In other words, she ain't been sleeping.

pooped from too much growing or something 10-1

This has its repercussions--everyone here gets a mite snippy basically. zippers have been conquered! 10-9, showing Daddy how it's done

Life goes on, however, and the cuteness continues. E is getting better at recognizing words and trying the first syllable of too many to count. Not worried; I'm sure E will out talk us all soon enough. 10-9 shoe phone

Today, we took an excursion to Babies R Expensive to get toys to challenge her more--a rider car, blocks, and refridge letters. More plastic than I ever wanted! But...it's a small price for the amount of use ME should get out of it all.

10-2 Grands brought a xylophone.

super cool

Grampa aka "Popa" sings and dances!

A bit too tired at the mo' to travel down more recent memories...there was a Grand visit or two in there (around the 1st), much abusing of the couch, running on the sidewalks, getting another vac, taking pictures on my phone/camera, combing hair, brushing and not brushing teeth, fluffy pjs, meowing at the cats...some sleepless nights, napping and not, but really? today, a failed attempt at a trike--too short!

She's just getting so much more interesting!!

ridin' (and subsequently bustin') in the pink bucket w/Daddy 10-9
under the diningroom table 10-3

I shoot, she poses...or wails for the camera (we have a lot of "Still life by ME" photos as well)

oh yeah, and I cut her bangs :) Thus, they are crooked. shush.

xo

ps. more pix the two outfits we got for Halloween today-she thinks she's cute...but making this weird toof face

today's letter pride
10-17 gratuitous tub pic
workin out! 10-13

not sure which one this is...she was being so silly

10-3

whine town

9-22
I was recently asked how much I drink. Since it was a medical document of sorts, I was discouraged to answer "not enough".

A glass of wine to go with the daily whine around here. My o my ME can be ultra gag-o-matic cute, but she is also far ahead (in my mind) on the scales of terrible too-much-ness! ...not that this means she's any bigger!!

Lots of drama, full-on tears, and sobs until she gets her little way. Which usually means to pick her up so she can destroy/attack/chew on something that is out of her grabby reach from the floor perch. Or hey, maybe she just wants to jump on your leg. Why not?

"no way" and the occasional "yes way" (with prompting, anything can happen) are common speak in the house. "meow" is also a good marker for naming anything that's fuzzy--although she also used it for the lobster magnet tonight. So perhaps it's her non-human living word? D has a report that on a walk yesterday, she seemingly randomly said "MEOW!!" until he noticed someone was walking a tiny pomeranian.

heh. Likely, it had papers...

9-21, couch remodel began...

The couch has been destroyed, for the time being. All the cushions are on the floor, in the hopes of minimizing ER visits in our future. E has gotten really super duper good in climbing up and down, and even climbs the entire 3 flights of stairs now (with hand holding). She climbed the ladder I keep in the closet tonight. It was a close call on her climbing the cat/baby gates a few days ago. I shudder.

9-22 so much oral defensiveness! working on ME's motivation for toothbrushing. She likes to chew on the darn thing, but since she's finally eating (a bit, enough) on a regular basis, gotta get in there! Luckily, I just had a rousing lecture on "Picky Eaters" :)
pretty neat how she can get up on her stool by herself and get the brush under the water! Tiny, perhaps, but she has mama's long arms! Cup drinking is coming along pretty cool as well--except there is still extra-joy at dumping/tossing the cup like a good orc when she's done.
random self-pride on something (9-22)
breakin up a cat fight. E just has to go breathe on em

Lots of cool kids are sick right now. Not cool. Doing my best to keep the germs off. Lots of handwashing, so my hands are getting raw. First line of defense!! I'm anti-flu shot still (we'll see, I may change my mind) so just gonna deal with the exposure I think we all got to the swinage in May.

In more adult news, D and I are expecting some changes. I'm 1/3 through my last academic-portion of the ole M-of OT. We'll see what else the future holds in the daily schedule part as well.

Just had my first two exams of the term, and wrapping up the first project. Oof. I'm sure I'll miss all of it--the collaboration, the relatively soft time-schedule, the exams...nononono, won't miss those I AM sure.

warpaint (totally washable markers) 9-24

everybody jump!

Cast on for an afghan. I plan to keep it do-able, just hacking at a square at a time. Since I'm trying to get my weak self in shape by biking, it cuts into my knitting/reading on the CTA, so we'll see how far my aspirations get by xmas.

ok, I should be either studying or sleeping. Or both. Osmosis got me an undergrad degree, after all.

stay warm! xo

sorry for absence

....and it is to continue. However, we are also a bit short on photos since Miss E has taken it upon herself to nab the camera on a regular basis. A few snippets:

this morning, just post-couch-fall. Not a fun event.
9-15ish. E-cam

at Auntie Kristy's opening
9-17 Grandpa! (E will say "Papapapapap!" upon prompting)
9-16 enthralled with "Empire"
Daddy n ME 9-16
first pony tail 9-15 (lasted approx. 2 minutes)

2-fistin' toys
9-14 ish talking, chatting, few things are making sense but she's imitating words all over--like "ball", "NO"(a fun one, she says it a lot now), "cool", "rad", and really just about everything once.
uh-oh, no clothes! Pretty much every bath requires a nekkid runabout

I have a whole lot more of these. The "running commentary" she makes slays me. "ooh! eeeeee!!"

Other progress notes:

-more teeth. OMG so the morning of the 16th, D woke to find another tooth in her bottom left, abutting molar.

-sleeping in crib for most naps, 1-3 hours. At night? varies from 1/2 hour to 5 hours in the crib.

-wavers on eating a TON to eating nada. See teeth.

-blueberries vs. strawberries? the saga continues

-word repetition is fun!

-pointing, directing wants is improving

-she can and does climb on me, the couch, her stool. She also likes to climb stairs with help, but still notsomuch on the down as she wants to walk down (and wants to jump on the couch, thus the fall today)

-Had fun playing last Sunday w/ Aiden and Jilly (& others in the adult category) at the lake! Got to stand and stare at the waves, making cooing noises at the waves lapping her feet and sand squishing her toes.

-Grandpa got her new shoos! She knows and sometimes will say "shooz" too hee!

-about 20lbs, as per our scale that she likes to squat on

-naps at 1pm on the dot!! mostly

-good with fork, spoon, cup--but still quite messy lolz

-DANCES whenever, music or no!

-tries to do itsy bitsy spider, especially the rain-down part

-cuddles and pats us on the arm/back. BIG on giving kisses (heavy breathing, open mouth--it looks like she's coming in to eat your face)

basically? she just rules.

xo