Bananas!

A Proud Family Tradition Continues

No, our family does not have a tradition of wearing goatees...that's just Daddy. This is something even better - chocolate Malt-O-Meal!!

My mom - Emily's Nana Jo - used to make chocolate Malt-O-Meal for me when I was a kid, and I still make it for myself sometimes. Today, Emily wanted some bites, so I shared my breakfast with her, and she thought that was all right! It was so good that she got it all over her face. My mom & I used to make smiley-faces in it with marshmallows...but I didn't have any marshmallows this time. We'll have to do that another time.

Moo-goo!

That means "yoghurt."

During her vacation at Grampa & Nana Jo's house, Emily has been working on her spoon skills. She does pretty well with the moo-goo, because she can basically just stick the spoon in the container and wiggle it around, and still come out with a decent spoonful of food.

The mixed vegetables are a little more of a challenge....

First Steps

Flirtation at Fuddrucker's

We went to Fudd's for hamburgers last night (I got french fries - yummy!) and there were other babies just everywhere! There was a cute little boy at the next table over, and I spent some time practicing my flirting skills.

The reason we got to go eat at Fuddrucker's is because Daddy and Mama got a new car. They had to go somewhere and sign a lot of papers, and it took a very long time - so long that Mama didn't have time to make dinner. (I stayed home during that part though, so I got to have Gramma feed me my dinner.) By the time they got home with the new car, everybody was very hungry and very excited, so they decided to go celebrate.

I guess I like the new car; for me in my carseat, it's all pretty much the same. This car is much smaller than our van, and the doors don't slide - and it doesn't vibrate as much as the van did, so I don't know if I'll be able to go to sleep in it when I'm very tired after a long day. Daddy says it's a smoother ride because it's a hybrid, but I don't know what that means. It smells nice, though, and Mama and Daddy seem to think it's really cool, so I'm sure it is. They say it's going to save them a lot of money - so that's good.
Maybe I'll get some more cookies or something.

Emily's New Happy Place

While we were moving furniture, Emily got tired of sitting with Gramma all the time. She wanted to get down and play. So Ken found someplace for her to sit and play where she wouldn't be underfoot or in any danger.

She absolutely loved it! She cried when he took her out so she could eat dinner.

Giraffe

Emily got a little rocking-giraffe for her birthday, and she's just now getting big enough to play with it. She has a hard time getting on by herself, but when she wants to rock she'll say something that sounds like "Bapfff!" - which we've finally come to realize means "Giraffe". (But after we've eaten dinner, it also means "Bath".)

Easter!

It's Emily's second Easter, and this year we didn't get a lot of pictures.

We don't ever go to the mall, so we didn't think to get a picture made with the Easter Bunny until the day before Easter, and by then there was no way.

I wanted to get some pictures on Easter Sunday, when we were all dressed up, but of course the lovely Texas sky was dropping freezing rain on us...so Emily had to wear a jacket over her sleeveless dress, and by the time we got home it was time for a nap - we skipped her morning nap to go to the middle church service (usually there are only two, there was an extra service this time for Easter.)

I had also hoped to get some pictures at the church - the children's area is painted with trees and flowers, and would make a great backdrop for pictures - but it was packed. There were just too many people coming and going between services, so that was another no-go.

We all still have our Easter clothes, of course - so maybe we can dress up again and re-create Easter (on a sunnier Sunday) and get some pictures then. Meanwhile, the studio photos that we finally got taken will be ready this week, so I'll get those posted as soon as I have them.

New Baby

Our friends Lee & Dana just had a new baby, so we went to Plainview yesterday to see them. Emily was just fascinated! She really liked seeing someone even littler than she is - almost like her baby at home, only this was a really real baby, not a baby doll!

Payge was very little - 5/11, I think, when she was born on the 4th - so we had to make sure Emily was very gentle. She's learning how to be gentle with the puppy at home, so this was good practice.