The teeth demand attention

Emma is cutting teeth to the sides of her top two incisors and is also cutting at least one molar further to the rear of her mouth. She has been cranky in the morning but Tylenol takes care of it. Right now, daddy was ordering himself some sunglasses and a snowtube from Campmor so Emma is digging through the wallet and removing all of the cards and trying to put them back in. We've cleaned the upstairs windows and done some laundry to prepare for mimi and poppop this weekend. Emma is pretty much walking everywhere now unless her toys are on the floor and she can't walk over them. It'll be neat to see how she does outside but we still have a lot of snow on the ground here.

Sledding!!!

Ok, so officially this isn't the "maiden" voyage of the Mountain Boy, but it was the first time it really got going! After priming the path a couple of times, it worked pretty well! Mommy and Daddy were a little more into it than Emma, but she hung out with us. We used the tractor to pull the sled out to the hill, sledding in style.

And Miss Emma doing more laundry- she even knows she has to spin the knob to get it set- it's too cute!

Our tree is finally up!

Here is mommy and Emma putting some decorations on our tree.

Some of the monstercles off the back of our house

This is the barn from our upstairs bathroom window. The snow off the top section of roof just fell onto the lower wing. It didn't do anything else until Robyn went out in the evening on a call. As she unlocked her doors and her horn honked, the rest came crashing down to the driveway. She actually got hung up in the deep snow and we had to use the tractor to pull her truck out!
An out of order Christmas tree picture. Emma did more walking today just for the fun of it. Daddy didn't prompt her or anything. She walked about 12 feet and then returned and then back and forth about 4 times. She did really well.

Emma at 14 months

Ok, so I just realized that we've been posting several videos but have been neglecting the stills this month... So here's a catch- up version of Emma at 14 months!

She's started doing some doodling...
She loves riding the zebra!!!!
I want to edit this picture to have a balloon that says "YEEEEHAW!" next to her mouth!
She's been enjoying Daddy's guitar playing and likes to strum a little herself, she even uses a pick!
Very satisfied with herself for emptying out the whole entire guitar case... music included...
Going a little gangsta with the overalls here....
A shot in her Christmas getup- I can't remember for sure, but I think she was actually pretty upset here... no, we'll call it a happy Christmas smile! hahaha

She's been begging for us to put her up on the counters lately- she loves going through the dishes and the baking cabinet- hopefully we have a little cook on our hands!
Helping Daddy brush Dixie
Out of order! More spices!!!
This is a funny pony pillow Emma got for Christmas from some friends at work, she loves to play "collapse" on it and was getting very much into some odd yoga poses!
Playing with Mommy's water bottle, all kinds of things fit into it!

Here's the results of the first day of snow, totaled about 12 inches. We got more the next day, but the wind blew so strong I don't know how much it ended up totalling. It's a lot!
One of Emma's favorite pastimes still- reading!!
Our little snow bunny! Unfortunately the wind was too strong for us to play outside yesterday while Daddy was home... this was a quick visit out, she's so bundled up she can't hardly keep herself sitting up, so we called it a day. With any luck the snow will hang around until Christmas when we're together again all day and we can sled on the back hill!

Daddy has a rough face!

Emma was systematically brushing Daddy's rough face, then going for a ride... then again and again! She started giving little love bites on Daddy's neck... she's silly!!!

Here's a little taste!

Walking

Emma is taking a few steps on her own. We have it on regular video camera but have to get it on our other camera to post on here.

Emma doing chores

Ok, so we've put Emma to work. Laundry is her first chore! She enjoyed taking the diapers out of the washer and transferring them into the dryer- when she was done, she wanted to start moving them back into the washer!

little tidbits

We don't want to jinx ourselves so we'll just say that the issues we've had with Emma not wanting to fully utilize her crib throughout the night has not been an issue for a couple of weeks now. We'll leave it at that...'nuff said.

She has at least 4 teeth coming in up top. She has done remarkably well only needing tylenol a few times. She loves peek a boo with her clothing. Daddy gets real nervous when he can't find her right away and he starts to yell for her. She always pops up right where he last saw her and is much relieved!

She also seems to want to finish words we start and makes sounds that are close. Maybe talking soon?

Random pictures

This is a raptor that was hanging out under the tree outside our kitchen window. It was also near our chickens but I think he was hunting the little birds that hang out in our tree and eat the chicken feed. I want to call it a peregrine falcon but I'm not 1oo% on it.

Emma in Dixie's bed. One of her favorite places with a very tolerant dog.
Emma writing! She likes to play with the pencils and is starting to figure out which end writes on the paper. I am hoping to have Emma sign Christmas cards this year but don't be disappointed if she doesn't get to every card.

Emma riding her zebra

Emma just today started swinging her leg over the zebra and riding on it. Up to now she's been standing by it and spinning the wheel to make the lights and noise come on. If daddy has time today, he'll post another of Emma's endeavors....stay tuned

Daddy reading to Emma

Emma has been such a fan of books, and she really loves being read to- we can tell her to bring us a book, she'll bring it over, and plop down in our laps to be read to. She likes to turn the pages herself, which can sometimes lead to speed-reading or possibly ending at the beginning. She's especially fond of "Meet Tom Kitten" and loves the ending- giggle!

Emma walking at the mall

Here we are at the mall walking. I started trying to keep track of how long we walked but realized that it was not possible. She walked for a long time!

Emma Reading!

Here is the much-anticipated video!! Click on the link above to see Emma perform! :)

Pictures, pictures!

Just another few pictures from recent days-

Ok, here's another video to hold you over until I can get the reading video to load! Emma's gotten really good with her balance, and wants to walk a little more now- she's doing great!

More pictures!

Here are some updated pictures of Miss Emma Kate- She's been doing really well lately, except for sleeping at night... seems we've had a regression all the way back to the beginning.... I think I counted 5 times we woke up last night? I couldn't be too sure... we were pretty tired... Here's to hoping it's those darn top teeth coming in and this phase will pass soon!

We've got a great video showing Emma displaying her reading skills, but I can't seem to get it to upload here... I'll keep trying, and if it still won't go, we'll post it to youtube!

Emma and mommy after dinner

We had a nice dinner last night. Mommy and Emma played games with the spoon and fork.

more new moves

Other than walking with us, Emma has also made it to the top of the stairs all by herself! She tries to go down some as well, but usually she only goes down one or two before she wants to go back up again! Daddy also caught her trying to climb out over the side of the crib, so of course the mattress is going all the way down! Mommy's back isn't too happy about that one...

Oh! And I don't think we've mentioned it yet, but she's got one top tooth breaking through!

Walking with Emma

Today, Emma played in the grass while daddy hung out the laundry. She crawled to her stroller and got up and held on to the basket in the back. She is "walking" with us holding her hands and really gets going fast. Daddy pushed the stroller from the back yard almost to our mailbox and Emma did a good job. She does look like a stroke victim recovering but that is probably due to the newness of the limbs having to move that way and her bulky cloth diaper.

PIcture worthy of "news" magazines

We found this 6 legged baby crawling around our bedroom. If you look at the blurry photo you can make out 6 limbs. We have had the photo independently analyzed and it has been ruled intact and not a forgery. We hope to make some money selling this photo to "news" magazines. We'll let you know how we do....

ok, finally some pictures!

Ok, here are a few pictures from today and the last few days- getting too late to narrate each one, this is all for now!