Emma Dawn

I've been meaning to write a few notes on Emma for a couple of weeks. This sweet little girl makes me laugh every day. Emma has begun to put things down her shirt as if it was a pouch. And since more often than not she is wearing a snapped up shirt, the items stay there and she pulls them out to play later. I have found some awesome things in her shirt and sometimes, down the front of her diaper. Dimes, matchbox cars, felt storyboard pieces, pens, sticks, candy, you name it. Yesterday she had a long stick like thing in her shirt and I couldn't figure out what it could be. I just left it there and she came back a couple of minutes later, glowing E.T. style. What the!?! Oh! It was a flashlight down her shirt. It's even funnier when you ask her what is in her shirt and she pulls out the neck and looks in... and then says, "Oh!"

Emma is learning so many words, I can't keep up. Her favorites right now are buffalo, elk, deer, and of course, No! The other day, Noah wasn't doing what I had asked him to and I began to count to 5. Well, I didn't get very far... Me: ONE! Emma: (pointing at Noah), TWO! And then looking back at me for confirmation. Trying not to laugh, I said, "That's right. What comes next?" And Noah said, "Three, four, five!" Oh, kids, you've got me figured out.

Emma loves the bath and tries to barrel in with her clothes on while the water is still running. She loves the bubbles. Bathtime is a fun time with Emma. Emma is also our little country girl. I have probably mentioned this before, but I am not joking when I say her first word was 'deer." She loves horses and hats, deer and elk. And, she even has her rodeo queen wave down, definitely WITHOUT instruction from me. I can barely stay on the horse, let alone wave while riding! Check it out...