More teeth & chatter

Emme now has 3 of the 4 1st molars - the 4th should be out any day now!

I forgot to mention a few of Emme's words in the last post:
bubbles
there - she says then when she closes a door or puts a up a toy or something like that

Emme has added more new words to her list:
bird
duck
ball
shoe
train
PaPa

She has also started forming a variation of the same small, 2-word sentence: There's Jackson! or There's Dada!

When Jackson was her age, he was all about animal sounds and would never say the name. Emme seems to be the exact opposite, saying the name, but only making the sounds of a few. I think she is starting to say cow too, but I'm not 100% sure. I love seeing how different their little personalities are!

Emme Talks

Emerson's vocabulary has really been expanding lately.

Friday, Oct 8: She surprised me by saying fish & play in the correct context.

Saturday, Oct 10: She said please (pshee) when she wanted milk - I thought it was a fluke, but she did it again over & over on Tuesday, Oct 12!

So for my sake - her current vocabulary consists of:
- Mama
- Dada
- Jackson
- Yaya
- Thank you
- More
- Milk
- Dog
- Cat
- Please
- Fish
- Play
- Book
- Done (sounds a lot like down)
- Down (sounds a lot like done)

She will attempt to say any word you ask her to, but these are the only recognizable ones!

Also on the 10th, her bottom left first molar popped through the gum. I felt like such a ninny - I had no idea it was even close. I secure my nomination for Mother of the Year everyday! ;) The bottom right one is almost there - I expect it anyday!

Oil Ranch

** All photos courtesy of PaPa **

Saturday we went back to the Oil Ranch to visit their pumpkin patch. Last year, Emme was just a few months old, so it was mainly it was the Jackson show! This year, Emme could do most of the fun things they have. Gabby & Papa went with us - they are always up for a kid-friendly outing - what troopers! There is tons to do there: petting zoo, hay maze, mechanical calf roping, playgrounds, bouncy houses, a train to ride (it was not running Saturday), hayrides, an Indian village with tee-pees & Native American games to play, the list goes on. During the Fall, kids get a free pumpkin from the patch too! We love it there!

Emme was not so fond of riding the pony.
Jackson looked JUST like this last year!

Emme in the hay maze

Jackson milking a cow - he was so proud of himself!

We have a picture of Jackson last year that is similar.

We are silly!

Weee! Look at that static hair!

The obligatory, annual family picture

Jackson "roping" the mechanical calf

Jackson just recently learned how to swing by himself.

He was showing Gabby & PaPa his skills.

Playing in giant tractor tires!

This was at a photo op area....when we got there, we were all alone & trying to wrangle the kids to get a picture. This other mom & her two boys come up - bear in mind, she can hear us saying we want to take some pictures, etc - and they WON'T LEAVE! We left the big pumpkins on the ground & got on the wagon and what did they do??? Got on the dang wagon too. I finally gave up & said "Ok, guys. Let's go." Three guesses what that stupid mom said to her kids....I love this picture because Emme & Jackson's faces both say exactly what we were all thinking - who are you? Why are you here?

Hayride...

... to feed the cows

When the tractor started to take us back, this longhorn
turned it's head & smacked this lady right above the eye
with it's horns. It didn't bleed or anything, but what a
story to tell!

Picking their pumpkins

Emme just pranced all around - it was so cute!

This one cracks me up - she has such attitude!

In the words of Angie: Is she gonna chunk it?

Jackson got a big kick out of ringing this bell on the way out!

I show my students pictures of my kids from time to time when we have extra time. When I showed this one, my Scottish student said Why is your baby in the boot? It cracked me up! Translation: boot = trunk

Mosquitoes bite!

Emme has always been very allergic to mosquitoes. Her bites swell up big & giant and become warm & hard knots. This lasts a couple of days and then they subside. Saturday morning, we had a garage sale & since the weather was so beautiful, we let the kids spend most of the day out with us. Then Saturday evening, we went to some friends' house to watch the Tech game and the kids played out back most of the time too. Emme was eaten up with mosquito bites. Bad mommy for not putting bug spray on her! Sunday morning, she woke up with a very swollen eye. I kept touching it to make sure it wasn't tender indicating cellulitis. It wasn't so I knew it was just one of those rotten bites! We went to the zoo & it never seemed to bother her. We gave her Benadryl that night, but Monday morning, it was MUCH worse. She could barely open her eye - poor bitty! I gave her some Benadryl again and then when I picked her up from school it was so much better! By Tuesday it was back to normal. My mom said the same thing used to happen to me when I was little. Hopefully, she grows out of it too!