The Emily Fern Diaries

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Thursday, September 16, 2010

pasadena

went up to see some friends in pasadena...

chased down an ice cream truck at the skatepark

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

twain house

visited the old Mark Twain house in Hartford.

Friday, August 20, 2010

Cape Cod

provencetown....

commercial fishing boats in P-town

with cousin Declan at the lighthouse

cute little lighthouse

and of course, cape cod potato chip factory!

Saturday, July 24, 2010

East Coastin'

Still having a blast. Mommy misses me so here's a mega update:

Of course, reading with Nana is still a highlight.

Grampa took us to see horses, and get ice cream.

I like to be silly with Declan.

Dinosaur tattoos!

More ice cream, this time in Hadley.

At Nana's I've gotten really into Play-Doh.

And Nana and I make treats for Daddy all the time.

I made so many new friends - this is Molly.

She and I are into the same stuff. Reading books, blowing bubbles, and...

SWIMMING! This has been my favorite part.

And I've gotten really really good at it, too.

Miss you too, Mommy!

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Silly Emmy, Silly Daddy

Daddy's computer makes funny faces.

I like to play with it.

This is me being symmetrical.

My 2 Dads and the Nostril Cyclops

Little Big Head

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Today was a very "New Englandy" day: Grampa took us to the Dinosaur park. Then we saw Grampa's old house in Rocky Hill, then took a ferry. We don't have pictures because we were too busy eating yummy fried clams!

Then we went to the Fish Farm to see chickens. Don't worry, I was confused too.

Luckily there was ice cream, and I forgot why I was confused.

I LOVE ICE CREAM!

Oh, you thought we wouldn't? You don't know my Daddy, then...

Amherst

We drove up to Aunty Heather's place in Amherst for little Gus' first birthday!

Dec and I played in the pool

Then we had a jam-tasting Jamboree. I dunno, I guess that's what they do here.

Declan and I having some fun!

And we all got to watch the trains go by!

Connecticut Part Five

Nana took me shopping! I got so many clothes that were on sale! I love my new Kai Lan tee shirt!

Then I had lunch with Grampa silly.

And Nana!

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Connecticut Part Four

I'm having a blast here. Sleeping in (Yes, 6:43 AM is sleeping in).

Then I get up with Daddy and we hang out on the porch.

I'm trying to perfect my hand gestures.

And then we go swimming!

MILESTONES

3/2010 no more diapers at night!!
2/2010 I buttoned my own buttons!
1/04/10 age 2.5: first day of school
12/2009: I can put on my own shoes
10/2009 age 2: officially potty trained!
7/02/09 age 2: I pooped in the potty!
6/2009 age 2: I sing complete songs
4/2009 age 22 mos: I can jump like a champ
3/2009 age 21 mos: I'm officially talking!
2/05/09 my first 6-word sentence
2/2009 age 20 mos: i can recognize half the alphabet
1/24/09 my first 5-word sentence
1/15/09 my first 4-word sentence
1/2009 age 19 mos: i can put on my own shoes, count to 10 and spell my name. I also have a talent for remembering names
12/2008 age 18 mos: i'm using 3-word sentences and can go up and down stairs
11/2008 age 17 mos: i'm using 2-word sentences
9/2008 age 15 mos: i can feed myself
7/2008 age 13 mos: i can put on a hat and walk up and down a step. (but not at the same time)
6/2008 i can use a fork
6/08/08 i am officially off formula
6/01/08 age 12 mos: i peed in the potty!
05/2008 age 11 mos: i love to dance to music
4/10/08 age 10 mos: took my first steps! without help!
3/23/08 i learned to say "da da"
3/10/08 i walk laps around the house (with help, of course)
3/2008 age 9 mos: i can stand up on my own
2/2008 age 8 mos: i say "mum mum" all day long. I learned to clap my hands, wave "hi" and "bye. i point at everything
1/20/08 i can pull myself up on things
1/2008 age 7 mos: i'm crawling everywhere and can chew my cheerios
12/26/07 my first tooth is breaking out - bottom right
12/2007 age 6 mos: I can sit up and feed myself biscuits. leaving the breastmilk for formula, slowly
11/5/07 I go mental for carrots!
11/2007 age 5 mos: I grab at EVERYTHING. I've learned to squeal. i do it all the time. my favorite thing to eat is newspaper
10/31/07 eat rice cereal
10/18/07 i found my toes
10/2007 - i crack up at funny things. not just smiles anymore
10/13/07 i've learned to put things in my mouth, not just hands anymore
10/3/07 i slept from 8pm to 6am. i'd consider that "thru the night!"
10/3/07 age 4 mos: suck my thumb
9/2/07 age 3 mos: grab my toys
8/27/07 bat at my toys
8/25/07 roll over onto my belly
8/18/07 suck on my own tongue
8/15/07 do a push up
8/2007 age 2 mos: i talk now, but they don't understand me
6/2007 age 0 mo: grunt, sneeze, spit up, poop, suck on my hand
6/19/07 age 1 day: i can see outside the womb! sort of...
4/2007 flail my arms, kick my legs

"kids say the darndest things..."

6/12/10: driving home from a weekend trip, waking up from a long nap in the car seat: "Emily, did you have a good nap?" answer: "I'm still having it..." and goes back to sleep.
6/11/10: walked in on her unraveling the entire roll of toilet paper onto a pile on the ground in the hotel room: "Emily! why did you do that?!!" her answer, innocently: "because I love to." What can you say to that?
12/15/09: "today is a 'night' day" an observation she made while on a night time christmas lights walk
11/28/09: "it's a big one, daddy. It's a big 'daddy poop'. Daddy poop, daddy poop...." Emily's warning to Adam as he greets her from her nap.
9/28/09: "once upon a time there was french fries and beef..." while pretending to read a cookbook.
9/19/09: while observing the few solitary men waiting for the train, "everybody is so sad. I'm sad too". Her first glimps of an environment where everyone isn't doting on her.
7/12/09: "mommy has a big butt, don't open your butt mommy!"
2009: to anything flying in the sky, (birds, planes, insects) "they're going to see nana and grampa!"