The Emily Fern Diaries: October 2008

Friday, October 31, 2008

halloween

we brought the pumpkin home and i got to play with it for a few days before we cut it up

daddy put the face on but i did all the dirty work

eeeeeeeeww!

this is my costume. i'm supposed to be some purple monster or unicorn or something

i thought this bigfoot costume was perfectly fine.

but i will admit that i do look awesome!

Mommy let me practice being a unicorn in the driveway.

i collected candy at daddy's office

then parker and i went to get some more!

all that work and i didn't even get to eat any candy. AND i still have to brush my teeth! but halloween was fun. this was the longest stretch of time that i have ever been awake - 1pm to 9pm without a nap!

Monday, October 20, 2008

pumpkin patch

daddy and mommy took me to get a pumpkin. it was a long drive so i took a nap on the way up.

there were all kinds of animals. i didn't like them very much . the ducks were ok.

they said i could pick out any pumpkin i wanted. i wanted this one but i couldn't lift it.

so then i found this one, but daddy didn't want to help me carry it either.

then i found this one! it was the best!

and i didn't need anyone to help me carry it.

i also got this one...

...and this one! what a fun day.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

october

i learned to say hamburger, so now i get to eat them all the time!!

hanging out in my fort.

that 7th grade home ec class paid off. look at this blanket she made me!

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Lazy Weekends

I love my weekends. I have so much fun!

But look at that clock!

Come on mommy, it's Saturday! i'm ready to play!

Can you guess why i'm so happy?

Because mommy lets me sit high up in dangerous places where daddy, along with most good parents, wouldn't want me to be!

Daddy likes to keep me close to the ground
where i can read books to him.

And then on Sunday we start all over again.....

Elijah's Birthday

So I went to my cousin Elijah's second birthday a couple weeks ago. I had a good nap on the way up.

We got to Long Beach, and it was sunny. I don't know what I think about the beach yet.

After a brief trip to the ocean, I decided, and made it very clear to daddy that i DON'T LIKE SAND.

Daddy managed to get a photo of the birthday boy before I was over it.

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!"

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