Update on Emma Kate

So, it has been a month since we have updated the blog. There is so much to update that I cannot even remember most of it. Our new church launched this week and Mike and I have been consumed in helping make that happen. All the while, Emma has again changed so much and is just so much fun. Here are some highlights from the past month.

Emma has begun to explore her creative and artistic side with coloring. She really enjoys it and has moved from coloring for 30 seconds to about 5 minutes.

Emma loves her drum set and even plays with it the way it is meant to be used. She plays with it every day. Perhaps she has her daddy's love of music. In addition to that, she really enjoys doing the hand motions for The Wheels on the Bus, Climb, Climb Up Sunshine Mountain, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, I'm a Little Teapot and If You're Happy and You Know It. It is very sweet. She walks around all day stomping her feet and will make the motions and then sign please for us to sing the song to her.

Bath time is still a favorite part of the day. As you can see in this picture, Emma's eyes are getting much darker like her Daddy's. Look at those eyelashes...also from Daddy!

Emma got her first pair of "real" shoes. Her feet are SO fat that she needs "extra wide" shoes. She is so proud of her shoes and even tries to say shoes, although it sounds more like shhs. She likes the noise her shoes make when she runs on the hard wood floors and when she stomps her feet. I guess that makes it worth it. And, they are super cute!

Emma has continued in her love of veggies. She swipes random veggies from the fridge when I turn my back and chows down as is evidence by the picture. You would think she is eating a candy bar. She is so intense and makes the MMMMMMmmmmm sound the whole time.

She sits on the counter while I am cooking. She just watches and uses her kitchen toys to practice the things I am doing. Her favorite is when I say I am going to make dinner, she pulls out her frying pan and a spatula and begins to "stir" something around. So cute!

For her birthday Emma received two tea sets. In this set, the tea pot sings and talks. Emma has learned how to pour herself tea and how to pretend that she is drinking and eating the cake treats. She just makes MMMMmmm sounds and pretend drinking and eating sounds. Very fun!

I came around the corner and she was "having tea" and repeating what the tea pot was saying!

At her 1 year appointment, she was in the 95th percentile across the board. She is a big girl and growing up way too fast. What I do not have pictures of right now is her loving on her baby and taking care of her. She wraps the baby in blankets, feeds her a bottle, feeds her from a spoon and pushes her around in the stroller. She is so gentle and tender with the baby and it is just precious to watch her take care of the baby. She is just so much fun and I just cannot explain how much we are enjoying every moment with her! I am continually amazed just how much I love her.