... 18 months!

I'm behind on many things. The to-do list gets longer while I work on making it shorter. But this is life, and especially life as a mom. One day soon I'll get back to some good old-fashioned, funny story-telling, but for now, I'll follow Grammy's suggestion, and take the edge off by posting some highlights over the last couple months.

Family! (Ryan, Gramps, Grandma, Gigi, Aunt Mimi, Cousin Evan, Us, Cousin Layna and Oliver)

Emmy and Cousin Ollie

Great Grandpa Dean

Emmy's first pigtails

(She didn't have a nap this day. She didn't mind the piggies.)

Emmy's first ketchup


Christmas card photo shoots are kinda boring...


Luxurious winter wear


Sugar from Gamma Doris


Sliding with Mommy in sunny Tennessee


Stirrin' up somethin' good!


Miss 18 months

Here's what Miss 18 Months is up to:

• Lately, Emmy's been getting multiple molars, so night sleep has been less than ideal, but naps have been glorious. She's extra attached to Mommy and Daddy in this phase, and not such a big fan of hanging out with the other kids at our gym's daycare.
  
• She's saying new words everyday; apple ("ah-oh"), Mommy, Emmy, night night ("nigh nigh") and book are the most frequently used ones recently.
  
• Emmy's taken to bouncing off the walls, literally, the last couple days. Despite the fact that we give her very little sugar and no caffeine, she runs around screaming and giggling. And we stare at her, simultaneously amused and confused.
  
• Emmy's drawings are changing from big circles and spirals to very tiny ones. She's also experimenting with lines. Is she in her "Sticks and Bubbles" period?
• Emmy eats whole apples, and by that I mean non-sliced, non-peeled, whole apples. And no Heimlichs have been needed!
  
• Today we had a dance party in the kitchen, consisting of arm swinging, arm raising, and petite squats. She should be the new gentle aerobics teacher for public television's "Sit and Be Fit."

So there's a little more info than I had planned on. Enjoy, and hopefully I'll be back sooner than later with new tales from the toddler.