Christmas Table

I think it would do my mother proud, if I do say so myself...

We spent Christmas Eve with our friends Rachel and Dustin, and their daughter, Molly, who is 5 weeks old. After a turkey dinner, Joe headed to work and later on in the evening Emmelyn and I went to a party at our friend Erin's house. It was a fun night --and special, as Erin became engaged to her boyfriend, Craig! Em was a good girl, but got scared of Craig and Erin's dog Rosie. I guess if I woke up from a nap to find a strange black lab inquistively looking at me, I'd be a little scare, too! On Christmas day we made chocolate chip pancakes and opened our Christmas present. Emmelyn of course, was very spoiled by her grandparents and other relatives (not to mention all the nice early X-mas gifts she got from Chris, Nicolle, Tessa and Lucas at Thanksgiving!) Santa was also king to Emmelyn --she got a baby sled we are hoping to test out next weekend when we are due for snow. She also got a Spinnin' Animals Zoo that she seems a little scared of...and some smaller things. Overall, it was a fun holiday. Emmelyn is resting right now, listening to the new lullaby CD she got from Grandma Sue and Grandpa Jerry. We hope everyone had a great time with their respective family/friends!

Merry Christmas!

Em has kept us busy as ever this week, and as you can see from the below videos, she is really finding her voice. She seems to like experimenting with new sounds and has just discovered different volumes. She continues to be fascinated by mirrors and by Mopsy. She also loves, I mean LOVES, pacifiers. And she has learned to throw them. Lucky us. I now have an emergency pacifier "hidden" so I know where one is if all the others are lost and I need to find a pacifier pronto. Em has learned to take her pacifier out of her mouth, but she gets mad when she can't put it back in. So now, we put one pacifier in her mouth and make sure we have one on hand for her to grab. That seems to do the trick...most of the time. She is a funny girl who is very particular, stubborn and determined when she wants something. Somedays, I think we've met our match. But, then I remember she probably inherited that streak from me, and I will just have to outfox her at her own game sometimes. ;-) We're looking forward to celebrating the holidays this week with friends and we hope everyone has a great Christmas!