Treat or Treat!

When you're this cute, it's hard to believe there's no trick:



Here's ladybug Emmie, getting ready for take-off...





If only someone made a bucket of candy as big as me...


Happy Halloween!

Food Quiz

Emmie's had the chance to try several different kinds of food. See if you can match the disgusted look to the food she was trying for the first time! The food choices are: (a) oatmeal cereal; (b) carrots; (c) sweet potato; (d) pears; (e) green beans; and (f) squash. Answers at the bottom of the post.

Face 1

Face 2

Face 3

Face 4

Face 5

Face 6

Answers:



Face 1 - Pears
Face 2 - Green Beans
Face 3 - Carrots (note - she didn't actually like them; I think she was happy we were done trying to feed her)
Face 4 - Squash
Face 5 - Sweet Potato
Face 6 - Oatmeal Cereal

She's on fire

Well, more like "she's near a fire, and a controlled one at that." Since it was cold outside today, we decided to try using our fireplace for the first time. Emmie enjoyed looking at the flames and definitely enjoyed getting her toes nice and toasty. Here are some pictures:

We convinced Emmie that "S'mores" consisted of putting your fingers in your mouth. We also convinced her that "ice cream" involved eating your feet. So as far as she's convinced she's getting plenty of sweet treats.

I'm not sure why Emmie's trying to do the hula dance, but there you go.

Hippie Girl

Mommy and Emmie dropped by for lunch today, and Emmie was wearing this adorable tunic. I took a couple of pics after I got home, and Emmie showed off her "leaning into something for support while it looks like I'm standing" skills. I think Emmie was enjoying her photo shoot, as she let me take quite a few shots. Here's one with, and one without, the flash (I think she looks quite different in each):






I wonder if this is what Emmie would have worn if she was born in 1968, rather than 2008?








As you can see, Mommy's hands are close by if Lady Gravity tries anything sneaky...

Sitting pretty in the shade

Emmie's getting better at sitting up on her own, although she still needs someone nearby to help her if she starts to get off balance. We found our backyard is a great place to work on her sitting: between the grass to distract her and keep her balanced, and the slight slope of the hill, she's pretty much able to sit there all day. Here are some pics:

Here's Emmie and Daddy enjoying one of the first nice Fall days.

Looks like Emmie's trying to help with the lawn mowing, one tiny fistful at a time...

6 months old!!

October 4th was Emmie's half-birthday, and we celebrated in style - we went to the Fall Festival at Daddy's work. It was a beautiful day (albeit a bit chilly) and Emmie had quite a bit of fun. Here are some pics:


Here's Emmie enjoying some shade, while everyone half-celebrates her half-birthday....


Here's Mommy, introducing Emmie to Bingo. Sure, Bingo seems harmless enough, but everyone knows its a gateway game to the lottery, then to Keno. Pretty soon you're down at the tracks, putting everything on "the pretty pony" and then Big Vinny's coming after you...





Here's Daddy, teaching Emmie about fractions and colors... useful stuff if you want to succeed in life. Any resemblance to Roulette is simply coincidental I assure you :)

All we are saying...

Is give *peas* a chance!

Emmie's been working on rice cereal, and now oatmeal cereal, with some (mixed) success. It certainly isn't enough to replace good ol' mommy milk, but we've been trying to give her a couple of bites of something more solid in the evenings. After having no luck with the oatmeal tonight, we tried some peas for the first time. I think Emmie's thoughts are pretty clear from the pictures:



Here she's burning Daddy's face into her memory as the person responsible for administering this god-awful stuff...






It's like the Exorcist, only slightly more annoyed.