Emma's had two little fun milestones lately. She's learned how to "dance" more effectively by going in a circle. And sometimes she'll hold Mommy's hand and we'll go in a circle together, it's really cute.
The drawing things is AWESOME! She just really learned what a pencil and crayon were this past Monday, and since then we spend time every day drawing. So far it's mostly a scribble, but I'm so happy because she's (1) not putting the crayons in her mouth as much as we thought she might, and (2) she seems to really, really enjoy it! She'll take her crayon and her paper, and climb up on the couch and stay there for the better part of half an hour sometimes.
Video proof! :)
Drawing (and climbing)
And dancing!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Some 13-Month Videos
Sorry it's been a while, but I've finally uploaded some videos to share.
Sunday, January 30th. We went to the park to release some birthday balloons that had a card and a rose tied to them for Grandma. We decided to go down to the playground area and see what Emma would think of it. She didn't play much, but she liked being outside.
This was Saturday, Feb. 12th. We went to the Lincoln Theater here in Columbus to watch the Columbus Jazz PB&J concert. It was so crowded, but a lot of fun. Emma really loves jazz.
Not sure which day this was, but she was just hanging out after playing. The position she was in just cracked me up so much.
Today, Feb 13th, we went to the Columbus Art Museum. It's free on Sundays, and they have an entire room of interactive art for the kids. Emma had a fantastic time, and we plan on going back a lot!
Sunday, January 30th. We went to the park to release some birthday balloons that had a card and a rose tied to them for Grandma. We decided to go down to the playground area and see what Emma would think of it. She didn't play much, but she liked being outside.
This was Saturday, Feb. 12th. We went to the Lincoln Theater here in Columbus to watch the Columbus Jazz PB&J concert. It was so crowded, but a lot of fun. Emma really loves jazz.
Not sure which day this was, but she was just hanging out after playing. The position she was in just cracked me up so much.
Today, Feb 13th, we went to the Columbus Art Museum. It's free on Sundays, and they have an entire room of interactive art for the kids. Emma had a fantastic time, and we plan on going back a lot!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Quiet
While I have a moment in between clients and other various things, I thought I'd take a moment to just think outloud. There are only a few moments of quiet in my day, which is actually a really good thing right now. One quiet moment is when I wake up before Emma is up and the next is when I'm rocking her to sleep in the evenings. Why is it a good thing there's few quiet moments? Because if it's not quiet, I'm not thinking. I'm either running after her, fixing dinner, working on paperwork, grading papers, checking emails, crocheting, etc. I don't have to think or feel anything in particular other than what is going on in that moment.
In the quiet moments is when I cry and miss my Mom. My mind wanders to the last time we talked, to what she looked like in the casket, and how Emma's memories of her are already fading. I haven't done much updating here because I get tearful, thinking that this blog was primarily for my Mom and now she's not reading it. I don't know what to write, I really don't know what things to share. I do know others come to the blog and check out things but it's just not the same. This blog was her link to her granddaughter. As was Skype.
I'll try to do a better job and post more, but please readers, understand that this is harder than I realized it would be to keep going here. We haven't even taken as many pictures or videos as we did before, which I want/need to keep doing. Low motivation combined with grief is not a great combo. I'll get there, I promise, but things are still raw.
In the quiet moments is when I cry and miss my Mom. My mind wanders to the last time we talked, to what she looked like in the casket, and how Emma's memories of her are already fading. I haven't done much updating here because I get tearful, thinking that this blog was primarily for my Mom and now she's not reading it. I don't know what to write, I really don't know what things to share. I do know others come to the blog and check out things but it's just not the same. This blog was her link to her granddaughter. As was Skype.
I'll try to do a better job and post more, but please readers, understand that this is harder than I realized it would be to keep going here. We haven't even taken as many pictures or videos as we did before, which I want/need to keep doing. Low motivation combined with grief is not a great combo. I'll get there, I promise, but things are still raw.
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