I Have Mint

Or rather, Emma does. We have an over-abundance of it (if any of our Columbus friends would like some, please just let me know).



Someone tell my baby it's NOT ok that she'll be 17 months old tomorrow. :(

Precious Moments

Is It May Already?

Not really sure where the time is going, but in 15 days, Emma will be 17 months old. What?! No way. Not my baby. Not that old already!

These were our hands in January of 2010, when she was just a month old.



Here are our hands again on April 30th, when she was 16 months and 6 days old.



Such a difference. Such a fast-growing little girl. I love her so much!

Thank you to Cousin Debbie, Momma Maurine, Grandma & Grandpa Lewis, and Ms. Steph for the wonderful, special gifts all of you sent. You are all so sweet!!

Family Weekend

Happy and Blessed Easter Everyone!

We had a wonderful weekend. Friday was my "work from home" day so I actually got all my work stuff done before noon, and then Joe and I put together our two new composters (yay for compost!). I finished some things for the garden, and got Emma early for the start of our weekend.

Saturday was the first day of Toddler Yoga, which she absolutely loves AND we went to one of my nursing homes for their Easter Egg hunt. She was a huge hit! She wore a lovely Easter dress and bonnet, and waved at all of the residents. I think she grabbed 20 eggs or more. And for the first time, she tasted chocolate. It started as an accident, but I let her have it. So far her bottom doesn't look too horrible, although tonight it was starting to get very raw looking. She did enjoy it very, very much though.



Today we started our day with our own egg hunt, and she kept signing for "more" eggs to find! Then we hopped in the car and went to the zoo. There were only 88 people there, according to the worker we talked to around 10am (they open at 9) and so it was a nice, peaceful morning. Emma had the petting zoo with the goats ALL to herself (and she loved it!). We also got to see Beco, the 2-year-old elephant calf nursing from Momma! Emma saw it and she turned around and started to sign "milk, milk". It was adorable.

She had a huge eating weekend, lots of fruits and veggies, and she decided she loves hard-boiled eggs. I'll do an Easter picture post later, but for the moment, here are a few to enjoy.

Big Helper Girl

Emma helped me make Raisin Bread last weekend, and this evening she "helped" with laundry. She absolutely LOVES helping! (for the moment, how long will it last?)

16 Months Already?

It doesn't seem possible. But here it is, 16 months old tomorrow. I don't have much to update because it just seems like we did a 15 month update! She's talking more, we're still catching the morning pee in the toilet, and she loves to read books with Mommy and Daddy.

Bedtime is easier, and last night she slept from 8-11pm with no rousing, then we nursed for the last time and went to bed together at 11, and she slept from 11:15 until 3am without a peep. 3am she screamed and cried for about 20 minutes (nightmare, perhaps?) and then went back to sleep, and at 5am we did our morning nursing, then back to sleep until I woke her up at 6:30am so we could get to daycare. She would have slept longer. If we can get that 3am waking out of the picture, I'll be a happy camper.

Easter pictures this weekend!