New Skill - Sitting alone

Emeree sat up all by herself today for over a minute without falling over!! And she's a multi-tasker too. She can make her tradmark "stink face" at the same time.
She can also stick out her tounge and play with her feet while sitting alone. . .

She can also bite the ear off a stuffed lamb - not really angel-like traits.

Ethan wanted to sit with her - she gave him a big ole' slobbery kiss.

. . . then they fell over.

Here's a picture of Ethan sitting alone when he was 5 months - he beat Emeree by a month with that skill.

She loves sitting in Ethan's high chair to eat. But she's wondering "What is up with these nasty carrots?" I know she gets her dislike of carrots from me - thanks Dad :)

Stink Face and Beanie Boy

. . . that post title sounds like 2 weird superhero names. :)

Emeree started making a "stink face" this week and she sniffs really loud and fast about 6 times while she makes the face, then she goes back to smiling. Not sure what started this. But it's hard to catch on camera since she does it randomly. I had to just sit there and wait for it. But it's a cute stink face.Ethan found one of my beanies in the laundry basket and said "hat" and wanted me to put it on him. He hated hats as a baby and up until recently. But after I put it on him, he pulled it down and started laughing and then kept it down while he walked around - looking down through the tiny slit below his eyes.

He pretty much kept it on all day - here he is eating cheerios and watching t.v. with it covering one eye.
And here he is the next day - eating a pop tart with the kitchen tongs. He wouldn't pick it up with his hands since the fudge filling got on his fingers. And he wouldn't use a fork, so I tried the tongs. Worked great. And he cried when I tried to take it off so we could go to the dentist. So on it stayed - most of that day too. He hasn't found it yet today.

How are you today sir?

. . . very well I thank you . . .

"sir" is short for "serena" in case you didn't know :)

Well, my morning sucked - Ethan bit Emeree's hand, leaving deep teeth marks. She was in her walker next to me while I loaded the dishwasher and I didn't see him do it, but after she erupted in tears, I checked her to see what was wrong and I saw the teeth marks. He didn't mean to hurt her; he stood worried next to her while I checked her to see what was wrong. So hopefully since he was worried about her, this teaches him that biting hurts.

He's only bit once before - he bit my butt. That "hurt like a mother" like Michael would say. He just ran up to me and hugged the back of my legs (or so I thought he was) and then he bit - hard. I didn't cry, so I don't think he understood that biting hurts at that incident.

Needless to say, there was a 2 minute timeout this morning (since he's 2 years old - a minute for each year) followed by a cute "sorry" spoken by Ethan and a kiss to Emeree's hand where he bit.

So I wasn't too optimistic about the rest of my day, but they both took a 3 hour nap AT THE SAME TIME today. That's never happened before. Emeree usually just naps for maybe an hour. So I enjoyed some quiet time today! And now I'm ready to endure the next hour before Michael gets home and I have an assistant (who cooks the dinner too)

This week we . . .

found our feet . . .learned to paint like mommy (but without paint) . . .

started saying individual letters and numbers (knows "O" "G" and "I" when mommy holds up the foam letter and can say most of the rest by repeating) . . .

also . . .

Ethan - learned how to kick in the tub which soaked mommy - making it more fun to do again.

Emeree - started baby food and decided she doesn't like sweet potatoes. Interestingly, that was Ethan's favorite one as a baby.

a few pics

Happy in her walker Blowing on dandelions

Ethan reading with Emeree

Ethan didn't really enjoy his first haircut :)

These are my favorite pj's for Emeree . . . love the butt flap :)

She kept reaching for my spoon, so I let her play with it for a while