Christmas this year was definitely different not having tons of family around but it was still a success and lots of fun;) We were able to have my parents as well as Andrew's on skype Christmas morning so it still felt like fam was with us! Our tree...Emma would take the bulbs off and redecorate them to where she would want them by matching bulbs to bulbs on the same limbs..I didn't care it gave it character;) Here are pics of the morning before the mess began...
She has loved playing with this drawing lots of "snakes"
Opening up presents...
Her animals that she plays with on an hourly basis at home;)
She got several books and loves to 'read' them..
Her kitchen has been lots of fun for us to play with. She makes us lots of different fun things to eat;) As well as a place to play with her animals on it...of course!!
More books! I LOVE that she LOVES books!
Her cousin Aja gave Emma a Dora book with little figures, they have become some of her favorite!
This igloo is great for playing, sleeping, and reading in;)
Daddy with his new "manly apron";)
During Andrew's Christmas break he spent lots of time in our back yard pulling out bushes and making our garden area...it looks great!
A couple days after Christmas we still had everything in our family room...yes a giant mess! Her are her animals all trying to fit on the clock...
She used the clock as her personal little stool for her art masterpieces;) And she is bottomless because this was during our potty training week! As soon as she would get unds put on her she would pee...so for one week she basically ran around with only her shirt on, but if she did this she would go to the potty all by herself or tell me she needed to but the second she was wearing anything she would quit! Thankfully this only lasted a week and since she has been amazing! She always tells me when she needs to go or goes in by herself and then yells when she needs to be wiped! We tried for a few days after she had turned 2 and she had no desire so I just decided to wait...and she was definitely ready this time..she basically did it all by herself! I can't say she is completely trained though...we still make her wear a diaper at night because she always wakes up wet, but during the day she is great! Much more work for mom..since I have to be much more aware of bathrooms where we go but I am so proud of her...she is getting so big so fast! Side note though....she HATES wearing her diaper at night! She tries to talk us out of it every single night telling us that it is "too bumpy"!! The things she says these days are constantly cracking me up!! ;)
She has loved playing with this drawing lots of "snakes"
Opening up presents...
Her animals that she plays with on an hourly basis at home;)
She got several books and loves to 'read' them..
Her kitchen has been lots of fun for us to play with. She makes us lots of different fun things to eat;) As well as a place to play with her animals on it...of course!!
More books! I LOVE that she LOVES books!
Her cousin Aja gave Emma a Dora book with little figures, they have become some of her favorite!
This igloo is great for playing, sleeping, and reading in;)
Daddy with his new "manly apron";)
During Andrew's Christmas break he spent lots of time in our back yard pulling out bushes and making our garden area...it looks great!
A couple days after Christmas we still had everything in our family room...yes a giant mess! Her are her animals all trying to fit on the clock...
She used the clock as her personal little stool for her art masterpieces;) And she is bottomless because this was during our potty training week! As soon as she would get unds put on her she would pee...so for one week she basically ran around with only her shirt on, but if she did this she would go to the potty all by herself or tell me she needed to but the second she was wearing anything she would quit! Thankfully this only lasted a week and since she has been amazing! She always tells me when she needs to go or goes in by herself and then yells when she needs to be wiped! We tried for a few days after she had turned 2 and she had no desire so I just decided to wait...and she was definitely ready this time..she basically did it all by herself! I can't say she is completely trained though...we still make her wear a diaper at night because she always wakes up wet, but during the day she is great! Much more work for mom..since I have to be much more aware of bathrooms where we go but I am so proud of her...she is getting so big so fast! Side note though....she HATES wearing her diaper at night! She tries to talk us out of it every single night telling us that it is "too bumpy"!! The things she says these days are constantly cracking me up!! ;)
