Better things to do...

This is just a quick little post about our impatient Emma. She decided (after much biting on her side and pain on my side) that she prefers a bottle to old fashion nursing. I am still able to nurse Emma in the middle of the night. During the day, however, when there are better things to do, Emma prefers to chug-a-lug a bottle and get back to playing. I guess I was just too slow and she had to work too hard.

I cried a lot when I realized what was happening, but I am okay with it now. Not happy. Okay. I am not able to pump enough milk for Emma, so I am having to mix a little bit of formula with her milk, but she has no complaints. She guzzles 5-7 oz in about 5 minutes, pushes her bottle away and demands to be entertained. So even if I am not, Emma seems perfectly content with the way things are now.

Emma is pushing her walker around more and more every day. She is eating all sorts of "big people" food. After gagging and making a production out of rejecting her pureed baby foods, Emma showed us that she prefers to feed herself. Now, I give her cereal, some nasty-horrible-mommy-is-awful pureed baby fruit or veggies and some steamed, cubed whole fruits or veggies and puffs that Emma can pick up and eat by herself.

We are looking forward to Thanksgiving and all the fun foods Emma will get to try. She had some Vanilla Wafers last night and daintily nibbled them with her tiny teeth before gumming them to a nasty paste. It is amazing to think that she was snug in my tummy this time last year, and now she is playing games, chewing cookies and cruising around with her walker. She is truly the most amazing thing in the world!

How could I forget?!

Emma is trying to talk. she was saying 'ba ba" the other day, so i tried teaching her "ma ma". She loves to say "ma ma' now, but she has no idea what it means. She calls all of her toys ma ma. Now, when she's upset or angry, she yells out "MA MA". I figure if I keep acknowledging her when she says it, she'll figure out ma ma is not an all purpose word. She has also amended it recently to "mom mom" She is a silly one! I love to hear her trying to say words now!

Our Little Lamb

We went to our first seasonal party as a family. A Halloween party! Fun times. Emma was a lamb, and Paul and I were sheep farmers. Emma did very well and only fussed a couple of times. We got all dressed up again on Saturday to hand out candy, but we had no trick-or-treaters! Oh well. More candy for us! Emma and I danced to Halloween songs... until she threw up... oops!

We went to Phoenix to visit Sam and Larry and go to a friend's graduation. The highlight of the trip was going to the zoo. Emma loved the aquarium. She loved it so much she slept through most of the rest. Emma showed off her army crawl and her awesome set of lungs. She sure loves to hear herself yell!

Emma is army crawling a lot, crawling a little and standing all the time. She even uses her walker to walk around a little. She would do that all day long if she could. We had a doctor's appointment today, because Emma's eye has been bothering her. She apparently has a blocked tear duct. No big deal. I just have to massage it.

This week, Emma and I are on our own while Paul is in Phoenix. The upside is that Paul will be home shortly before Thanksgiving! Time is flying by! I can't type much more. Emma is in my lap and very unhappy that I am blogging and not playing with her. I will post more updates after next week's dinner and BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING! I am sooooooo excited that Sam will be here to go. It will be fun times for the girls... but not for Emma. She gets to hang out with Daddy and Larry! They will have their own fun!