Emmerson 10 Months

On Sunday Emmerson was 10 months.  Her arm is doing great and she is walking quite a bit but not too fast.  She still only has one tooth but I think she might be getting another one.  She loves her brother so much.  The first thing she does when she wakes up is try to go wake Ollie up... it is so cute :)  She is really into playing with cars and will push them on the floor.  She totally learned that from Ollie because he plays with cars all the time and she is always trying to take them from him.  She is nursing 3 times a day and will not eat baby food but does a pretty good job at eating table food.  She is signing "all done" and "more" but I don't know if she always knows what they mean :)  She usually takes 2 good naps and lately has been doing a better job of sleeping all night.  She is still wearing 6 to 12 month clothes, such a petite little girl.  She is so dramatic when she is mad or sad.  When she gets mad she puts her head between her legs and cries.  The other day she did that when she was in the tub and she came up coughing... I just had to laugh... she hasn't done it since!  She loves taking baths!  I have been horrible at taking pictures lately...

All ready for her friend's birthday party!

Playing while Grandma M was here helping me paint.

She is such a sweet little girl.  In two months you will be 1 Emmie!  Love you Baby Girl!

Easter 2013

We had a wonderful Easter, celebrating Saturday at my aunt and uncles, and Sunday after church at my parents.  Andrew didn't feel well all weekend but was a trooper and came along.  Ollie had fun dying eyes and finding eggs with his cousins...

We love spending time with family and are so thankful that Jesus not only died for our sins, but he arose from the grave!

Kiddo Update

Things have been a little crazy around here for Emmerson.  Last Sunday ( March 24th ) Emmerson got sick (sick to her stomach sick) and she fell of a chair and landed on her arm.  She just laid on me and slept all day on Monday.  In the evening she started feeling a little better and when I set her down to crawl she couldn't.  At first I thought maybe it was just because her arms were weak but then I noticed it was just the arm she fell on that she couldn't put pressure on.  We kept an eye on it and she never would crawl, not even Tuesday morning.  So Tuesday morning we went in and got her arm x-rayed and found out she has what they call a green stick fracture in her arm bone up by her shoulder.  Poor girl!  We are so thankful she didn't have to get a cast!  He said when she is ready to use it she will, and she already is!  We just need to make sure she doesn't fall on it again.  He said it will probably be around 3 weeks until it is really healed.  To top it off she got her first tooth on Monday and that wasn't too fun for either of us :)  But the exciting thing is that she took her first steps during MOPS today!  I was soooo bummed that I didn't get to see it but she did take  a couple for me after I picked her up from the nursery.  It will be so nice for her to walk outside this spring instead of crawling all over.  So yes,  a lot of changes for Emmerson lately.  In 9 days she will be 10 months!

Her 1st ponytail!

Oliver hasn't been quite so eventful which is a good thing I guess :)  He is really loving both Cars movies right now and knows all the characters names.  He asks all the time to watch Cars videos on YouTube.  He loves getting all his cars out and plays so well with them.  I pointed to my pinky the other day and asked him if he knew what it was called... he said, "Lightening McQueen"!  And my thumb was Holly Shiftwell ( the purple car from Cars 2 ) Silly boy :)  He is also obsessed with Thomas.  He chooses his Thomas book to read ALL the time and always asks to go to his cousin Jakes house to play with his train set.  He will probably be getting one for his birthday!  His latest phrase is, "Follow me," and gets mad if you don't!  He still LOVES to cuddle, run, and jump.  He is such a sweet little boy.

9 Month Pictures

Here some of the pictures we took at Emmerson's 9 month photo shoot :)

This last picture is how she smiles a lot.  I love it!  Such a sweetie :)

Emmerson 9 Months

Yesterday Emmerson was 9 months.  She is quite the cute little stinker.  She is still getting into everything and still loves going up the stairs.  She can't go back down them yet so she just paws at the top until I come and help her down.  A couple times she has leaned over a little too far and rolled down.  Good thing they are short stairs!  Her new thing is walking behind things but gets mad when she runs into something and can't go anymore.  She still loves music and dancing.  Her newest dance moves are bouncing from her butt to one knee and shaking her head :)  We took her to the Dr. a little before 9 months to talk about allergies and they didn't seem concerned.  I think a lot of it was just chapped mouth and sensitive skin because she is eating a variety of foods now and seems ok!  SO thankful!  She actually decided she likes some baby foods but always begs to eat what we are eating.  I just started stretching her feedings to every 4 hours. She likes drinking out of her sippy cup and bottle on her own and does a good job tipping her head back. Anyway, at her appointment she weighed 17 lbs and was 29 inches long.  She was 30 something percentile for weight and 90 something for height.  Much easier to carry around than Ollie :) She usually takes two good naps and sleeps around 12 hours at night with a feeding or two in there.  She loves playing what Ollie is playing and he doesn't always like that.  We are working on sharing a lot!  She is a very good baby and we love her sweet scrunched up nose smile!  We love you baby girl!

Snow Days

We love it when Dad gets to stay home on snow days...

She loved being out in the snow!
 

They built a tunnel.

A lesson in the snow :)

Sounds like we might be getting more snow!

Des Moines

On our long President's Day weekend, we drove up to Des Moines to celebrate Dad Wiese's birthday.  Saturday night, after we got there, we ate at Bang Bang which is a mongolian grill where you get to add your own ingredients.  After a delicious dinner we went back to the hotel and waited in the lobby for Dad, Mom, and Anna to get there.  As Dad walked in the kids held up signs that read:  Happy 65 Birthday Grandpa Bob....

Surprise!....

Walking into the Lobby

Ollie holding his sign.

Doing a good job Buddy.

She thought something was funny :)

Then it was time for presents...

Ollie and Grandpa with the picture he painted him.

And Emmerson too.

Cake time...

All the Grandkids.

It was filled with fireballs,  one of his favorites, and it says "growing old sucks" :)

All the kids that could make it.

On Sunday morning we went to Anna's church and then the boys went and played disc golf during nap time.  After nap time Ollie finally got to go in the pool.  He was freezing at first but finally warmed up and loved it!

Thanks for taking him Daddy!

After swimming we headed over to Incredible Pizza to eat and play games....

He loved driving the car by himself.

Sweet girl sat in her stroller the whole time.

Playing basketball.

He loved the motorcycle.

Emmie on the carousel.

Ollie loved picking out his prizes and was ready for bed by the time we left :)
Monday morning the Wiese kids got to share memories they had of Dad from when they were little.  It was fun quality time together.  One last pic of the kids with Grandma and Grandpa before we left...

After we checked out of the hotel we did a little shopping and headed home.  It was such a fun weekend with family.  We feel so blessed with awesome family and hopefully many more years with Dad Wiese!  Thanks for all you do, all your wisdom, and your love, Dad!  We love you!