Another day at the Children's Museum

We headed back to the Louisiana Children's Museum this afternoon for some fun in the air conditioning! Check out Matt's post about our adventures!

But I do have to share my favorite picture with you. Emma LOVES to give kisses!

Crazy haired girl!

Just thought some of you might be interested in Emma's new developments these days...

*Emma is very vocal these days. Her language is developing so quickly and it's amazing to hear new words almost daily! Here are the words she can say right now: mama, dada, kitty "iddy", DJ "eyay", uh oh, pat "pa", milk "mi", hello "eyo", hey "ey", bye bye "ba ba", ball, baby, night night "ni ni", no, and mine "my". She also goes around saying "die" all day long and we can't for the life of us figure out what that means. Haha! Emma can also imitate sounds, such as animals sounds, if we say them to her.

*Emma's signing has also progressed. She can sign all done, milk, thank you, please, more, cat, baby (her favorite), and shoes (another favorite). She will also imitate some animals signs if I do them (monkey, elephant, dog).

*Emma is officially a two legged baby now. She walks all the time and would run if she could figure out how!

*Emma loves to be outside and would stay outside all day if we let her. She gets bored very quickly if we are inside, either at home or at work. She bangs on the doors all the time to tell us she wants to go outside. She loves to ride the riding toys at work, swing, play in the sandbox and in the pool.

*Emma will now follow directions (I know this stage won't last long!). If we tell her to sit down, stand up, lay down, go get an object, find an object, etc. she will do it. So cute!

*Emma is a climber. She loves to climb on anything she can. She is proficient at climbing up slides and climbing on tables!

*Another tidbit...Emma and I have been going to Itsy Bitsy Yoga classes this summer and she is such a yoga baby! The instructer was way impressed today because Emma did ALL of the poses (some with my help and some on her own!). It is so precious and we have a blast doing it!

And just for good measure, I'll leave you with a picture of my "crazy haired girl" after we took her two pigtails out yesterday (sorry I don't have a before picture).

Emma's first taste of jambalaya

Emma enjoyed her first taste of jambalaya and cornbread tonight.
She is also working on mastering feeding herself with the spoon. Fun stuff!

Happy 4th of July!

We were all hot and bothered after a couple hours in the heat today! But we did enjoy some blue snoballs!

Children's Museum

Here in New Orleans, we have the pleasure of having an awesome Children's Museum. Since we were down a few kids at work today, we decided to pack up our 4 toddlers, and 5 year old and head down to the museum. We hung out in the fabulous toddler play room the entire time and were just thankful to be in the air conditioning (since it was 100 degrees outside!).

Oh, and please don't judge my child's crazy hair. I was trying to keep it out of her eyes, but obviously that didn't work!

We've got a walker

Emma started taking steps last week and now can walk a good distance. Crawling is still her preferred mode of getting around (because it's quicker), but it won't be long before she is a full-time walker.

Fun in the Sun!

*WARNING: Picture overload*

These first photos are from Emma's cousin Will's 2nd Birthday Party at Lake Murray. We all enjoyed the sun, sand, and celebrating two cutie pie 2 year old's birthdays!

The birthday kids--Will and his cousin Katelyn. So cute!

Loving the lake!

Hanging out with Daddy

Yeehaw!

Loving the swing!

I can stand up and clap my hands at the same time!

And here are a few pictures of Emma in her new water table (which we kept the legs off of so she could just sit in it).

Happy Birthday Emma!

We have been busy celebrating Emma's birthday since Thursday. We had a little party at work on Thursday (check out Matt's blog for pictures of that) and had a party in South Carolina with family and friends yesterday. We have been having lots of fun and here are the pictures to show it! I'll post videos of the cake smashing soon!