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Potty Training Memories

From March/April 07

UMBRELLA! ELLA!! ELLA!


It seems so long ago!!

Our Little Lady Turns 1

Emma had a great turn out to her first birthday party. We had an amazing time with family and friends, great BBQ thanks to Daddy and of course lots of gifts. This has been such an amazing year for our family. Thank you to all of our friends who have shared in it with us.

Happy Birthday Emma

I can't believe our little Emma is a whole year old already!!!! She has grown and changed so much in this short time. Here are a few little tidbits about the youngest little Vigil.

* Emma walks! She started at around 11 1/2 months and looks simply adorable wobbling around the house.

* She has 6 teeth- 4 top and 2 bottom

* Emma's vocabulary consists of mama, dada and shaking her head no.

* She's an eater! (see weight below) Emma loves potatoes, egg, grapes, cheerios, chicken and chicken soup.

* We finally got this little one to sleep in her room. YAY!

* Emma loves books, especially touch n feel books and any book that makes noises.

* Emma loves loves loves to follow Madison around and do everything she does. I'm sure this will get on Madison's nerves soon but for now she loves it.


Here are my big girls one year stats:

weight: 25 lbs 2 oz (90th percentile)
height: 30 inches (75th percentile)

I completly blanked on her head measurement but I do remember it being in the 90th percentile. All in all my girl is healthy as can be. She had four vaccinations, which are never fun but she did well.

Tiny Tot Nature Spot- The River Bank

We had a busy weekend. These are from our trip to the zoo's Tiny Tot Nature Spot. The girls have a blast at the river bank or mini-beach as Madison calls it. Basically, an area for young kids to splash in and play with sand.

Fiesta Time in San Antonio

We had a great time at The Battle of Flowers Parade this weekend. It's an annual tradition here in San Antonio, along with the night parade, carnival, a variety of fairs, mexican food and mariachis. It had been a while since I attended any of the festivities but this year I took Madison and her friend Molly. This was Madison's first time going. Since the crowds tend to get big I was nervous to take Emma but we will make sure to take her next year.

It's getting close!!

Announcement by Little Bird Designs

Emma Walks

On April 16 my little chubby lovey decided to take her first steps at 11 months. She was so proud of herself and so were we.

Madisonisms

This past week I had two days off work thanks to the end of tax season. One of those days I decided to try braiding Madison's hair for the first time. She kept complaining that I was pulling on it and kept wiggling around. Well, I told her what my mom always told me, "You want to look pretty? Well, sometimes beauty hurts!" That seemed to calm her down a bit. The next morning we were getting ready for the dentist and she had a painful look on her face. I asked what was wrong and this is what she came up with, " Oh Mommy, I'm so pretty it hurts!" I just about died laughing at her interpretation of my comment.

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Easter 2009

One step here, one step there.....

That's right! Emma started taking her first steps this weekend. A little step here and there, nothing major but I just know that any day now she'll let go and start walking. THEN, the real fun begins. She is so cute about it. She'll be sitting on the floor then gets up on her own, looks around to see if anyone is looking, then if she thinks no one is watching she'll take one or two steps then sit back down. She's such a cutie pie!! If we make a big deal about it she'll get a great big smile on her face and starts to clap so hard that she falls back.

I can't believe this time is here already. Seems like just yesterday I was waiting for her to pick her head up on her own. Now she's almost walking. WOW!

The Dutchman

Madison just finished her second season of soccer with the Dutchman!! (Not sure what a Dutchman is really.) She was very excited about her trophy and the spinning soccer ball on it.

The whole team


With her BFF, Molly


As we walked to the car after the last game she asked, "Does this mean I'm good?" Of course I answered yes. Is she the star of the team? Well, maybe not. Madison is just too girly for soccer, yes you can blame me. She skips around the field, runs on her tippy toes and cries an average of three times per game. She did make a goal this season, an improvement from last season, and tries every week. That is all I can ask from a 4 year old. She loves her teammates and looks forward to Saturday morning games.

Since this is an indoor year round league, we'll start another season in two weeks. Maybe next season she'll score 2 goals. Baby steps people!

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The Poopy Dog

Ever since Madison saw her cousin's Littlest Pet Shop last November she has become quite obcessed with those cute little pets. She received her own pet shop from Santa and from then on, the weekly trips to Target began. Madison gets a pet each week if she behaves every day. One hour of naughtiness = no pet for the week. Yes, we know this is bribing but it works!!! She spends hours on end making her pets talk and creating little personalities for them. The latest addition is her "Poopy Dog". Her Daddy actually picked him out- go figure!



Why Hasbro would include fake plastic poop as an accesory is beyond me. Next on her list is the skunk, it comes with a trash can which is now needed for the poop.

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Spring Portraits

I don't know about this crate but she looks adorable!!

Teeth Teeth Teeth!!!

My little late teether finally got 2 more teeth in this weekend. Emma's teeth seem to come in pairs. She now has a total of four, two up top and two bottom teeth. Thankfully Emma is a good teether. She's fussy for a day then she's fine. Well,so far, we'll see how it goes once her molars come in.

In other news, Emma came down with her second round of croup this week. My poor girl, she looks so pitiful when she's sick. She's not her usual cheerful little self. Her eyes get all droopy and just wants to be held all day.

The Vigil Girls

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Mom, Emma is looking at me!!

This morning as I was dropping the girls off at my aunt's all I could hear was Madison yelling at Emma, "Stop looking at me! You're creeping me out Emma! Mom, Emma is looking at me! She's not giving me privacy"

It just so happens that I read a friend's blog yesterday describing a very similar car ride with her two girls.

Now, I expected this to happen eventually but not so soon. Let the bickering begin!!

9 Months

9 months ago Emma was 6 days old!! Time sure does fly. Our little chunk is all over the place these days. She loves exploring her sister's room, under the dining room table but her favorite room of all is the bathroom, go figure! I think it may be the monkey's on the shower curtains. Her vocabulary is limited to hi, bye, dada and ma. Oh, and high pitched screaming, of course!

My girl loves to eat. She loves just about anything we have her try but her favorite has to be grandma's chicken and star soup. Cheerios are must have snack in our house these days. Emma is not a fan of jarred food so we must either share our food or prepare her food from scratch. She weighed a whopping 21 lbs 13 oz at her appointment this past week. Only 10 lbs lighter than her 4 year old sister. She was also 27 inches long.

Emma has the best smile in the world. Her whole face lights up when she sees Mommy after a long day at work or when you play peek-a-boo with her. She loves weird grunting noises. They make her laugh.


This month we look forward to her first Valentine's Day and maybe even a first step. We shall see, she is getting pretty close.

January- A Month For Firsts

Emma reached three important milestones this month. Early in the new year she started waving hi. She looks so cute doing it especially now that she knows she'll get a reaction from you.



She also got her first tooth. It was a painful little sucker but now its out. Funny thing is Madison get her first tooth around 8 months too.


Finally, today Sam called me at work to let me know that Emma said her first word- Dada. Again, the same first word as her sister. What is it with these girls not saying mama first?

And She's Off....

Crawling that is! Emma is mobile and just loves exploring the house. Here is a video of her crawling

Madison turns 4

I will write up a full blog later but for now here are pictures from her birthday party!!