Accomplishments of a 10 month old!

Forgot to add in my last post that as of this weekend Emery said her first word: dada...and kept saying it all.weekend.long! We are practicing mama and lola now so they may be next. She has been kinda saying "hi" but dada came out pretty loud and clear! She also is now "attemping" to feed herself with a spoon. She will take the spoon and put it in her mouth and usually get the food right in! I am so proud of her! She will also try to dip the spoon in the bowl--I just need to hold it for her. She has also learned that she can "feed" the dogs too from her highchair so we usually have a bunch of scavengers hanging around our table at dinnertime. No walking as of yet but she will push her little car around and can stand by herself for a few seconds. Wondering how long it will take for her to make a few steps....

December already...where does the time go????

It's been a little over a month since my last update. Emery is growing into her own little person now with her own likes and dislikes--and she is not scared to let you know! :) Trying to prepare for Christmas and back last year before I had her, I kept telling myself "my kid will not be spoiled" but it is seriously hard to limit the toy buying when there is just so much cute stuff out there! Throw in an awesome sale at Target and I think we have enough stuff for her birthday in February too! Don't tell her but I bought her a super cute Laugh and Learn Farm...err..I mean Santa is bringing her...lol, a Little People Farm House, a wooden push/pull wagon and several other things. I think I am more excited than she will be! The house has been decorated since right after Thanksgiving with the tree up and some presents already wrapped. Anna from Squeezebox Photography came by to snap some 9 month pics/Christmas family pics for us and they came out fantastic. They will be added to our Christmas cards this year for sure.



Here's one sample....

It seems like time just flew by this past month....Thanksgiving was great...especially since it wasn't at my house this year (just too much going on for that!). My mom--aka Grandma B--had it at hers and all the Jones family came out for the big day. Emery got to wear her "My family is thankful for me" bib and Mommy got to make an extra special cake for cuz Alyssa--love doing that each year!

Here's a pic of cuz Alyssa and Leanna with their birthday cake: And of course, Miss Emme in her bib:

Lots of fun activities planned for the Christmas season....already had her first visit to Santa and it actually went pretty well. Santa came to our neighborhood and we did get some good pics--no smiles though :) She takes Santa very serious! Hahaha! We are going to see Santa again on the 19th and will meet up with some friends: Sam and family and Natalie is coming with her family. Hopefully we can all do a quick lunch afterwards. This past weekend Emery and I made a Santa plate for her to put out cookies for Santa each year. We used her footprint for a design so it will be fun to see how much she goes from this year to next.

That's it for now...will update soon!