Week 23 ~ Trick or Treat!

Today, Emma went to her 1st Halloween Party. We went over to one of my friend's house since they LOVE Halloween. The Lalli Family go all out with their decorations. It was like Christmas decorations but spooky. We had a fun time. All the kids looked so cute in their costumes.

"I can't wait to go to my 1st Halloween Party! What time are we leaving?"

"Look how excited I am!!!"

"Are we going yet? My teeth are going to come in by the time we leave, it's taking so long. I can't wait any longer."

The past few weeks, Emma has been sucking on her lips. She has been drooling all over the place and she also loves to bite on her bottle nipple and pacifier. I think she is going to get her teeth soon.

Here we go...the Halloween Parade begins...except the babies can't walk yet.

"Nicholas started the parade off in his cute little bat suit. They're going to make the next Batman 5 movie after him. He gives another meaning to the term ~ batboy."

"Here I come to join in on the parade. I'm a little Ladybug. I don't really like my antennas though. They look like candy canes. It's okay though. Do you see my little wings?"

"Uh-oh ~ it's the attack of the Ladybugs! Ladybugs, Emma and Sydney, are attacking Batboy from both sides. I think he's going to need some help."

"Lobster Isabella has come to his rescue!!"

Lobster Isabella: "Batboy Nicholas, I'm hear to rescue you. Ladybug Emma, I'm going to claw you."

Ladybug Emma: "I'm so scared. Look at the big claws and eyeballs popping out!!"

Batboy Nicholas: "This is embarrassing. I'm being saved by a lobster who is also a girl! I think I better stick to my day job of being a cute baby boy."

Ladybug Sydney: "I'm not afraid! I'm going to come up with another idea. Let me think."

Ladybug Sydney: "I'm scared too now. I wanna go home."

Batboy Nicholas: "It's okay. We're just playing."

Ladybug Emma: "Okay, my headpiece is turning around now. Can we take the costumes off now?"

Lobster Isabella: "Oh my gosh, is Mommy going to put in my that big pot of boiling water? Doesn't she know this is just a costume? I'm not a real lobster."

"Look at my scary pose. Am I scaring you?" (Click on the picture to see the scary face.)

"I think I'd rather be a cute Ladybug than a scary one."

"Look at this face. I can't be scary."

"Mommy, I don't think this costume leaves enough room for my face."

"Hmmm...I don't know if I care too much for lobster claw right now."

"Whoa, I have 4 eyes! 2 of them are looking at me too!"

The decorations at the Lalli House

The Halloween Trees & the Witch

Little Spooky Village

Creepy, Crawly Black Spider

The Skeleton that Guards the Front Door

Coffee Table with a Head

Swimsuit Fashion Show

During the summer, I bought Emma a one piece swimsuit and she received a bikini swimsuit from one of my co-workers as a baby shower gift. Well, the summer came and went and I never got a chance to take Emma swimming. We were hoping to take her to Florida when she was 2 months old to celebrate our one year anniversary but Emma was too young. Well, this Thursday, we are finally leaving to go to Orlando, FL for a 4 day 3 night long weekend, so I pulled out her swimsuits and had a mini fashion show. As you can see, the tropical print suit barely fits her. It's 0-3 months. Emma is going on 5 months now.

"Look at me, I can't walk down the catwalk yet but I can stand."

"The hat barely fits too."

"Mommy, make sure you pack the sunscreen for me too. I don't want my pale skin to burn."

"Uh-oh, I think this swimsuit is starting to give me a wedgie. Is that possible? I have my diaper on. Okay...next swimsuit."

"I don't know if I like this one. Look at my big belly."

"Mommy...Grandma Paik...I don't want to sit. It's making my belly look huge. Please stand me up."

"Well, my belly looks thinner but why does my bottom look so big? It's not me...it's the swimsuit bottom. I thinks it's a little big."

"Forget it...I'm just going to wear the matching sun hoodie to cover up."

Week 20 ~ Emma and her Golden Pig

One day, my mom and a couple of her friends decided to drop by to see Emma before their bowling league. We don't take Emma to the bowling alley to visit them because of all the smoke. Anyway, they had a few hours to burn so they decided to play Go-Stop (a popular Korean card game). Emma watched them play. She was hoping that the winner would feed her Golden Piggy Bank. We got the piggy bank for her when we were up in NJ.

"Oooh...look at all the cards. The sound they make is pretty cool too."

"What is a godori? I guess it's when one person gets 3 cards with birds on them. I don't know. All I know is that Grandma Paik was happy when she got them."

"Looks like the game is getting pretty intense. Let me suck on my fingers to calm down since I can't bite my nails. No teeth yet."

"Please feed my new piggy."

"Thank you very much! Come again."

Emma Rolls Over!!

On September 28, 2007 at 10:15 am ~ Emma rolled over for the 1st time!! Congratulations Emma!! For the past couple weeks, Emma has been trying to roll over but hasn't been successful. Finally, after a few days off from trying, she made it!! Now, every time I lay her on the floor, she rolls over or at least tries.