Week 50 ~ Random Pictures of the Week

This week was the first time Emma started to sleep in her own room. Until now, we had her sleeping in our room in her pack-n-play next to our bed. I wanted to wait until she slept thru the night and wanted to keep her with us until she was close to a year old. She's already going to lose out on some of the attention when her little brother or sister is born the last week of October or first week of November. Yes, for those of you who don't know yet, I am pregnant. I am going on 14 weeks now.

Emma only gave us a hard time the first night she slept in her room. I had to constantly lay her down. She would get up and cry and then I had to do it all over again. The next night she just played with her pacifier and then went to bed on her own like all the other nights. There were a few nights where she woke up briefly but went back to bed. She is a good girl. We can't believe how much she has grown already. Next month, she will be a year old!!

"Mommy...Daddy...what are you guys doing? How come I'm sleeping in her all by myself? Did I do something wrong? I don't want to be a big girl yet. See...I'm sucking on my pacifier. I'm still a baby. (Emma really doesn't suck on the pacifier. She likes to play with it more now.)

"Okay, fine. I'll sleep here. I'm going to give you a hard time tomorrow though."

I watched Emma's friend, Nicholas, for a few hours while his Mommy went to work. The two of them are about a week apart. It's fun watching the two of them grow up. Nicholas is more advanced on the physical side. He started crawling and walking before Emma. Emma is more advanced on the understanding and talking side. It's so cute watching the two of them play. They have so much fun.

"Hey Nick...did you get a boo boo on your head?"

"You should keep both hands on the handles. You might fall and bump your head."

"Oh yeah, I forgot. You can walk around on your own so you really don't need to hold onto anything. I still need to hold onto something."

The other night, we ate some watermelon. Emma LOVES all food especially whatever we eat. She never really liked baby food too much. Anyway, Song gave her a piece of the red part of the watermelon and she just squeezed it. So, I gave her a whole slice with the white/green part. She held it in her hand and took little bits from it. She had the juices all down her chin, chest and arms, but she loved it. We tried to take it away from her and she started crying.

"Yummy..."

"This stuff is so good."

"Do you eat the white part too?"

Pretty in Pink. My mom just bought Emma a few new summer outfits. Emma finally has enough hair to put back in a head band. She looked so cute.

"What are you guys doing to me? I just woke up and you're playing dress up with me?"

"It's okay. I love to play dress up."

"Look at what Mommy taught me how to do. I'm making a heart with my arms and hands to tell everyone, I Love You!"

"I also know how to blow kisses too!"

Week 49 ~ Playdate in MD

It's been a while since Emma got to play with her Maryland friends, so we went to visit them. She went over to Unjoo's house in Clarksburg, MD. Emma got to play with Kayla and Tyler. Kayla is a few years older than Tyler and Emma. Tyler just turned one in January so he's only a few months older than Emma.

The girls played well with each other. Tyler, on the other hand, was a bit more shy. He would come and see what the girls were doing and then run away.

" Mommy, this pearl necklace is cold around my neck."

"Hi. I'm Tyler. I just woke up from my short nap, so don't bother me."

"It was Kayla's 4th birthday! Happy Birthday!"

"This bottle is broken. Nothing is coming out."

Last photo before we said goodbye. The kids were more into eating cheese crackers.

Playing Outside

We've had a few really nice, warm days the past couple of weeks, so Emma finally got to play outside. She loves it. I'm sure she can't wait until she can walk and run all over the place. Emma loves it when Song throws her up in the air and catches her. We think she is going to love roller coasters. Anyway, I put her in the swing at our little tot lot in front of our house and she absolutely loved it. She doesn't really laugh out-loud that much but she did when she was in the swing.

Emma has also been a little bored with her toys lately, so my mom wanted to buy her a new one. We went to Toys R Us but we couldn't find anything to buy her. I think Emma is in that awkward stage with toys. The toys seem to be either too young for her or too old. We were in the bike area and we came across this little push car. My mom put her in there to take her for a test drive and she LOVED it. She didn't want to come out, so we ended up getting it for her. It is great for walks too.

"I'm so excited to try this swing out. I've never been in this before."

"Ah, what's so fun about this. All you do is sit here? I'm bored."

"Oh, I have to hold on first? Okay, I'm ready."

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!! This is so much fun! I love it!!"

"My hat is going to fall off but I don't care. Push me again, Mommy. Higher."

"There goes the hat."

"Time to go for a nice drive in my new car. Look, it even has cruise control. My cruise control is called...Grandma."

"Too bad it's only had one seat. You can ride in the trunk if you want. It's in the front."

"Aw...time to go inside already? What a bummer?"

Week 44 ~ Playdate with the James Girls

My best friend since 2nd grade, her 3 girls and her mom, whom I call my 2nd mom, came over to spend the day with us. We went to a Korean buffet for lunch and then we hung out at our house. Emma is the youngest of the group but they all had fun playing with each other.

"Grandma Norma and Jenna are squeezing me."

"This would have been a better picture if we didn't squeeze Jenna out of it."

"Jenna, are you sure you can hold me? Why don't you put me down now?"

"Jenna...you have long legs. When are my legs going to be that long?"

"Jenna and Julie liked my ball pit. I like it too. Let me jump in there now."

"Jessie was acting suspicious over there by my pack-n-play. I wonder what she was doing."