Happy Halloween!

Adeline and Charlotte were princesses.

Charlotte was a ghost.

Carving pumpkins.  Charlotte wasn't a very big fan of all the goop.

Emerson, on the other hand...

... thought it was delicious.  Yum.

Voting

Today is election day.  Addie's class is having a cookie election.  When I picked her up from school yesterday she showed me her "campaign poster."  She is voting for M&M cookies because: they are crunchy, they have choklat (chocolate), and they are culrful (colorful).  The other choices are chocolate chip cookies, or Oreo cookies.  Today the whole class is voting for the cookie they want and tomorrow they will get to eat the cookie that wins.

On the way home from school we discussed the presidential election.  Addie said it would be good if Obama and Romney could both be president because they both have good ideas.  She also told me that you have to be 35 to run for president, so in 4 years I can be president.  I asked her if she would vote for me and she told me no "because I won't be 18 so I won't be able to vote yet."  Then Charlotte chimed in and said, "but when I turn 18 I'll vote for you mom!"

.... orange you glad I didn't say banana?

Knock knock...
Who's there?
Banana!
Banana who?

Knock knock!
Who's there?
Banana!
Banana who?


Knock knock!
Who's there?
Banana!
Banana who?


Knock knock!
Who's there?
Banana!
*sigh* Banana who?


Knock knock!
Who's there?
Banana!
Banana who?

If you know the joke, you know that on round 3 or 4 it should switch to "orange."  Charlotte still doesn't quite get knock knock jokes, but she thinks this one is hilarious.  The problem is, it's not the punchline that she thinks is funny, its the repetitive banana that gets her giggling.  I tried to explain it and then she came up with this one on her own.

Knock knock...
Who's there?
Pear!
Pear who?
Pear and banana!

Emmy at 9 months

She's a girl on the go, and don't try to stop her!  On Sunday, Emmy celebrated turning 9 months old by walking across our Sunday School classroom.  Most of the time she manages a wobbly 7 or 8 steps before she topples over, but she is bound and determined to figure it out.  Her favorite things to do right now are pull wipes out of the container, chase after the dog and cats, and play with mom's necklace. 

She's not quite the food connoisseur that she was last month.  She won't eat anything and everything that you offer to her anymore.  She much prefers to feed herself now, which means that she is getting a bath every night.  I'm not sure if she still has a taste for dog food, we've been doing a good job of keeping it out of her reach.

Emerson at 8 months

What can I say?  This girl just makes me smile.  She has such a sweet personality and goes along with whatever is happening around her.  Pretty much the only time you will hear her cry is when she is hungry.  Emmy loves her food!  It doesn't matter what it is, she loves it all.  And I think she must have a second stomach because I'm not sure where she puts it all.  For example, this morning she ate an entire banana, then drank 4 ounces of formula.  She seemed content, so I made myself some oatmeal.  As soon as I sat down to eat she saw the bowl and got excited.  She makes a funny coughing sound when she wants food and if you don't respond to the coughing then she starts crying.  So she crawled over to me, pulled herself up on my leg, and started coughing.  She then proceeded to eat half my oatmeal. 

Emerson's favorite food, though, is dog food.  If you put her on the ground near the kitchen she will immediatly crawl as fast as she can towards the dog bowl.  All 3 of the girls have eaten pet food at one point or another, but with Addie and Charlotte they were content with just one taste.  Not Emmy.  This must be chocolate flavored dog food or something.

She pulls herself up and cruises along furniture.  She can even walk with holding onto just one hand.  Charlotte loves to "dance" with Emmy.  This consists of Charlotte holding onto Emmy's hands and making Emmy walk in cirlces until she falls down.  Emerson loves her sisters!  She gets so happy to see them in the afternoon and is so content to sit in the toyroom and watch them play. 

Chompers

Our family is getting lots of new teeth this week.  Emerson is getting her two front bottom teeth.  They are both coming in at the same time.  This is a first for our family.  Addie got her first tooth when she was 9 months old, it was one of her bottom front teeth, but the matching pair didn't come in until she was well over a year old and had many other teeth.  Charlotte was almost 10 months old and her first tooth was an upper lateral (usually don't come in until 6 other teeth have popped through).  Anyway, so far she seems to be sticking to the standard eruption pattern. 

Adeline is also getting some new teeth.  About a week ago she was complaining that her teeth hurt.  When I checked, I found that they were slightly wiggly!  A few days ago I checked to see if they were getting any wigglier.  They aren't, but I did notice that her two permanent teeth are starting to peek out behind her baby teeth.  Her mission is now to wiggle those two bottom teeth as much as she possibly can so that she can get them out before we have to get them pulled by the dentist.  I don't have high hopes for them, though, they are barely wiggly and she doesn't seem interested in wiggling them.

Goodnight

I know these aren't frame-quality pictures, but the girls' sleeping choices made me laugh tonight.  Adeline did not want to sleep in her room tonight.  Sean gave her the choice of sleeping in her room, or in the pack-and-play.  She chose the pack-and-play.  Good thing she is flexible, she barely fits in it.

Emerson with one foot out of her crib slats.  Every night she either has an arm or leg sticking out.

Charlotte having an "animal party."  She has every single stuffed animal that we own on the floor of her room.  She is sleeping on top of the pile.  It looks a bit lumpy, but she thinks it is comfortable.  

Emerson at 6 months

Weight:  14 lbs  13 oz  (18%)

Height:  27 in  (79%)

She has been an expert crawler for a few weeks now.  She officially started crawling on Father's Day (June 17th) when she was 5.5 months old.  She love standing and can pull herself up, but she prefers if someone supports her a bit (like her sister above).  She is such a happy baby and will gladly go to anyone who smiles at her.  Given the choice, though, she would rather be held by Mom.  She loves eating and will try any food that we offer.  She especially loves to feed herself finger foods.  It is so much fun to see her learn and grow.