talking back to the computer

computer: press a button.

emma: just a sec

------(30 seconds later)------

comp: press a button.

em: just a second.

------(30 seconds later)------

comp: press a button.

em: just a SECOND, i said.

------(30 seconds later)------

comp: press a button.

em: JUST A SECOND!

 ------(30 seconds later)------

comp: press a button.

em: mom, will you tell my computer i said 'just a second'?? 

Potty mouth

While going to the bathroom:

If she has more than one poop she refers to it as a "whole FAMILY of
poopies!"

Or we've heard "I'm gonna build a tower of poopies up to the ceiling!"

And today, little miss got a square of to stuck in her booty to which
she exclaimed, "hey look! I have a tail!"

cannibalism:just say no

mommy likes to pretend to take bites out of new baby brother. "Emma, he's so cute I could just eat him right up... yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum, yum."

"Mommy, do NOT eat my brother.  I already told you I didn't like you doing that the other day."

thanks, sweets

Mommy, your bottom is too wide for my chair.

potty training favorites

after she hears her pee hit the water she gets really excited and says, "mama, are you SO PROUD of me??"

we're still have her wear a diaper at night (she keeps it dry from 8p to 9a, but still it's worth the 10 cents to not have a mess to clean up in the morning just in case), so she gets really excited when she gets to put panties on after going in the potty.  she started singing me a song, "panty time, panty time.  who doesn't love panty time?"

the other day she was in the bathroom while I was using the loo and she exclaimed, "mama, i'm so proud of you!" I replied, "Why sweetie?"  "Because you kept your panties dry!"

say what??

so emma and i only kiss on the cheek  and she was REALLY trying to kiss my lips the other day. she was climbing all over me and forcing my head toward hers.  she was all giggly and then got really serious and said "this is gonna get weird".  I BUSTED UP LAUGHING!

They're back!

Emma:  Mom, MOM!! God got them back!  God got them back for you!
Me: God got what back Emma?
Emma:  Your leg whiskers! Hooray!

A message

Hey, mama... I wrote a message.  Let me read it to you. 

(runs across the room to pick up a receipt with a bunch of scribbles on the back to bring it back to show me)

It says...

Dear Daddy,
I love you.  And I love my mommy.
Love,
Emma

(that's a lotta lovin'!)

dreaming

there was a commercial on for lindor truffles and they asked "do you dream in chocolate?"  emma replied, "no, i dream in bed."

ABCs

Emma likes to pretend that she is the teacher and we (her parents) are the students....

Okay... what letter does 'kitty' start with?
     K
Good job!  What letter starts 'doggie'?
     D
Oh, very good!  And what letter starts ROLL-ER-COAST-ER?

nicknames

Grandma Sharbaugh talking to Papa Sharbaugh while doing her hair: Norm, where's my little squirt thing?
Emma from across the room: I'm right here!


Papa Sharbaugh was writing his name with Emma...
"My name is Norman, but my nickname is Norm. You are Emerson, but your nickname is Emma."
"Uh, no. I'm Tooty Magee!"

No hablo espanol

While reading a book with missionary friends on their way to Spain...

Andy: Can you say perro for doggie?
Emma: Doggie.
Andy: No, you say perro in Spanish.
Emma: And you say doggie in not-Spanish.

Brownie points

Mommy, what are you doing?

Putting on makeup.

But you're already pretty.

talkin' smack

While playing soccer with daddy in the living room...

Emma: Um... I need a goal.
John: Well, just shoot between my legs. Use my legs as the goal.
Emma: I'll use your FACE as a goal.....but don't worry. I won't hurt you.

*I seriously wish you could have experienced this live with us and the eruption of laughter thereafter.

first actual joke

*this came about after she had seen a bunch of dogs around our apartment recently--of all sizes.

"What did the big puppy say to the little puppy?....You look like a chewy toy!!"

Packing greivances

Em: I want my doctor stuff.
Me: sorry it's packed.
Em: but I need to protect baby Taylor.
Me: sorry babe you'll have to pretend.
Em: fine. Where's my 'puter? (computer)
Me: all packed.
Em: but I need to check my blog.

perfect

Emerson was playing with her kitchen and making food for a picnic. As she was setting the plates for each person, I overheard the following...

One for mommy...
and daddy...
and emma...
and malachi...
and baby brother.

So thankful that to her Malachi is still a part of this family. Brings tears to her mama's eyes.

Looks

Mama: Emma you're starting to look like your daddy again.
Emma: But he's not that cute though.

adventures in potty training.

emma was explaining to me that she had a "chudgie"... a what!?!?... "a chudgie," pointing to her bottom... lightbulb goes off in momma's head---a wedgie!

spacial awareness

Mommy: Emma, do you want Daddy to buy us a house?
Emma: YES!?!? (drops hands to her waist in defeat)... but it won't fit in the car.

evening service

We had Emerson sit in the evening service with us tonight at church. Toward the end, like every other two-year-old, she started getting a little antsy. I quietly explained to her that there would be one more song, pastor would talk some, then he would pray and we would be all done.

Pastor ended his prayer, "And all God's people said..." to which the congregation responded, "Amen." Emma said nice and loudly, "Amen? Now we can go!"

mom and dad

Mama is my best friend in the WHOLE word... and daddy is my boyfriend.

heat advisory

apparently emma wants to get out of the house today....

"mama, lets go to some GARAGE sales..."

"Sweets, it's too hot to go outside today."

"Well.... what about the LIBRARY??"

ultrasound today

i told emma we need to take an early nap so we can go to mommy's doctor appointment and see the baby this afternoon.... "it growed!?!" yep, sweetie. "and we get to open your belly!!!"... um, no, just see the baby on the TV.

come again?

After picking up my sweet little angel at church, she states, "Mama, CRAPS is fun!"

translation: Crafts are fun.

Can she just stay two forever?

hello (video)

http://punkinponderings.blogspot.com

Signs (video)

uh... what?!?!

When going through a bag of clothes, Emma put a new bra on her head.

Daddy: Emma, is that a hat?
Emma: No, it's mommy's booby thingy.

cartoons

If I have the TV on during the day while Emerson and I are at home and I am watching something that doesn't exactly pique her interest, she will cuddle right up and almost bat her eyes at me while saying, "Mommy, this is not an emma-sized show." (in hopes that I will appease her and change the channel).

this "emma-sized" saying has also translated to other areas (books, games, activities, etc.)

too cute

it's a video. if you get this in email form, go to punkinponderings.blogspot.com to view it.

couple quick pics

I love that for only a VERY brief moment, Emma saw the tubes and equipment which Malachi depended on for his every breath and means of nutrition. She quickly, quickly taught me a lesson in unconditional love. Her love for Malachi never ceased to amaze me. She was proud to be his big sister and to have him as her baby brother.

(pic taken Mother's Day 2010)

Another mother's day pic taken while Miss was posing for pictures on her windowsill. Can you really go wrong with toddler skirts and leggings... I will miss this.

lost in translation

I kissed Emma really hard on the cheek and said "k. Now you give daddy a big smackeroo!". She turned and hit him as hard as she could on his back! Guess I needed to be clearer.

nicknames

Emma just "passed gas" and said with a smile, "I Tooty Magee"

a sponge

Emma will pick up her imaginary camera, bring it to her face, and state "Everybody say 'Awkward'."

John and I had no clue where she had gotten that from, UNTIL we saw the new progressive insurance commercial.

Emma's Songs

Zacchaeus Was a Wee Little Man (who climbed up in the SACKamore tree)
Give Me That Old Time "Wiggin" (it's good enough for me, yes SIR)
ABCs (normal way and Super Why/Alpha Pig way)
Jesus Loves Me
I'm in the Lord's Army (she actually sings the words infantry, calvary, artillery)
If You're Happy and You Know It
Deep and Wide
Mary Had A Little Lamb
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Hey, Diddle, Diddle
Head and Shoulder, Knees and Toes
... and others.


Emma asked if we could sing the "Allie" song. I was confused..."You know, mom. The B-I-B-Allie" :)

what? when?

We go on "bacation" "lasterday".

PBS viewers like you.

This morning I told Emma that she could get her shoes on

her reply: "oh, thank you mama... thank you for supporting me"

animal sounds

doing animal sounds with emma...

me: i'm a snake! sssssssss....

emma: i'm a fish! fff----shhhhh....

CHEESE!!!

dreaming?

This morning at around 5:00 a.m. John woke up to find Emerson sitting on the floor near my side of the bed. Her head was down. Creepy. John asked, "Emma, what are you doing and how long have you been sitting there?" She slowly stood to her feet and just started at us. Even creepier! Wanting to verify that it wasn't some creepy demon, I asked, "Are you really Emma?" (She said something in reply, but John and I were too out of it to remember exactly what it was.) Then, she crawled up into bed with me for the next couple hours.

When John's alarm went off for him to get up and get ready for work, Emma stated matter-of-factly, "I need to get my socks and shoes on." John said, "Um, why do you need your socks and shoes?" Emma's response: "So we can go get tacos."

Random.

pay the bills (part II)

John ran our rent check to the apartment office. Emma didn't realize he had left. She was running around our home "Where'd daddy go??" I replied, "He went to go pay the bills." Without skipping a beat, "Oh, he go to work."

Close, Emma. Close.

pretty mama

As I was getting ready in front of the bathroom mirror, Emma came in to offer her two cents...

"You're pretty mama. That shirt is SO pretty. You are pretty too. And fluffy. And smelly... And yucky..."

Thanks, Punkin'

caught red-handed

This is what I found when I ran into Emma's room to check on her after I finished my shower the other morning...

mama should take a lesson

when wearing heels...

remember your helmet...

table manners

"Mommy, don't talk while I'm eating."

Why Daddy Works

"somebody need to pay the bills"

a common occurence

When I [mommy] am sitting on the floor with Baby Chi, Emma will come put her arm around my shoulder and say, "Yeah. He likes us."

shhh...

So since Emma's trip to Georgia, it's been hard to get her to go poop in the potty. So, we bribe. (Okay, so her reward has always been a piece of candy in return for number two in the potty._ Well, now instead of just using candy as a reward, the lack of candy has also become a consequence for going in her diaper. When we see poo in the dipe, no more candy for Emma 'til she goes in the toilet again.

Today, she went in her diaper.
Daddy came home.

Emma (already knowing the answer): "Daddy, where's my bag.. with the eggs?"
John: I don't know.
Emma: It's in the kitchen.

John: Sorry Emma. Mommy said that you went poopy in your dipe today. No candy.
Emma: (walking away defeated)

Next thing I know, Emma comes running out of our room into the living room with me chewing on something.
Mommy: Emma, what are you chewing?
Emma: (whispering) Don't tell mommy. Daddy say that.

We need to get into showbusiness

When Emma sees a pizza commercial... or we put a frozen pizza in our cart... or John makes dinner... we hear the following:

neigh

John: Emma, hold your horses!
Emma: But I don't have any horsies.

Candy shopping with Daddy

Mommy, Mommy!! Daddy got me some marshmallow chickies! I share with you.

marshmallow chickies = peeps

funny sayings

When we get to our floor on the elevator, Emma states, "This is us!"

---

toilet paper = poilet taper
chocolate = cha-lock-o-late
cinnamon = cin-min-a-min-a-min

---

While talking on the phone...
Me: Emma, who are you talking to?
Em: Baby Chi.

Em: Hi, Baby Chi. I need to talk to your nurse.

Em: Baby Chi, it's me! and mommy! and daddy! I love you! I miss you!

---

When visiting Malachi, she calls him "little buddy".

--

We've been working on sign language with her since Malachi is most likely deaf. We have refreshed signs we used with her before she could talk and have also added quite a few to her vocabulary...

please, thank you, eat, more, sorry, mommy, daddy
"signing time with alex and leah", emma
kitty, bird, dog, fish, snake
blue, yellow, red, purple, pink, green, white
sit, stand, swing, swim, come, play, share, your turn, my turn, go, stop, yes, no
potato, grapes, cookie, carrot

it begins...

We recently got Emerson a piggy bank...

Me: Emma, what are you going to do with all that money in your piggy bank?
Em: Clothes.

Taking things too literally

Emma has been spending the first part of the week down in Georgia getting spoiled rotten with Grandma Kathy and her great-grandparents...

After an eventful afternoon, Emma's great-grandma sat down in her recliner, kicked her feet up, saying "I'm pooped! You wore me out, Emma. I'm just POOPED!"

Emma replied, "You poopy like me??"

just informed

Emerson doesn't really have an earache. Her "hair is hurting."

full of compliments

Mommy, you're beautiful... Mommy, you're the most beautiful girl in the world...

well... in our house.

head bopping

John and Emerson bopped heads. John started pretend crying as if he were hurt.

Emma came over saying "It's okay. I right here. It's okay, baby"

John: (whimpers) Thank you.

Emma: Uh, thank you MOMMY.


____

Same type of scenario with John and Emma hitting heads... only this time, Emma hit John on the sensitive part of the bridge of his nose, actually hurt.

John: (whimpering)
Emma: It's okay, buddy.
John: No, punkin' that hurt. You hit me in the nose.
Emma: (scoffs) I hit my head TOO (translation: suck it up!)

missing bread

John went to make himself and emma sandwiches for lunch today, but found that our "good bread" was moldy...

John: Emma, have you seen the other bread?

(no response)

John keeps searching. Went to find phone to call Marissa. Unable to find phone. "Ugh, where is it??"

Emma: (condescendingly) In. The. Kitchen. (in regard to the bread).

...

Emma was carrying her grocery basket full of food and dishes and kept saying
"i gonna bring this to Jesus...
I gonna bring this to Jesus...
I gonna bring this to Jesus because...
Jesus loves me."

Makes her mama melt!

preach it!

We've been keeping Emma in with us during the morning services at church instead of putting her in 2's and 3's and taking a chance of her getting sick. So far, she's been doing a pretty good job. If she were to get a little too rowdy, we would take her out of the auditorium at least... anywho...

Pastor was preaching on prayer and he gradually kept getting louder and louder encouraging those in attendance in their prayer lives saying, "We NEED to PRAY!!"

Emma shouts out, "I pray with you!!!"

Dora does nursery rhymes

The itsy bitsy spider
climbed up the waterspout.

Out came the sun and
Swiper, no swiping!

first things first

Emma found the leftover fortune cookie we saved her from dinner last night. She ran halfway to the table, turn around, pointed her finger up at me saying, "Take this off my finger first?"

"Emma, is that a booger?"

"Yes. It is from my nose."

Running back to the table to retrieve the cookie and bringing it to me to unwrap, she then puts her other pointer finger up at me, "This one too. It is a booger."

better not be talking about mommy

we have this white trash can in our bedroom... i was moving it around and collecting garbage throughout the apartment.

emma matter-of-factly said, "mommy. that daddy's white trash."

Emma: This Baby Chi's!! (regarding an object clearly not his)
Daddy: Uh... who's is that?
Emma: Mal. A. Chi's! (practically rolling her eyes)

Sounding like mommy.

Overheard as I was cleaning out the closet in her room while she was stuffing as many toys as possible in the bottom of her toy stroller...

"Now, we're not going to lose these, right?? Right."

a girl and her hints

Upon finding her Dora DVD from the library on the floor...

Emma: Oh, Daddy... what's this??

Interpretation: Interesting discovery... maybe we should watch it.

hamming it up...

when i got home from the hospital yesterday to relieve the girls who were watching emma, emerson was definitely putting on a show for me. She was standing on a storage tote and using her blanket in different ways saying she was a princess, then a baby, then something else...

I said, "Emma, are you being a little ham?

to which she replied, "I not being a little ham... I BE A BIG HAM!" immediately followed by her fake laugh. (the fake laugh cannot adequately be put in words.. i'll have to try to get a video clip... it's hilarous!)

A bit more refined..

relationships...

Emma has a "Baby Taylor"...

Emerson: I Taylor's mommy.
Me: Yep.

Emerson: You Taylors gramma.
Me: Yep.

Emerson: Grandma Taylor's GG (our name for great grandma)
Me: Yep.

Emerson: And daddy Taylor's papa.
Me: Yep.

Emerson: And papa Taylor's papa?
Me: Well, daddy is already papa. Is papa (john's dad) Taylor's grand-papa?

Emerson: Yes... uh.... no... He Taylor's funny papa.

maybe stick with seeking...

While playing hide and seek with mommy...

Emma: Mama, I gonna hide from you...
Me: Okay, go ahead.
Emma: ...in the living room, under the blankie.

(amazing)

Memory Verses

actually...

Me: Emma, who goes with Aunt Bri.
Emma: Uncle Evan.
(pause)
Emma: Acutally.... Uncle Evy!

funnies daddy has remembered

I know lately I have loved when coming home and she will run to meet me and give a big hug and I will say I love you punkin and she will say… you missed me! As if like of course you missed me daddy. And I will of course have to agree and she will say I miss you too. Its just super cute.

Normally when I get up I get her cereal and milk on saturdays. Well emma was especially impatient this past Saturday. So either I typically get her her cereal first or maybe she just really wanted her cereal but I went to the cupboard to get a cup and said… daddy no cereal in there and openned the pantry door for me.

There was the time when we asked her about who she loves. We tend to ask her who loves her and she would say mommy daddy and Jesus. Then that one time I asked her who she loved and she said after a short pause… emma! And I said well yeah but who else? And she said… boys!

You could tell the story about when I was takin a shower after you left with papa russ to go to the hospital to see chi. I thought I heard a door open so I peak through the door and emma had gotten out of room. And snuck into our bed… pulled back the covers and snuggled on in. I don’t know if she new I was in the bathroom and was just sneaky or if she didn’t see anyone around and thought well I might as well sleep in the big bed…

patience

In the car while I was on the phone with John...

Emma: Mommy, I want my glasses.
(I ignore and continue chatting)

Emma: Mommy, I want my glasses.
(still ignoring)

Emma: Mommy, I want my glasses.
Me: Emma, you need to be patient, okay?

Emma: Okay. (pause) but I want my glasses.

sorry, Dora

John and Emma were watching Dora.

Dora: Let's sing a silly song!
Emma: NO!
(John didn't hear what was said on the show)
John: Emma, what did you say?
Emma: No, I don't want to do a silly dance!

i seriously cannot get over how much this girl says "actually"!!

adam, dinosaur just isn't creative enough

While playing with her dinosaurs this morning...

emma: mommy, this kangaroo-saurus!

"dinosaur hungry. It bite my toes".

dino to emma: "mommy mommy I need you!"

dino to emma: "I miss you mommy I miss you!".

She has dinos biting each other one minute and then BIG hug the next.

"There are baby dinos, mommy dinos, and daddy dinos."

changed her mind

I want mommy do it. ACTUALLY, I want both mommy AND daddy do it.

****
mommy: Emma, do you want to wear your black sweater?
emma: No, I wear my yellow hawkeye shirt. (dramatic pause) ACTUALLY, yeah I wear sweater.

(what two-yr-old says "actually" properly?)

hooked on phonics

After watching her leap frog letter factory video (phonics)...

I wanna play a G-G-G-GAME, Mommy!

Happy Birthday!

A BIRTHDAY IN PICTURES

A card that one of Malachi's nurses helped Malachi to make for me:


So excited!
My attempt at being artistic...

I'm TWO!!

bathtime

Emma was sitting in the bath tub after dinner...

Emma: Daddy, take shirt off. Take pants off. Then, you be NAKIE!
Daddy: (Stands there stunned by what his daughter just said)
Emma: GET. IN. TUB!
Daddy: Punkin', boys and girls don't take baths together.

calling the hospital

Jill has been Malachi's nurse the last two days. Emma picks up John's phone.
Emma: Oh. Hi, Jill!
John: Emma, what did you say? Who are you talking to?
Emma: Jill.... Hi, Jill!