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!

compassionate

When I've gotten upset and worked up to the point of tears regarding Malachi, Emma has been VERY sensitive to my sadness. She will climb up on my lap, put her hands so they are cupping my face/cheeks and say, "Ya okay, mommy? Mommy, you okay?" and proceed to wipe away my tears.... what an amazing little girl!

fashion statement

John: Emma, why do you have Malachi's pants on your head?
Emma: 'Cause I said so.

easy to please

M: Emma, what do you want for Christmas?
E: PRESENTS!!

oh the potty...

So, one of Emma's new favorite videos is called "Go, Potty, Go!"... she loves it.... and it seems to have worked ;)... in the past couple weeks, we've only been responsible for one or two poopy dipes! I'll spare you the pictures ;)

*When using the her little potty, she demands that I bring her a book to read.

*When using the big potty, she will fall in on purpose so that she can have a bath.

*Aunt Joy let her use the big potty, and quickly--but briefly--left the room to help Emma's cousin. When Joy got back she could see emma's head, arms, and feet sticking up out of the potty and she said, "help!"

*When there is poopy in the potty, she likes to look and give a description. The other day, it was described as "ice cream poopy." I looked and sure enough it was in the shape of an ice cream cone.

*This morning, she climbed up on the big potty, held on, and said "I go big poopy." SUCCESS! "I go more big poopy!" MORE SUCCESS!

*This morning after her big poopy, she insisted that she had more poopy, so I went to her room to pick out clothes and grab a new diaper... SPLAT! She was so focused on not falling in the potty that she basically face planted forward on the bathroom floor. I looked in to which she replied "Emma okay"... she must have been doing something she thought she shouldn't have been doing because I was expecting a WAIL! If she gets hurt due to disobedience, she doesn't cry or whine about it too much. She knows.

cute!

EMMA DO IT!
Look at that mischievous look on her face!
We were drawing letters and Emma was responding with either the letter or with the sound the letter makes ("a 'E' says 'eh'... a 'E' says 'eh'"). Then she started dictating the activity: "Mommy draw a S, etc. etc.

E: Mommy, draw a 'L'.
M: (draws the letter L)
E: CUTE!!

Before second birthday.

*Practices rolling her eyes for when she's annoyed.

*Shrugs her shoulders when she knows the correct response, but doesn't want to answer the question.

*"Emma do it" --> "I do it" --> "I do it myself!"

*Exclaims "I go potty!" then proceeds to run to bathroom, take off pants/diaper, and sit down on her potty chair--usually successful!

*Very much likes to interact with Dora and Diego! "D-D-D-Da-Dora!" "Swiper, no swiping!"

*From the backseat: "Jingle bells, jingle bells" (Mom chimes in: Jingle all the way!) "I DO IT! I SING IT! MOMMY, NO SINGING!"

*During AT&T U-verse commercial with the family pointing remotes at one another, Emma chimes in BEFORE the little girl "Happy pony."

*Dora's on? Super Why's on? Frog's on? Sid 'da Science Kid on? Curious George on?

*When I was still pumping: "Mommy, go make noise"

*During a fit she was throwing for not wanting to eat her lunch: "Mommy, go work! I go Grandma's house"

*When I leave for the hospital:
M: Bye, Emma. Where's mommy going?
E: "Mommy go hos-pi-tal"
M: Why is mommy going to the hospital?
E: "See Baby Chi."

*And my personal favorite:
M: I love you.
E: "I love you, too, Mommy!"

Punkin' Ponderings Prologue

This blog will be completely devoted to the random sayings of our favorite little girl. She is not QUITE two, but she definitely has enough sayings and quirks to have her very own blog. We can't get enough of this little blonde-haired, blue-eyed toddler and want to document and share her cuteness with those around us. She currently can say her ABCs (mostly correct), count to 15 (usually), talk back to Dora, and do her own rendition of many songs including, but not limited to, Jesus Loves Me, The B-I-B-L-E, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Jingle Bells, Go Potty Go!, and just tonight we witnessed Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

ENJOY!