Shoes

The girl loves her some shoes. She will rummage through our shoe basket almost on a daily basis and put them on her tiny feet (albeit fat feet but yet tiny at the same time). Often times she will then attempt to open the front door because "shoes on" means "bye bye". She's getting pretty good at walking in them too. Though she did learn a valuable lesson the other day while wearing her daddy's flip flops. She learned that attempting to escape the sight of the big scary vacuum while dragging a pair of men's size 12 on her feet is not an easy task. Anyway, here are some recent pictures and video of her in my shoes. I guess she is taking the saying "you should try walking in my shoes" literally.

Informing daddy that she's got shoes on and she's ready to go bye bye



Attempting to escape (doesn't she look snazzy in daddy's undershirt and my flip flops?)


Frustrated because putting shoes on didn't buy her a ticket out of here

Photos and Videos Aug 09

Bye Bye Water

In the words of Emily, we had to say "bye bye water." The week long beach trip to Emerald Isle, NC went very well. Emily traveled well (even slept in the pack and play well) and she loves water. Water in the ocean, water in the pool, water in the lake, water in the bath,water in a bowl etc. It doesn't matter where it is, water is tops with her. When we approached the edge of the ocean Emily looked amazed at the vast body of water in front of her. Her first instinct was to run into it. Not to worry, she didn't get very far before we held her hand. Eventually she plopped down on her butt in the surf and was delighted when the water washed over her legs. Bigger waves though, that's a different story. When taking her further out she seemed nervous and had a concerned look on her face. The last day we went to the beach, we took her into the smaller waves in an inflatable boat. She wasn't a fan and so we decided she likes the ocean as long as the waves don't toss her around. When taking her into the pool she tried to swim away from her cousin Haley who was holding her. She didn't want anything or anybody holding her back. Aside from all the playing in the water she had fun playing with her cousins,running on the beach, playing with seashells, and watching the fish swimming at the aquarium. Josh and I had fun too. We played in the ocean, had some good seafood, touched some stingrays at the aquarium,and finally got to see the newest Harry Potter movie. Josh also got to get in some fishing (he almost caught a small sand bar shark). Speaking of sharks, I got bit by something in the ocean on the last day. I have no clue what it was but with all the talk of sharks my heart did race a little and I just kept moving. Whatever it was it wasn't very big and it only drew a little bit of blood. My sisters and I joked that it was a shark. Just for a good story. If it was, it was the smallest shark out there. It was a good trip overall but by the last day I think we were all ready to be home.

Yo Gabba Gabba

Oh my, I tried to avoid this show. I tried to avoid it like I try to avoid Barney. Years ago when my niece was watching this relatively new show called "Barney" I vowed then and there "not my child." My child will not listen to that annoying purple thing. I was only 17 or 18 at the time but his image stuck with me. Honestly I thought 12 years later he would be a thing of the past. Wrong. You see,Emily loves Sesame Street. Okay, she loves Elmo and the songs that they put on the show. Well the purple one comes on after Sesame Street and at times I will admit I have left the show on just to see what she thought of him. I found that since becoming a parent I want her to watch what she likes, not what I like (well when it comes to kid shows anyway). She has a general disinterest in him. Oh yes!!! Now that I've determined she doesn't really care about him, there's no going back. Barney is banned at my house. For now anyway. Okay, so how did a post about Yo Gabba Gabba become one about my disdain for Barney? I guess because I felt the same way about Yo Gabba Gabba just a couple of weeks ago. I found it weird and trying way too hard to be retro. I kind of still do and let's face it I will and always will find Elmo pretty annoying too. But my baby has decided she loves her some Elmo and likes her some Yo Gabba Gabba (can't say love just yet). It's fast paced and has lots of singing. Just what a two year old needs in a show. Now when she sees the beginning of the show she points and says "Gabba" with some jubilation. So, I guess I can find it in my heart to tolerate it for her and like it because she likes it. I did it for her when she decided she loved Elmo. But Barney? I don't know if I'm that selfless.

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