The Emma Report

Sorry about the background noise, but with a whole pool full of kids…

Singlehandedly causing the Tooth Fairy to consider the possibility of declaring bankruptcy:

(Big Sister lost 2 teeth within a week and another one is wobbly)

We’ve been sadly remiss in updating around here, but we couldn’t let Emma’s 4th (!) birthday go unreported!

 we had a small party this evening to commemorate the big event:

Emma enjoyed some cake:

(can you believe how big she is???)

and her new ‘rock star’ sunglasses

Another birthday celebration to come this weekend…. more pictures soon (I promise!)

At the dinner table, “Pardon me for being rude. It wasn’t me, it was my food.”

We last saw Emma sitting happily on Santa’s lap in December (!).

So just what has Emma been doing for the last 3 months, you ask?

Rehearsing, of course!

Emma and Big Sister may be taking their act on the road – Watch for them coming soon to a city near you! 

Watch out, Britney! Move over, Miley! Emma is the new girl in town!

Big sister just completed her first session of CanSkate, and here it is, summarized in 1:23.

*edited to add:  the older gentleman seen on the video is none other than Olympic medalist and World Figure Skating Champion, Donald Jackson. 

Despite the above highly edited evidence to the contrary, she’s actually doing quite well and is looking forward to her first skate on the canal!

Christmas!

After 15 weeks in the NICU/Special Care Nursery, Emma finally came home to our family on November 17th 2005:

You’ve come a long way, baby! 

Emma loves, loves, loves her bed and very rarely fusses when it’s nap or bed time

She has never attempted to escape from her crib, but she was getting a bit cramped in the smallish space.

So, a few weeks ago we made the move to a new Big Girl Bed:
 

(she looks so tiny in there, doesn’t she?)

Can you tell she was just a wee bit excited:

 
The transition was much smoother than we had anticipated:

She happily went up to bed for her afternoon nap the first day and we’ve not had any problems since:

(well, she did once creep into our room during the middle of the night and scared a year off my life when I woke up to her little face right next to mine, but apart from that, all is good)

Funny, I didn’t mind at all when Big Sister graduated to her Big Girl bed (likely because I knew Emma was soon coming home from the Special Care Nursery to claim her place in the crib), but this time, oh it was hard to take that crib down, knowing we won’t ever be using it again…

Parenthood is just full of these bittersweet moments, isn’t it?

Beware of little sisters carrying leaves….

they’re sneaky