Time for Bed

Emme has discovered books. She loves to just look at the pictures and even pretends to read. She will carry books around the house for us to read to her. When it comes to bed time or nap time though reading to her is not a good idea. As she will just keep handing you books to read. She will get out of bed and go get more just so she doesn't have to sleep. So since we read through out the day at bed time and nap time she get to look at her books on her own. So she will go to sleep. She will get more and more books till her bed is full. So when I go to check on her this is usually what I find.

16 Months Old

I can't believe Emme is sixteen months old. When we have her sister she will be eighteen months. She is walking now. Her hair is finally long enough I can do something with it. She talks a lot but doesn't speak much English. She can say thank you, Bella (her grandparents dog) Ruff Ruff which means dog. She loves books. She hands me and her daddy books she wants read over and over. She will sit and look at the pictures on her own. She takes books to bed with her. When I check on her she will have half her library in her bed. She loves to sing and sings along in church and to the radio. She have fallen in love with Sesame Street. She loves Cookie Monster and Big Bird. She loves when they sing. She is getting so big.

With Daddy. She won't look at the camera cause she was watching the geese

She loves to play in the hamper

Someone needs a nap.

Vegas Part Two

When we were walking along the strip we spotted Elvis. He was the best of the street performers. We saw Batman, Cat woman, Spider man, some creep guy in gold, and a ice cream cone. Elvis was my favorite. So Matt made me get a photo with him. He sung to me and kept kissing my cheek. Love him. When he dropped the act he had the thickest Russian accent
Being a chocolate addict we had to visit the M&M world. Matt and his parents were excited about the Coke store which is next door. But for me it was the store filled with chocolate. Four floors of chocolate and M&M themed products.
Emme loves animals. She was so excited to see the lions at the MGM. You could walk under the habitat and see them. The trainers brought them all over the encloser so we could see them. They even had cubs in a different section, but you couldn't take pictures of them, unless you paid. Emme loved watching the lions but loved the cubs the most.
Emme with one of the lions. She wanted to pet it through the glass

Watching them the lions

The gardens at Bellagio. They do different themes through out the year. It was Chinese New Year. It was beautiful. The whole hotel was decorated in red lanterns and huge flower arrangements. I told Matt when we went in that our sister in law Erin would love it.
A woman offered to take our picture. When we were waiting to take a picture of statues.
The Wheels on the Carriage move! So cool





It was right in the center of the room.
She loved peekaboo with her hoodie. She loved playing with Daddy
We had a lot of fun in Vegas. But we were so happy to get home. The drive was around six hours on the way back. Emme was extremely grumpy which is abnormal. She threw up twice. We had to pull over to clean her and the car up. While we driving I called our doctor to make an appt for when we get home. Emme got a little present from our time in Vegas was a double ear infection and ten days of antibiotics.

Vegas Part One

My in laws go to Vegas a couple times a year. This trip they invite us to go along. I have been to Vegas once before on our honeymoon. Matt lived in Vegas for about nine months. So we thought it would be a fun trip to make. We stayed with Matt's Aunt Janet. We had fun going to some of the various sites. Emme loved to people watch and loved the animals we saw. She loves to people watch. Though I found it funny that she was scared to death of Matt's cousin Mark. Every time she saw him she freaked out.
Emme staring at the fish at the Bass Shop in Casino on our way to the M for the buffet (all you can eat crab legs!)
I got dared to drive this all over Costco. But I didn't care cause my back was killing me. Me and Matt's cousin raced all over the place.

Costco carts can't hold her down.

She thought it was a toy. She ran towards it the minute I put her down. We had just had breakfast at buffet that had make your own omelet bar!
She just loves to run around now. I am having a hard time keeping up with her
With Daddy at the Bass Shop. She kept trying to pet the stuffed animals
Stealing Grandpa's cell phone at her great Aunt Janet's
She fell asleep in the Godiva store while we were shopping the outlet mall.

There wasn't much for her to do at the aunt house so we had to constantly follow her around and make sure she wasn't getting into bad. I missed my baby gates

She did love the piano she would run to it and play it. She loves music! We are going to have to get her lessons when she is older. Our neighbor teaches them.