Taking the dog for a walk

Tonight Emma wanted to walk the dog. So we let her. It was a great idea until she got bored and let go of the leash allowing Annie to run off and roll in wild animal feces. Guess who's getting a bath later...

Emma's first bike ride

We took Emma for her first bike ride over the weekend. Here she is trying out her new helmet.





As you can tell from her expression, she wasn't quite as into it as we had hoped.








On a different note, this is where I found Elmo today.

Yea! Tarheels beat the Lucky Irish... or should I say "Unlucky!"

Tim and Emma went to part of the UNC/Notre Dame football game today. Yes, I know, Tim is very brave bringing a 1 1/2 year old to a football game. I tried to get a picture of them together, showing off Emma's cute pink UNC T-shirt but dang ol' Elmo kept getting in the way.



You can kind of see the T-shirt here. Emma has been a bit fasinated with my camera, particularily the red eye reduction light, and that's why she's so close.






Tim wanted me to include this picture in the post. He told me that I don't have enough "action" shots of Emma. But really, does this constitute an action shot? She's grabbing her mouth in the most unattractive way... ;)

Elmo

Move over Garth Brooks. Emma has a new love...Elmo. Even though she has only seen Elmo on TV maybe four times, she has still managed to fall in love. Tim took pity on her poor love struck heart and bought her this Elmo doll. Before, she would just wander around saying "Elmo," I guess hoping that he would magically appear. Funny story about Emma and Elmo, we've been teaching Emma her body parts and have moved on to the more complicated ones like chin, knee, and cheeks. Problem is, whenever we ask her where her elbow is, she points to Elmo. Elbow, Elmo. It's pretty easy to get them mixed up especially when you're in love.

More pics

Emma still loves her new hat...








"Don't you even think about taking my hat!"









Emma has also started wearing our clothing. She wouldn't stand still for a picture though...too many places to go!

She's all girl

Well, if there was any doubt, we definitely have a girl. Here, Emma has turned her swimming suit into a purse.



















Emma loves talking on the phone and wearing "jewelery." This beautiful star necklace was given to her at the NICU reunion last Sunday. Heaven forbid I take it off her....






This picture just cracks me up. Emma's wearing a stuffed pig mask. I wasn't even able to take off the tags before she got her hands on it.




And last but not least, we tried on her new hat at dinner tonight. Do you think she likes it?

Yet another accessory

Emma has yet another favorite accessory. These hideous looking sunglasses have been going EVERYWHERE with us. It's a riot. She loves them. All these pictures were taken on different days...
















She wears them even when eating. Great action shot, huh? :)






Here she is with some other accessories, a couple of her hats.