Here are my two gals sharing a large bowl of Sunday-night popcornSpring training is a great time of year. It means that the worst part of winter is behind us, and rich dudes are running around on green grass playing ball. The Giants aren't in last place (yet), and there are many summer nights on the horizon when baseball can be enjoyed. October is the cumulation of all of the above, with some great games being played. Too bad about the Cubbies, I would have liked to see them give the D-backs more of a battle. I think the Rockies will do just that.
Enough about baseball, for now anyway. On to Emma, and her progress. She is talking more each week, and seems more grown up all the time. She is having a rough go of it these last few days, we think due to her last four molars finally poking through. A spoonful of orange medicine and she calms down enough to fall asleep.
We were eating out for breakfast the other day, and I was reminded of a scene from The Godfather (I). The food had just arrived, and due to Emma's wanting to leave immediately, we had to "Tom Hagen" our food. This is in reference to the dinner Tom Hagen had with the movie producer. Just after he started eating, old Woltz started in on why Johnny wasn't going to get the part in his next movie. Ol' Tom knew he wasn't in for a leisurely meal, and was going to have to get on a plane in a hurry, so he starts stuffing the food in. Anyway, that is what we had to do. Oh well. it doesn't happen all that often, and a little "speed eating" once in a while won't kill you. Kinda funny if you think about it, I think.
Another reason October is great, is that we now have "Emma Day" to celebrate. Every October 30th we will celebrate the day we met Emma. We plan on giving her a special Chinese gift and doing something special. It has been a fast (almost) year. Emma is growing up fast, and her mother is doing a wonderful job in smothering her with love and attention! OK then.
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Does this mean we're going to have some competitive eating champions in the family soon? Keep us posted if/when that happens.
What a fun idea--Emma Day.
Great picture of the two pop corn lovers.
We're all in favor of making the 30th of every month "Emma Day" and moving it up a day or two in Feb.
Thanks for keeping us posted.
There's nothing like dining with a toddler. The worst is when you go somewhere that takes a while to bring the food and they're in total meltdown mode BEFORE you even start eating. Ah, that's the life!
Happy Emma day and happy one year mark! She is cute and growing up.
We relate the hurry thing. It's amazing how many places we've suddenly decided we needed to vacate when Emily was done!
Ahhh, Sunday night and hunkerin' down with popcorn and little Em. So cozy looking. Is there a Chuckie Cheese (sp?) in SLC? Do they still have kid places where you can toss them into a big pile of plastic balls? That activity can be used as an alternative for waiting for or eating actual food.
I'm going to save this picture of Denny and Emma in case I ever have to define "contentment" in pictorial form. Hooray, horray for Emma Day October 30th!! I thought of Emma over and over while we were in New York - I guess because there were so many people from so many different countries, although not very many kids. But I'd just think of her perky, plucky cuteness 10 times a day. It's fabulous to have her as part of our life and enjoy watching the great parents you are. Your story about speed eating made me remember when our kids were little and we'd take them to "Der Ratskeller" for pizza. We would buy one pitcher of Pepsi and they'd bring us 6 of those little 5-ounce red plastic restaurant glasses and Dennis would ration it out. We had to think twice before taking a sip because that was all she wrote and there was nothing worse than being out of Pepsi before they ever brought out the pizza.
Thanks for sharing the update!
Love,
Aunt Barbie
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