Emma is really enjoying playing with her new blocks. We usually find her crawling around the house with a block in her mouth. Seems we might have a little puppy on our hands now.
Emma was able to get lots of practice climbing stairs at Grandpa and Grandma's. We were pretty surprised that she was able to climb so many stairs, but I think her motivation came from her cousin Haley at the top of the stairs showing her all the cool toys that were up there.
Emma enjoyed playing at Grandpa and Grandma T's alot. Emma spent a fair amount of time going through the magazine rack trying to find something she hadn't read yet, while Ken was burning off some of those Christmas cookies on the Wii Fit. Grandpa was teaching her how to play cards (it looks like Emma is trying to guess which card Grandpa is holding, but she is really trying to devise a way to get as many cards in her mouth as possible). Since Grandpa wouldn't let her eat as many cards as she wanted, Emma discovered that crackers are pretty tasty too. She really liked having cracker breaks with Grandma.
Emma's aunt Stacy is going to have a baby this March, so we threw her a baby shower while we were in town. We can't wait for our new niece to arrive. Emma got to see some of her great aunts and 2nd cousins at the party too.
The second leg of our midwest trip was in Minnesota visiting my family. Emma may not really understand what Christmas all entails, but she sure liked all the attention she got from Grandpa and Grandma, her aunts and uncles, and especially her almost 3 year old cousin, Haley. Haley and Emma went on a swimming outing while we were in MN, and Emma had a great time racing Haley across the pool and playing motorboat.
