Eggs for Emma

today we went to the egg hunt at our neighborhood clubhouse. lots of tears . . . emma fell as the egg hunt started and she didn't get any eggs. thankfully, we have some generous neighbors who shared their eggs with her, so the tears stopped, and she reminded me how she had heard the Veggie Tales talk about sharing on one of her videos. so when i asked her about sharing her things, she told me she didn't have to do that. we proceeded to have a long chat about sharing after that! anyways, it was amazing how quickly the eggs were scooped up by all those little 3-5-year-olds. in the end, emma told me that she had a lot of fun, and she was eager to go home to open the eggs and check out the goodies she had gotten.

here is a picture of emma with the easter bunny . . .
and another picture of her black eye.

Dancing with the Animals

so, emma decided instead of napping yesterday that she would try some dancing in bed. it didn't turn out so well . . . she now has her first true black eye. she told me she was showing her animals how to dance. that made me smile.

almost 11 months!

i cannot believe isabella is just over a week from being 11 months old! how crazy that a year ago she was still squirming around in my tummy as i lay on the couch or in bed (24 hours a day!), and now here she is moving all over like crazy!

here is a quick summary of what isabella has been up to:
* she has 7 teeth now and the eighth is ready to pop through any day now
* isabella went from crawling to pulling up and moving around . . . walking will be coming soon!
* she puts her arms or arm up when we say touchdown or high five
* isabella has started eating finger foods - she seems to like her veggies better than her fruits (total opposite of emma) and is a bit of a picky eater (i'm hoping that means she won't be picky later since emma ate everything when she was this age, but is so picky now!)
* she waves at us
* isabella can say mamma or mommy, pappa, bye bye, and we think she's tried saying baby, emma, and a few other things

3's at 4

emma had her four-year checkup the other day. this appointment was so different and kind of made me a weepy mom as i realized my baby is getting to be such a big girl. she had to answer so many questions about things she can do, different things she knows, and more. she also got to do a hearing and an eye test.

she weighs 33 lbs now and is 39 inches (or 3 feet 3 inches). makes it easy to remember with all the 3's! so cute that she's still in the 25th percentile for height and weight . . . always our sweet little peanut.

still just amazed how quickly these four years have flown by. they've been so wonderful. and sometimes i think that i can't even remember what life was like before we had emma!

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Fun with Family

we enjoyed a fun weekend celebrating farmor and farfar's 40th wedding anniversary. (for those not familiar with swedish ... farmor and farfar are grandma and grandpa in swedish ... it actually means father's mother and father's father, which i think is pretty cool compared to english where we have to say grandma gerborg and grandma nemeth. much easier!)

anyways, it was a busy and fun weekend with lots of activity. it was so fun to watch emma and isabella with their cousins lukas and jack who are both just a few months older than isabella and emma.


we also enjoyed celebrating with tom's parents and thinking about their 40 years together. tom and i are going to celebrate 10 years this year and it's amazing to think that 10 years has passed so quickly, and to think about how many things have changed in 10 years. it made me think about how many more things would happen in 30 more years.


hope you enjoy the pictures!

Let it Snow ...

emma got to enjoy the snow at her nana's today. she kept taking her gloves off so she could feel the snow! and, twice she ended up with only one boot on. the cold didn't seem to bother her at all. here are a few pictures of her having fun in the snow ... including the gerborg snowfamily we made! i'm hoping to have more pictures up in the next day or so of our trip to the north!