Emmy Pictures

Here are some pictures as promised in my last post.

I tried to upload more of these pictures Saturday
in my Sunday Dinner post but Blogger was being a
goober and wouldn't allow it then.

My sister Ducky's son and daughter in law,
Danny and Mikki, invited some family and friends
to a birthday party for their son Seth's first
birthday this past Saturday.

This is Mikki's Mom on the left, Seth's Grandma
on Mikki's side, and holding Seth is one of his
uncles. I didn't ask permission to use their names
so I won't do so without their permission.
On the right is my sister Ducky, Seth's Grandma
on Danny's side.Here's Danny, Emmy and Ducky.Cecil squishing the stuffin' out of Emmy.Me and Emmy. Emmy looks away....Cecil and Emmy. Emmy was really excited
over the helium balloons.
See those teeth? Emmy's, not Cecil's! ;-)
She has 3 teeth on the top and 2 on bottom.....And now it's me that's looking away!
Someday maybe we'll get our act together.Danny making faces at Emmy, trying to make her
laugh. It's not hard at all to make Emmy laugh.Cecil and Emmy again.I really like this picture. Cecil is looking at
Emmy with such love in her eyes, and
Emmy is just totally oblivious.Emmy and Seth eyeball each other.
They're second cousins.Me and Emmy sharing a
Grandma/Granddaughter moment.
It's a really touching interlude. Just moments
before she'd bonked me upside the head
with that party horn.

Due to Jessica and Jason's changing work schedules I've had Emmy quite a lot lately. I finished the afghans I was crocheting and mailed them and and some other goodies to that certain Nana I mentioned. That was Friday. On Saturday, at the same time as Seth's birthday party, I was invited to a baby shower for a young couple at my church. I had to miss the shower because I was already committed to attending Seth's party, but now I'm working on yet another baby afghan, and the Mom is due the last week in March.

So yeah, I've been pretty busy, and I'm going to be busy for quite a while to come. After I finish this baby afghan, which should be within the next week barring any major hindrances, I should have a little more leisure time for blogging. My posting and commenting time has been pretty hit and miss here lately, and I apologize for that. I am reading all my blogging friends' posts though, I promise. I just don't always have time to comment, and it's even harder to find time to post.

I'll try to do better, just bear with me.

Emmy is almost standing alone. She forgets to hang on sometimes and stands unsupported for a couple of seconds, then either plops down on her bottom or grabs hold of something for support. She wants to be down on the floor, crawling, pulling up and getting into everything that's not nailed down. She's getting bored with her playpen and demands more attention all the time.

As my Mama would have said, she's like a worm in hot ashes. She's only still when she's asleep, and she doesn't sleep much during the day anymore. She's in constant motion and always looking for something new to stimulate her need to learn. In other words, she's a bright, ordinary almost-10 month-old and some days she wears this old Grandma slap out.

When she really starts walking I've already told Jessica that we're going to have to hang her on a nail just so we can go to the bathroom and not have to worry about what Emmy's getting into while we're busy! She can almost climb out of her crib and playpen now!

Hey! I've got one of those jumbo size plastic dog crates....LOL! Just kidding, but I could clean it up and...... ;-)

Emmy is a firm believer that if it's worth saying, it's worth saying it LOUD! She babbles and yells all the time, and sometimes she even says real words! She says "Ma Ma", "Da Da", "bye bye", "baby", and I've taught her the Tarzan yell and how to cluck like a chicken. Really. Her Mama and Daddy really love it when they hear the Tarzan yell in the wee hours of the morning coming over the intercom.

Nothing says "Wake up and fix me a bottle!" like the Tarzan yell at 3 in the morning. :-)

I'm happy to report that Emmy and I are feeling pretty good these days. We're both over our runny noses for the most part, although I do still have a stuffy nose from time to time. I think I'll die with that, though. Allergies, I'm thinking, and I've had those all my life.

I have plenty of Emmy sugar and snuggles to share so come and get it everybody! GREENEYES, be sure and get your fresh supply of Emmy loves. ;o)

And now it's almost 1 am and Diane is TARD once again. It's been a full day and my bed is calling me.

Y'all have a great Wednesday and rest of your week.