Busy busy busy...

Things are so busy lately! Either that or I've just gotten really blog-lazy... Hmm, no, couldn't be that. :)

But I'll be catching up soon, for sure! Colby's been assigned to do a post about his recent life upgrades - job, car, smaller clothes, etc. As for me, I had a great time going out to Baci's new house to help them move in & also to play with adorable Baby Alex! (And, possibly, to escape Emma for a moment or two. hehe) Baci, I'm still in love with your new place - has all your other new furniture come? And how far have you gotten on the "Things to finish" list? :)

(FYI - this kid has THE BIGGEST yawns I've seen on a baby, and bigger than most adults! Baci says he's totally gets it from his dad. C'mon you two, is life really that dull? You do have the Bacinator for a mommy/wife, that's gotta keeps things pretty interesting...)

But, as anticipated, I missed my little monster like CRAZY while I was gone! Because although she is a willful little pain much of the time, she is flat-out bucket of laughs ALL of the time. She is soaking up all the little adult phrases that we hand her & then tossing 'em right back at us in just the perfect moments. She loves to tell us, "Good plan", "Great idea", "I am pretty sure", "It's not working, it needs new batteries", (wipes her brow & says) "Phew, that was close" and the best one, "It is so bea-u-ti-ful!" A few of her best soundbytes:

• Just last night: (She is a talker at bedtime, and we're constantly telling her, "Emma, stop talking, it's time for bed.") Colby was putting her down, and as I'm listening through the monitor to them doing battle - Emma using all her stall tactics as Colby tries to block them - he starts trying to sing her bedtime songs, to which she very sternly says "No Daddy, STOP talking - it's time for bed." Ouch.
  
• The other week in sacrament meeting, we were singing the closing song & then we said the closing prayer. Emma did so well, folding her arms & bowing her head; and when the prayer ended she declared loudly "AMEN." Which was followed immediately, at full volume filling the whole chapel, with "WE ALL DONE!!!!" And then repeated twice more. :)
• The next week after closing prayer, she said her "Amen" just like everyone else, then hopped right off her chair & started running for the door, yelling "LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!!!" I swear we're trying to teach her that church is a nice place, we're not church-haters, Bishop!
• Emma sings songs. It's what she does, all day long - in the car, playing with toys, eating meals, going to bed... And she knows all the words & actual tunes to many songs! Current favorites: Child of God, "Family Song" (Families Can Be Together Forever), "Temple Song" (I Love To See The Temple), ABC's, A You're Adorable, the Wonder Pets theme, "Poor Baby Squirrel" from Wonder Pets, "The Oasis" from WP, "Brown Cow Down" from WP, many other WP songs - yes, she is currently obsessed with Wonder Pets.
• Along those lines, she's taken lately to leading us in a round of "Row Row Row Your Boat." She'll sing it, then say "Now Daddy sing it." Then when he finishes - "That's swell! Now Mommy sing it." (Sometimes she'll also instruct Minnie or Goofy to sing it, and we have to pull out our best Disney voices.) Then, she'll declare, "Now we'll sing it all together. I go first." And we'll sing it in a round, lapping over each other until she decides we're done. Classic.
  

Her singing is my very favorite thing that she does, even if it's at bedtime & she's been in bed for an hour. She'll sing every word of the Family Song just perfectly, and it melts me from head to toe. I'll have to get some videos put up, it will put a smile on your face!