We actually had a real tree this year! (long story, maybe I'll blog it later) We decorated it with popcorn and cranberries, colored and white lights and lots of ornaments. Unfortunately it wasn't the best quality of tree and it was really (I mean REALLY) prickly! Fortunately, Emma never really got pricked and never showed much interest in playing with it or the presents underneath!

And she's off! There was a better pic of her walking with it, but I chose this one. She wasn't wearing a diaper at the time and her onesie was, shall we say, riding up. :-)

I'm gonna getcha!

A new way to burn energy

Emma has a found a new way to entertain us and we have found a new way to wear her out! When we left Arizona after Thanksgiving, Cindy had loaded us down with great Christmas presents for Emma. One was a walker. She tried it out first at Cindy and Casey's place and it was a blast watching her realize that she needed to take steps to keep up with her new toy. I stood her up behind it and she saw Tuan and started after him. What she didn't account for was that this new contraption had a mind of its own! about half way to Tuan, the walker started to vear away and she frantically watched him get farther away as the contraption took her where she didn't want to go. The look on her face was priceless! Needless to say she's getting a bit better and taking it where she wants to go. Now Tuan and I will sit on opposite sides of the room and watch her go back and forth between us - it really does keep her entertained for, well, 15 min at least!

Emma is crawling!

Ok, I realize that this is coming about 2 months after she started crawling. Tuan, Emma and I got to spend Thanksgiving in Arizona with Cindy and Sarah and their families, Dad and Grandma Great. Uncle Norm and Aunt Marlynn even showed up. Cindy and Sarah were so surprised to see Emma crawling and they chastised me for not blogging the event! :) So, here it is: Emma is crawling!! She's a regular little speed demon. If she doesn't want to get dressed she will 'run' away from us - plus she plays tag (sort of) :) She will let us 'chase' her and then she will chase us back. She gets lots of giggles out of it.