Morning Play-time

Applewood Farm 2010

A couple of weeks ago we took Emerick back to Applewood Farm for our second annual trip to pick pumpkins, ride the steam train, pet the animals, explore the corn maze, ride the hay ride, and eat hot dogs. That place is so much fun for a kid, I am sure we will be going back every year in the future. Emerick was really excited, and this year he understood that we were going to go ride a "choo choo" and the whole drive out there he kept saying "I cited! choo choo!"

Here is Emerick with the Engineer last year and then this year...





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"mmmm! this is good"

We had breakfast for lunch a couple of days ago, and Emerick got his first strip of bacon. I think he liked it.

he looks like a model...

...but he sure doesn't act like one. the boy hates his photo taken. but i still love him.

Showing off his fresh picked Pumpkins

Emerick's Pirate Party

Favorite Snack

Two Year Growth Stats

Today was Emerick's 2 year well check. He did great, and once again didn't cry when he got the shot in his thigh, such a tough guy. Here are his stats.

Height: 34 1/2 inches (55%)

Weight: 31 1/2 lbs (78%)

I was a little concerned about the percentile he was in today for height, since all along he has been right around the 70-80 percentile. The Dr. explained to me that there is a different growth chart that is used once a baby hits 2 years, and if he plugged his current height into the previous growth chart, he would still be within the same percentile range as he has been all along. Interesting.

Here are a couple of cell phone pictures of Emerick patiently waiting for the Dr. to see him. :-)

Happy 2nd Birthday!

Happy Birthday to the sweetest little boy I have ever known! We love you!

What a difference a year makes...

Eating a slice of Birthday Cake on his 1st Birthday

Eating a slice of Birthday Cake (at the same restaraunt) on his 2nd Birthday

Style

For the past couple of days Emerick has been going into his room and bringing out random peices of clothing to put on, usually baby legs. He still loves to wear a hat, and lately it has been this pirate hat that we bought for him to wear at his birthday party. Gotta love a boy with his own style :-)

2 Year Photos

Things have been busy for me lately, and I haven't had much time for photographing my own child (which is never easy) or for blogging. In addition to work being busy, we went on a fun day trip to Hershey Park a couple of months ago, and last month we went with Papa and Grammy for a weekened at the Greer Family Cottage. I will try to get around to posting those photos later, but for now here are some of my favorite photos that fellow photographer (& friend) Lindsay Parks of Lindsay Parks Photography captured in July.

Antique Chair

Hats

Emerick is really into hats. If you are in the same room as him and wearing a hat, you better believe Emerick will snatch it to wear for himself. Baseballs caps can't be worn the way they are intended, he insists he wears them backwards. He even has a plastic constuction hat that he has to wear in the bathtub!

"Case of the Sillies"

As I like to call it! Emerick had a serious case of the sillies tonight. I wish I had a video to go along with these photos! We were shouting "YES!" and "NO!" back and forth at eachother, and he thought it was hysterical! You never know what this kid will find funny :-)

Boys Will Be Boys

Emerick and his cousin Tristan playing tonight...

Mr. Bones - Year 3/Age 2

Every October since Emerick has been here, we have taken a snapshot of Auntie Samantha and Emerick wearing a skeleton outfit. Since she was here visiting this month, and we know she won't be here this October, we had to get this years shot a couple of months early. The first shot was taken when Emerick was 25 days old, the second one at 1 year, and now this one just a couple of months shy of his second birthday. I love to see the progress, Emerick has changed SO much!

"To infinity...and beyond!"

Emerick has recently become completely obsessed with "Toy Story". He plays with his Buzz and Woody toys more than he does his cars (which he does still play with everyday). He knows that we can watch "Toy Story" on a desktop computer, laptop, cell phone, etc...so he is constantly asking to watch "Oy Soy" and bringing you your phone, or laptop if they are within his reach. My favorite thing is when he flies his buzz toy around the room and says "To infinity and beyond", which sounds more like "duhnitity eeeeyon!" It is the cutest thing on earth.

So tonight we bought him these buzz lightyear jammies, and we are going to try the Pull Ups overnights, instead of the Huggies overnight diapers, since the Pull Ups have Toy Story on them. That was the easiest time we have had putting a diaper on in a while. It has become a tantrum every time we have to change a diaper, which is so frustrating.

Medieval Times

My sister Samantha and her boyfriend Peter were in town for the last week and a half, and we had lots of fun. Emerick loves both his Auntie Mantha, and Peter (whom he became bff with!)

Saturday July 24th was my sister's birthday, and we all went to Medieval Times. It was lots of fun, and a place I have always wanted to go. Watching Emerick was priceless. When the show started Samantha was holding him, and he was scared. He buried his head into her arms for a few minutes. After that, he was fine. He watched the show intensely, and repeated his favorite phrase over and over "OH WOW!"

He also enjoyed watching "Toy Story" during the show on Samantha's iPhone (obsessed with "Toy Story"), and taking Peter's hat on and off of his head over and over again (Sorry Peter)

Some pics...

Ate our entire meal with our fingers...