Grammy

Emerick loves my Mom - his Grammy. Or as he calls her "Uh-Guh". (no idea why he calls her that, haha!) He recognizes we are going to her house from a certain point about 1 mile down the road, and always says "Uh-Guh House!" Last week I finally fulfilled my Mom's Birthday wish (her birthday was in July) and did a little photo session of her with her favorite Grandson. Needless to say, it was kind of a nightmare as I had totally anticipated. Emerick is the worst subject on Earth and absolutely hates to have his picture taken. Or have to sit still for more than 2 seconds. (he is a two year old boy, and a wild one at that!) We had about 1 1/2 minutes of cooperation and then it was meltdown/tantrum city. Here are a few shots that I did get that I think are precious.

You can click the above tantrum if you want to see it bigger ;-) Having your photo taken is torture.

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 :-)