Busy

We had one busy weekend! Grandma and Grandpa came to visit on their way back home and realized they needed to be up here on Monday. Emma was so excited to get a whole weekend in of playing with them, and JD and I were excited to have babysitters so we could go on a date (YAY!). We even did a little shopping for Emma and bought her a swim suit for this summer! It has a ballerina tutu! Sunday we made a spur of the moment decision to go visit the 'Northern' siblings and we trecked up there and back in one day. We were a little worried about the drive with Emma, but she played with her toys (she is getting so good with her hands!) and played with Daddy until she was sleepy enough to nap the rest of the way. Emma loved being around other kids! I hadn't noticed before how much she loves to watch them play! Cousins Isaac and Matthew showed her the ropes of playing hard and even rocked her to sleep (by jumping on the bed while Grandma held Emma). Both boys like to try and help out with Emma. They give her her binki (although it is sometimes upside-down) and Isaac even buckled Emma's dirty diaper into her carseat. What a helper! I wish I had a picture of that!
Emma has started doing this really odd new thing. She tucks her chin into her neck and then she makes a really strange grunting noise, JD says it sounds like a dinosaur. I can't figure out what she is doing! She is also really in to giving open mouthed kisses, so if you aren't careful you will get a slobbered on cheek. She loves to kiss everyone...even herself!