Warning: Poo Post

Another weekend came and went, with a lot of rain, bookended by some sun. This provided ample time for Emma to hit the potty training pretty hardcore. She's been really good with the "pee-pee," sporting and modeling her big girl undies all weekend. The "poopy," well, lets say she left a couple of presents. Mommy and Daddy commented that it looked like she had a tail, laughing as we chased her around the house, trying to keep her from sitting down. So, we'll keep working at it, maybe with more pull-ups than with intially planned. You're welcome, by the way, for being let in on this. It's the least we can do, to share everything.






Here's Mommy holding the phone up to Emma's ear while she talks to Nana Hoover, telling her about the continued success on the potty, and some imaginative stories Emma's been crafting. One she told Daddy the other night, involved the three of us getting on Mommy Dolphin, Daddy Dolphin, and Baby Dolphin, riding through the ocean to hide from the sharks. She also said we'd need to find blankets to keep warm while we swam. She's also handed us imaginary catepilllars named "Mochilla," and "Reggie," cupping them in her hand and asking us to either tell them a story or keep them warm before bed. With this blossoming imagination, she's also needed rescuing from volcanoes as she played the part of a "baby puppy", and has talked about pooping on daddy in the tub when she was little--this is a true story that we told her the other night and she almost lost her dinner laughing. I guess this is kind of a running theme. But because of this new joy for "baby Emma" stories, we've also had a chance to look back at some old videos of the lil' one, which she enjoys. She also has suddenly has begun saying, "Mommy is that obvious?"


Nothing like a relaxing soak in the tub.



Play-Do creations. The forehead sticker is for successful potty trips, which Mommy and Daddy wore as part of the collective fun.



Mommy came up with an awesome idea to make chocolate covered strawberries, which Emma helped create.


..and of course, she had to help devour them.



Continuing with the food/potty theme. Nothing like fritos to help things move.



On Sunday, we went up to the neighbor's house to check out two baby goats they recently got. Here's Emma with her friend Taylor, enjoying some time with "Buster."


Because the goats were a little skiddish, and Emma didn't quite know what to make of them, she didn't get a chance to hold "Buster" or "Baby." She did get to tell him how cute he was and try to get them to eat Play-Do she brought up.