2 Year Well Baby Visit

We had Emery's 2 year appt today. She is looking great and right on track in every area. She weighs a whole 25 lbs (25th percentile) and 33 in tall (50th percentile). Our pediatrician, Dr. Shelly Ring is amazing, but is out on maternity leave so we saw another Dr from the office. I now appreciate Dr Ring even more. The other lady just wasn't the same. Here are a few recent pictures since I've been neglecting our blog the last couple of months.

Emery trying out her Halloween costume. I bought it early so I could figure out if she would go for the hat or not - luckily, she thinks her costume is adorable and loves to wear it. My cute little pirate!

The other morning I was cleaning the kitchen and the house was silent. I went to look for Emery and she was just chilling in her stroller with Elmo looking out the window. I think she was still trying to wake up for the day.

Vegas Baby!

Ivan and I drove to Vegas last weekend for the Utah/UNLV game. We had a good time, but we also realized that as you get older, Vegas just isn't the same. Some highlights from our trip:

• Utah/UNLV game and Utah won!
  
• I got a massage
• Ivan watched the Giants game totally uninterrupted (too bad it was a bad game)
• We saw 2 movies - more than we've seen in the last year
• In N Out every day - yummy!
  
• We saw Le Reve at the Wynn - amazing show!

Emery spent the weekend with Grandma Lola, Aunt Silvana and Uncle D - she had a good time but was mad that we left her. She refused to speak to us on the phone all weekend - they would offer her the phone and tell her it was Mama or Papa and she would respond "No Papa!" and run away. Nice! Luckily, once we got back, she was back to being a Mommy's girl and I was pleased.

My Cleaning Helper

I've been obsessed with Spring cleaning (yes, I know it's Fall) over the past couple of weeks. My goal is to deep clean two rooms per weekend until the house is done. Today I was taclkling the living room and back door area, including cleaning blinds and scrubbing walls and baseboards.

Of course, Emery wanted to join me. She sat right down and started scrubbing the walls and baseboards. When she wanted to clean the wall higher than she could reach, she stepped up on the baseboards to get higher - hilarious! I wonder how much of a fine I will get for not following the child labor laws :)

At one point, we were both scrubbing away, Emery stops, pats my shoulder and I look over. She gave me a kiss - melted my heart! I guess Spring cleaning isn't too bad when you have a helper who still loves you even when you're cleaning, right?

Circus Time

We took Emery to the circus last Sunday. I was nervous about how Emery would do being confined to a small area for 2 hours, but I figured we have to start somewhere. A place filled with other kids is the perfect place to try it out, right?

The first half of the Circus, Emery did pretty good. She wanted to sit in my lap and then move to her chair and went back and forth a few times. Just before intermission, she was very restless so we went up to the concessions stands to walk around. The second half of the Circus was a little tougher, but Emery had a good time making friends with the little girl in front of us.

Emery's favorite part was of course the animals. She would kind of sit and watch them when the elephants, horses and tigers came out. As soon as the animals went to the back, she would look over to the door where they came out of and hold her hands out trying to pet them - too cute! I've now determined that any outing with a 2 year old that isn't a disaster, is a success. So, the Circus was a success.

I didn't get many pictures, partly because if Emery saw the camera she would have wanted to play with it the entire time and because the battery was going dead. But, here's one of the elephant!