The Emma Report: December 2007

Pictures of 2007: The Year in Review

January

saw the arrival of Emma's first tooth (finally!):

and her first experience of snow as a mobile baby:

February

We celebrated Valentine's Day:

and had lots of fun at Winterlude:

March

brought Emma's evolution from crawling baby (at Uncle Dean's wedding):

to toddling toddler:

to Dancing Queen:

April

started with a freak late winter storm:

and ended with balmy summer-like weather:

May

we spent most of our days outside, enjoying the beautiful weather:

June

saw us working on Emma's table manners :)

July

marked Emma's first 'official' haircut:

and our annual summer vacation (this year, to southern Ontario):

August

we celebrated Emma's 2nd birthday:

September

Emma was finally able to meet her great-grandmother who travelled from Germany to celebrate Opa's birthday this month:

October

While Mommy returned to work (after being off for 2 years), the girls enjoyed playing in the leaves:

and Emma went trick-or-treating for the first time:

November

after we mopped up from the Great Flood (caused by a broken pipe in the kitchen), the girls had a bit of fun with the industrial fans the renovation crew left to dry out the floors:

we enjoyed the Santa Claus Parade while attending the annual Children's Christmas party at Eric's office:

but Emma was not feeling well and slept right through Santa's arrival:

December

brought us a ton of snow!:

we celebrated Big Sister's 5th birthday:

posed for some Christmas photos:

and the girls were very excited to see that Santa Claus had left some presents under the tree on Christmas morning:

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!... May 2008 bring you nothing but joy, peace, good health, and happiness!

Memo to Santa

Dear Santa,

It's not that Emma did not enjoy the gifts you so thoughtfully left for her under the Christmas tree this year. She did. Really.

Apparently, though, what Emma really wanted for Christmas was 24 cans of cat food.

No kidding. Over the past 3 days, Emma has been happily occupied, stacking the cans in various combinations while her Christmas gifts sit largely ignored in the playroom.

Perhaps next year, Santa, you might want to consider bringing Emma an empty cardboard box or two. She'd probably get a real kick out of them, too....

signed,
Emma's Mommy

Merry Christmas!

Seasons greetings to you and yours and best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2008!

Snow much fun!

December pictures

December is a notoriously busy month, what with Christmas and Big Sister's birthday. Add in a couple of holiday parties, a school Christmas concert or two, a couple of quick trips to the doctor, swimming lessons, gymnastic classes, a busy few weeks at work, a frantic search for a new caregiver ('cause our nanny abruptly quit last week!!) and we've had a pretty crazy month so far!

In spite of the hectic days, we've also tried to have some family fun.

Emma and Big Sister helped to bake some Christmas cookies:

Adding sparkly sugar is serious business:

but the results are pretty yummy!:

Emma was especially helpful when it came to decorating the Christmas tree :)

We also continued our annual tradition of decorating a gingerbread house:

Our visit to see Santa Claus did not go so well....

(hopefully Emma hasn't been traumatised for life, but I have to admit that the picture still makes me giggle)

at least we got a good picture of Big Sister with the Big Guy:

and Emma was much happier to pose for pictures once we got back home:

well, at least for a little while:

(Emma has got the "Pouting-Two-year-old-Look" perfected)

I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you all a warm and wonderful Holiday Season, with our best wishes for a Happy and Healthy New Year!