Yewo Boo-noon

A quick trip to Little Caesar's the other day proved a fruitful one for our little Emma. The nice cashier offered her a balloon and cookies- woo hoo!! When asked which color balloon she wanted, Emma emphatically said "Yewo, yewo boonoon!" So we were off, and Emma was shaking she was so excited....that is until the wind popped the balloon right off the string. She looked at me, with panic in her eyes, saying "Hup hup (help)! Mommy boonoon!" Poor Emma.... she wouldn't let go of the string, nor would she stop talking about the balloon (we even heard her telling her stuffed animals in bed last night all about it) for three days. So, daddy took her to the store today and picked out a pack of Cinderella balloons (and yes, there were yellow ones in there!). Needless to say, she was so excited that she went to bed late.

We had our first successful web meeting with Grandma and Grandpa Grupp last Wednesday. Although Emma didn't totally get it, she will soon I'm sure. Doesn't take that kid very long to get anything! Can't wait for our next meeting!

Last night, Yellow Grandma and Yellow Grandpa took the three of us girls (since Braden was gone)out for a nice dinner. Emma wasn't feeling well and hadn't eaten a thing all day (maybe because mom refused to give her cookies for lunch, which by the way resulted in a very upset Emma....never ask the open-ended question 'What do you want for lunch' with that girl...she'll tell ya!). So the kids Mac n Cheese was wolfed down in record time. She even ate the two pieces that fell onto her napkin. Man that girl can eat! And after about an hour at home, she even asked for cereal! WOW! But boy did that macaroni lift her spirits, along with the monkey pajammas from Aunt Gretchen and Uncle Benger. A girl's gotta put those on when she's feeling under the weather...and then jump in her crib to "No Monkeys Jumpin on the Bed"....that always helps.

Emma started her little gymnastics class with me again last week. She looooooves it! And I must brag a bit here, but she's the model student :) Good thing too, because the timeout corner is outside the room, and the teacher's not allowed to leave :) At home now she's flipping all over the place, and because she's indestructable (or so she thinks), it's usually straight into furniture or her sister.

Bela's doing great, for Bela :) Her reflux is still keeping her from sleeping too long (and her big sister's helping that too!), and she still fusses quite a bit. But as long as mommy is in sniffing distance, she's cute and lovable. Yes, she still won't take a bottle, so that's interesting (especially for Grandma when she baby-sits when I go to work). We now own EVERY kind of bottle on the market, so if you'd like to test them before you buy them, please contact me. Seriously. We finally invested in a mini co-sleeper, a bassinet type thing that attaches right to the bed. What a life-saver. Now our little bed partner has her own little bed, still within sniffing distance of mommy :) But at least we don't wake up twenty times a night, fearing we've crushed the little one.

Emma has discovered Bela's startle reflex (when the baby gets startled, they raise their hands- we call it her Italian hands). And boy does she think it's funny to startle her! I guess at least she's learning about cause and effect.....