Everything Emma: Santa Baby

Monday, December 27, 2010

Santa Baby

This blog entry is just a wee bit late, but since the photos are so incredibly adorable I decided to add them anyway. About a week and a half ago Issac's Grandma and I took Emma out to the Christmas Festival in Seguin that was put on by the department of agriculture from Navaro High School. Along with a traditional Christmas dinner, live music, and numerous Texas themed activities, there was also a Santa. I was unsure as to how Emma would react to the creepy man in the big red suite since many infants do not much care for him. However, my fears were put at complete ease when I handed her over to "Mrs. Claus" and she immediately beginning smiling from ear to ear. Once she was placed in Santa's lap her interest peaked even more. She played with the bells on his wrist as she smiled and talked to him. Overall it was a great experience and a great photo opportunity. After meeting with Santa for the first time we walked around the big red barn exploring the many interesting exhibits that were on display.

While viewing the indoor exhibits Mrs. Claus decided that she had not yet had her fill of our beautiful and always smiling baby girl. She came over to us and played with Emma for about 5-10 minutes. Emma absolutely LOVED her and I am pretty sure would have gone home with her had I let her.

After playing with Mrs. Claus and viewing the indoor exhibits we headed outdoors. The outdoor exhibits were by far the best!

They ranged from old buildings, animals, marshmallow roasting, and a manger, to a live blacksmith and arts and crafts for children in the old school house. Being in such a small town, a festival of this caliber was rather impressive.

This was the name of the farm in which the festival was held at. Once I saw the name Emma I knew I just had to take a photo.

Santa's sleigh- Texas style!

After viewing all of the exhibits the big red barn had to offer, a random little girl came up out of nowhere and started playing with Emma. It was incredibly cute, though I am not sure what Emma thought about this stranger practically climbing into her stroller.

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My name is Jenny and I have been married to my wonderful husband, Issac, since June of 2006. Issac is a Staff Sergeant in the Air Force and works as an instructor at Sheppard Air Force Base. He has been in the Air Force for nearly eight years but will be making a big change in just a few short months when he separates from the Air Force and goes to work as a civilian. I run an online based children's boutique and am able to operate on an international level from the comfort of my own home office. Polka Dot Designs was started in October of 2010 and has grown tremendously throughout the past year and a half. As of right now we have sold to 43 states, 14 countries, and hundreds of cities across the globe. I love what I do and love that I am able to stay home and not miss a beat while I do it. For the first almost four years it was just the two of us but on May 3, 2010 that all changed when we were blessed with our beautiful daughter Emma Reese. This blog was created to keep all of our wonderful friends and family back home updated on our beautiful little girl's milestones.

What Emma is Doing

All of her colors.

All of her letters.

All basic shapes and even a handful of more advanced one.

Can name all of her body parts.

Knows the days of the week and can even tell you which activities she has on which days.

She has been doing chores and has been responsible for cleaning her playroom and bedroom for about a year. In recent months she has gotten to a point where she will often begin her cleaning for the day without me having to ask or monitor her while she does it.

Can re-tell many of the stories from the Bible and can tell you all about Jesus.

Knows how to spell her name.

Learning how to write her letters- we haven't really started working on writing number yet.

Learning some basic addition.

Learning about money and the value of different coins. This ties in well with teaching her addition because she is learning simple things like 5 pennies= 1 nickle.

Still a very healthy little eater and typically has no aversion to eating her veggies. She does prefer eating them raw and loves going to my favorite salad spot for lunch after morning gymnastics.

Loves listening to music and enjoys playing piano and guitar with Daddy. We have the keys on our piano labeled so for about the past year she has been learning the notes.

Loves her "Best friend pup" and sleeps with him every night.

Very good at drawing and has taught herself to draw so many things that I did not think a three year old could even draw.

Going to gymnastics three days a week- she can do front rolls, tuck jumps, straddle jumps, and pikes all by herself and is even walking backwards on the beam, doing small jumps on the beam, and doing simple flips on the bars. She is currently working on cartwheels and simple back walkovers using the mat that is shaped like a block.

Fully potty trained- praise the Lord for that one!

Knows all about different types of food and can tell you which foods are healthy and which are unhealthy.