Nap Time

It was nap time at the Emerson house. I heard giggling. This is what was happening...

Caden's Prayer

Dear God, Thank you Momma, Daddy, Corban. Thank you A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z. Now I know my ABCs, next time you sing with me. A, a, apple, thank you. B, b, ball, thank you. C, c, computer, thank you. Jesus' name, Amen.

I'm 7 months old!

He did not want to sit still for this picture.
Happy guy!
Angry guy.
Cute guy.

He's Gonna Jump!!!

Couch Jumper
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Angry Alphabet

Angry Alphabet
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The Grass

Caden was playing in the playroom with one of our interns when he suddenly jumped up and exclaimed, "Go pee pee, fast." The intern replied, "O.K., go...the bathroom's right there" (pointing to the bathroom connected to the room they were in). Caden proceeded to run out of the room, down the hall, out the front door, through the porch door to the tree in the front yard. Keep in mind, Caden runs around naked so that potty experiences can be handled at a quick pace. Also, I should tell you that our "front yard" is surrounded by a concrete wall, therefore, no Africans can gawk at my naked child. Back to the story...next thing I know Caden has bent his knees slightly, thrust his hips forward, and is peeing in the grass at the base of our tree. Watching him through the window I asked, "Caden, what are you doing?" "Go pee pee, grass!" Oh of course, where else would a little boy go pee pee?!

Oh My!

I created a few writing pages for Caden yesterday to see what he could do. They were connect the dot pages of letters and shapes. The first one was his name, a circle, and a square. I couldn't help but smile the whole time he was writing...he was concentrating so hard.

This page was just lines....straight, curvy, zig-zag, etc. Caden decided it would be better to just circle all the lines.

I wanted to see if he could follow instructions and test his shapes and colors.
Here were his instructions (given individually):

• color the circle red (he gave every shape a little red, but chose the crayon himself)
• color the square blue
• color the diamond orange (oops, he chose yellow...but when asked, he told me it was yellow)
• color the triangle orange

And this is what I get for trying to teach him to write his letters (and then not keeping an eye on him)...

Don't worry (SheaLea) , he's still getting lots of opportunities to explore his creative side with blank canvas...and we're still working on the concept that we write only on paper.

New Talents

Corban is learning to sit all by himself. While it's still a difficult to talk him into bending at the waist (he would prefer to stand all day), he is able to sit for a few seconds on his own before his curiosity gets the best of him and he topples to one side. We're working on crawling too...no such luck.Just ask one of the four guys (college interns) staying at our house and they will testify that Caden is, indeed, obsessed with his ABCs. Today I printed out a few color sheets from the Fisher-Price website (great site!) and he was so excited to color the letters. Look what I caught him doing....


Now that we have the singing part down, maybe it's time to start the writing.

Love it!

You gotta love it when you have a family member who is so talented. Our sister-in-law, Betsy, did a baby body parts collage for Caden and it's one of my favorite keepsakes. She took pictures for Corban's collage while we were in the States. Check out the beautiful finished product...