The Divine Ms. Em ... Again

Martin posted the last entry without realizing I had meant to upload a second video. Here, at last, is the promised video of Emma eating the buttons off my shirt. And, yes, she's just as cute in person as she is on film.

Queen Elizabeth and the Divine Ms. Em

Hi. Kerri here (posting from Martin's side and too lazy to change the user).

We have two videos that so particularly capture little pieces of the girls' personalities at this moment. They are so different in so many ways and yet they adore playing with each other. When Libby's on her game (and not being a bullying big sister), she can make Emma laugh harder than just about anyone.

First video: Libby has developed this total space-cadetness. She is just hilarious. It's like she just has too much on her mind to pay attention to petty little details like watching for walls she shouldn't walk into. We were at a park last weekend, and the girls had lollipops for the first time (or at least the first time in memory). Notice how Libby's so engrossed in her "pollilop" that she first walks into the bar at the top of the slide and then almost falls completely down the slide itself.



As for Emma, she has the funniest sense of humor. She already can be quite a tease and has a killer smile. She loves to do goofy little things to get a laugh. Already! She's only 18 months old, for Pete's sake. Here she is at the beach in Florida. She's first talking about my boobs (still fascinated though we haven't breastfed in a few months) and then she pretends to eat the beads off my shirt (yes, that's right -- I was bejeweled and bedazzled).

Florida

We just got back from a trip to Florida. We were there for a conference. We had a great time but we're all exhausted.

The view from our room

A trip to the beach for ice cream

And then downtown for a festival

Both kids discovered the ocean

Emma was a little less sure she liked it

And we got a few good pictures of the girls together

I just love the look on Emma's face here

The More Things Change...

We recently returned to the Field Museum Toddler Lab for the first time since Emma was a little baby in a sling. Here's Libby at the lab last year:

And here's Emma this year:

More later. Emma's doing great. No more rash! Libby's got another double ear infection, and I have another cold. Sigh.

Pictures of lots of visits to come (we need to upload the camera).

Lady Sassafras the Speckled

I thought Emma was having a little eczema breakout yesterday when this rash started. As you can see, it got pretty bad pretty quickly. Poor little speckled mite. Went to the doctor this morning, and we're now operating under the assumption that Emma is allergic to the penicillin she was on for her ear infection.

Other happy news: Not only is her ear still infected, but they're now BOTH infected. Grrrrrr. We're not having such a good time of it healthwise around here.

In the for-real happy news: The rash doesn't seem to overly bother her (especially now with some Benadryl), and she's in really good spirits. There's also no sign of any anaphylactic problems from the allergy. Phew.

P.S. Kandi, doesn't she look like Sage with her face all big and swollen like this? The Sager lives!