It really amazes me how fast babies or toddlers do things. One day they are going about their business, and the next, they are doing something totally new just looking at you like "yea, that's right, look what I can do!" Emme's newest trick is standing up in the middle of a room by herself without help or holding onto anything. Last week she started letting go of things while standing up for a few seconds and then all of a sudden, she is standing up on her own and thinking it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.
It's so funny to watch her do this because she is actually really good at it after just doing it like two times, scary! Now, she is constantly doing what I call the "skier position" because she looks like a little skier going down a hill with her knees bent to get her balance. She gets quite a kick out of this as well because she will look at you when she stands up and starts clapping her hands with a huge smile on her face like she is really proud of herself. How fast she is growing up!
I figured it was time to get her some new shoes since she is cruising and standing up everywhere and the shoes she does have are alittle tight on her. To tell you the truth, babies don't really need shoes that much until they start standing up and walking along things because they are just crawling all over the place and not really using the bottoms of their feet. So we made a trip to Stride Rite and got her some nifty stage 2 shoes tonight, which are so cute and they make her feet look so much bigger than they are with these bulky shoes on. I definately think it's really important to get a toddler a nice pair of new shoes because growth and development of their feet is key. I also think it's a rip off for kids' shoes for the price they charge which makes me think I should get into the shoe business and make a ton of money! Oh well, our little bug is worth every penny :)
It's fall so that means pumpkin patch! We took Emme to Schnepf farms this weekend to see the pumpkins and enjoy the farm. They have fun things for kids to do like pet the animals in the petting zoo, go on rides, take a train ride around the farm, and pick pumpkins of course. Emme was alittle young for the rides but we did take her on the carousel. Needless to say, I think she was alittle weirded out by the experience because she tolerated it for about 2 minutes, then started crying because I think the horse going up and down scared her a bit. It probably didn't help that I wasn't on the ride with her, I took pictures and that could have been it too. 
She LOVED playing the pumpkin patch though. She could have stayed there all day, picking up hay, moving the pumpkins around, she was definately enjoying it. It was a really fun thing to do and something you have to bring the kids to every fall for sure. 
