Silent Bless You

Today Emerson sneezed while Gene and I were talking so we didn't say "Bless you" to her.

Emerson: "Ahchooo!"

Gene & Anya: silent

Emerson: (beat) "Thank you."

Gene & Anya: (laughter).

Not sure if that was Miss Sassy Pants or Miss Sarcastic.  Time will tell, but either way that girl cracks me up!

Name

We called Emerson by her Korean name for the first month or so after coming home.  We then added Emerson in front of her Korean name, and just recently started calling her Emerson only. She's been responding well to Emerson, but never actually said her own name (either in Korean or English) in reference to herself.

However, recently she started pointing out things like "That's our car," or "That's mommy's brush," etc..  This past week we were playing with her dolls and she told one of them that something was "Emerson gguh."  And tonight when I was carrying her out from her bath, she got a glimpse of the two of us in the mirror and said "Mommy rrang ('and' in Korean) Emerson"!

Now that she knows she's Emerson, we plan on calling her by both her names.  We don't want her to lose her Korean name.

Emerson rrang Mommy at the beach a couple weeks ago.

Day at the Farm

Today we visited a local farm with Em's favorite playdate friend Jonah and his family.  We all signed up for a tractor ride tour.  It was a super hot day even at 10 o'clock in the morning!) and bought a straw hat for Em at the farm.

 



Sitting next to Jonah on the tractor ride.

 

Taking off for our tour!

Jonah & mommy!

 

 

We sampled different veggies and fruits during the tour. Em is not fond of veggies so she mostly played with them instead of eating them.

Taking a break from the tractor ride to walk through a watermelon patch.

Looking for watermelons with Daddy.

Daddy and Em in front of the tractor carts.

Em couldn't wait to take off her straw hat!