The weekend before Christmas, we drove up to Pocatello, Idaho to see Marcus’ family. Marcus’ mom (aka Grandma Sorensen) was having a cookie exchange on Saturday the 17th, and some relatives from another town in Idaho were coming as well, none of whom had seen Emrick in person yet. Emrick had fun exploring an unfamiliar home and he wasn’t bothered one bit by being in a house crowded with people he didn’t know. As long as we let him have his adventures, he did not seem to care who was there! Here are some pics:
Grandma had lots of Christmas decorations for Emrick to get into! He seemed especially fond of this jingly Santa.
Don't mind me! Just taking down this here Santy Clause!
Hmm. What's back here?
A box of pine cones! Daddy's going to love this!
Here you go, Daddy. Want me to bring you every single pine cone from that box, one by one?
I knew you did!
Let's see... what to do next?...
Wow. I almost didn't notice that this piano bench is loaded with presents!
This second one is pretty enticing...
Into my hand it goes!
*shake*thrash*bang*!!!
Good thing these boxes are just decorations and not real presents. Hehe... Maybe I can fool Daddy into thinking I bought him some gifts!
Snatched!
After thoroughly exploring/disrupting the front living room, Emrick decided it was time to spread his magic to other areas of the house. He couldn’t wait to get into everything he could see…
like drawers...
and doors...
the trash...
and Cousin Tiana's sippy cup!
Tiana is the daughter of one of Marcus’ first cousins. Do you see her looking at the camera/me? She’s probably thinking, “Are you going to just sit there and take pictures or are you going to get my sippy cup back, lady?!” The sippy cup wasn’t the only thing Emrick lifted from poor Tiana. Shortly after we arrived, he walked over to her and took a cracker right out of her hand. It was pretty funny, but I guess we need to teach him not to do that. As it stands, Emrick is under the impression that anybody, just by virtue of having an object in their hands, is certainly offering said object to him, be it a cracker, a cell phone, or a knife. You don’t want to relinquish your lipstick/sandwich/firearm to him? Well, you shouldn’t have been holding it in your hand! Duh!
Luckily, though, after being forced to return the crackers and sippy cups he thought he scored, Emrick had no trouble moving on to other things.
...like this watering can that he's crouching down to pick up; you can't see it here, but Emrick was rather taken with it, at least for a few dozen seconds anyway.
But oh! Emrick let his guard down and got snatched again! This time by Marcus' cousin Tricia, who lets him play with a craft brush.
Later in the day, it was time to get a picture of Emrick sitting with his dad, grandma, and great grandma.
Marcus and Emrick pose with Marcus' mother and grandmother. Four generations.
Then it was time to exchange Christmas presents, since we wouldn’t be seeing them on the actual day. If only Emrick were old enough to know what an awesome opportunity it is to get to open Christmas presents early!
Emrick got one of those popping push toys! I haven't seen those in years!
Yay for Christmas!
Tune in for more pics from the past couple of months, as well as video and pics from Christmas Day!
3 comments
Merlyn must be thrilled with IMG6299 — it’s perfect! It looks like everyone had a great time. We await the next installment.
I can’t wait for the post about how the popper toy ends up in the garbage!
although Emrick doesn’t look too thrilled with the 4 generation pic, it means a lot to me that Marcus and Shona were able to come and we got the rare opportunity to get this done. We got a picture of Rippey when he was a baby with my dad, and now those pictures are precious as the older ones pass away. Thanks for coming. Loved having you here.