Just Pictures

Sitting up all by herself, and happy about being able to do so!

 Sitting and sputtering :)

 Yes another bath picture!  Emily LOVES bath time, and Paul got out a rubber ducky for the first time last weekend and she thought that was great fun to have a toy in the bath :) 

 You have to be fast to get a Tummy time picture these days, she rolls over as soon as she can to get off her tummy. 

 Mid scream, it is so fun to sit up and even more fun to sit up and scream at the same time!  I know you would not believe me if I told you she had been a very very unhappy baby for a few hours about 5 min prior to this picture...

 FEET!!  Emily has found a new "toy"  She loves to be naked and play with her feet and suck on her toes...most evenings she is fussy and last night she was very fussy, I got her undressed and layed her on the bed and this was the result.  Instant happy baby!

5 Months Already

A big thank you to Paul first for making it possible for me to spend a weekend in Dubuque, IA with my friends scrapbooking at our annual Cabin Fever retreat.  I met the girls in Dubuque last Friday night, and returned home Sunday afternoon.  This is an annual retreat that I have been going to for three years now, it is full of talking, eating, oh yeah and scrapbooking.  It is hosted by a Creative Memories consultant that one of my friends knows.  It is so much fun, and I did not know if I would be able to attend this year so I was very excited when it all worked out.  Paul and Emily spent  the weekend together (I don't know if Emily was totally thrilled about being away from me and having to take a bottle), with some help from my parents.  I had so much fun, but missed them both.  It is nice to be back home after much needed girl time! 

Emily is 5 months old now, I don't know where the time has gone!  She is getting so big, and doing new things every day.  This is a really fun age. 

Emily can roll over from tummy to back, and when on her back she can get up onto her sides but no back to tummy rolling yet.  She does it consistently now and rolls over pretty quick after being put on her tummy, she never really liked tummy time :)  Emily will sit very well with support and will sit by herself well for about 30-60 seconds before falling over.  She has learned to scream!  And she loves that she can be that loud, some afternoons all she does is scream and scream...She loves to spit and sputter and has found her feet as well.  Everything goes into her mouth these days including her toes!  She is playing with toys more and more and will transfer them from hand to hand and up to her mouth.  She is getting really good at manging her pacifier (still one of her favorite things) she will take it out and play with it and put it back in her mouth. 

She just started to sleep at night without being swaddled, but still in her sleep chair.  She will sleep for 3-4 hrs. in a stretch.  I try every few nights to put her in her pack n play, but she does not want anything to do with it.  I hope after her room is all ready and her crib is up, she will like it enough to sleep in it :)  We still need the swing some nights, otherwise nobody would be sleeping.

Emily gets excited when she sees certain things during the day, sometimes I have no idea what she found so entertaining and I just wish I could know what she was thinking.   She really likes the cats these days as well.  We have two cats, one shy and timid cat and one outgoing, loud, obnoxious cat.  I was worried about how they would adjust to her but they are doing great.  We just started letting them be around her and our outgoing cat has no problem with her.  He will let her pull his fur, whiskers, ears, and tail.  He just comes back for more and more Emily "love".  The other cat will tolerate her but as soon as she starts loving him too much he is gone...She is still very well supervised when around the cats, because they are cats and I will never fully trust them. 

Here are some recent pictures to share. 

Well I am unable to post pictures at this time, usually I am able to just insert an image and it is not letting me.  I will make a call to my sister who as most of you know is much better about blogging than I am and see what I need to do....

Quick note and Pics :)

Today we are snowed in, we have had some other large snow falls this winter but this one tops them all.  It started Monday and covered the ground with about 3 inches of snow, then took a little break until starting back up again Tuesday (yesterday) early afternoon and finally stopped late this morning.  I don't know what the official snow fall amount is but it is over 12 inches.  And the main issue is all the drifting snow, many roads are closed along with most businesses and schools.  Paul and I are enjoying the snow day together and had a list of things we wanted to get done, painting trim and putting together Emily's crib along with some other little things around the house but we have done none of those things and instead are all cozy on the couch watching TV/movies on netflix together!  I am glad that we have a warm home and still have power, many others that were hit by the same storm do not have power and it is VERY cold out. 

Emily and I continue to enjoy most everyday together and recently we made Valentines one day and tried to take some pics to put with her card, they are cute but not what I envisioned...  We tried rice cereal for the first time (and has had it once since), which Emily really likes.  I have had more photography clients and have been lucky to be able to schedule them so Paul went late to work or came home early or on the weekend.  But my sister is available if needed :) 

All these pics are from the last few weeks, Emily is 3-4 months in them.  She is growing so much, and really starting to show her personality over the last few weeks.  My sister calls her a little diva, and as much as I don't want to admit it - I think maybe she is.  I just say she is opinionated :)  Just this morning though I started to change my mind...wondering can she already be manipulating me??  She was laying on our bed, I was sitting and watching the news.  She was playing with a rattle in her hand and would try to get my attention back only on her every once in awhile, while playing she hit herself in the head - not hard she is only 4 months.  She was fine, I don't even know if she realized exactly what she did.  But I said to her "oh no, you are ok"  in a calm way, just to reassure her that it was fine because she was looking at me with a puzzled look on her face.  Once she realized that she did in fact do something that bottom lip came out (about 30-45 sec. after the incident) so far and her face got all sad looking and she looked like she was going to scream, i picked her right up and we avoided any tears because she was all giggles and smiles as soon as I picked her up...What a diva - it really did cross my mind that since she got some reaction, she knew how to get a bigger one and was going for it :) 

Reading with Daddy

Still loving bath time

 Fun in the jumperoo

Rice cereal for the first time :)

Making our Valentines Day cards...and using finger paint for the first time - what fun we had :)

Trying to get a cuteValentines pic to send with our cards...my vision was just not happening but still cute and fun!