November 22, 2009

1/2 year

I just love this little one more and more each day! How could I not with that darling smile...and you should hear her laugh!
At 6 months this sweet little girl is:
-sitting all by herself
-reaching for things when she sits and rocking when she ends up on her hands and knees (one of these days she's just going to take off)
-her two bottom teeth have broken through!
-she's sleeping about 8:30pm-7:30am (most of the time - we still have no sleep nights often, is that because of the teeth?)
-she can find the smallest little things in our carpet! I guess I need to have them cleaned and not just rely on the vaccuum!
-Emmy still isn't a big fan of baby food or cereal but she's getting better and better. She like the oatmeal cereal better than the rice and tends to like the veggies instead of the fruits when she does eat. That's my girl! She's gonna love her veggies like her mom!
-she is "talking" and "talking" these days. All sorts of new sounds come out each day. I keep trying to teach her "mama."
-she's in the 50% in weight (15 lb. 10 oz.) and length (25 in.) and 25% in head circumfrance.
-i know she's gotten enought sleep when she wakes up talking instead of crying. Brian and I chase each other to her bedroom to get her when she wakes up from a nap cuase she is so happy and just smiles and smiles at you!
-Emmy likes to play with toy balls. Our dog has a little toy ball and Emmy teases the dog with it already. It's a riot.
-Emmy had her first traumatic experience...she fell off the bed!



HAPPY 6 MONTHS EMMY!


November 09, 2009

I was so excited to post our family picture taken on Halloween but I have misplaced the memory card...ugh! I have been so forgetful lately. Anyway, I did take some pictures of Emmy on another card and am happy to share these - isn't she the cutest little strawberry you've ever seen! As soon as I find the other card I'll post the family. I was Strawberry Shortcake and Emmy my little strawberry. I tried to tell Brian he could be that "purple guy" but he passed. I love having Emmy so I have a buddy to dress up with. I'm already excited for next year! Hmmm, what could we be???


October was a project/learning month for me. I made a fun halloween craft with my mother-in-law, I have been gathering things to help redecorate my moms living/dining room (I told her I could do it for $100- I'm at $150 but pretty close to done), I have been SLOWLY organizing 20+ years of pictures my mom has in rubbermaid containers so I can make albums for my siblings and I (a bigger project than I had thought it would be), I leaned how to make apple pie filling and feel like such a homemaker and I took a photography class from Brooke Snow. This girl is the best teacher and such a talented photographer! I can't wait to join her advanced class in January! My photo skills still have yet to be fine-tuned but I feel so much more confident shooting in manual and only doing little or no editing to my picture anymore. Thanks Brooke! Here are a few photos from my "homework" assignments (for some reason they are lot more "crisp" before being downloaded to blogger).
As you can see, my sister was my favorite model... THANKS HOLLY! YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL!!