Getting a Grip

As promised, here is a video of Emmy beginning to hold blocks with her own two hands....of course whatever she picks up, immediately gets brought to her saliva covered lips! And, the tongue makes it out as well, adding even more saliva to the mix....but that's what one does at 4 months, right?

Blocks

Here Emalyn and I were playing with the blocks in the background. She's getting quite adept at grabbing them with both her hands and bringing them to her mouth. I will be posting a video of that soon!!

I had to get a shot of one of my favorite sleepers Emmy lounges in. The sleeper is just getting to the point where it will be too small (length wise). Her little toes already pull the fabric pretty tight...maybe one more week? We'll see!

A good friend of mine from IL (we met and became friends at church summer camp) made this absolutely adorable cap for Emmy. I love it, and Emmy is the prefect model for it!
Thanks Jacki, it came in perfect time for the fall!!

Bath Time!!

I don't remember the exact date this was taken, but it is definitely within the first 2 weeks of September. Emalyn's favorite time of the day is bath time as you will see....please ignore my horrible singing voice. At least she doesn't seem to mind?!?!!

Tummy Time!

As you can see, Emalyn has a nice bald spot formed on the back of her head....seeing that development has caused me to realize she must be getting plenty of time then on her back, and so here we are working on tummy time by our back sliding glass doors. I am surprised I was able to even get a photo, becuase for some reason, she did NOT want to work on building those biceps!
On another note, these are one of my favorite pairs of pants that Emalyn wears. Sadly, they too are getting too small...a little short to be exact! I think I love how dizzying they are....not to mention, how colorful!!! It's okay, I understand most people either love 'em or hate 'em, there's no in between! :)

Happy Patriot's Day!

My New Shoes

After church today we had to capture Emalyn's new metallic Mary Janes. Well, her outfit too, becuase it in no way will fit her again! You can tell the little sleeves are going to be way too short-I am glad we got to use it once! Any way Back to the shoes....Cameron picked them out Saturday from Babies 'R Us....after I saw them, I just couldn't refuse. They're so cute!















Later that day, we were getting ready for our walk. Here is Emalyn in her Bumbo with her fleece set. We have had to abandon the strollers as she fusses the whole walk back to the house....she prefers to be in a carrier now. We'll see how long that lasts.









And of course, Quincy waiting to go out on the walk with us!

Eating and Quincy

I noticed we only have one photo of Emalyn having a bottle. This photo was taken when we had one left over from daycare, because Emalyn was picked up early by her daddy, and I got off work early! If you couldn't tell by her cheeks, she's a big eater! (Sept 4)

Just trying to get more photos of little miss Emalyn! (Sept 5) She looks like she might just have had enough!

As you can see, Emalyn does know that there is another "someone" in our house. Quincy wanted some attention from us both and I got him to lie next to Emmy...well, in front of Emmy! She was enjoying the resistance of his body with her feet and was kicking them into his back. He finally ran away and got a toy.

Here she was watching Quincy with that toy. You can almost hear her saying, "What's that dog doing?"

Like Father, Like Daughter

This is a sweater that Cameron actually wore back when he lived in Australia. It is progressively getting cooler and cooler here in MN, and thus the sweaters have some out of the closet. This was taken before Emalyn and I left for daycare and work in the morning.

Another photo of Emalyn in her Jumper(the day before we had to bust out the sweaters!)...you can actually notice her right hand is gripping the ball...she's a smarty, this little girl!

I'm ready for my close up....

A New "Toy"

Little Miss Emalyn was able to try out her new "toy" today! I use quotation marks as it is not really a toy but rather an exercising/teaching contraption!! I have really learned that I like baby Einstein products, which this is!! She is still a little small for it so we have to watch her closely until she gets a little bigger, but she really likes spinning the dials and moving the beads-there is a musical feature, but she hasn't yet gotten into that. The colors are a great attraction for her as well! She also doesn't jumpso much, but that will come in time, I am sure. Thank you Tios Ramon and Marta for helping us get this for our little girl!

(It looks like she hates it in this photo, but I promise, she DOES enjoy using this jumper!!)