New Family Photo

We finally have a new family photo of the three of us! I think the last one we had taken was when Emma was three months old. Here we are, almost five months later!

My First Trampoline

Emma enjoys jumping on our bed while playing with her blocks, links, and stuffed animals. She is such a character!

Printing Precious Photos

This weekend I finally printed hard copies of the many pictures that we've taken of our angel. Except for our Christmas card, I hadn't printed any since Emma was three months old. It was quite an endeavor, and I think I only missed a few that we really wanted during the upload process. With all of the different folders of pictures, that's an easy mistake to make. The online order was very large, and we received a special notice that the one-hour photo option would take two hours. While we are pleased with all of the pics, I'm curious to know why the prints we pick up are never in chronological order. You'd think the way they are submitted would be the way they come out of the printer. Does Wal-Mart pay someone to shuffle the photos like a deck of cards?

Sharpening Her Teeth

Playtime is great fun! Emma loves to sharpen her new teeth on her toys. And when she is quick, the remote or the phone take a licking. A few items are already showing the signs. We have come to the realization that she will eat a few fuzzies. She will ingest a few germs. However, we're hoping to avoid insects and mud pies as she gets more mobile and inquisitive this summer.

Our Funny Valentine

Our little gal is so ful of cheer! She loves the camera. These days she enjoys lunging forward to grab it out of my hands. What a diva! Happy Valentine's Day!

Seven Months Old

Now that Emma is seven months old, she able to do even more "big girl" things. We fondly look back at many milestones from the past month.

Perfect Portrait

Scott's Aunt Dixie created an amazing portait of Emma using our Christmas photo as inspiration and sent it to us as a baptism gift. We framed it last weekend and found the perfect place to display it in our family room. Emma smiled, cooed, and grabbed for it when we showed her the final product. She thinks it is so beautiful, as do we!

Little Birdie

There's no need to coax this little birdie into opening her beak for food. Emma had a great time eating dinner with Grandma Jill and Grandpa Mike during a recent visit. Yum, yum! More, more!

Sittin' Pretty

Emma is prefecting the art of sitting unassisted. She loves the independence and wants to crawl. We are "at the ready" to dive in and catch her when she tries to lunge forward for a toy or the remote or the phone. These objects are not within reach, but Emmy sure thinks she can get to them.

My Sippy

Eating and drinking like a big girl is a lot of fun! Emma smiles so proudly as she tries new things like her sippy cup. She was so cute attempting to lift it and get the liquid into her mouth. Lately she has been sighing happily after each bite of food. Maybe it's her reaction to the introduction of tastey applesauce and peaches. I hope we'll be able to get her to eat her veggies after all of these sweet fruits! We've completed our taste testing of all the Gerber Stage 1 foods, so now we'll be mixing it up and combining. Yummy!