Need a laugh?

It's so funny what random noises will make my child laugh, but I'm willing to do anything to hear that sweet sound. You should know a couple of things before you watch this:

1. No video is ever complete without a dog fight in the background (or Friend's on the TV for that matter).

2. Red sweatpants are a must have for any fashionable mom this season!

3. I've been a little sickly lately, please ignore the coughing- I promise I didn't cough on the baby.

4. This video might not be for you if you are the sea sick type, my video taping skills aren't up to par either. :)

Enjoy!

Another month... already?!?

So,has it really been another month already and here I am finally updating! We have had a really great month, and it has come with some big changes. We started introducing Emery to solid food this month, and it is so fun! I love watching her reaction to the new flavors of the food- her facial expressions are too funny! She has done very well with all of them, after she gets over the initial shock of something new.

The first vegetable- peas!

Then we moved on to squash

And her favorite so far, green beans, yum!

Of course, I just feel the need to also include of some pictures just because she is so cute and I love taking pictures of her. Poor girl, she just never gets any attention. She has already figured out that she loves the iPhone and we look at all her pictures at least once a day, hehe!

She's getting so good at tummy time

Playing with Daddy

She recently found her feet and she plays with them all the time. This has made diaper changes very fun :)

We got SNOW! This was Valentine's weekend and we got 6 inches- it was just beautiful!

Of course, I do realize I just went from a snow picture to a sunny, short sleeved picture but what can I say- we live in Texas! A week after the snow it was 70 degrees outside (heavenly!), so we spent the afternoon at the park. Emery was sporting some new shades and tried out the swings. She's not too sure about them, but I think it will grow on her

5 Months

January 17, 2010

Is Emery seriously 5 months old already? It is so hard to believe that I am blogging again about another month gone by, and a big month it was. Emery celebrated her first Christmas & New Year's Eve (didn't quite make it to midnight this year!), started eating rice cereal, and rolled over. Here is what she likes this month:

- Still coming in at #1: the gym. She gets so excited to lay and kick and talk to the princess- sometimes she gets both arms and both legs going at the same time, it's starting to get a little out of control. Hilarious!

- We borrowed an exersaucer from a friend and she LOVES it! She is still a little small for it, but it has a great track around the seat so we can put her toys there so she can chew on them. She likes for me to stand her on the floor in front of it- she can reach all the fun toys much better that way.

- We are having several "conversations" a day. She actually just squeals and gargles really loud when you talk to her and it's just adorable and hilarious!

- She is reaching for everything! She is getting really good at reaching above her head if she is on the floor and doing everything she can to get a toy that is out of reach- I'm pretty sure she's a genious. She even got one of the stacking cups out of the other cup the other day, like I said, genious!

- She LOVES the rice cereal! I decided to give it a try New Year's Day since Matt was home (just to see what she thought) and she ate the whole bowl! This has really helped her put on some good weight the past few weeks- she's got to be over 11 lbs by now!

She is just the sweetest baby and I love watching her grow every day. Happy 5 months Goo Boo- looking forward to all the laughter in month 6, I love you!

Home from all the Christmas traveling!

Asleep in her high chair, poor thing!

Washing down the rice cereal, something else she loves, the sippy cup!

Christmas 2009

We had an excellent Christmas this year, mainly because Miss Emery was here to celebrate with us. We spent Christmas Eve in Tyler, and then traveled to Southlake on Christmas Day. It was so wonderful to spend time with family and have everyone together, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves!

Tyson, Sarah, & Camryn spent the whole week in Tyler- it was great!

Everyone cheering on tummy time


We spent a lot of time on the floor :)

Emery with her Great Grandaddy

TWO new babies, how excellent!

Wearing her new clothes, ready to go shopping!

Telling Mimi all about it

And, some excellent tummy time in Southlake

Merry Christmas everyone!

Catching up (a little bit)

Emery has really had a big December, so I may have to try & catch up over several posts. First, as you know, Emery turned 4 months old on December 17th which meant another trip to the doctor! I was excited to go and ask all of my crazy questions that I had been storing up, all the things that I hadn't already called their office about. :) Here we are playing with toys, and waiting on the doctor. Isn't she precious! She really did a good job and behaved excellently.

She currently weighs 10lbs 9 oz (2 %ile), and is 24 inches long (34%ile)- getting so big!!

The next weekend was Emery's first time to go to Sunday School. The ladies in there are excellent and I can tell they ust adore the babies, so I know she is in really good hands. And, we even got a good report from her teaches that she behaved- go Emery! It worked well for me since she could stay in there and nap until it was time for her to eat again at 10:30.

This is Mrs. Adams singing and entertaining her- God made puppies, did you know!

I'll try to post some pictures from all our Christmas festivities this week. Ours was great, and I hope yours was too!

4 months old

December 17, 2009

(I couldn't pick the best one, so they all made it this month!)

Well, Emery is 4 months old now and what a big month she has had! We celebrated Thanksgiving in Tyler this year with the Kirksey's and has a great time! Good food, good family, good games. This also meant Camryn was in town for a few days and Emery really enjoyed getting to play with her- actually she mostly enjoyed watching Camryn play, as we all did. She is also changing so much, here is what she is up to lately:

- She is still loving her gym and playing with the all the toys in it. She really started liking the music aspect of it & gets so excited when it makes noise.

- She is reaching for EVERYTHING! I'm so proud- she is so great with finding her toys when they are laying next to her and picking them up to play with them. She is also grabbing things out of your hands and of course they go straight for her mouth

- She is loving different textures. She has a blanket (the Swankie Blankie!) and she loves to feel the furry side and the silky side. She spends so long just touching it and of course chewing on it

- After Camryn's visit she picked up on a few things: how to SCREAM, and how to roll over. She hasn't quite gotten there yet, but she's so close! Maybe after Christmas she'll have it down.

- She is great at sitting in the Bumbo and I think she really likes the new perspective it gives her. She watches Tanner and Bruiser and they are so entertaining!

- She laughs! It's the best sound in the world, and she especially laughs when we play airplane.

- She is getting bigger & bigger everyday. She is wearing 3 month clothes now and we are getting a lot of use out of some great and precious shower gifts. I still can't believe she is wearing them! I looked at them for so long while I was still pregnant and tried to imagine my baby girl in them and here she is. It's a great feeling.

We go back to the Dr. Monday morning for her 4 month check up. Wish me luck- watching those shots is tough! Until then, enjoy some pics!

Helping me cook on Thanksgiving. The high chair has a tray that attaches to the front so she has all her toys in reach. Of course, most of the time they end up on the floor- oh my, it's already begun!

See, she LOVES to touch things- especially furry things!

What do you do when you don't want to do tummy time anymore? Push yourself forward out of the Boppy, duh!

See how fun the gym is- you can climb on it too!

Happy 4 months Big Girl- they have been the best 4 months of my life!

Hello Santa!

A couple of weeks ago we took Emery to see Santa for the very first time! She did so good, well I guess she didn't real seem to know what was going on, but still- we got a super cute picture out of it!

Isn't she precious! We stayed and finished up our Christmas shopping while we were there (by the way, 11:30 on a Tuesday is a great time to go to the mall!) and someone got a little tired from all the excitement. She's working on keeping up with her Mama at the mall, but it's a hard job. It's ok Big Girl- you'll get there one day. :)

If you are wondering, yes, we own a stroller, he just can't resist her. I can't say that I blame him!