Emmy is 7 months!

Phew!  What an exciting time of year!  It's been amazing to see how you are changing everyday!

I think you are over 18 pounds, based on the scale at Grandma's house.  I don't know how great it is...

You're sleeping a little better sometimes, but not great all the time.  We are really working on sleeping in your crib for your first nap and in my bed for a second.  You are rarely taking a third nap.  Bedtime is earlier because of it, close to 7. 

You are wearing 6-9 month clothes, medium fuzzi bunz and size 3 paper.
Everything is still going into your mouth, Still NO teeth!!  I can't believe it!

You are still preferring me to others, but for the right toy you will let me put you down, which has made me much more productive.
You are a great sitter, up on all fours rocking back and forth, scooting backwards, and MAD that you can't go forward!  You roll to get to things you want, and nothing is safe :) 
You are nursing less, and eating some.  You still are much picker than your brothers were, but apples, bananas cut up and oatmeal usually are acceptable.  You only eat about 3 bitefuls on a good meal.  I'm not great about feeding you everyday though so I am working on that.  You like cheerios or puff, but rarely get them in your mouth.

 After a particularly messy lunch :)

SO big, while blowing raspberries!

Emmy is 6 months (just a little late)!

I can't believe my baby is half a year old!  It seems like I was just pregnant yesterday and yet, it seems like Em has always been here!
From your doctor's appointment you are 16 pounds and 10 ounces, 27.5 inches long...  Tall and skinny. And only slightly above average. 
You're sleep is pretty bad, between mom wanting to cuddle and being on vacation you sleep most if not all night with mom. 
You're entire schedule is off except you always nap in the afternoon between 1230-330 and you always go to bed around 730.  You cat nap in the morning most days and sometimes right before bed

You are wearing 6-9 month clothes, medium fuzzi bunz and size 3 paper.
Everything goes into your mouth, you would think that you would have teeth, but none yet!  Much later than your brothers.
You love toys and want to be entertained more.  Measuring cups and spoons are a favorite.  You also loved a car seat pull toy we borrowed.
You will sit in things, but prefer to be held ALL THE TIME!  Mostly by mom.  You really prefer her to everyone else, and won't let her be seen and not be the one holding you. 
Now that you are sitting up more you are okay being on the ground with lots of toys all around you, but your brothers don't let that happen too often.
You had your first taste of food on your 6 month birthday and hated it. 
You had your first ear infection and hopefully that isn't a trend starting.
You are sitting for short periods before you tuck and roll onto your tummy.  (She is up on all fours rocking in real time:)

Emmy you are such a great little girl, I look forward to each day with you!

Emmy is 5 months!!

Oh Emmy Anne how you light up our lives!!  SUCH a happy, fun, and enjoyable baby!

Size:  15.5 pounds as per Grandma's scale... No height, though I think you're legs are growing

It hasn't been a great month for sleeping, but it has for cuddling :)

Goes to bed around 7:30 and up throughout the night.

Naps in the morning, afternoon is a good one 12:30-3ish and usually another around 5

Still in 3-6 with some 0-3 and a few 6-9 month clothes

Still pooping first thing in the morning, still lots of blow outs:(

TONS of talking, laughing, giggling and babbling.  John has said more than once, "Wow! Emmy has a lot to say today!"

You are loving toys, you seem to 'get' the interactive ones, and love putting everything in your mouth!

You will sit in the high chair, exersauser, johnny jumper, or bumbo for a few minutes at a time, but REALLY just want to be held.

You love your brothers, your mama, and your daddy the best and like everyone if you're being held by mama.  You do really well with your aunts, uncle and grandparents too!

She did great on her first plane ride, and we are hopeful that happens again.

I can't believe I ever thought the boys were big at this stage!  She is still such a baby, and I am so glad about that!  No food yet, though some has been made, waiting to end the month of traveling.  Plus she really isn't showing much interest, yet!

She isn't sitting alone at all, but she really doesn't get much floor time with me:( 

I can't believe I could of had a life without this beautiful baby girl!  She has made our lives so much richer just by being here!

Emmy is 4 months!

Emerson is 4 (and now a half) months!  Sorry for the delay, but life is BUSY around here.  I've been working more than 20 hours a week and it is rough, hoping for some down time soon!

Kind of a bad picture, but you can see how red Em's hair is!  Such a pretty girl!

Official 4 month stats:  14 pounds, 3 ounces.  26.5 inches (! there may have been a mistake), head is 16 inches.

Still an amazing sleeper doing an average of 9 hours at night, though she's done 11 hours a few times!

Goes to bed at 8 give or take a bit and sleeps until around 5.

Will still go to sleep without nursing for Seth, thank goodness!
Naps aren't consistent, except the afternoon nap which she is very good at.  Going down around 12:30 and sleeping until around 4! 

Cat naps in the morning and sometimes in the evening.  A VERY sleepy girl from 10 am until nap.

Still in 3-6 months, some 0-3 months clothes

small fuzzi bunz and size 2 paper at night

Consistently has been pooping first thing in the morning which leads to tons of blow out because she is in paper:(

Laughing more, still mostly at Colin!

Talking all the time!

Starting to jump in the Johnny jump up in the doorway, likes toys more, especially the musical ones.

The hair is unbelievable and always the first thing people say about her.  It is impressive:) 

Em is just the light of our lives and is good at keeping us grounded and home more than we would be otherwise.  She is a very low key, chill, easy going child and I hope that continues.  That being said she won't be lost in our crowd!

We all love you So SO much Emmy!  We are truly enjoying every minute of watching you grow into YOU!

As of today she is sitting up more and more, giggling all the time, getting a small trim to the mullet tonight, had a bit of a sleep set back, but was back to sleeping well last night, horrible napper except in the afternoon. And STILL the cutest baby in the world!

Emmy's 3 month pictures

HUGE thank you to my bestie Katy for taking these!  I love them and they are so Em!

iPhone photo dump :)

 A little yard work...

 This was at the zoo...

 The second batch of salsa made with all pop pop's tomatos

 Colin gave himself a hair cut, right up front, to the scalp.  thankfully the rest of his hair covers it and we can ignore that it happen...

Cute clothes from Christine, Em terrified of the flash. 

Staycation

Staycation: noun

A vacation spent close to home.   So this year due to busy work schedules, camp/preschool, and that new cutie pattootie we can Emmy we just didn't take a summer vacation. So we decided to take two mini staycations, where we stayed close to home.   For the first we ventured to the exotic Colorado Springs.  I had never explored this city just 2.5 hours away from L Town, and Seth hadn't been since he was a little guy.  I had heard wonderful things about the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo so we decided that would be the first stop on our adventure. First we donated to the animal of each persons choice.    In addition to all the animals we (the boys) rode a teeny tiny train!  And the highlight by far was feeding the giraffes, which was one of the coolest things I've ever done.  Who knew giraffes liked salad?  We spent the night in a hotel with two pools and ate dinner at a restaurant, always fun with 3 young kiddos, though Em slept like a champ.  The next morning we went to 7 Falls, getting there WAS an adventure thanks to the TomTom!  We ended up driving 30 minutes up a mountain, no where near the tourist trap that was 7 Falls. We did take an elevator 14 floors up through a mountain. Em's under the blanket:)  Then we started to walk up the stair and quickly decided it was too far and too steep for this crew.  So we climbed rocks (doesn't it look like they are so far up, really it's inches:)  And we watched an Indian dancing demo.  Even the boys got in on it! We also drove through the Garden of the Gods which was really cool and I hope to explore further once the kids are older.  The drive home was pretty bad taking 3 hours and lots of tears.   The second trip was just two weekends later and was up to the Haley condo in Dillon.     We met up with our good friends for some good times on Grampa unnamed boat, floating on the Res.  We eat chips while on the boat, and only then my kids know this and get unbelievably excited for the chips.  A pretty good family picture!  For dinner we joined the Nichols for dinner, four wheeling, and s'mores by a camp fire.  No fox this year:)  Best buddies! SO while we haven't ventured far since our little girl arrived we've had two good short, and close to home trips.  And are looking forward to a slightly longer, farther trip to the mitten state just Em and I in October!  And a full out family vaca, involving a mouse in November!

Emmy is 3 months!!

Baby Emerson is 3 months!  I will say it every month, but how can time fly like this?

This is an off month for the doctors, so all measurements were done by me, which severely widens the possibility for error!

I weigh her in at 13.5 pounds, 23 inches long with a 15.5 inch head.

Emmy consistently does an 8-11 hour stretch at night, every night!  I am the luckiest lady in the world! (ducking tomatoes)

She is going to bed a little before 8 and is still in her own bed until she wakes up

I am gone a LOT at night and as long as she's been fed recently (2 hours) she will go down for the night with a little love.  I come home and "dream" nurse her once I'm home from work or gallivanting.

She seems to take 3 naps a day, though sometimes each nap can turn into two or three cat naps, very predicable though it's great!

Morning nap on mom or in the swing, afternoon nap in mom's bed and evening nap on a walk or in the swing or being carried

She is in 3-6 month clothes, but still fits in 0-3, it's just roomier in 6 monthers

small fuzzibunz and size 2 paper at night

Still not a big pooper but it's increased a bit.  and when she does she is MAD about it!

Colin is still her favorite person and gets the most smiles, which she still hands out sparingly.  Colin has gotten her to giggle twice, but that is it. 

She likes to talk with me, alternating coos, SO cute!

The light blond hair is coming in full force, creating quite the do! 

Baby girl we are SO SO in love with you!  You're an amazingly chill little girl and for that I thank you!  You make being your mother easy:)  Everyone is still very much in love with you and your brothers tell you that every single day!

Another picture dump

These are in descending order.  This was last night at the Festival on Main, free train rides okay!!

 John and Finn in the car ahead!  I missed Will :(

 Little Emmy yesterday in her beautiful custom shirt!

 With ruffled bum!!  As an aside, the child with the most unique name had the most personalize items, hmmmm.

 Hanging out at the park:)

 Rocking a skull cap made by TT and a friend, in 90* heat.  It is SO cute but probably won't fit this winter:(

 A beautiful dress, and a silly brother...

 We made all of these broken crayons into new chunky crayons that Colin loves.  They turned out great!  This is how we did it.  And I found it on Pinterest, my new love!

 One of my favorite ways to take pictures, with all the kids stuffed in the middle, it's getting tougher as they get older, and bigger, and with the new addition...

 At the beginning of the month we took a "staycation" to Colorado Springs to explore, we went to the Cheyenne Mountain zoo where we fed giraffes, it was AMAZING!!!

Look at that tongue!!

Concert in the park

Quite possibly my FAVORITE thing we do over the summer is go to the free concerts in Roosevelt park. This year we took things to a whole new level with sportbrellas for shade, lots more friends, and food that would make Emerald say BAM, twice!

This is our Camp Sportbrella, home to many nursing babies and their families.

 This is a fine representation at the dedication we have to these "picnic" pork kabobs, grilled veggies, orzo salad and a beverage of the week.  Seriously, we're not messing around, no PB&J's are to be found, though the kids usually get a scaled back version of whatever we make.

 It's a trifle, Seth made it and though it rivaled the make your own s'more from the previous we in the kid's eyes, not in the parents, it was divine!

 This is just an outfit that Em wore a bunch this summer, but has now grown out of.  And because I know GG only comes for Em pictures:)

 This is John and his best friend James and the girl he has told me he is going to marry, Riley.  She is adorable and she is exactly two weeks younger, her mom and I met in birth class, how cute would that story be?  It may make the paper, but you know they'd have to have a good engagement story;)

 There are games and bubbles to keep the kids entertained, though usually they just play around Camp Sportbrella.

But this day we let them do crafts and bubbles, and running!
Boy do we miss the concerts over the winter, but it gives us something wonderful to look forward to for next summer.  Well that and the 100 different parades that Longmont does!  Today we kicked off parade season with the Fire Muster parade and play time.  As usually it did not disappoint, I'll post pictures from that soon!