Misc. Pictures

Here are a few Emily pictures from the past month and a half. I'm pretty sure I never posted these, might be a few doubles from before.


Funny puppy:



















These hands are FREAKY:



















Sleeping on the turtle:













Emily and her shoes:



















Can never have too many shoes (to eat):



















Spin me around daddy:













Talk to the hand mommy:



















Metal is so good:



















Shoving food:



















Is that thing alive:



















Kinda freaking me out:



















Relaxing:













I've got food, my toy, and I'm being pushed around everywhere, what more could I ask for:













Just walking around:



















Giant Emily monster:

My blueberry muffin is 10 months old!

I can hardly believe she's two months away from being a year old. She's grown so much now. Here's what she's been up to:

Emily's ninth month:

Latest tricks: I could hardly believe that Emily took her first steps when she was just eight months old but then again she has been early on a lot of things. This month she's been walking more and more. She started off just walking back and forth from person to person and would slowly increase the amount of steps until she was walking across the room. After that she'd walk around the whole house hanging onto one finger of someone else. She was nervous to let go. This last past week has been really great, she's walking by herself almost everywhere. She learned how to stand up from a sitting position and walk from there. If she falls she stands herself back up and goes on walking. Such a big girl! Last night was so funny, she was trying to run to her daddy when he got out of work and she'd have to stop every few steps and catch her balance.

Vocal: She said sister for the first time a couple weeks ago. It ended up sounded more like sissst but we figured out that she was saying sister. She says bub for Nathan and she calls me when she wants me now. She might be playing on the floor and then she'll look around and say mamamama and if I don't come to her she'll crawl or walk to me saying mamama the whole way. If I leave the room and she didn't want me to she yells MAMAMAMA. She's been singing little baby songs and she recently learned how to make kiss noises which she likes to do a lot. She says "Hi" to people too.

Eating: She's added more foods to her little list. I still give her some baby food but she mostly eats whatever we're having if she can. Not if it's something like steak but foods like rice or soft veggies. I give her soups to eat, noodle soups and veggie soups, she eats canned fruits. She loved the fresh blueberries I recently picked. That made for some interesting baby pooh.

Misc: Emily is getting the two teeth next to her front top teeth. They aren't out all the way yet but you can see two white bumps. She loves the swimming pool, she kicks her feet like crazy when she's in it. She's going through a new phase lately where she really wants to be with me and doesn't like to be held by people she doesn't really know. Sometimes she's ok with it but usually she'll lean back to me or cry. She likes to hold onto my finger if I'm sitting near her she'll crawl up and grab it. She take a couple hour nap in the afternoon then we put her in bed around nine. She's still in diapers size 3 and clothes 12 months. Thank goodness it's summer because the 12 month shorts fit her but her legs are too short for 12 month pants.

Emily's first pool

We took Emily swimming in the pool for the first time this past weekend. She loved it, she kept kicking her feet and swimming herself around in the floaty. Next time I'll have to remember the video camera because it was so cute!! Check out the pictures:
Emily still has a thing for shoes:



















Sunscreen for that baby white skin:



















Standing around with pool toy:



















I'm so cute in my suit:



















mommy thinks the water is cold:



















Little fish:













kick, kick, kick those feet:



















hanging out with my turtle friend:



















silly face:



















So happy, loving the weather:













showing off those baby teeth:

Beach Pictures

Beach pictures for her ninth month, who am I kidding?!?! I got a few I like, check them out.
love her little foot in this one:



















A little gritty but overall sand is mighty tasty:



















again loving her feet and her silly face:



















stuff to touch and eat everywhere:



















serious things to look at:



















my sweet baby:

All about Emily's 8th month.

Emily turns 9 months today. Only 3 more and she'll be a year! I can't believe it!!
Eighth month picture:

















Emily's eighth month:
Latest tricks: This month Emily took her first step!! We just got it in before she turned 9 months so I got to put it in with this months stuff. She likes to go into hyper crawl when she sees something she wants she can book across the floor like there is no tomorrow. She can stand up by herself for long periods of time until she realizes whats going on then she'll sink slowly to the ground. I'm thinking she'll be walking some time this month. She likes to click her tongue on the roof of her mouth, she thinks it's funny. She also likes to cross and uncross her fingers and while watching them.

Vocal: She's babbling a lot. Mostly with "a" endings. Pa, ba, ma, da, etc and "uh" endings like buh and she says bub which I think is for Nathan. She has different Emily noises that she makes, one when she's happy, one when she wants something one when she's sleepy.

Sleep habits: Similar to last month, we've been sleeping in with mommy in the mornings and skipping morning nap so now we might sleep until 9:30-10:00 and then nap around 2:00 and be good until bedtime.

Eating:
I got her one of those mesh bags with the handle on the bottom that babies can eat solid food through. She loves that. I put whole strawberries and things that are soft so she can chew and suck on them. She eats baby foods and puffs and small bits of soft things from my plate like noodles. The doctor told me I could start her on whole milk if I wanted to. She does drink baby juices which I water way way down through a sippy cup.

Misc: Emily has a total of four baby teeth now. She looks like a little beaver. Awww.. two on the top and two on the bottom. She still loves going on bike rides, taking baths, talking to herself in the mirror and the backyardagins. She's super laid back and easy going and loves everyone. She'll let anyone hold her. She really likes people with glasses. Her favorite game is when I chase her around, hide behind corners then pop out and say "boo" then I crawl really fast around another corner. She'll crawl after me cracking up the whole way. She got her first "dolly" type toy. It's a glow worm and she loves pushing it's belly and watching it light up. She makes all sorts of excited noises. She still loves her shoe string daddy gave her. She'll crawl around with it in her hand forever and now she has a purple ball she'll whack with her hand then chase after. Recently she's been playing with Kaylee's dollies, staring at them and whacking them on things. So perhaps she'll like playing with dolls.

She had a doctors appointment today. No shots!! Put she did get a toe prick to test her iron levels, which were perfect. The doctor says she loves wonderful and is really developing well. He was impressed with her first step. She's in the 50 percentile for height and weight so she's right where she should be.

Weight: 18 pounds right on the dot
Height: 27 1/2 inches

She's my growing girl!

Emily Exploring

Here's some more pictures of Miss Emily exploring the yard with me:
So happy:



















Silly face:



















bark feels funny:



















Watching a car drive by:



















What is this:



















Whacking the tree with a leave:



















Nice tree:



















blue eyes zoning out:



















little blueberry eyes sitting in the grass, I want to kiss those little lips:



















pulling grass out:



















Hmm... so many choices, what should I put in my mouth:

Eight month pictures

These pictures were taken down town St. Joe.
Some more of the pictures I took of Emily today:
row row row your boat:













Emily cheesing:



















Grins:



















Polka dot piggies:



















This is my foot:



















Cutest baby girl ever:



















Hanging out with Mr. Boat:



















Exploring: