6-Months (5/22/2011)

Emerson Marie~6-Months

...Yes. I cannot believe I just typed 6-months. Whataboutit?! Our Little Chicklet is on her 2nd half of her 1st year. How did that happen? Time has flown...I must say, especially with my Little Emme (my 2nd child)- she is so sweet, so quiet, so happy, so easy...I am SO busy with the toddler- that would be her big brother, Jacob Brayden as well, that time has flown. But everyday with Emerson is so happy. She is always smiling and now always laughing...speaking of~ especially at her brother...all he has to do is walk in the room, and she is cracking up. This is the happiest baby I have ever met. She also is so gentle, and really focuses on everything. She wants to touch and grab anything in her sight, Emerson really is in to textures...she loves rubbing her fingers on anything...even her very own kitty-cat~Nina (who also adores her!) We are going over words such as Kitty-Cat: Meow: soft. I am trying to show her everything. She LOVES being in the Baby Bjorn on walks~ "Emzees" just laughs and kicks her legs. She loves looking at the birds and watching her brother run...which she is so wanting to do herself. Emerson is rolling over from back to tummy~everytime so she can "play." Yet, she will not roll over from tummy to back (which is the easier of the two)....she is trying so hard to reach anything in her sight...her legs are starting to tuck under as well...so I am wondering when the "mobility" will begin. Emerson is just about sitting up. We are still using the "boppy" for support, but she loves the freedom of seeing the world from a more upright position. She also loves her jumperoo and walker (Jacob's old corvette). Emerson is babbling and just said DADA (indiscriminately) the other day. She even moves her mouth as if she is trying to sound out words. It is so cute!!! I believe she will be a big talker just like her brother. Our Little Princess now has 2 new "teef" (on the bottom)~she struggled with them coming through, yet got through it bravely. I am very proud...it looked so painful...and she hates anything I give her for it, so she really endured most of it naturally. Emerson is sleeping very well as well. She goes to bed around 8pm for the night and wakes EXACTLY 7:30 every morning. Her morning nap is a good 2 hours, and a couple smaller naps thereafter...she is truly a "Sleeping Beauty." She wakes up smiling in the morning...the best thing in the world!!! She has even been known to babble a bit in the morning, roll over, and go back to sleep. She truly is a dream.

Emerson 6-month Statistics:

• weight: 17 lbs. 4 oz. (74th%)
• height: 24.5 in (11th%)
• head: 16.5 in (33rd%)

She is wearing 9-12 month clothes now too!!! Whataboutit?!

Emme is a baby with LOTS of rolls, a tiny head, and tiny feet. She is just perfection.

Lastly, this month Emerson was baptized. It was a beautiful ceremony and a beautiful day. We are so grateful for all who were able to share the joyous occasion with us...more pics to come.