First Day of School

Today was Emerson's first day of school. Although she did GREAT, I was a little teary this morning b/c for the first time I really felt like I was "dropping her off at daycare" When I take her to Ms Emily's house I am letting her stay with a friend while I go off to work. It is very structured which will be nice, I guess, but we sure miss Ms Emily!

Attached is a picture of Emerson enjoying her new school and the dress that I brought to her for being such a good girl at school. Ok, so the dress is more for me!! I got it at my friend Molly's boutique, you can check it out by using
the link on the right - CUTE, CUTE stuff. Emerson has several things from there that she will be wearing this summer!

Another Milestone

Yesterday, Saturday, I noticed that Emerson has her 2nd tooth coming in! She has not been unusally cranky or anything, she is really doing well with these teeth! Tomorrow we start the new school, I am really excited for Emerson but so so so so sad to leave Ms Emily. She has been so good to Emerson and she loves her like her own. I miss seeing Emily every afternoon and the comfort of knowing that my baby is in such GREAT care! I am confident that she will be in good care but nothing will compare to the individualized attention, love and nurturing that Ms Emily gave her!

Friday night Emerson slept through the night, well 11 p.m. - 5:30 a.m. I think it was the fact that we introduced protein and she did not get hungry during the wee hours of the morning, but what do I know??? Emerson is CONSISTENTLY inconsistent.

Why Emerson is so HAPPY

YAY - a new cousin!!! My Aunt Amy & Uncle Tim are having a baby & are due on my Uncle Todd's birthday - Oct 28! I am so happy, the only problem is that I have to share the new baby with my cousin Lucas!! All I want is a healthy baby cousin but it sure would be nice to have a baby GIRL cousin so that I can teach her all about charm, southern belle wisdom and of course fashion!!! I will be such a big girl when my cousin arrives but I will be sad that I will not be the "baby" of the family this Thanksgiving or Christmas, I guess that ship has sailed............

On the food front, Solid Saturday turned into Fun Food Friday. Mommy wanted me to start this new solid before Saturday so she could observe me for a few days before starting my new school on Monday.. I love my new food, turkey vegetable dinner - YUMMY! I even have it for breakfast!!

Domestic Diva

My VERY talented friend Emily has beenteaching me/inspiring me to sew. Most recently I have been trying to sew dresses for Emerson - thankfully the pattern is for 12 mos therefore I have some time before these dresses need to be completed, the project started a few weeks ago. Attached is the picture of one of the dresses. I am making 6, but this one is the most complete. Emily did most of the work and the monogramming on this one but going forward I plan to most of the work, I am sure I will still need lots of guidance but I really want them to be "my creations". The caveat is that they are all monogrammed and that is all done by Emily! They are also going to have mathcing panties/diaper copvers and I am waiting on that pattern.

Solid Saturday and Easter Sunday

This Saturday we did not try a new solid we are just sticking to what we know - Sweet Potatoes, peas and green beans. Next Saturday we are experimenting with a new stage 2 food - maybe fruit????

Emerson celebrated her first Easter. The Eater Bunny brought her a swing for our back yard and she celebrated with all her cousins, grandmommies, aunts and uncles. We had a very nice time, it is a lot of work to get everything packed and transported up but we would not trade it for anything. It is so nice visiting family especially considering that everyone is always so happy to see Emerson and amazed at how much she has grown. I am looking forward to the next time we can all get together again!

93 Percentile

Friday March 14 we went to the doctor for Emerson's 6 month check up!
She now weighs 15.25 lbs - this puts her in the 43 percentile
She is 27.5" long - this puts her in the 93 percentile!
I thought she was growing out of her clothes really really fast now I know that was not just my imagination!
The lone tooth is still pushing through becoming more and more visible each day! It is SOOOO cute!
Yesterday I took some pictures of her with easter eggs. She loved them but hated that they would roll away, she wanted to touch all of them at once. It was very cute!!

Solid Saturday

EMERSON GOT HER FIRST TOOTH - FRIDAY MARCH 14

This past weekend we went to Evansville, IN to visit Cindy (my sister) and her family while Chris was in Colorado for a Chiropractic conference. Being that Emerson woke up at 6 am on Saturday Cindy got the honor of feeding Emerson her new solid food - Green beans! I could not find stage 1 organic green beans ANYWHERE, I learned that the difference between stage 1 and stage 2 is the consistency so I was thrilled to move her up to stage 2 since I have to thicken the food anyway to keep it down. Chris had to leave Emerson for the first time this past weekend but he tried to take her along, I included a cute picture of him trying to sneak Emerson onto the plane in his luggage.

The weekend was a lot of fun, we were in Cindy's house for less than 15 seconds and she noticed a tooth. I had no idea, Chris had no idea nor did Miss Emily her babysitter! GranMollie spoils & loves on Emerson, Morgan adores her & Cindy analyzes to ensure that her skills are on task - she is a speech therapist.

Saturday we wore ourselves out shopping and that night we all paid the price because Emerson was not a happy camper. A new pack n play, itchy sheets, a new enviroment, over stimulation and a NEW TOOTH all made Emerson a bit uncomfortable! What a BIG week! Looking forward to speing the weeknd with my family for Easter, we have several Easter dresses but I think I have finally decided upon one for Easter Sunday!

Solid Saturday, Snow & Sweet Potatoes

This Saturday we had snow & sweet potatoes!! It was a lot of snow, for us but was gone quickly! Last week we had to stop eating carrots, Emerson liked them but they did not agree with her so we went back to what we know works - peas!! Just so that she did not feel short changed, we started mixing them with oatmeal rather than rice cereal, she was pleased with the change!

Funny story...
This morning Chris tells me that I have a message on my phone. I check it and it is a notification regarding daylight savings time.. I HAD NO IDEA. I did not even know it was coming, I was TOTALLY Clueless and very shocked. Normally I look forward to daylight savings time b/c it means that it is the start of spring.

Good News!!
Emerson got into the Academy! We are thrilled as this is an AWESOME daycare and it is .7 mi from our house. It is a "Child Development Center & Preschool". Provided that this works out she can go to preschool there. Although I have not thought that far in advance, I have wandered what we will do for preschool while working b/c the hours are typically 9-2 or something similar which means we cannot take or pick up. PROBLEM SOLVED!! Many day care centers have "Enrichment" Classes - Spanish, Giggle Bytes (Computers), Sign Language, Art, & Music for an extra charge but all of these are included in her tuition!! SCORE!!!!!

A walk in the Park

Last weekend the weather was PERFECT! Emerson, Chris & I went for a walk and met up with Katie & Brodie. We went to the neighborhood Publix & ate then we walked the trails in our subdivision and found ourselves at the park by the pool. Emerson & Brodie actually fit in the swings - they both LOVED it! Attached are several pics of the afternoon! Notice the toes - aren't they cute?????

Sunday!

Well it has been an AWESOME weekend! We have had so much fun enjoying this weather. Today we went for another stroll and I will post pictures of that later but I have to post these first.

Yesterday I let Chris sleep in & I got up bright & early with Emerson. While I was juggling her and going through my morning routine, I started to laugh at the measures that we take to multi task both the call of nature & our babies! This how I took my a.m. "bio break" --- privacy offically LOST!!!!! I spared you all the picture of me!!!

Later that afternoon, we had our own photo shoot ala digital camera & timer!!

Does this make me creative or down right silly???

Solid Saturday

Well, we started carrots today. She seems to really like them, thus far I do not think we have a picky eater. We wear 2 bibs and yes, I have been feeding her in her bumbo seat! Stay tuned, next "Solid Saturday" will be sweet potatoes...YAY!!!!

The weather here is BEAUTIFUL so we took our running stroller out on its "maiden voyage". We went on a walking trail with a lot of hills so we did get some exercise. Emerson enjoyed her "big girl" stroller, this is the first time that she has been in a stroller without her car seat. In the picture you cannot see Daddy's eyes at all and barely see Emersons! The last picture is what we saw in our neighborhood while we were strolling - A UNICYCLIST!!!!! How unique!