Thursday, July 26, 2007

My Baby is getting so big!

This past week Emily has been doing several new things to the point where this morning I felt a sense of sadness because I felt like my baby was getting too "big". Don't get me wrong . .. I'm excited to see her accomplishments each week but that also means that she is growing up . . . ya know what I mean? Here are just a few things that I've noticed this week . . . bear with me while I ramble:

She cut her first teeth so soon I won't be able to see that cute "gummy" smile . . . I have found her asleep on her tummy a couple of mornings and naps this week so she soon won't want to be swaddled and I finally took the baby wedge out of her bed this morning because when I got her up from her nap she had it in her hands chewing on the tags : ) Up until this week she has always been right where I put her in her bed and now she is turning over and moving all over the bed. Last night I had to pull out her 6-9 month sleepers and put some of her 3-6 month sleepers away : ( She is trying to sit up now and can sit on her own for a few seconds at a time . . . she is eating her oatmeal in the travel chair at the kitchen table now . . . I'm going to start her on some baby food next week. I've also noticed this week if I put her on her play mat or give her a book that she now goes for the tags instantly on them. Today she was in the excersaucer and pulled the magazines off the coffee table and started chewing on them. This morning when she woke up I found her at the head of her baby bed playing with the extra pacifiers that I keep up there . . .

This is how she has been found sleeping just this week:

Here she is sitting up:
At her afternoon nap I heard her in her bed playing so I went in there and found her facing the other direction and pushed up against the side of the bed out of her covers:
I had a couple of things I needed to do before getting her out of her bed so I turned on the mobile to pacify her for a couple of minutes and when I went to go get her she was at the head of the bed:
My big girl! I pray that I cherish every stage of her development and I hope I don't feel too sad every time she moves on to a new stage.

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