Big Girl!

Yesterday Joe had off work so we went to lunch together and Emily sat in a high chair in the restaurant for the first time! Here is a picture we took with Joe's phone. She is sitting in the chair cover that our friend Angela Seals made and she looked like such a big girl sitting there : ) Of course she only lasted about 5 minutes and was ready to get out but Joe and I enjoyed those 5 minutes just sitting there staring at her and going ga-ga over what a great job she was doing . . . you know . . . being a cute little baby playing with her teether. . . I know we looked crazy!!

I also have to show this picture of Emily about to try rice cereal for the 3rd day in a row. My brother Robert gave me this crazy bib. She still hasn't taken a liking to rice cereal yet . . . I think on day #2 she swallowed once or twice and yesterday it all ended up on her bib. We'll see how day #4 goes later today:

Noticing her surroundings

Emily has finally started paying some attention to Bud. Until recently she was pretty much oblivious of his presence in our house. Now when he walks by or barks she turns to look at him and has tried to touch his ears a couple of times. Yesterday I was trying to take some pictures of her on the couch and she kept turning to look at Bud instead.

I've pulled some new 6 month outfits out of her closet lately that were baby gifts. Having a baby girl is sometimes like dressing a baby doll with all her clothes : ) So far I have only bought 3-4 outfits for her thanks to gifts, items from my niece Sarah, and some clothes I'm borrowing from the Bethels . . . that has been so nice!!!

Here is the picture I was trying to get when she kept turning to look at Bud. Our family friend Tammie Freeman gave Emily this dress:
Thanks to Aunt Olivia for this beautiful dress she wore to church this past Sunday:

Rice Cereal

Emily tried rice cereal for the first time today. I think I made it too soupy for her . . . but this was our first time so we'll try again tomorrow. She of course got more on her face than she did in her mouth and as you can see from the pictures below I don't think she liked it very much : )

Herding Cats

I title today's post with "herding cats" because that's what it felt like the day we got the below picture taken. I had the bright idea of getting a picture of all the grandchildren in matching outfits that Michelle and DeeDee made while we were together a couple of weeks ago . . .but little did I know it was going to be pure chaos : ) If Emily wasn't fussing then Sawyer was off crawling and Sam was off running . . . Sarah did her job well of sitting there and smiling pretty . . . . we definitely will get more pictures taken later when they are older . . . but this one I must say turned out good. When I get all of the proofs I'll be sure to post some of the funnier moments that day.

Joe's mom and brother had dinner with us tonight! Emily got to spend some time with her grandmother . . . Emily has been fussy for the past 3 days so thanks to Grandma for keeping Emily happy while I cooked supper : )

John broke his foot a few weeks ago while jumping into the pool. He'll be in a cast for at least 4 more weeks : ( We hope that he won't have to have surgery and that it will heal properly.

Nap Time

When Emily woke up from her nap today she was on her stomach. I got a quick picture of her while she was still playing in her bed:

Time with Family

Last week I spent time at my parent's house with my parents and my sister and her children. Here are just a few pictures of last week:

Sarah was a big help watching Emily for us

Sawyer loved crawling around everywhere!

Sam enjoyed running and playing. He called himself Curious George this week.

We also got to see "Mama Kate". She was our neighbor growing up and we loved to go play at her house:


I also have to show this picture of Emily. She is trying to learn to sit up but can't quite do it on her own yet. But she looked like such a big girl when my sister put her in this chair one morning for breakfast:


And finally here is a picture of Sarah and Emily hanging out with PawPaw first thing in the morning:


We had a great time together.