Updates on Emily

Emily had her 6 month check up yesterday. She weighs 14 lbs 2 oz and is 27 inches long. She is in the 25 percentile for her weight and 90 percentile for her height so she is long and lean . . . so she is like her daddy and not her mommy : ) She has also cut her first two teeth on the bottom! The right bottom tooth broke thru on Saturday and the left bottom tooth broke thru today. She seems to be doing better with her shots this time. She had such a hard time at her 2 month and 4 month shots with fever. But this time she seems much better. She won't have to have shots again for 6 more months! Yea!

Here is a picture I took of her the other night in her cow pajamas that Rita gave her (no she did not sleep with the cap on . . . I just put it on her for the picture)

My Dress

A couple of weeks ago Emily wore the dress I wore home from the hospital as a baby. It was fun having her wear it!

Time with friends

This past weekend Tara (my friend from college) and I drove to Opelika (right outside of Auburn) to see some Auburn alumni friends. We had such a great time together! Pictured below is Amelia, Emily (holding Emily), myself, and Tara. Thanks Emily for helping so much with Emily. Your boys are such sweetie pies! We had such a great time staying up late and talking and buying Auburn stuff on Saturday!


Nolan loved holding Emily and Emily was mesmerized by him:
Paul shared his toy truck with Emily and she gummed it to death:

Six Months Old!

Emily celebrates her 6 month birthday today!!!!

Trying new things

I just love the next two pictures so decided to post more new things that Emily is trying. I pulled out her travel chair the other day and let her sit in it. She did o.k. for a while and then started getting wobbly but it was good for her to try it out:

I love this picture because she has discovered her feet! They taste so good and unlike toys that fall to the ground these are always available for chewing : )

Enjoying Things Better

I put Emily in the excersaucer the other day that we are borrowing from the Weathers. She enjoys it for about 5-10 minutes and then is ready to get out . . . here she is in her happy moment in the chair : )

I also had to post this picture of this welcomed smile during her bath. For the first couple of months of her life she HATED getting a bath . . . to the point where I thought I was just going to have a dirty child . . . but she definitely likes them better now:
After 6 days of spitting out rice and then oatmeal she actually swallowed the oatmeal Sunday afternoon! Yea!!! I still don't think she knows exactly what to do with it or the fact that it's actually something to eat but at least she is swallowing it now. We'll continue to eat the oatmeal the rest of this week and see if she is ready to try something new or just to keep practicing with her oatmeal.

Promised Picture

As promised here is a picture of Sarah, Sam, Sawyer, and Emily on the day we were trying to get pictures taken of the 4 grandchildren. I think this picture says it all of what was taking place that day. As you can see Emily isn't too happy about the situation, Sam looks like he is thinking "if I wait about 5 more seconds I can take off running before anyone catches me", Sarah seems to be thinking "are we going to be done anytime soon. I've already posed about 50 times during this circus", and you can see Michelle's arm in the background trying to keep Sawyer from taking off like a little lizard across the floor : )