An Emma Updatade

So I realized that I haven't given an update on Emma lately so I figured now would be a good time while she's taking a nap! :) We haven't been doing a whole lot lately but Emma sure has been changing. She found her voice a couple of weeks ago and can now make the loudest sounds I've ever heard. She doesn't get upset, but she likes to hear herself scream at the top of her lungs. It's actually kind of funny. She is also loving to stand up now. She, of course, can't balance herself yet so we have to hold her, but it's one of her favorite things to do. She loves to interact with you too - she's full of smiles and giggles and she just seems to be loving being alive!

About a week ago, some friends of mine were in town and so we went to go visit them in Banning. Emma was a little bit fussy but it was fun for her to meet a couple of other babies that were there. Both of the other babies were 8 months and Emma is only 3 so she didn't really play with them, but it was fun to take pictures!

Two days ago we took her in the hottub for the second time. She really seemed to enjoy it and she looked so cute! It was nighttime and so the light on the bottom was bright and she mostly just liked to look at the light and all the moving bubbles. It was really fun and something we definitely should try to do more often.

I'm not completely positive, but I also think she might be starting to teethe. Poor baby. She just has been drooling a lot and gnawing on my finger a lot too. Plus she hasn't been sleeping that well. She doesn't seem to be bothered by it too much, which is why I'm a little bit unsure, but time will tell. I guess her Daddy started teething around 3 months, but didn't actually get his first tooth in until 7 months - maybe she is taking after him! I will be sure to keep you posted.

Well, Emma just woke up from her nap, so I should end this. We are heading to Orange County on Thursday to spend Thanksgiving with Dave's parents so I am sure there will be more pics to come. Emma's first Thanksgiving - yeah!!

Three Months Old!

Well, yesterday Emma turned a quarter of a year! She is such a big girl! She doesn't have a 3 month checkup at the Dr. so I don't probably have the most accurate measurements, but we did weigh her and measure her at home the best we could! She is 11 pounds and she's 23 1/2 inches long. I can tell she's been getting bigger, as some of her clothes are finally almost too small for her!

She didn't do a whole lot of interesting things yesterday, other than sleep. Neither of us slept that well Friday night so I think she was tired and needed some extra napping time. She did however, get to take a ride in our new car so that was fun! We've been keeping our eye out for a bigger vehicle for awhile now so that we can better accomodate our growing family. Anyway, enough about the car - this post is all about Emma. I'll post some new car pictures later. :)

So with nothing terribly interesting to report, I'll post her 3 month pictures! Here she is - the most beautiful baby in the world!!!!!!!!!

Two New Firsts for Emma!

Last week was Emma's first Halloween. Neither Dave nor I are that interested in celebrating Halloween so I didn't really get very prepared for it, other than buying candy to pass out to the trick-or-treater's. But, last week Dave told me that the people in his office were going to have an afternoon where all the kids of the employees could come in and trick-or-treat around the office. Well of course Emma was invited to come and so we quickly had to go out and try and find her a costume. There wasn't much left, but I did manage to find her a princess dress that would fit - she was soooooooooooo cute!

Emma also experienced another first this week. We took her in the hottub last night. I didn't really think she would like it since she didn't really love the pool, but she loved it! She probably liked it 'cause the water was warm and the sun wasn't in her face. It is definitely something we will have to do more often - she really liked it and she was really cute! :)