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| Morning baby!! |
5 Months in and she is growing at an incredible rate! Miss Emmy is bursting out of her onsies and wearing her 6 month clothing already. She doesn’t get nearly as fussy when Mama changes her now and we play fun little morning games while getting her dressed. She must be the happiest morning baby I have ever seen. She smiles and is now giggling. No one can make her laugh like Daddy though! Emmy is quite the spectator too – she will watch people and wait for them to smile at her then she releases an enormous smile! Her activity has increased as well as her awareness. She grabs on to things with an astonishing grip and learned to use her voice. She loves screaming at the top of her lungs just because she can. Cannot wait to hear what that little voice is going to sound like!!
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| Pears...yum! |
We started introducing pears, applesauce, carrots, squash and sweet potatoes to her menu. She loves all of them and is taking real bites in-between jamming her fingers in her mouth. She is definitely teething – completely drenching her shirts and gnawing on anyone’s finger. She refuses to take teething rings so for now I will sacrifice my fingers as well as our friends’. She has also started rice cereal at her daycare which she seems to like more each time. While she is still nursing and supplementing with formula, she really doesn’t eat that much for a baby her age. She’s just big boned, that’s all!
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| Tye teaching Hayden how to fish at Expo Ponds. |
We took her on her first vacation down south to Medford. We stayed with our friends Alex and Hilary who graciously hosted us and took us fishing and further south to Ashland. We had so much fun and Emmy was a champ – slept most of the car ride down! We finally made it to the Wildlife Safari – even though it was raining we still got to see a lot of the animals and Emmy got to sit up front with Mama and look out the window. We saw two Bears fighting, lots of zebras, a rather sickly looking set of camels and one giraffe that we managed to lose. It was a lot of fun and totally worth the trip (next time a sunny day would be better). We headed up I5 to visit Aunt Shirley and Uncle Frank, in hopes we might see baby Jaxon (who is just a month older than Emmaline) but were unsuccessful. We spent time playing with his toys though...
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| Naked baby alert - my favorite photo of the session! |
If any of you know our friend Michael Byers, he is a phenomenal photographer. Doesn’t do it as a profession but should (hire me as your assistant). He has taken our engagement photos, wedding photos, and now baby photos! We set up shop in Emmy’s bedroom and used several different materials for backdrops and she had 4 outfit changes. She’s a real model! Too bad that will be the extent of her modeling career! He was able to capture some AMAZING photo’s.
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| Happy 4th of July (outfit #1)! |
We had our annual 4th of July party and it was so much fun. We had several friends over with a lot of burnt hot dogs, courtesy of moi, and tons of great food! Emmy didn’t really care for the fireworks mostly because she was already asleep. But we had about 3 wardrobe changes that day just so she could wear all her 4th of July gear. She’s very patriotic! Overall it was a very fun filled month and the weather is finally turning around. Hayden’s first ever football game was a few weeks back and I really think it’s going to be his sport! As long as his dad stops yelling “tackle him!!!” in flag football…as the coach! Plus summer has just started and we have a lot of summer fun coming up. Next month is Emmaline’s 6 months of living anniversary…how amazingly fast the time has flown by.
Enjoy this months pictures in the slideshow below...and see you in August!
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| Emmy's first trip to the beach w/ Mama and Auntie Kara. |
