Emmy and Maddy

Today Emmy and I were up bright and early to go to our friday group. Vavo and Vavu (Portuguese for grandmother and grandfather, Louie's parents) picked us up at 9am. We had a fun group this week. Everyone loves playing with Emmy the whole time and her new thing is clapping so she had everybody in the whole group clapping with her, SO FUNNY! Even all the guys in the group love playing with her, LOL. Everyone says she looks like a porcelin doll. But anyway, every week after group my friend Holly drives Emmy and I home. Holly is my friend from group, awesome that she is my age and her daughter Madison is a few months older than Emmy. I just hate that Maddy doesn't come to group anymore. =( So after group Holly picked up Maddy and drove us home. But on the way there Emmy and Maddy had a conversation in baby talk. I have some pics of them. LOL. So we came home and played for a while and then daddy came home and she couldn't wait to have play time with him! She always gets so excited when he walks through the door. So for dinner one of the things we had was mashed potatos, which she never liked before. But since she climbs all over us for food while we're eating (HAHA) I let her try it again and this time she couldn't get enough of them. Tonight was pretty chaotic though. There are people moving into the 3rd floor in a couple weeks so they were re-doing the floors upstairs and thats all we could hear...ANNOYING! lol. Not to mention I had an eye migraine (which was funny to mom cause she says I always get what she gets, lol. I told her I better NOT! =) So during all the noise and trying to cook dinner by nephews came up to annoy me for a while...they got kicked out pretty quick tonight though! Anyway, here are the pictures. Write Later!


Emmy and Madison

Having a conversation

Emmy's looking for mommy

Sleeping...

Emmy's Birthday Wish List

Hi everyone, I just wanted to do a quick post about Emelia's first birthday. Her actual birth date is Feb. 3rd. But I will be having her birthday party on Valentine's Day Feb. 14th at 2pm. People have been asking me what to do for presents (Please don't feel like you need to buy anything, just your presence will be gift enough!). So I made a wish list on www.Babiesrus.com and it's listed under my name. I put things on there that start around $10 and the age range for toys is 6-12 months and her clothes size is 9 months ( I know, such a little peanut!!). So I am planning the birthday party this afternoon with Louie (going over the details) and the invites will go out this weekend. Thats about all for now, I will have more info on the details in tonight's or tomorrow night's post. Well, gotta run.

Emmy's Nursery

This morning Emmy and I got up at about 8 o'clock and after breakfast we played for a while and mommy took lots of pictures. Emmy was up on her knees crawling today, there was no comando crawling today! I also took some pictures of her nursery (here at the new house). We have worked hard on making it look nice for Emmy. It's not 100% done yet, but I only have to hang up a couple more things on the walls and it will be done. So then tonight my nephew Andrew came up so I could help him with his homework. He came in while I was making Emmy's bottle and I heat the water and then pour the powdered formula in and shake it. Well, while I was shaking it the cover flew off and hit me in the face and then the formula sprayed all other my face too, HAHAHA! He was on the floor laughing. I couldn't stop laughing either. So thats about it. Gotta get up early tomorrow. Here are some pictures.


My cutie pie!

Crawling around in her Adidas running suit


Emmy's bedroom from the doorway

Emmy's bedroom from the corner

Emmy after breakfast

Playing with her farm animal toys in her high chair

Watch her grow...

Today I woke up to a white snowy neighborhood. When Emelia and I got up this morning I brought her over to the window and let her watch the snow fall. She was smiling while she looked out the window. So this morning she had her bottle and watched Sesame Street and then this afternoon I baked a cake and some corn muffins while Emelia watched from her high chair. I sit her in her hair chair with lots of toys and since her newest thing is throwing anything she can get her hands on, I make sure all the toys I give her are soft so when she chucks them across the room they won't break. LOL. So after we I was done baking my friend Jenny stopped by again after her last afternoon class. Emelia was smiling at her when she got there and then after a while she went down for a nap. So when she woke up Jenny was still here and so I figured I'd get a picture of them since the last one I have was from when she was first born. So I sat her in Jenny's lap and I don't think she remember her from before she went down for her nap, LOL. She looked up at her and smiled for a minute but then started to cry. Then again, she did have a "mommy" day today. She always wants to be with mommy and daddy, but today she definately had a mommy day. She only wanted me all day. Which I love of course! But I felt bad that she cried when I gave her to Jenny. Anyway, we didn't end up getting much snow down here, but I heard Boston got a good amount. Down here it snowed for a while but then the rain just turned it to slush. My niece and nephews were not very happy that New Bedford wasn't included in the school closings this morning! Also, Emmy talked to Nana on the phone today, twice. I put mom on speaker phone and Emmy holds and plays with the phone while mom talks to her and Emmy just smiles and talks her baby language back to mom. lol. It's so cute. So after our dinner, Louie and I played with Emmy for a while in our bed, (she's is such a remote thief! lol) but I would say the end of our day is always the most precious. Emmy has a big chair in her room and every night I turn on the lullaby cd's that Aunt Diane, Uncle Bobby, and Galen gave Emmy over the summer, and rock her to sleep. That is always my favorite time of the day. Corny, but true! LOL. Well that was our day. Here are a couple pics, 1 new, 1 old. Oh, and you can also click on the picture to enlarge it.




This picture is of Jenny holding Emmy when she was 6 weeks old


This is Jenny holding Emmy today (11 months old)

Preparing for the snow *YUCK!*

Wow! I cannot believe we got out of the house today!! LOL. Just some random errands, but it was nice to get out for a change! I had to get all my stuff done before the big snow storm comes tomorrow. (I hope we don't get any snow or atleast very little...Shh! Don't tell my nephews, they are praying for no school! lol) So I had to go and get some extra cans of formula and baby food (can't be stranded without that!). Not to mention extra cat food because although every baby book worned animal lovers that after the baby is born the animals stop being your kids and go back to being animals, that is simply not true in our household! I do hate the snow though, I hate that Louie has to drive in it, but I'm sure I will starting liking it when Emmy is able to go out and build snowmen and make snow angels, but right now it's just a big pain in the ass! lol. And because of the snow Emmy won't be having her weekly E.I. appointment with Lisa, but that's okay, I'll just be working extra hard on the exercises we learned last week. So... tonight after we got home my friend Jenny came over for a while. Jenny and I became friends in middle school, although she lived the next town over in Lexington we always hung out together. We managed to stay friends through the years of chaos too. It's funny how some friends out grow each other and others stay close. I remember how Jenny would take a taxi from her house to mine in the middle of the night so me, her, and Jackie could all hang out (Jackie basically lived with me, lol). But lucky for me Jenny got into UMass Dartmouth a few years ago and lives in Bourne ( about 20 minutes from New Bedford) so we still see each other from time to time. But I was glad I got to see her and she hadn't seen Emmy in a while, she was so surprised at how vocal she is, always saying something in her "baby language". lol. So after Jenny visited for a while my nephews, Mikey and Andrew, came up to visit with me. Mikey layed on the couch with Emelia and showed her how to play video games (so cute) and then made funny faces at her which she thought were hilarious. Then I taught Andrew how to divide (I know, ME helping SOMEONE else with of all subjects MATH?!). After they left I slaved over a hot stove for hours making Louie a tuna fish sandwich for dinner (I'm SO bad, LOL). Then we sat in bed and played with a Emelia for a couple hours, we must have really tired her out because I shut the light off and put her pacifier in her mouth and she went right to sleep. So precious. So that concludes our day. Here are some pictures.




Emmy watching Mikey play his Nintendo DS (she looks like she's sleeping, but thats just my flash blinding her, lol)


Mikey making one of his infamous funny faces for Auntie Lindsay


Awww! Lovens for Emmy!!

B.O.R.I.N.G....LOL

Well I think today was the most boring day we've had since I started this blog. lol. The only thing that really happened was that I was talking to my sister online and she suggested using a playpen for Emmy, but every time I had put her in it before she would just cry to get out so I put it away in the back of her closet. But since she's older now and sitting up much better I decided to give it another shot. So I pulled it out and padded it with tons of pillows around the sides and I was surprised, she played in there for quite a while. I took her out to feed and change her and then she went back in again, so I guess it wasn't a complete waste of money! Dad bought it for me when Emmy was born. They don't have playpens anymore (that I know of), they are called Play yards now. They are a smaller version of a playpen and instead of being square they are rectangular and on the top they come with a set up to make it like a bassinet, then when they reach 15 pounds they out grow it and use can use it as a playpen. So that's what I used for Emmy the first few months after she came home(even though she preferred to sleep in her car seat right next to me in the living room, lol) But it had the play yard set up in our bedroom when she came home and I think she would have liked it better if I was sleeping in the bedroom with her, but I couldn't sleep in our bed without Louie there, way too depressing and weird. So yes, that's the story of the play yard, so glad I am getting use out of it now because I never thought I would. The play yard is also on wheels so I just put it up against the wall in the other room when she's done with it, it's convenient. So yeah, anyway, can you tell how EXCITING my life is??? HAHA! Truthfully, I could talk about baby products all day. YES! I am now one of those annoying moms, LOL. When Emmy's E.I. nurse comes (she has a 2 year old and is pregnant) I am always recommending things. She says every week she comes I introduce her to the newest, coolest thing, lol. I just tell her the trick is to look at the reviews of the products on the store website before you buy it. That always helps, A LOT! (that goes for anything though, not just baby stuff!). I was glad I was able to catch up on my "18 kids and counting" show though, I still can't believe there are people out there with 18 KIDS! And get this! The mother doesn't have gray hair! I know! =) Although one of Louie's uncle's has 34 kids! lol. (2 moms) But anyway! That's about all for today. I am also going to try to take some video soon too, so I can post it on here for you all. Thanks for reading! (if your not sleeping from this boring update!! lol) Love you, Lindsay

P.S. I haven't sent out invites for Emmy's birthday yet, so if you haven't got one it's not because you're not invited! LOL and to all my family in Maine who can't come, I know you wish you could I will post pictures for you, promise! =)

Auntie Danielle's Visit

Today was great! This afternoon Danielle and her mom got here at about 1:45 and we just spent the afternoon talking and playing with Emmy. They loved her of course! It was so much fun though. I couldn't believe how long it had been since I saw them. It’s so weird because Danielle and I used to be together every day when we were younger. Now we just talk online and once in while we get a phone call in. It’s almost impossible to talk on the phone and take care of a baby. Thank God for speaker phone or we wouldn’t know what the other one sounded like! So Danielle brought some presents down for Emelia and I let her open the bag, she loved playing with the paper, lol. It was an Old Navy shirt and a pink Red Sox t-shirt and shorts set, so adorable! But the other present she brought down was so amazing. It was a hard cover book she had put together for Emmy of all the pictures and the captions that go with them from MySpace and in the front she put in my journal entry on the day I found out I was pregnant and in the back there was a letter to Emmy from Auntie Danielle (that’s what she’ll call her, of course!). The front of the book was a picture of Emmy the day she came home from the hospital with “Emelia Nicole Braga” on it. It was so beautiful. One of the best things I had ever gotten in my whole life! This was also the first time Danielle met Louie! He couldn’t believe she was actually going to come visit us because we live so far. But he was so happy that she came and they were happy to meet each other…FINALLY! lol. So after I opened the gifts we took lots of pictures and some video and Emmy showed them how she can commando crawl and she jumped in her jumper. Danielle also fed her lunch, her peach, banana, and granola. It really felt like she had just gotten there when they had to leave, we hadn’t seen each other in forever, but her mom said the drive was easy and that they’d be coming down more often, which makes me very happy! So right after they left Emmy fell asleep right away. All the playing and excitement wore her out. I was so glad for the time we had though, it was great to see them, we had been trying to make plans for a long time! So when Emmy fell asleep on the couch I decided to join her and we woke up a little while later and I cleaned the house up. Then tonight Louie was playing with Emmy on the couch while I moved her toy box out of her room and into the living room (toys were beginning to get cluttered and needed some organization!) . So Louie and Emmy were playing with her toy piggy bank for a while and then he gave her a dolly to play with and just like she did when Lisa (the EI nurse) was here, she started yelling at the doll! Lol. I would LOVE to know whats going through her mind when she does this and why she doesn’t like dolls?! Lol. It’s funny because she has a soft doll, it’s plush and filled with cotton and the dolls she tends to “yell” at (lol) have those eyes that open and close, so maybe she is weirded out by them? I can’t wait until she can talk!! HAHA. I got the whole thing on video so I can show her when she’s older, LOL! Anyway, that was our day and it was a GREAT one! Good night!


Auntie Danielle feeding Emmy her lunch!


Emmy sitting on Arlene's lap, so cute!


Emmy admiring her Auntie's black nail polish! LOL


Here is Emmy opening her presents from Auntie Danielle & Arlene
"Thank you!" =)

Emmy and the wet hair

This morning Emmy and I were up early and out the door, just like every Friday. I go to a group in downtown New Bedford and bring Emmy with me. The group was pretty dull but it's the only time I get to see my friend Holly. We are both stay at home moms, Holly is 24 too and her daughter, Madison is just a couple months older than Emmy. So the group was just like it is every week, Emmy was the star! lol. Everyone loves talking to her because she give anyone a smile. They all call her "pebbles" because of her hair. LOL. So we came home and I gave Emmy a nap which turned out to last about 20 minutes (which is better than nothing). So we played in the afternoon and today when she was scooting she got up on her hands instead of doing the army crawl, she is slowly getting the hang of it. So I waited for Louie to get home and let me know the news on the car, he was going to go to his moms and put the car up and see how big the hole was. Danielle and I have been trying to make plans for me to get up there and see her for long time now. So Louie came home and there was no way I he could fix it. So all bummed out I called Danielle and told her the news, she hasn't met her niece yet so she was upset. But then she called me back and said that she was going to come down here. So! Thats the plan for tomorrow, I can't believe Danielle is coming down here. We haven't seen eachother in over 6 years! We have been best friends for 17 years and always spent everyday together, so this has been quite an adjustment for us. So I spent most of the night cleaning up the house and hanging all the pictures I have been putting off hanging. Then I took a shower, which I usually do after Emmy goes to bed, but I had Louie take her tonight because she wouldn't fall asleep. So I got out of the shower and Emmy was laying in bed with Louie and I walked over to the bed and she looked at me and started crying. Then I realized...she was afraid of my wet hair! I felt so bad but I was cracking up laughing! LOL. She didn't know what to make of it. Eventually she let me hold her but everytime she looked at my hair she would push away, lol. Well, thats about it. Hopefully my next update will be more exciting!

Emmy's Early Intervention Appointment

Well today was fun. We stayed in all day and had Daddy go to the store for us. Tomorrow we are supposed to have 40 degree weather, so Louie is hoping to get underneath the car and see if he can fix the hole in his gas tank. I have cabin fever and need to get out, not to mention I would like to go see Danielle this weekend. I just hope that gas leak is small or else we're in trouble! So anyway, today Louie called in sick, he woke up this morning and didn't feel well. The only plus to that was he was finally able to sit in on Emmy's Early Intervention appointment. Early Intervention, for those of you who dont know, is a program that comes to the house every week. They have been coming since she was about 4 months old and girl that comes helps her with different things like sitting up, crawling and playing with learning toys. Emelia loves when she comes, her nurse Lisa is great and she loves Emmy. I was so excited Louie could watch, her early interventionist comes at 1:30 when Louie is at work, so he has only heard me talk about it. So her E.I. nurse came and I put Emmy on the floor to show her how she is scooting now. She was so proud because last week when she left Emmy was just getting into the position to do it. Lisa always says "wow, I wonder what she'll be doing next week?!" So today Emmy worked on more scooting, played with a 3 piece puzzle, played with a doll, and also used the crawl ball that Nana and Grammy bought her. Lisa loved the ball and thought it was great. Louie absoluetly loved watching her play during her appointment. The best part was when Lisa gave Emmy the doll to play with and Emmy grabbed it out of her hands and started screaming at it!!! LOL! It was hilarious! Louie almost choked he was laughing so hard. So after Lisa left we all took a nap and woke up around 5:30! We were exausted. I didn't get a good night sleep, Emmy woke up at 8 instead of 10:30 and Louie wasn't feeling well, so the nap was needed but we won't be doing that again! Getting Emmy to sleep was INSANE! lol. So thats about it, it was a low key but good day. Oh and don't forget to leave me some comments! I love getting feed back. Thanks Danielle for leaving one already.

She has curls

Today was another boring day at home for Emmy and I, Louie worked until 7pm so we didn't go out tonight either. Usually Emmy and I will get out at night when Louie comes home. We make a point to go for a ride and get Emmy some fresh air. But I really don't enjoy car rides lately as Louie's gas tank is leaking now. It happened during the last snow storm sometime. So...today Emmy and I worked on "scooting" again and it was fun seeing how much better she is getting at it, she almost crawled today too, but she's not quiet there yet. I love that she is mobile now, we will be able to put the gate that dad gave me for Christmas to good use soon! However, getting her dressed and changing her diaper has now become a project! LOL She tries to scoot away every chances she gets!! So this afternoon I got a bunch of her toys out of her toy box and we played on the livingroom floor, but she was way more interested in the water bottle Louie had left behind on the coffee table. So I let her have it, but it was too heavy for her. So I went into the kitchen and got an empty water bottle, filled it up with a tiny bit of water and put a drop of blue food coloring in and then I put tape over the cap. She LOVES it!! She played with it all day. I have come to realize that most of Emmy's favorite things to play with are just simple everyday things. Like, her all time favorite toy is the TV remote. So Louie bought her one for Christmas, except hers lights up and is not programed. We were getting sick of her changing the channel in the middle of a movie! lol. So tonight I gave Emmy a bath and she splashed in the tub, soaking me and the bathroom floor as usual, lol. Emmy LOVES taking a bath, it's one of her favorite things to do. It's even better now that Louie installed our bathroom heater, he got it on clearance a few months ago at Home Depot, it's amazing the deals they have sometimes. So anyway, when I got her out of the tub and started drying her hair it was amazing the amount of curls she had in the back, way more than she had the last time I dried her hair! It's growing so fast! I took some pictures of her hair, but it dried so quick it just looks feathered, lol. You can see her big curl on the top of her head though! Oh and I also posted 2 new pictures under the "Emmy Spoke" posting of Emelia clapping for the first time.



I was on the floor playing with Casey and Emmy was looking down on me from her jumper.

I had to take a picture of Emmy's new ballerina pajama's. The feet are little ballet slippers, lol.

And this is a pic of the top of Emmy's head. lol. See the big curl?

Swearing in Obama

Well today was just a typical day home for Mommy and Emmy. Pretty boring. This morning I enjoyed the peace and quiet while Em-boo slept in until 10:30. She woke up, I gave her a bottle and we watched Obama get sworn into office, that was pretty exciting actually. At that moment and just for that moment I wished she was old enough to understand what was happening on TV. It must have been very exciting for the people who were there, but to be honest I'm glad I was watching it from home in bed, in my pajamas, warm! lol. So after the swearing in I helped Emmy work on her scooting again, one of these days I know she'll get the fact that she can crawl. So we crawled on the carpet as usual and then I brought her into the diningroom on the hardwood and she loved it, she could scoot faster that way! lol. She made it all the way across the room to her highchair, but I moved it away because I didnt want her getting hurt, she was pretty pissed when I did that! lol. She looked at me like "All the effort for nothing? You have balls lady!" So later on I gave her the sippy cup that we had bought her a couple days ago (she used to have one just like it, but it was lost in the move). I gave it to her and she pushed it away, so I took a sip of her apple juice and then she took a sip too. Well that was the only sip she took, she pushed it away everytime after that. So we will be working on that again tomorrow. She used to be a pro at the sippy, but went without it for so long she didn't want it anymore. It's kind of weird knowing she'll be off formula in a few weeks and I do not want to introduce her to cow's milk in a bottle. I figure it will be a good time to transition her to a sippy cup for good. I also said I would take her off the pacifier at 1. But a lot of people say thats too soon. I'm thinking I may just let her keep it at night and at nap time until she's two. Because I swear I will not be one of those weirdo parents that let their kids suck on a paci until they are 5! Anyway, thats about all for today, no pictures because there was nothing to take pictures of...unless you want a photo of Emmy projectile votimiting her formula onto our bed sheets this evening?? NO?? How come?? LOL. So after I used up all our paper towels cleaning and changed the sheets I watched the Neighboorhood Ball and I have to say, that would have been nice to attend. It was so cute watching Barack dance with Michelle and yes, I was one of the wives beating the crap out of her husband for not being as romantic as him. LOL. But I do have true love, so I guess I shouldn't complain! So... hopefully a more interesting posting tomorrow, but no promises...I live a very boring life! Just how I like it! =)


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Emmy Scooted!!!

Louie and I have been helping Emmy try to scoot (it's like an army crawl, babies scoot right before they learn to crawl) now for about 3 weeks and this morning, she finally did it! Right across the whole livingroom!! For weeks we were putting down toys, even her favorite toy, her laugh & learn piggy bank, but she didnt want it bad enough to scoot or crawl for it. Well, she has an obsession with cheese danishes! lol So thats what mommy used. I put it down on the floor in its wrapper and placed Emmy on the other side of the room. She booked it across the livingroom floor to get that baby! When she reached it, I gave her some cheese from the middle and then placed it somewhere else and she went after it again, everytime she got to it I gave her more sweet cheese, lol. I think she likes the cheese danish more than oreo's! Scary huh?? lol. I'm sure she will be crawling in no time! Here are some pics for you.










Emmy getting started on her long journey













Almost baby, Almost!!













Oh! She will do anything to get that cheese danish!! LOL

Emmy SPOKE!!!!

Wow, today was filled with new things! Tonight I got Emmy ready for bed in her favorite pajama's, the crayon ones that nana and grammy bought her from The Children's Place, she ate granola, banana, and peach for dinner and then I brought her in to spend a few minutes with Daddy and I before bedtime. Emmy was sitting on daddy's lap and daddy was clapping and all the sudden Emmy started clapping too! Louie started clapping more and said "yay!" and that made Emmy clap more and then she said "yay!" OMG!! She said her first word!! All in one day she scooted, clapped and said her first word! I cannot believe it! Since she is delayed I didn't expect to hear her talk for a while, she shocked us both. Emmy scooted for the first time when it was just her and me at home, so I called daddy at work to tell him and he was so proud, but it was so different with him seeing it. I put her down on the floor with another cheese danish, lol, and she scooted right across the floor after it. I wish I had taken pics of Louie's face! He was so proud of her!! His face was glowing. After reaching such a huge milestone we can't believe she reached another and clapped too! All in just one day! How amazing. There is nothing better or more rewarding than being a mom.


Here is a picture of Emmy clapping!


Awww! Hugs from Daddy, he's so proud!

A good day to cuddle

Today Louie, Emmy and I stayed inside for the afternoon while it was snowing outside. We ate breakfast in bed and watched TV together. Then Emmy's cousin Catarina and her boyfriend John came up from downstairs for the afternoon and talked with mommy and played with Emmy. Emmy loved wearing John's hat and playing peek-a-boo with him. Then Catarina held her and stood her up next to the coffee table where Emmy knocked over Mommy's coke and enjoyed playing in the mess until mommy came back with paper towels (thanks to Catarina who let her play in it! lol). After Cat and John left. Mommy, Daddy, and Emmy went to target for some Motrin, Emmy is teething extra bad these days as her first top tooth just cut through. When we left the store it was snowing again and we went straight home. When we got there we watched some more TV before bed, it was there Mommy was brutally attacked by Emmy for her chocolate pudding cup! Then we all cuddled and Emmy fell asleep. That was our amazing day, if you are still reading, bless you! lol. That is today's update!





Catarina holding Emmy while John's on my laptop (don't look at the rest of my messy house!!)


Emmy wearing John's hat




Cat holding Emmy



Emmy in her carriage at Target...I think she's tired!

Nana and Grammy's Visit

Last night Emmy woke up 4 times in the middle of the night because she was teething so bad. Mommy got her back to sleep everytime, but on the 4th wake up mommy brought her into bed with her and daddy. We all woke up at 10am! lol. we lounged around until this afternoon when nana and grammy came to visit. They brought Emmy 2 new presents, a toy phone and a crawl ball that moves around so she has to crawl after it. She loved both presents but loved Nana's gloves even more. She sat and played with Grammy on the couch with her gloves on while Grammy played "this little piggy" and sang happy birthday which she loved. Then Louie and I went out to get KFC for everyone while Nana and Emmy napped on the couch. Grammy put Emmy in her crib but woke up minutes later when she heard Louie and I come in the door. She joined us for dinner and I introduced her to KFC mashed potato's. I wish you could've seen her face. She wanted to gag! HAHA! Thats when I broke out her peach, banana, and oatmeal and she ate the whole jar with some apple juice. We had a wonderful day with Nana and Grammy. After they left Mommy and Emmy took a nap together while daddy cleaned up. After our nap, mommy and daddy gave Emmy a bath, she had a bubba with some motrin for her toofers (lol) and mommy put Emmy to bed with her lullaby music.


Grammy has a telephone call for Emmy!



Emmy is loving Nana's gloves!


Nana went shopping and came home with the cutest groceries!

First Emmy Update

Well, this is the first blog post so I will fill give everyone the "411" on Emmy. Right now she is sitting up, has 2 bottom teeth and 1 top tooth and she just switched to"big girl" formula. She is trying really hard to crawl but gets frustrated when she can't. She loves trying new foods and she's an exellent eater. Her favorites are peaches, bananas, oatmeal, sweet potatos, cheese danish, and blueberry muffins. But her all time favorite snack is oreo cookies! Besides formula she only drinks apple juice and loves it. I just introduced her to Sesame Street and she loves Elmo. Her favorite things to do are of course play with mommy and daddy, jump in her jumper and entertain family and friends. She hates laying down because she wants to know whats going on all the time. She absolutely loves our kitty Casey and when she's in the room she pays attention to nothing else! Right now she is saying "da-da" a lot and she'll throw in the occasional "daddy". She has also said "na-na" which makes my mom happy, lol, and Louie and I swear we have heard her say "ma-ma" twice when I left the room. Her pony tail is also growing by the minute, lol. Everyone calls it her "paint brush" So now you're up to date on Emmy and I will post daily.