3 months

Happy 3 months, little Emily!

You are making more noise.  You smile a little, but they sure are big.  You coo a little and talk a little...you like to talk and coo best when you are sitting upright against our knees.  You get really quiet, though, when Savannah makes noise and alerts you to her near presence.

You have found your hands and love to suck on them.  Sometimes you forget that they are there but when you remember, you suck so loudly and love them!  It's so cute, sweetheart.

You met most of your cousins this month on both sides!  They sure love you.

Grandma says you are a very sober baby.  We agree.  You are sweet and cute and make a little noise but you are also a little serious and quiet and even more of an observer than Savannah was.

You are pretty inconsistent in your sleeping.  You go to sleep between 8 and 9, wake up around 2 for a pacifier, maybe eat around 4 or 5, and then sleep until 9 or 10.  You had an 11 hour night...but that was only once.

You are lifting that head of yours up great.  You love to be on your tummy, especially to nap during the day while Savannah and mommy play around you.

Love you, little Emily, so so so much!

You are such a snuggler.  We love it!!!  You love to snuggle being held upright on our shoulders.  You are more than happy to just rest your head against our chests as long as we will hold you.

Christmas Time

Picking out a tree

 Bear Bottom

 Matching dresses

 Christmas Jammies

 Sick little girl

 Mesa Temple lights

 

 Family Floor Fun

 

 "She's holding my finger!!!"

 Sweetheart

 Savannah loves holding mommy's hand on family walks

Sunday walk

 

 Christmas dresses

 

November Fun

 Emily's Blessing Day

 Savannah's first sucker

 Sweet Savannah

 Smiles from Emily

 Playing dress up

 More smiles

 Chasing the doggy at playgroup

 Savannah loves dogs!

 Sunday afternoon picnic by the new Gilbert temple

 Veteran's Day

 She always has her water cup straw in her teeth-hands free

 Emily's 2 month check up

 Watching the rain drip from the roof

 Our new climber

 Two piggies!

 "nine-none" (pine cone)

 Wander walks often lead to these stairs in our complex

 Sister love

 Cute sleeper

Thanksgiving skiing

2 months

Emily is 2 months old! (and then some)

She is sleeping great!  She goes down around 8pm with Savannah and sleeps until 9 or 10am, only waking once around 3am to eat-what a dream.

She has a defensive scream whenever she senses Savannah nearby...it is amazing how she knows when Savannah is close, although Savannah is definitely not the quietest mouse in our house.

We love your rare smiles!  And coos!  They light up your whole face and make us all so happy.  Savannah starts squealing in a very high pitched squeal whenever mommy starts talking sweet to you to make you smile.

We went to a final specialist in Tuscon and he diagnosed your left eye with severe PHPV with no chance of surgery to get any sight.  Yay for a diagnosis and yay for a good girl on the long car drive with just mommy.

You haven't lost any hair yet-that is the #1 thing that people comment about you is how much hair you have.  It really is amazing.  Another thing that people ask all the time is where you get your dark hair from.  Obviously they are color blind or they would see that your mommy has dark hair.  When you were blessed and people saw your Uncle Spencer at church, many of them commented to me that "Oh!  NOW I see where she got her dark hair from-her uncle!"  I really don't understand why they don't see mommy's dark hair but for whatever reason, they don't.

Keep growing and being a sweetie-we love you!

Happy Halloween!

 Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Carving

Our little butterfly and Dorothy

 Hayride at the Ward Party

1 month

 

Dearest Emily, you are already 1 month old!

Some highlights from your very first month on earth:

*You have seen three different eye specialists to figure out what is going on with your left eye-and we are onto another one next week!  Hopefully we can narrow down a diagnosis soon and know what to do for you.

*You pull your own hair!  You do have A LOT and you have a strong little fist.  It always seems to be that you pull with your left hand-you grab a big clump and then scream because "someone" is pulling your hair and causing you pain.  We hope you grow out of this soon.

*One of mommy's nicknames for you is "damsel in distress."  You have a sixth sense for when Savannah is near (it's not like she is a noisy toddler or anything) and you have a super high-pitched squeal/scream that you let out.  If you are trying to scare Savannah off, it's not working.  Savannah gets so excited when you make any noise...and the louder the better!  She loves to imitate your cries and squeals and lay down 3 inches from your face to look inside your mouth as you cry.

*You have given us a few sweet smiles...oh you are such a darling!

*Champion eater you are!  You weighed in this month at 11 lbs 8 oz!  The doctor said you can sleep as long as you want.  You consistently are sleeping 12 hours a night, waking up twice to eat and go right back to sleep (usually). 

We love you, dear Emily.  Life is so wonderful with you in it.

State Fair

We had a great time at the petting zoo and watching the motocross tricks!