Emmy was 10 months old yesterday - ten months....I have managed to keep her alive for 10 months. I'm going to give myself a pat on the back. I cant even keep a plant alive for 10 months let alone a little being. pretty proud of myself -
here are 10 new things with emmy:
1. she likes to feed winston now from her high chair - she especially likes giving him cheese
2. she loves to point and hold up one finger when you ask her how old she is. we are practicing so she will have it figured out by the time we will need this trick
3. she is now holding her own sippy cup and bottle by herself
4. emmy is sleeping like a big girl in her crib - we are still working on sleeping straight through
5. she will whisper if you whisper at her.
6. emmy enjoys a few moments to herself in her crib in the morning when she wakes up - she likes to chat and if she's especially happy, she will turn on her mobile and laugh to herself for a good 10 minutes
7. she must be standing or walking assisted. no longer enjoys sitting or laying really very much
8. loves to be naked. this isnt new but now that it's nice again she's loving it and i'm loving her rolls - yep, havent lost any yet
9. thinks winston is the funniest thing in the world. i have caught him numerous times sticking his tongue in her crib trying to lick her when they are both supposed to be sleeping
10. has finally figured out how to lower herself back down and put herself back to sleep from standing. this one is my favorite. i no longer have to go in and help her get back down when i find her standing up.
so we played a bit...
and then she decided it was just too early
so she went back to bed for an hour and a half and made me late to work. All this crawling is making her tired!
emmy decided to practice her driving
looks like grandma is hiding...as emmy would say- peekaboo!
nice form - ron gets mvp - he had some clutch shots
scott got the fashion award - i think coral is his color
brad had his game face on. this was serious stuff.
emmy just being adorable
scott having a little fun
and the girls there to support the savage men
emmy was perfecting her pointing skills
the 3 savage boys
turns out that the scramble was a huge success. not only did they take first, but paula also won the grand price raffle drawing - and won a new driver. and to top it off - ron won longest drive. looks like we will be back next year to defend their title...and maybe i'll let emmy stay up past 7...
hanging out with her friend Cam who turned 1 today! Happy birthday Cam Cam
and yes i am holding my own bottle now
i wanted to be good at trying to capture all the memories for her as she grew - and brad probably thinks i'm insane with all of the pictures, baby books, pregnancy journals, and of course photo albums i have already created for her to have one day. but i just want her to know she is loved more than i can ever explain. and that no, i wasnt the perfect mom, but i tried hard and gave it my best...i dont know if anyone even reads this blog, well i know of 2 people :) but it's really for her....so that one day she can look back and see that she was and always will be the center of my world. i even found a site where you can turn your blogs into a book. so once she gets to one i think i will make a book....and try to do that for every year of her life. because while there are ups and downs, i'd like to try to highlight the ups.
she really is growing up so fast....so so fast. and while there are definitely days where i wish i could say make your own breakfast, put yourself to bed, and no, i dont want to read green eggs and ham one more time to you because you like the rhyming - there are definitely days where i cant believe i got to be your mommy. but tonight you better not wake up from 7-9 because mommy has a date with her tv and the bachelorette. :)
