Cousins

Yesterday the cousins came for a visit - it was fun to see them. Claire looks so big- she is crawling all over. Anna and her are sooo opposite! Claire is a little bruiser and Anna is very girly and dainty. She had a runny nose and kept asking for a tissue. She is so funny. Little Hannie came over too to see the crazy cousins. I think she was a little shocked! Claire likes to scream and I'm not sure Hannah knew what to think of that! My favorite part is that when Emmy threw up on her pants, and so I just took them off, Anna decided she was going to take off her pants too! And then you have little Hannie looking like absolute perfection in an adorable red cardigan with a little white ruffled button up and cute jeans on!

Brad made salmon on the grill on the cedar board - it was very good!

Emmy is doing pretty well but we are having a heck of a time getting her to take her medicine! But we had a better night. Today we have dinner at the Markell's. It's nice to have such great neighbors! We are meeting our neighbors that live next door as the husband leaves for his second tour of duty on Tuesday. Then I think we have to go get a new carseat and a little stroller for Mexico!!

On to the next problem

poor emmy - now she has a double ear infection. I kind of thought something was up, she was not eating much but when she started tugging at her ears I had a pretty good idea. brad took her in today and she has an ear infection in both ears. :( such a trooper though, hasn't cried too much, just not sleeping as well and not eating so hopefully the antibiotics make her feel better very very soon! i'm sure she is tired of not feeling well!
i'll post a video of her "fake coughing" later - well at least i thought it was fake coughing?? right now i'm sitting in the driveway in brad's truck. she fell asleep on the way home from the doctor's and i didnt want to wake her up - she needs her sleep and i get an internet connection in here so i'm just working away.
mexico on wednesday! the doctor said emmy should be just fine by then, thank goodness we caught this today!

Still sick. Yuck

Emmy had her 6 month check-up yesterday. She got 3 shots :( and we have to go back in a month for 2 more...She had to get her flu shot so that's why we have to go back - to get the booster. And since she was getting the flu shot I waited on the Hep B so we didnt have to poke her 4 times. I hate seeing her get shots. So sad. And on top of that she is sick. Poor girl is so stuffed up and she hates me cleaning out her nose but she cant breathe, and cant drink from the bottle because she cant breathe. I was going to bring her in to daycare today but she was up at 4 screaming and is just now calm enough for me to set her down (it's about 9am) so I am staying home with her....and I'm sick now too.. I feel horrible so I can only imagine how she feels. poor little girl... I hope we are both feeling better by next week when we leave for Mexico!

The Doc checked all her measurements and she is looking good. 17 lbs 5 oz - 75% percentile
and she is 26 1/2 inches long which is the 72% percentile...

First birthday party...first cold...

It was a tough night. Emmy has gotten her first cold - poor baby cant breathe and has such a runny nose. She was up most of the night and she HATES it when I get that little bulb thing out to try and help her nose out. Hopefully she starts feeling better. We went to Hannah's 2nd birthday party for a little while but she was pretty miserable and tired so Her and I left and went to bed.

But she was pretty excited about wearing shoes. Kept touching them and trying to put them in her mouth.

Takes after her daddy

I dont have a beer very often but it was an especially long work day so I opened one up and of course Emmy immediately wanted it and stuck it in her mouth.
She takes after her daddy.

Let's hope this isnt telling of what is to come.

Doing well

Emmy had a good day yesterday at Carol's - we have both gotten her to start napping in the crib again and the medicine for the acid reflux and me being off dairy seem to be making a difference...however Carol thinks she may be cutting a tooth and gasp...she is slightly spoiled! HA! No way!! She said she will scream at her when she sets her down but as soon as she picks her up she stops. Hmmm....and she is becoming quite the little attention seeker. She now fake coughs at me until I tell her she must have such a bad cold and pick her up and then she laughs like she fooled me. She also loves to smile for the camera when she sees it come out and loves to look at herself in the mirror. Well she is pretty darn cute so I cant blame her!

We have also noticed she likes little girls much more than little boys - little girls she will laugh and laugh at but the boys she ignores. I'm okay with that!

She is sitting up very well on her own but still is being pretty lazy about rolling over or doing much else - but why should she when we pretty much carry her whenever she makes a peep. Sounds like she has us wrapped around her little finger!

Happy 6 Months

Today Emmy turned 6 months old. Yesterday we celebrated Christmas with my dad and his family - he just got back from Iraq thank goodness. Emmy had a pretty rough time there as she missed some naps and I think was overwhelmed with all of excitement but she fell asleep on the way home and took a long nap. Then today my mom came up to see her and she played and fell asleep in her arms....now it's back to work and in about 2 weeks we are off to Mexico! Hooray!!!