Happy Emma

Busy Baby

This past week Emma traveled to Indiana for the first time to visit Gram and Pop. She had lots of fun seeing her grandparents and meeting some family members for the first time! And she really liked Shelby the dog and Pepper the cat. Emma got to visit with both of her great-grandmothers and was such a good baby on the airplane. Today it was back to the grind, and Emma went back to Aunt Heather's. She had a really good day playing with Ben and taking medium naplets with dreams of spring break.


Emma also went to the doctor for her 9 month visit today (it was a busy day). Aside from having her toe squeezed and pricked 5 times for bloodwork (yes, 5 times- she fought the needle!) the appointment went well. Emma weighs 15 lbs, 11 oz., which is on the small side. Actually, "elfin" according to the pediatrician. The doctor assured us that Emma's development is good and she's very healthy, in spite of her being petite. She eats a lot, drinks lots of milk, and is as happy as can be. What more could we ask for?

Dallas Arboretum

Last week over Nicole's spring break we went to the arboretum for Dallas Blooms! The flowers were beautiful of course, and we had fun taking pictures of Emma. She tried to eat part of the scenery a few times, but we managed to keep her from swallowing any flowers or dirt. Here are a few of our favorite pictures, taken by the talented Grandpa Mike.

Recent Skills

Emma is becoming a social butterfly. This is a picture of her playing peekaboo! Emma has recently begun to play this game, and really likes to pull the blanket back up over her face to hide again. She is such a silly little lady.

This past week, she also said "mamamama" and reached for mommy at the same time!! Also, as you can see from this picture- she has no teeth yet. There are little whitish bumps on her bottom gums, so surely some teeth will appear soon......so far Emma doesn't seem to mind being toothless. She is able to put Cheerios in her mouth and "crunch" them a little (but mostly hold them on her tongue until they dissolve). When she stops gagging on them, we'll post a video. Poor baby is still getting used to the feeling of crunchy food in her mouth-- she's not so polite while eating those Cheerios! She does much better with yogurt, which she has also started to eat this past week. Emma is a good eater-- she is definitely not a fan of peas, but otherwise has a pretty wide range of food that she likes (so far!).

Emma is going on her first airplane ride to Indiana next week to see Gram and Pop (and her great aunts and great grandmas). March has been an eventful month for Emma so far. Our little Emma turns 9 months old next week, and we are excited to see what new things she will learn with the passing of this milestone!

Learning the Cup

Here is a silly video of Emma playing with her sippy cup. She can drink better on the cups from Gram because they don't have handles. But she loves this one the best because she can hold onto it and make it dance around. Drinking= boring. Playing and getting wet= fun!

Fake Smile

Sometimes when Emma is not feeling like her cheery self, she does what we so lovingly call her "fake smile." She gets a pained look on her face- her way of telling us that she's trying so hard to be happy, but she's just not that into it. She does this around new people, and especially when she is tired. Here are some of our favorite fake smile pictures.

Talking to Bear

Though we have yet to get a video of this, Emma likes to "talk" to her toys and animals. Here she is having a conversation with her bear. After babbling for a few minutes, she looked up at me with the cutest face right when I took the picture. We think she looks just like a tiny David, only with longer eyelashes!