Emma walking at the mall

Here we are at the mall walking. I started trying to keep track of how long we walked but realized that it was not possible. She walked for a long time!

Emma Reading!

Here is the much-anticipated video!! Click on the link above to see Emma perform! :)

Pictures, pictures!

Just another few pictures from recent days-

Ok, here's another video to hold you over until I can get the reading video to load! Emma's gotten really good with her balance, and wants to walk a little more now- she's doing great!

More pictures!

Here are some updated pictures of Miss Emma Kate- She's been doing really well lately, except for sleeping at night... seems we've had a regression all the way back to the beginning.... I think I counted 5 times we woke up last night? I couldn't be too sure... we were pretty tired... Here's to hoping it's those darn top teeth coming in and this phase will pass soon!

We've got a great video showing Emma displaying her reading skills, but I can't seem to get it to upload here... I'll keep trying, and if it still won't go, we'll post it to youtube!

Emma and mommy after dinner

We had a nice dinner last night. Mommy and Emma played games with the spoon and fork.

more new moves

Other than walking with us, Emma has also made it to the top of the stairs all by herself! She tries to go down some as well, but usually she only goes down one or two before she wants to go back up again! Daddy also caught her trying to climb out over the side of the crib, so of course the mattress is going all the way down! Mommy's back isn't too happy about that one...

Oh! And I don't think we've mentioned it yet, but she's got one top tooth breaking through!

Walking with Emma

Today, Emma played in the grass while daddy hung out the laundry. She crawled to her stroller and got up and held on to the basket in the back. She is "walking" with us holding her hands and really gets going fast. Daddy pushed the stroller from the back yard almost to our mailbox and Emma did a good job. She does look like a stroke victim recovering but that is probably due to the newness of the limbs having to move that way and her bulky cloth diaper.

PIcture worthy of "news" magazines

We found this 6 legged baby crawling around our bedroom. If you look at the blurry photo you can make out 6 limbs. We have had the photo independently analyzed and it has been ruled intact and not a forgery. We hope to make some money selling this photo to "news" magazines. We'll let you know how we do....

ok, finally some pictures!

Ok, here are a few pictures from today and the last few days- getting too late to narrate each one, this is all for now!

I know, more words...

Ok, we're working on some pictures! Just wanted to say that Emma has slept through the night for the first time *ever* in her life!!! She went from sleeping anywhere from 2-4 hours in a stretch then did two nights at 6 hours, then suddenly last night she slept right through from 8:30pm to 7:20am! Almost 11 hours! I was amazed... Unfortunately I missed out on the long continuous sleep- I kept waking up thinking she would be up any mintue... it just never happened! I won't get my hopes up too much, but maybe this is the start of something wonderful...

It's a new record!

Ok, the last two nights, Emma has been asleep by 8:30 approximately, and she hasn't gotten us up until 2:30am! It's a record!!!! Now if only Mommy and Daddy could get into bed at 8:30, the world would be a happy place!

More pictures tomorrow, I promise- Mommy is off Wednesday! Yay!

New moves!

Ok, so the sleeping change wasn't necessarily permanent... we're still working on that one!

For the last 2 days, we've been showing Emma how to get down off the bed by getting on her belly, swiveling her legs around and over the edge of the bed, then sliding off. This morning, she did it all by herself! She has a toy/book corner by the bed, and she likes to get down to them in the morning.

The other thing she's doing a lot is pushing chairs like walkers- she holds onto the front of the seat while we move the chair around, and she walks along with it- it's good practice!

This weekend is gorgeous- too bad it's half over, hopefully we'll be getting outside for some fresh air and a couple nice walks today.

A good night!!

So, no pictures or anything, just wanted to document for posterity... last night, Emma went down to sleep at 8:30, and we didn't hear a peep from her until 1:30am! This is a true record! Usually she fusses a little around 9:45 or so, but not last night! Hopefully this is the beginning of many many long quiet nights, to get longer and longer of course!

Ok, I won't get too excited... it will surely jinx me. We'll see what happens tonight!

We were cleaning up and put the bouncer in the doorway to see what Emma would do- she still has a lot of fun in it! She's still boinging away as I type... love it!