Bathing in the Big Tub

I can't smile right now, Daddy. I'm busy chewing on my washcloth.

Mirror Monkeys

7 months old!

Here we are, another month passed! There have been so many milestones just in the last week! Crawling, sitting up, the driving-us-crazy-because-she-crawls-and-rolls-over-during-each-and-every-diaper-change-giving-us-the-cutest-full-moon-ever. Seriously, she doesn't stay still anymore. I was worried about how I was going to lose the baby weight. Baby chasing, people. Baby chasing.

This next picture is just saying: HEY WATCHADOIN???

Yeah, I'm done with this.

Look! HAIR!!!

HI MOMMY!!!

Cheese!

Army crawling!

Fine then! If you're going to move my rattle, I'm going the other way!

Visit from the Lafonts

Uncle Tad and Poppa Larry came out to Texas this past week for some hunting. Uncle Tad got a 13-point trophy buck on Election Day he nicknamed Obama. Way to go! Grom and Emily had some quality time learning how to sit up.

Sitting up!

This has been a week of new discoveries for Emily. Just in the last 4 days she has learned how to sit up unsupported more than 10 seconds and she's learning how to crawl! Mommy hasn't been able to capture the crawling on film yet, since every time I pull the camera out, Emily freezes and smiles, waiting for the pretty flash!

Bowhead

Ohmygawd!!! I'm such a bowhead!

Mommy and Grom are trying to make some headbands. They looked so simple to make, but not so much! Here are the first couple...just took a couple hours to get them right!

First Halloween!

Laughing with Daddy

Love my new strawberry hat!

One for the blooper reel

All I was trying to do was get a nice shot of Baby Girl, but instead she found the string to my camera and just starting pulling...

She was on her back, on the opposite side of the crib earlier...

Mmmm...Toes!

Karate Kid

Forgot to post these the other day! For whatever reason, Emily's daycare wanted to celebrate different cultures of the world. Each class dressed up as different countries (China, Greece, Mexico, etc.) and had a parade in the parking lot of the school. The infant class represented Japan. One of the moms decided to be verrry generous and bought karate outfits for all the kiddos in the class. Hee-ya!!!

Use the Crane Technique, Emily-Son!

6 months old!

Half a year gone! Wow. Emily went for her 6 month checkup. 16 pounds, 6 ounces (55th percentile) and 25 inches long (22nd percentile). No teeth yet, but lots of drool and gummy smiles! As you can see, she can get her toes all the way to her mouth now, so she loves to munch on those and whatever else you put in her hands. Her hair is growing back some, still pretty thick in back, but not thick enough for hair bows again just yet. Mommy's just going to have to be patient! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE TAD!!!

Fall Pics

Ready, set....

...almost go! We're in trouble now!

Going jogging with Mommy and Daddy

Finally big enough for the jogging stroller!!!

Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

Happy Fall, Ya'll!

Thanks for my gigantic pumpkin, Grom and Poppa!

5 months old

Okay, so I'm a little late on this one. Emily turned 5 months old on Sept. 7. She is almost 16 pounds now, rolling from her back to her belly (all the time!) and is eating any type of baby food you put in front of her. Sweet potatoes are a favorite, bananas not so much. She loves peas and green beans too. No crawling yet. Derek says she doesn't have enough traction yet. She laughs and smiles all the time and is much more observant of what's going on around her. She's doing very well at daycare and is sleeping through the night nearly every night. Only problem is she is up with the chickens between 4:00 and 6:00am every single morning.

Don't try it, young lady...

...wait a minute...

Hey! I'm trying to take your picture!

Grab it!

Now that Emily is reaching and grabbing for things, we noticed during last night's bath that she was reaching for the water when we rinsed her off. She just can't understand why she can't hold onto the water!

Vacation

Most of you have seen these pictures, but I wanted to post a couple of our favorites from our vacation to Park City, Utah. The original plan was to go to Orlando, but not knowing what Hurricane Ike was going to do, we decided to head west to the mountains. The Winter Olympic museum was really neat and the weather gorgeous! We had a great time despite Emily's ear infections and Derek's cold. Can't wait for winter now!!

She's a maniac, MANIAC on the floor!

Emily is sporting her legwarmers a la Flashdance. I LOVE THESE!!!

I'm 5 months old....ohhhhmmmmm

New Toy

Looks like Mommy is more interested in Cookie Monster than Emily is!

What? I can't hear you!

Geaux Tigers!!!

We wish Daddy would have been home, but Emily got to watch her first LSU game this past Saturday. Geaux Tigers!!!