Summer of Fun!

This has been a very busy and fun summer for our little Family! After we got back from Seattle in July, we started our summer-of-guests!

Early in the summer, Grandpa Mike spent some time with us after a business trip to Washington DC, and helped us pull out the dead bushes in front of our house! We're actually going to plant new ones this weekend, weather permitting.


Emily loves hanging out with her Grandpa Mike!...and chewing on his thumb!


After we got back from Seattle, my friends Lynn and Sooz came down to visit!




Then, my friend Katie came down from Boston!


Then Jenn came down with her family when the Red Sox were playing Balitmore!


Then Uncle Jeff and Aunt Keiko came up from Atlanta. Grandpa Mike eventually joined us too!


After that, Grandpa Timothy (Emily's Great Grandpa) and Grandma Susan came from Seattle! Uncle Ryan and his dog Soba joined us the next day.




Overall, it was a very very fun summer. It will be so lonely without visitors this Fall! We have one more friend Steph coming to visit us from Texas over Labor Day weekend.

9 things about Emily on her 9 month birthday

9 things about Emily on her 9 month birthday!

1. She loves to cross her ankles when in her stroller or car seat. She does it all the time.
2. She can wave! But not consistently. Or at the appropriate time. Or to the appropriate people. (For example, she just waved to her toy before she picked it up to play with it.) But she waves!!
3. She prefers to drink her bottles in 3 courses.
4. She gives eskimo kisses! Violent eskimo kisses. That often result in my nose being bit, or us knocking heads.
5. Her most tickelish spot is right below her collar bone.
6. She has recently found the joy of laying in her bed talking to herself. I love to listen to her over the monitor.
7. She's a roller! Why crawl when you can roll?
8. She loves to dance. Sometimes it's a head shake, other times it's rocking side to side or spinning around the room in our arms - it doesn't matter. This girl loves to cut a rug.
9. Emily loves to give big, wet, sloppy kisses. But watch out - those four chompers she has can do quite a bit of damage!

My big girl. Already 9 months old! We love you sweetie!

Aug 3, 2009

Happy I've-been-on-the-outside-as-long-as-I-was-on-the-inside day sweet Emily!

A full term (40 weeks) baby spends 266 days in the womb. Emily was 6 days late. So today, on her 272nd day of life, she has been on the outside of my belly as long as she was on the inside!!

It really feels like she's been a part of our world so much longer than that. We can't imagine life without her now :).

Happy special day to you sweetheart! We love you!