6 Months!

Emmett is 6 months old today! He is such a big boy and I can't believe how fast he is growing up! I'm sitting here typing this post with one hand while Emmett is sleeping on my arm. His eyes are open just a crack and sometimes if I smile at him the corners of his lips will twitch and he'll flash a smile back at me for just a second.

He is still tuckered out from his well-check & shots this morning. Here are some fun stats on his growth the last 6 months:

             Birth:                                      6 mos.:

Weight: 7 lb, 7oz                                 18 lb, 5 oz

Height:  1 ft, 7 in                                  2 ft, 3 in

He is right around the 70th percentile in all categories, which is perfect! He has hit some other important milestones recently too; his first tooth just popped in a couple days ago and I think the one next to it is on its way too since he is still cranky and wanting to constantly have something to chew on.

His eye's haven't totally decided what color they want to be yet, but I think they are going to be green like daddy's. 

What do you think?

Emmett has also mastered his funny inch-worm crawl. As a matter of fact, he crawled right off our bed & bonked his head in the time it took me to grab a shirt from the dryer the other day! He cried for a few minutes and had a small bruised goose egg, but was fine otherwise. He loves heading straight for the tile or any cords/electronics that look like he might be able to reach. I guess it's finally time to get everything baby-proofed. 

Emmett also loves to see his daddy! When Craig walks in after work Emmett will look towards the sound of his footsteps and just lights up when his face appears! They have lots of fun playing together, especially peek-a-boo.

I love my boys!

It's crazy to think that it has already been half a year since Emmett came into our family. I can't imagine life without him! Happy Half-Birthday Emmett!

Sitting Up

One of these days I'll write about something other than Emmett, but he really is the cutest and most interesting part of our lives right now.

This morning I left Emmett on his tummy while I threw in a load of laundry and I came back to him sitting hands-free! He has been doing the half-sit for about a week and just figured out how to finish it, and I caught the second one on video!



Funny enough, I just had to go pick Emmett up because he did it again and got scared when he fell straight backwards. I love how when he learns a new trick he keeps doing it over and over!

Expressive Emmett

Today I made the mistake of letting Emmett touch my keyboard. He didn't break it(well maybe the 'h' key is a tiny bit skewed), but he threw a *tantrum* when I stopped  letting him send lines of random keyboard slam to his Dad. He was screaming and making faces that looked like this one(among other angry and sad faces):

Such a sad face!

On an unrelated note, can you believe how much he has grown? Look at this picture from just a few minutes after birth at the hospital:

So back to his expressiveness.... On Saturday I decided to let Emmett try some pureed zucchini(we have a lot of zuchinni from our garden so I made one into about 10 servings of baby food). I don't think he liked it, but I'll let you judge for yourself:



Oh well, hopefully he'll warm up to it someday!

And last but not least, I have some more laughs for you!



This kid cracks me up!

Belly Laughs

So Emmett has started belly laughing over the past couple days and I thought it was too cute not to share!




PS-If youtube asks you if you want to stabilize you ipod video, tell it no.

Emmett is really trying to crawl. He will get on his hands and knees and just squeal and strain and gets so mad that he is not moving anywhere. One of these days he is going to figure it out and we are going to have to move everything out of his reach.



He has also had a  hard time sleeping lately. He will wear himself out trying to crawl and then he will be crabby and it usually takes me 20-30 minutes to get him past the crabbiness and asleep. I'm hoping this is just a phase that will be over soon so we can both start sleeping better and being happy again!

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