6 Months Old

On June 5th Emily turned 6 months old!!

It is SO hard to believe that she is half way to turning 1!!!

Each month that goes by I think it's the best age but it just keeps getting better and better! She is SOO good and has the sweetest personality ever!

Posing with Dr. Harrison!

I waited to make this post until after we had her shots and received her stats.

6 Month Stats:

(Her weight is fluctuating do to her teething)

15lb 7oz- 35% in weight

26.5" long- 75% in length

Perfect BMI

At 6 Months you:

* Wear size 2 diaper

*wear 6m clothes

*LOVE your jumperoo

*sleep in your own bed

*LOVE to eat your solids... prunes are your favorite

*like to grab the spoon and feed yourself

*take 2 naps a day and sleep all night

*sit up on your own and reach to get things

*cry when we leave the room

* favorite toy is a squeaky pink hippo

First Family Vacation!

We are back from Gulf Shores and we had a BLAST!

Emily had her caricature drawn at Lulu's while we waited to be seated.... ADORABLE!!

(I'm having it framed)

This was a much needed vacation. I'm SO glad Mike bought the trip at JA Charity Ball.

We spent a LOT of time on the beach, minus a half day of shopping at the Tanger Outlet Mall!

Emily did great the whole time! She slept most of the way and NEVER once cried.

We are SO lucky to have such an EASY baby! We literally can take her anywhere... I know the second one probably isn't going to be like this, so I am soaking up EVERY single minute of this!

We hit the beach early and took little breaks to go the pool or up to the condo to cool Emily off. We can't wait to go to the beach next year when she is able to walk and play more!

I already have a ton of ideas for the next trip!

I absolutely LOVE coming in from a day at the beach to get ready for dinner! We ate at a couple of delicious places... Mikee's Seafood, Lulu's, Wintzell's Oyster House and The Original Oyster House.

I really wish we could have stayed longer! We made some wonderful memories and we will never forget this vacation!

It's Been Awhile

We have had so much going on. Just in the past few weeks we have had little things and big things happening.

Last weekend I had a garage sale. I really like having garage sales but they are a pain to get ready for. I was surprise at how well I did and was thrilled to have some spending money for our trip. That is until the hubs jumped in the pool with his iPhone in his swim trunks and required a new one! Oh the joys.... so that was a wash.

Tuesday I signed a contract to teach again this coming school year. I seriously teared up signing it because this means I won't be home with Emily.

I'm excited and VERY nervous about it all. For one, I have taught Kindergarten for 3 years and have absolutely LOVED it!! I enjoy teaching the younger ones and never dreamed of teaching any other grade..... BUT that's all about to change. I am being moved to the elementary school and will be teaching either 4th or 6th grade due to the primary schools low enrollment. I am just beside myself. That is going to be a HUGE difference from what I'm use to. A new school, a new grade and not being with my sweet baby girl. Just praying it all goes smoothly.

Everyone has asked why I'm going back to work and not staying home with her.

I strictly took this past year off to get pregnant, not knowing that IVF wasn't going to be needed. We are not at a point in our lives for me to be a stay-at-home Mom yet, although I would LOVE to! There are things we still want to do.

We would like to move into a bigger house in the near future so Emily has more room to play and room for our family to continue to grow.

And honestly little girl clothes and accessories aren't cheap! HA

We are preparing for our first family vacation!! We are heading to Gulf Shores, AL very soon! I am SO excited about going to beach, eating yummy dinners and making memories with my sweet little family. Emily does great in the car, so we are sure it will be a smooth ride.... knock on wood! HA... We have our sun shade and sun screen ready!! WOO HOO

Can someone tell me how in the world I have a 6 month old already?!?!

My sweet baby girl will be half a year old tomorrow and her Daddy will be 27 on Monday! It's just crazy how fast things are going.

Wishing right now there was a slow motion button!

Lately

We have become a rolly polly lately. I will lay Emily down on her back and seconds later she is on her belly. She is SO sweet and has also recently found her LOUD voice!

It's cute but can be embarrassing when you're out to dinner or during church!

We are still toothless! Her gums are starting to bother her again. It's like it comes and goes... Poor thing! I hope it's not too hard on her.

We have recently started sleeping in our own bed. She has done really well and has always been a good sleeper. Of course I slept extra light those first few days because it was hard having her across the house and not right there next to me. I watched the video monitor like a hawk and checked on her often!

We can now pull ourselves up to a sitting position in our bouncy seat and car seat! We have been working on sitting up on our own in the floor too.

She gets so excited when she does this that she falls over! HA

This sweet little girl is growing so fast, I can't keep up!

5 Months Old

At 5 Months you:

* Wear size 2 diaper

*weighed 14lbs 7oz on 5/6/2011

*wear mostly 6m clothes now

*started rolling back to belly

*LOVE your jumperoo

*found your voice big time

*LOVE to eat your solids... prunes are your favorite

*take 2 naps a day and sleep all night

*sit up on your own for short periods of time

*like it when we sing to you

Catch Up Post

It seems that I have gotten WAY behind in blogging! Yikes... Time gets away so fast and then before you know it MANY things have come and gone and I never got around to sharing them. So here we go!

WARNING: LONG post below! Enjoy!

Emily with the McSpadden girls! We were at their soon to be baby sisters baby shower. They LOVED holding Emily and got some great practice in during the shower.

Aren't they just precious? They will make great big sisters and hopefully teach Emily how to be one someday!

What are these things Mom?

We are NOT a fan of green beans! Bless her heart she just gagged and made horrible faces with every bite. HA.... We will keep trying them and hope she gets use to them!

Lunch with some friends and our babies in Conway!

We forgot to take a picture at lunch with all of us. It was great catching up with them and having an adult conversation but of course we mainly just talked about our sweet babies.

We are ready to take this little cutie to the beach!

Just 1 more month and her little toes will be in the sand and her little booty will be in her first bathing suit! Can't hardly wait!

Ready for her bedtime stories... Such a happy girl!

Out getting a pedicure with Meggan.

We are starting her out early with a little girl time and fresh toes! HA

She enjoyed it so much she fell asleep halfway through.

Dinner with The Creamers! I laugh every time I look at this picture.

Notice Emily is staring at the couple in the booth making out rather than the camera! HA

Oh goodness...

At the bowling ally for cousin Jeremy's birthday party. He was so sweet to stop and pose for a picture in the midst of playing arcade games.

Jax recording his putt-putt scores... because that's what you do he said! HA

Jeremy's birthday cupcakes turned out SOOO cute!!

WOO PIG SOOIE!!!

That was pretty much a catch up from April! HA

Hopefully I can keep up during May....

Splish Splash

Emily had a little fun in the tub tonight!

Nothing better than a clean smelling baby!