Oh my

So Dave went into Emery's room this morning to get her from her crib....she was sitting up. Yes that's right she can now go from stomach to back to crawl position to sitting up. She tries to pull herself up on us too. Great, 6 months and all she wants to do is stand up. .... we are in trouble!

It's been really amazing lately b/c i can leave her by herself. I set up a blanket in the middle of the family room and put her toys on it. She can just sit there and entertain herself for quite some time. Enough time for me to put food away, or make dinner. She is complete content. My mom and I were talking about it. Now i don't know if i'm making this up but I do wonder about the whole "baby-wearing" and co-sleeping. if those things make her feel more secure so she's able to be by herself. There must be a study out there somewhere....

Food & Photos

Game on! Emery is allowed to eat food! We tried avocados last week and she did pretty well. We are going to try carrots this week and possibly pumpkin. She had rice cereal a while back and then oatmeal about 2 weeks ago. It was funny.

So I said I would post the amazing photos of Emery's shoot with Kayla:

6 months

This week Emery is 6 months old. We visited the doc today for her well visit, and she had 4 shots. It was horrible. I cried before she did. Dave held her for the whole thing and it was really bad. She almost stopped breathing afterwards. She was in shock the poor thing. Ok i'm getting upset again, no more talking about shots. Dr. Davis said very few, if any, 6 month old kids sit up as well as Em. He thinks she'll be walking by 9 months. OMG! We better lock this house down. She's close to crawling too, she's almost there. Today she pulled herself almost to standing on the laundry basket. I was shocked. This kid is ready to move. Dr. Davis also said that her "attachment" to me is a sign that she's smart. She's figured out who I am and that she needs to be with me. He did say she could start to manipulate me though and to watch out for that. (great)

We are still having a lot of night wakings. It's hard when you don't know what to do next. All the systems and books I read talk to you as if you are with your kid 24/7. Which i'm not. She's with 3 different baby sitters, one being my mom. I know we have to get into a better routine, and now my mom is back to full strength after the pace maker. So it should get easier.

Dave and I have cut back on all spending for a while. I listed a bunch of stuff on Ebay today and I'm trying to find some different ways to make some side money. KMK is doing good, but could be better. I'm having a little bit of a hard time finding new clients, but i think that's just sales.

Last week my friend Kayla took Emery for an hour while I had a meeting. Well she showed up here with some amazing photos she had taken of her! I'll share them when i get them.

all about mommy

It started about a week ago. Emery is all about mommy. Heaven forbid I hand her to someone else while i'm in the room. It usually gets worse as the day goes on. Mornings are always great with her. While evenings she looks around for me. It's kinda cute, i do like being her favorite. But it's also somewhat funny, I sat her down to play with her toys in the family room and walked into the kitchen to do the dishes and she panicked. I mean lost it. It was a little funny. Like come on, i'm right here.

Last night Dave and I hung out just the two of us and made dinner together for his birthday. Emery and I each got him a card, and i got him a little present. It was nice being baby free for the night. Nana and River hung with Em and she was a bit of a pill. She had just woke up from her one and only nap (20 minutes) when I got there. She was watching the Jets game with River. It is so amazing having them so close.

Emery signing her card for Daddy


Sitting up is the norm now, though we put pillows near by for when she falls over. She will be 6 months next week! WHAT? how did that happen. So we'll start with real foods and I think a bunch of other stuff changes at 6 months. We have our apt with the doc so we'll learn more I'm sure.

As for sleeping, yea she's not doing that. She gets up every 2 hours or so to eat at night. From what i can fiugar out, she needs to eat b/c she moves so damn much. All the babies I know that sleep through the night are chill and relaxed. We didn't get one of those. We got a mover..hummm i wonder why :). My mom saw her moving to get out of my arms the other day and was like "yea that reminds me of someone, we were hoping Dave's side would tone her down a little." I guess not. She looks like me AND acts like me. scary. What are we in for? haha. But i love it. I really don't care about the sleep part anymore. I just love being with her. It kills me when i have to leave her at the nanny's. I hate it. BUT i know it's better then giving her up every day 9-5 like some parents have to. I have no idea what schedule she's on. She just eats and sleeps when she wants. It seems to be working, she's a pretty happy kid. She wakes up in the morning and you can hear her talking to herself in her crib. It's really funny.

She's currently on my lap, talking and pooping. So now I have to go change her.

Atlanta

Two years ago Dave and I got married. This past weekend for our anniversary we went to Atlanta. We stayed at the Embassy Suites downtown, went to the Aquarium, a Phillies game, Rio Grande and PJ Changs...talk about all my favorite things! We had a really great time and it was nice to be all together!