What better time than Easter to remember all the ways we are blessed! Emerson and I enjoyed a long weekend in Spirit Lake with my family. She soaked up every minute with her aunts and grandparents and hardly let them forget the talents she recently mastered: crawling and waving. The Easter Bunny spoiled her all weekend long and she deserved every second. Here are a few other highlights…...
Itty Bitty Inchworm
Emerson’s primary mission lately has been to take mobility to the next level. I think she’s motivated by the kids at daycare that have full reign over all the toys. She inches around very well and is days away from genuinely crawling. For now, she practices around the clock as if she were training for an Olympic event – bobbing on all fours and making yoga-derived poses. I better get the gold medal ready!...
Sweet Seven
They might be a week late, but here are my favorites from our 7 month photo shoot!...
Granddad Visits
My dad came this weekend to help us with a few odd jobs around the house. We jazzed up the closet in Emerson’s room and still had plenty of time for some fun....
Carrot Top
We celebrated the 7-month mark with another attempt at baby food. Rice cereal has been going very well the past few weeks, so we thought it was time to try again. I used many sneaky tactics tonight to make this a fun experience for her. She dined on carrots in her ‘Bounce and Spin Frogger’ while I sang the Indian Fight Song (her current favorite tune – Ra-Ra-Ra!). It turned out to be everything I could have asked for. She loved the carrots and ate like a champ. I will definitely be buying darker-colored towels for occasions such as this. As we were finishing up she noticed her reflection in the...