Almost 1!!

We tried to take 1-year photos of Emerson today. She didn't smile once. But she CAN show you "1" with her finger out.

Our Beauty~10 months

Playing with Daddy

Gimme Five

She loves the glass table in the kitchen.

Pushing the Chair

This is her new game. She'll push the chair back and forth many times before tiring of it.

Helping in the Kitchen

This activity kept her occupied and happy for at least 20 minutes!

Cars and Cell Phones Don't Mix

Em's already using the cell phone when driving.
She must have learned it from her Daddy.

Puttin' up the Tree

Looking Back...11 Weeks

I can just hear her:
"IF YOU TAKE MY SEA HORSEY, I WILL KARATE CHOP YOU."

Sometimes...

she falls asleep smack-dab in the middle

of the floor because she played way too

hard before bedtime. Sometimes.

First Halloween

Emerson was Jackie Kennedy for Halloween.

She wore pearls and carried a matching clutch purse.

I think she captured her essence nicely, though she was mistaken

for Michelle Obama.

First Foods

Emerson has been eating up a storm! Among the favorites so far: oatmeal, peas, green beans, and squash! Oh, and this is during a morning feeding with DADDY, who Em and I both blame for the mess.

Almost Crawling?

Watch out! By the start of 6 months, Em can scoot backwards and get up on her hand and knees.

Expert Sitter!

Some time during her 5th month, Emerson became quite the independent sitter. She occasionally gets so busy sitting and playing, she forgets that she is in fact sitting, and she'll tip right over!

First Tooth!

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a tooth! We are up in Watertown for the Labor Day weekend, and this morning little E was just chilling in my lap, sucking on things. Eventually she made her way to my finger, and bam-o! There it was--Her first tooth on the bottom, a little to the left. Can't believe we didn't notice it sooner. She hadn't been fussy at all (with the exception of the beginning of this week at day care) and had been drooling for MONTHS, so that wasn't any sort of indication. What a little stinker! Growing a tooth when we weren't looking!