Busy Weekend

On Saturday, Emerson turned 7 months old. I know I say this every month, but it seems like she was just born the other day. Baby girl is growing and getting strong. This girl can sit up by herself and wants to do it all the time. She is also busy rolling over. She has some new friends, specifically her hair brush, her giraffe teether/rattle and ANY piece of paper. At a recent doctor's visit, Emerson kept fighting the doctor, who wanted to look up her nose. Emerson was congested as it was and it just go worse with the crying, so the doctor was using a Kleenex to wipe her nose and Emerson kept trying to grab it. So I gave her her own Kleenex and she was then happy enough to let the doctor look up her nose and in both ears (all was fine, we just changed her from Zyrtec to Clarinex, which is working GREAT!). The other day, Emerson was playing in her crib and she kept trying to get up on her knees. Emerson doesn't have teeth yet, but the buds are there and she is chewing on anything and everything, so I guess it won't be too long before she has some Chiclets in her mouth. She is such a sweet baby, generally happy and full of laughs and smiles. She is getting VERY vocal and loves to "sing". We are just so in awe of our baby and love every day with her.

On Sunday, we celebrated Rico's birthday (he's 29 - again), as well as his first Father's Day. Emerson got her dad a card, "made" him an HEB cake and got him some really cool t-shirts (this is one from the most recent Woot-Off). Rico is such a good dad, but that doesn't surprise me as he is a great husband. Emerson LOVES her dad and is always so happy to see him. This makes me especially happy when she wakes up at 4am and it's her Dad who goes and gets her and soothes her back to sleep. Rico does it all and I am proud to say that he has had pee, poop, throw-up, spit-up, snot, saliva and breast milk (NOT directly from me) on him at one time or another since Emerson was born and he has worn his stained shirts with pride. Thanks for being such a great dad, Dood. OH, and Happy Birthday, old man!