Emily 8 months

Happy 8 months, little bug.

You are such an amazing sleeper-and this is one of mommy's favorite things because sleeping mommies and babies are so much happier!  You don't like to snuggle to a song anymore when it is time for a nap or bedtime-you lunge into your crib, sometimes even throwing your pacifier out of your mouth just so you can lay down in your crib (and then there better be pacifiers in there waiting for you!).  Savannah chatters away at bedtime but you are almost instantly asleep.  Mommy has to check on you during your naps because you wake up silently and then just lay silently in your crib and play with your pacifiers.  Perhaps you are enjoying the quiet me-time!

No more teeth this month...not much drooling either.  Those two teeth can get a cracker down so who needs more than that!?

Baby you love food.  You love peaches, pears, mangoes, bananas, squash, sweet peas, sweet potatoes, prunes, and you eat green beans without much of a fuss.  You love your cereal and crackers.  You hate plain yogurt and the two times you've had it you were up for hours in the middle of the night so we are going to hold off for a while with more dairy.  You reach and whine for our table food and we are getting excited to share more with you!

You are getting to be a strong little girl.  You are almost able to pull yourself up to a stand and you love to be up and standing.  You balance up on your hands and knees when I put you down for tummy time but you don't know how to get into the position on your own yet.  You have face planted a few times because you reached so far for a toy from a sitting position-crawling will be a wonderful thing :)

You love to pat your thighs.  When mommy or daddy pat them, you pat them back and we go back and forth with you playing a little Emily pat pat game-so fun!

You have started a forced-sounding squeal when you are excited.  You do it to Savannah when she is playing in front of you, you do it when we are feeding you, and you do it when you are playing by yourself.  It's pretty cute.

You gave yourself the sweetest mirror kiss this week.  It was so darling and you thought that girl in the mirror was so fun!

Happy 8 months, sweet Emily.  We love love love you!

Mother's Day

What a HAPPY Mother's Day!  Sometimes I still pinch myself because being a mom is just the best thing in the world.  For these daughters I hoped, I prayed, I cried, I wished, and I could not be happier.  They are so wonderful and I absolutely love being a mommy!  Sweet Savannah gave me multiple "loves" today just out of the blue on her own accord.  Emily giggled back and forth with me after a feeding.  I love them so much and I feel so loved by them.  I am so blessed to be a mother to my darling little girls!  Life is far from perfect and there are not many grand adventures happening in my life but some of my favorite days are days that I just get to spend laying on the ground, playing with my girls.  Or taking the girls to the park to play with Chris on his lunch break.  Family is what it's all about and I love that 100% of  my time is needed and used up in being with my family.  I love these girls, I love being their mother, and I love my amazing husband who makes it easy to be a mom.  Happy Mother's Day from this happy momma!