Gilbert Temple

Emily 6 months

Emily, my dear, you are 6 months old already.  Where did the time go?

#1 highlight of the month is that you are SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT! Oh what a wonderful thing this has been.  We started by not feeding you in the middle of the night when you woke up-you only got the pacifier.  Your night wakings dropped dramatically and then became just at 4 am...then 5 am...then 6am.  We'll take a 6am wake up call over hourly visits in the middle of the night!  We are so proud of you, sweetie.

You can sit up!  What a big girl you are and how you love sitting up and playing by Savannah.  You can play with so many new toys when you are sitting up and you never want to lay down anymore.

Since you can sit up, we gave you claim to the high chair. Savannah has graduated to a booster and she loves it.  You have the high chair and you are SO much easier to feed oatmeal to with your grabby hands holding the tray instead of trying to grab the spoon and bring it to your mouth.  You are a little too young to feed yourself with a spoon.  :)

You really have come alive this month.  You are much more interactive and you love to laugh and squeal.  Your cousin Owen had you laughing for 10 minutes straight-the hardest laugh I have ever heard from you!  I walked into the house after some errands and I heard lots of squealing.  When I came in to see which girly it was, I found daddy watching both girls in a crib and he announced that the squeals were from BOTH of you.  You love to give kisses when we hold your mouth next to our faces.  You get so excited in our little splash pool and you splash and wave your arms.  You love to take a bath and love it even more when Savannah is in there with you.  We went to a  primary talent show and your eyes lit up with all the kids running around and the hustle and bustle.  We went to storytime at the library this month and you LOVED it. 

We love you, Emily!  It's so fun having you in our family!

Picturemanie

 Pigtails and pockets

 Making lunch with daddy

 

 We got to go to the temple dedication-it was wonderful

 

 Best friends

 Swings!

 Funnest face

 She found her thumb!

 Daddy's cowgirl

 Bike ride with mommy

 Dandelions...with the fluff gone

 

 Visiting daddy at work

 Stories in mommy's bed

 Peek-a-boo

Savannah put a hat on and is making smiles and talking to her reflection in the window.

Emily 5 months

Sweet little Emily is 5 months old!

Emily, you are growing so fast!  Here's what you have been up to this month.

You rolled over!  Only a couple times but we were so excited!  Savannah now likes to help push you over and cheers for you.

You like to spit and blow bubbles.  It's the cutest.

You are eating rice cereal.  You like to bend over into the spoon instead of sitting up and letting us bring it to your mouth.  It's a very messy experience, so good thing daddy is a pro!

You are on a pretty good 3 nap schedule during the day.  This is nice when all 3 girls get a nap in the middle of the day. :)

You are smiling and laughing/giggling more all the time and we love it.  You are so darling and we love making you laugh.  You like to play peek a boo.

Savannah loves you so much!  She always asks "awake?" when you are taking a nap.  She loves to say "GOO-GOO" and "GAAAA" at you (I guess mommy must say this a lot to you).  And when you do wake up from a nap, Savannah runs to you and yells "HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII".  You two are best friends already.

You had your eye surgery and you were a champ.  You recovered great and you are healing well.  We see an ocularist in a few weeks to get your prosthesis.

Up all night.  You must miss us and want extra time with us because you are now up every hour starting at 10pm whether we feed you or not.  Rice cereal made no difference, and neither did sleep training.  You cried for 3 hours straight in the middle of the night and mommy gave up.  We are all so tired, please sleep soon!!

We love you and and are enjoying watching you grow!

Picture Catch Up

 

 

 

 

 Cutest girl at the hospital before surgery

 

 

 Polka dot toes

 Lunch smiles

 

 Best daddy ever

 Kisses for daddy

 We love to be outside

 New favorite thing for both girls-hang out in a crib after naptime together

 Valentine's Day

 Gilbert Temple

 Minnie Mouse matchies

 Lil' snuggler

 Nursery Girl

 Ready for a bike ride with daddy

 

 Dinner Helpers

 She grabbed both spoons by herself

New "cool dudes"

Emily 4 months

My my little one, you are 4 months old!

You giggle and squeal and laugh and smile so easily.  You also cry very easily, but love your pacifier.  You like to stand up and bounce and be held...always be held.  You are a very snuggly little girl and we love snuggling you.

Missy, you are 16 lbs 3 oz!  Man alive you are a big girl!

You take an afternoon nap when Savannah does.  Mommy loves you for this!

You are doing great at holding a rattle.  Savannah likes to make sure you are always holding one in each hand. 

You love those fingers and hands!  You have figured out how to gag yourself because you stick them too far in your mouth, but most of the time you just slobber and drool all over them.  They sure are convenient companions,  huh?

You are NOT sleeping through the night.  You sleep great from 8pm-1am and then wake up for a pacifier multiple times until 4am when you get fed.  You wake up between 1-4am even if you get fed at 1am...let's learn to sleep better, please!

You have sent mommy, daddy, and Savannah to the eye doctor with a fear that you had FEVR and would go blind in your right eye.  All of our tests came back with good news, though, and we are so happy about that.  On the same note, this was the last month you will have your original left eye.  You have surgery scheduled next week to get a new eye made out of coral to replace your left eye.

We love, love, love you sweetie!  

Savannah 18 months

Our little toddler is 18 months old!

Miss Savannah you are one of a kind!  You are a busy girl and we love you so much!

Favorite toys: doll stroller, teddy bear

Words she can say:
mouth, nose, eyes, ears, knee, toes, elbow (bow-bow), hair, finger, tongue

messy (ma-mess), clean (keen), all done (ga-gon), please (peeeeeeeeeees), hot, brrrrr, wet, no, bubbles, bush, tree, grass, park, play, chair, bumbo, baby, mama, dada, Savannah

lamb (baa-baa), horse (neigh neigh), cow (moo), lion tiger bear (rrrrrraaaarrr), bird (tweet tweet), dog (panting with tongue out), snake (ssss), giraffe (aff), cat, monkey (oo oo), elephant (squeal), mouse,

necklace, ring, shirt, jeans, pants, skirt, dress, mitten

"S" "O"

variations of circle, triangle, heart

This girl loves her baby sister and gives her kisses and loves as often as she can.  She loves to climb right on top of her to show her so much love.  She is getting better at getting the pacifier into Emily's mouth (when mommy isn't fast enough to take it away).  She loves to be outside and calls our new backyard the "park".  Love you so much, sweetie pie!