My little dare devil

She loves to climb all over her PB Anywhere chair.  Sometimes she even attempts a jump!

My little Jedi Knight in training.

 

Or even the ottoman.  She climbed up this herself, stood up and laughed at me.

Almost took a step and a trip to the beach!

The past week, Emily has been standing all on her own for about 15 seconds at a time. Last night she was so cute. I wish I videoed it though.


She was standing and clapping at the same time while of course her goofy parents were cheering her on. I was so sure she was going to take a step but it was about 9:45 pm and she had a long day. Maybe this weekend!! I really think she is going to walk before her first birthday. Both Adam and I walked at 9 months.
Tuesday we went to the beach for dinner at Cheeburger Cheeburger and then took a spin on the historic carousel that was built in 1905. When we arrived, the carousel was closed for new riders so we had to wait. Once the carousel started, her eyes got really wide and she stared at the carousel the entire time it was going round and round. Once it was our turn, we went to find a horse. I tried to put her on the horse by herself and she wanted no part of that so I got on and put her in front of me. She was so cute as she held on and was singing to the music as we went round and round. She loved it!!




She sorta took her first step right at the end.

10 Months!

Emily was 10 months old as of 6/8/09. She spent that day exploring her new house!! We had our house inspection and she enjoyed bouncing around in her new room with plushy carpet. She didn't care much for the hardwoods downstairs though. Our close date is July 10th so we need to start packing!!!
Emily is so close to standing on her own and she is really cruising around the furniture now. She has discovered the cabinet doors and after she was found pulling out all of mommy's pots and pans along with some other things she shouldn't be touching so on went the locks.
Emily is a big hand clapper now. Whenever she is excited and happy, she claps and claps and claps! It is the cutest thing.
We started giving her more table foods. Her favorites are deli meats, shredded cheese, mixed vegetables, noodles and of course cheerios and puffs. Last night we gave her some ground beef that we used for tacos and she loved it! I wish I snapped a picture because her entire face was orange.
We take her in for her cardiologist appointment on the 25th of this month. I am not that worried. After the initial shock wore off that something might be wrong and some reassurance from family and friends, I think she will be just fine.
Then in about a three weeks she goes back to the pedi for a weight check. She weighed 14 lbs 4 oz three weeks ago and since then I have been trying to fatten her up by offering her food/bottles more often. I noticed that if she is overly distracted, she will not drink a bottle so before we go out anywhere, I make sure she has a full belly. She seems to have gained some weight as her clothing is starting to get a tad snug.

9 Month Stats and a small scare

Head circumference: 42.0 (5%)

Height: 28 inches (55%)

Weight: 14 lbs 4 oz (5%)

Yeah she is a tiny peanut.  The nurse was not overly concerned because she looks healthy but still wants her to come back in 6 weeks for a weight check.   We are going to start giving her more table foods (cheese, pasta, veggies, deli meats) to try and fatten her up a little.  We tried yogurt a few weeks ago and she liked that and yesterday she had some rice and ate it up.  There really isn't anything she doesn't like.  She is such a good eater.

The nurse was checking her heart and I knew something wasn't right when she checked it and checked it and checked it again.  She didn't want to alarm me and wanted the doctor to come take a listen.  He said it wasn't much of anything but called it a new innocent murmur.  We are going to the cardiologist for the final say.  I am trying not to freak out about it!  I am sure it is really nothing.  She didn't have this at birth.

Trying not to freak out.

Trying not to freak out.

Flower Photo Shoot

I took some photos last week at the Lilac Festival.  I used a photo enhancing software called Picnik.  They look professional (I think).