Famous!?!

I know you are all aware that Trevor's favorite soccer team is Arsenal. Well, awhile ago he sent in some pictures of Emersen in Arsenal outfits hoping that they would publish a shot of her in their magazine. Well they did!! And not with just Emersen, but with Trevor too! They are famous!

The other picture is one of my favorites of the two of them...

On the move

Emersen has been crawling for over a week now and she can move so fast!! It is really funny to watch her 'gain' speed as she gets going, especially since we do not have carpet. She has learned that now she can get to pretty much anything so she really enjoys exploring!! Lots of times she will crawl for awhile and then sit up and turn around to see if we are watching her. :) Baby gates here we come! I haven't learned how to post a video clip yet, so instead here are a few shots of her moving around.

Emersen's newest obsession

Well, Emersen has now had her 2nd ear infection. We are not quite sure if the first one ever really went away so last week off to the doctor we went. She is now on her 2nd round of antibiotics and thankfully MiMi was able to come and stay with her for 3 days during the week so that she didn't have to go to daycare. She got to rest and sleep at home and they had a great time together!

Once she got to feeling better we noticed that she couldn't get enough of 'sticking' out or playing with her tongue! It has been kind of hard getting a picture of what she does, but hopefully you can kind of tell. :)

Santa!

Trevor and I took Emersen to see Santa on Saturday. I think we had about 2 seconds of a somewhat 'happy' baby before she turned into a scared baby. We never got a smile, but all in all, she did a great job! She told Santa (quickly) that she wanted all of the things that I keep taking from her (like shoes, rugs, remotes, paper, etc) as well as some toys for Christmas. :)

8 months old

Emersen is 8 months old! At 8 months she:

*CRAWLS!!

*Loves to play peek-a-boo

*Loves the song "If you're happy and you know it"

*Is not the biggest fan of green beans or peas, but loves acorn squash and zucchini

*Still only has 2 bottom teeth

*Enjoys playing with boxes (as you can tell from the pictures)

*Is persistent and determined with regards to trying to get toys and other items she wants

*Will let you know verbally that she is not happy with you when you take away something from her

*Thoroughly enjoys removing her shoes and socks in order to chew on them

*Wears size 3 diapers

*Wears 12 month sleepers (well, this will change today b/c they are very hard to zip up over her "healthy" thighs) :)

*Wears a just few 9 month long sleeve onesies, but mostly 12-18 month clothes

*Babbles a lot

*Is a happy baby!!

Thanksgiving Holiday

We were so happy to have my Dad and Alice visit us over the Thanksgiving holiday. They were such a big help since Tuesday afternoon Emersen was so exhausted from not being able to nap at daycare due to a few babies who like to keep her up. That is another blog post in itself!! Anyway..the days got better from then on. She feels a lot better after finishing all of her antibiotics from the ear infection; although she never was a huge fan of taking the pink medicine. We all got to cook some yummy food, spend some time outside since it was warm on Wednesday, and just hang out together. Trevor and my Dad also dropped Emersen's crib one level since she is getting to the point of rolling over and sitting up in bed. I know now that it is only a matter of time before she is pulling up on the sides to stand....but not yet little one! :)

For some reason we didn't take any photos while my Dad and Alice were here but they were great and emailed these two photos so that I could post them. I hope that you all had a wonderful and relaxing Thanksgiving!!