Silly Em xoxo

Miss Emerson has learned to make funny-faces just like guess who???? Yes, Avery! Avery was standing behind me making funny-faces to Em while I took this picture! Silly girl!!

Overwhelmed.... :)

Yep, that's me! When am I not overwhelmed lately?? Maybe when I finally fall asleep at night...if you call it that! :) But all I have to do is look at these two little girls and all else is perfect in my little world!

Emerson has the longest eyelashes you have ever seen and a head full of thick, sweet curls <3

Avery started Ballet class last week and LOVES it! Everyday she asks me if it's ballet day...I'm so glad she's loving it as much as she is... you never know with these little ones!

Emerson Paige <3

Sweet Emmy-Ems is going to be 9 months old in 8 days! I cannot believe it when I say it out loud to myself. Emerson is so happy and LIVES to be anywhere near her sister and does absolutely ANYTHING she can to get Avery's attention. It is so precious! Avery walks on water in Em's eyes. These two girls are such a blessing, a complete dream come true! In Em's almost 9 months she is motoring around like crazy, not quite crawling though, just about everything but! I can't take my eyes off her for a second for fear she'll make it up or down one of the sets of stairs anyday now! (And for fear of Avery dragging her off somewhere. All of the sudden she really wants to carry Em around, or "I want to take Emmy to my room, Mom!") Emerson is so vivacious! She loves to make you laugh! Her many nick-names include Emmy-Ems, Eminator (Avery's favorite), Emmy-lou Curly-Sue (her hair is very curly, but is turning blonder and blonder by the day)...To me she's my precious Emerson Paige. (xoxo) Ok... enough talk... here's what you're really here to see:

I'm pretty sure she's working on her third, and maybe fourth, teeth right now. Poor baby...she has a hard time sleeping when she's teething, but gets so tired! :( She's absolutely adorable and stunning, I must say. Both my girls are beautiful! Their Daddy and Uncles are going to have their work cut out for them one of these days... but till then...

Emerson is 4 months old!

Yep, that's right! She's 4 months old! We are so in love with her and everyday just gets better and better! Emerson is proving to be nothing like her big sister was when she was a baby. :) And I wouldn't have it any other way. I love how my two girls have such different personalities and quirks (yet they also have some striking similarities)! Em is very much a mama's girl (so was Avery)! She never lets me out of her sight and if she can't see me, she yells for me - not crying, but literally yelling at me...like how dare I leave her sight! Pretty cute! She loves to be held... ALL THE TIME! She'd rather not be left to play on the floor, or in her bouncy chair, or anything for that matter unless Avery is actively playing with her.

Emerson Paige is currently in L-O-V-E love with her piggies!! The second you lay her down, up go her feet and straight into her mouth. She is constantly grabbing her feet and trying so hard to get as much of them as she can into her mouth. So cute!!! It's funny, cause since she was a tiny baby, she's always loved having her socks taken off and her feet played with. She's in 7th heaven now cause she can play with her feet all by herself!! Em's also a lover! She loves to be kissed on and googled over! Ha ha... what girl doesn't? If you kiss her yummy cheeks, she turns her head right into you to get some more. I absolutely love that! If you put your face down by her she'll grab your head and try to eat you... I like to think she's just returning all the kisses we shower on her. I see a lot of my sister's personality coming through in Emerson. She's going to be a very confident, vocal, loving girl!

Avery is still in love with Em. I feel so blessed; we can just tell these two are already so close and love each other so much! Nothing brings me more joy than watching the two of them play together. I say play, but I guess it's more like interact. Emerson can hardly wait to go after Avery. Whenever Avery is playing and Em watches her, she kicks and squirms like crazy... boy is Avery in for it! :) Emerson is happy just to gaze at Avery all day. Avery wants to do everything for Em and she's really a good helper. Avery helps give Emerson her bottle, puts powder on her bum when we change her, puts the bink back into Em's mouth if she loses it, and loves to help bathe Em. These two girls are truly the loves of my life. We're still working out her tummy troubles (she gets that from her daddy)! Just recently we had to switch her formula again. She's taking a Hypoallergenic type and it seems to be helping her tremendously!

Happy 4 Months Emmy-Ems, we love you like crazy!!

Emerson Paige ~ 3 months!!

Yep, she's 3 months old as of yesterday! And boy, has she ever gone through some changes! Em's a very happy baby, pretty easy-going now that we have her poor little tummy figured out. As you can see... we did it again! She's just beautiful! She has eyelashes 10 miles long, wavy hair so think and dark that only grows more with each passing day, and creamy porcelain skin. She is constantly cooing and talking and she's smitten with her big sister!

A few of Em's accomplishments thus far:

*She sleeps in two six hour stretches at night, only eating once during the night (HEAVENLY!)

*She holds her head up completely... she's been doing this since day one!

*Em now eats soy-based formula (LONG sad story) but thriving! :):)

*She is laughing! The cutest noise ever!!

*She adoringly gazes at her sister and daddy...she would do this all day if she could

And who wouldn't love having this girl for a big sister??