Camera Face

Lately when I've taken pictures of Emmy, she gets the same look on her face. She scrunches it up and smiles. It is so funny and adorable! And it's only for the camera. What a ham! I posted the video of it above.

Emmy has also been pulling herself up on everything. She is getting so strong. And she's getting so smart. On Friday we were at Jake's brother's house and I was telling them that I've been trying to teach Emmy how to blow kisses but that she couldn't do it yet. Well, every time I would say blow kisses she kept putting her hand to her mouth and was blowing kisses!!! I didn't even know she could do it yet, it was so funny. I got a video of that, too that I might post.



On Thursday of last week, I got to sing the national anthem at a Garden League baseball game. The whole family came and we had a blast. Emmy was chewing on the soda straw and we got a classic picture. Isn't it so funny?

Pageants

Some of you know that I did a few pageants while I was in college. Well this past weekend, I was a judge in our local county pageant. It was really fun to be the one judging, not competing! I felt nervous for the girls but they did great and I had a great time. I met some really nice people and the girl that won will do great at the state pageant.

Here is a pic of me and the other judges.

9 Months Old

Emmy had her 9 month check up today. I thought she was going to have to get some shots but to my surprise, she didn't! I don't look forward to shots at all, so I was glad when the Dr. told me she didn't have to get any. Here are her stats:
Weight: 18.5 lbs (45%) and height: 28" (60%). The Dr. said everything looks great and that she is healthy. That is always nice to find out!

My Dad . . .

For those of you who know my dad, you know how awesome he is. You also know that he doesn't have the best health. Especially lately, his asthma has been really bad. After my parents moved here, they found out that my dad is most allergic to Juniper tree's, which basically makes up 90% of the trees in our town. So this week he is in Denver at the National Jewish Hospital hoping to find something that will help him breathe better. Most people have 100% lung capacity, he has about 20% or so. So please keep him in your prayers! We are hoping they can find something more about his asthma or something that will just help him to function better. These past couple years have been the worst I've ever seen him, although he never lets you know how bad it really is. Good luck this week, dad!!! We love you and are keeping you in our prayers!!!

***UPDATE***

My dad is home from Denver now. The dr's discovered that he has Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis, or ABPA. It's a fungus that is throughout his whole body. It's sort of like Valley Fever, if you've ever heard of that. You get it from fungus in dirt, leaves, etc. and it's not contagious. They have him on some steroids and strong anti-biotics. His asthma will never go away but his breathing will hopefully get better. He also found out that only one lung is working. So keep praying for him!!!

New TV

Our new TV!

Caught in the act!
Our pretty armoire

My dad said he'd buy us a new TV as soon as this property that he had sold. Well it sold last month so we went shopping and found the TV. It's a Hi-Def 42' LCD flat screen. We got it yesterday and while we were setting everything up Emmy was having a blast getting into things! It was really cute. She couldn't get into all the equipment before because it was all in our armoire. The only sad thing about the new TV is that it doesn't fit into our armoire. I love our armoire and now I don't know where to put it! It's just over on a side wall, out of the way for now. But for now, we are on the lookout for a new enclosed entertainment stand so that Binga can't get into the equipment.







Binga was also playing in the laundry basket yesterday. What a cutie pie!!! Soon after the pic of her looking over the side, it tipped over and she fell out!

Let's go to the movies . . .

One of my favorite things to do is go see a movie at the theater. Before we had Emmy, we would go all the time. Now we go every chance we get (which isn't that often). Last week, Jake was so nice to watch Emmy while I went to Hairspray with my mom and sis. It was so cute! I absolutely LOVED it!!! But any of you that really know me know that I would pretty much like any musical :)

Then, the same day, Jake brought Emmy to the theater and we saw Transformers. I'm sure it was good, but since Emmy didn't sleep through it like I thought she would, I didn't really get into it. Oh well, what can you do?

Thanks to a babysitter we got to go to another movie yesterday!!! I can't believe I've been to 3 movies in a week and a half!!! We saw The Bourne Ultimatum. It was awesome! If you liked the first 2 Bourne movies, you'll like this one. It was action packed and full of adrenaline, never a dull moment. How I love going to the movies . . .

Baby Binga

Emmy has been so stinking cute lately!!!! First of all, she's been giving us kisses when we want one, she opens her mouth and sort of sticks out her tongue, cute but kinda gross. It's always initiated by me or my husband or Grammy, etc. but the other day I was burping her and she leaned forward and kissed me! It was the cutest thing ever!

Another thing that she does now is waves. I don't think she quite knows what it means yet because yesterday in church I saw her waving and I looked to see who she was waving at and there was no one there. It was really funny because she kept doing it. But I love that she does it! She just loves to copy us and it is so cute! She claps a lot, too, which is so cute. And sometimes she'll lightly hit her chest while she's talking so that it makes her voice jump a little. She's been doing that for a long time, but I thinks it's so funny.

Emmy is also getting very good at scooting around, still not on all 4's but that hasn't stopped her! I'll leave the room for a minute and when I come back, she's clear on the other side! And she also likes to "stand up" (for her, standing up is straightening her legs while her hands are still on the ground so she looks like a stink bug!). It's so much fun to see her grow and develop and to see how smart she is. My life would be so boring without her!!!

I can scoot!

So Emmy isn't crawling yet but she has learned how to scoot around the house to things she wants. And she's starting to try to pull herself up. She hasn't been able to totally pull herself up, but she is really trying! I posted a video of the scooting below this post. Check it out!

Emmy can also go from her tummy to a sitting position now. She just started doing this on Sunday. She was on her tummy and I was playing with her on the floor. I turned my head for a second and when I turned back she was on her bum! It was so funny, I was like, "how did you do that?" And when I put her down for a nap after church, she kept crying so I finally went in her room and, sure enough, on her bum again. I think she gets confused when she does it in her crib. She doesn't seem to know how to get back to her tummy, but only when she's in the crib. When she's playing on the floor, no problem. But I had to take a pic of it because it was so funny to me!

Funny face

Emmy has this face that she pulls when she gets excited. It is hillarious! She raises her elbows out to the sides and wiggles her fingers and pulls this face. I couldn't resist posting something about it because it is so uniquely her!

4th of July

We had a fun 4th of July! We went to SLC and hung out with family. Emmy even stayed up for the fireworks and didn't get fussy! At one point during the fireworks, she even started clapping - it was so cute! She likes fireworks!