Swimming!!

We took Emerson to the local waterpark for the first time and she loved the water. After all the work of getting her covered in sunblock, finding a rashgaurd small enough for her, finding a cute hat and buying those Little Swimmers diapers (which we had to cut off of her - how else do you get those things off when they poop - pulling them off just creates more of a disaster to cleanup!!) - she spent a little time in the pool and then passed out under the shade. We can't wait until next summer when she is a little older and she can really run around and splash about in the water!

Emerson's 3 Month Pics

Well, I know this post comes a little late (as Emerson is now over 5 months old and these are pics from when she was just over 3 months). Anyhow, we just scanned them into the computer and wanted to share some of our favorite pictures from her 3 month photo session.

Real Food. . . Finally!

Yesterday was Emerson's first taste of real food. We started the feast with sweet peas and she loved them. Usually there is quite a mess after we are finished with cereal, but she hardly let a drop escape her mouth. Who knew sweet peas were so good! I did actually taste them and they are pretty good. We are going to add some fruit after a few days, which she will probably inhale. Our little girl also used her highchair, which I can't believe we haven't used until now. This thing is great, and she can sit right there with us for dinner.

Emerson Meets her Uncle Barry

We just wanted to share some photos of Barry's visit to SC to meet his new niece! She just loves him, and we were so happy to have him come visit. Check out the picture gallery for more pics of our good times.

It's Gonna Be a Great Father's Day!

So we just wanted to share some photos of us out in Greenville and back home before bedtime. As we were looking at these pictures it struck us just how big she is getting. We looked back at some earlier pics when she first got home and can't believe how big she is now! We attribute her astonishing growth to several weeks she spent sleeping on Mariam. They say that constant love, affection, and physical contact speeds growth and it seems like Mariam has been putting Miracle Grow in her formula. This Father's Day is going to be a first for me and I couldn't be happier! I'll be spending it with my two girls and changing a poopy diaper or two. . . livin' the dream.

Just For Fun

Not much to say, just wanted to share.

I'm Growing Up So Fast!

Watchin' TV on the couch

What a smile!

My girls

Here are a few new pics of our baby girl. I can't believe how fast she is growing! Look, here's the deal. All of you out there who's baby is sleeping through the night from day 1, keep that to yourselves, we don't care. What we do care about is how that happened. If you have any advice on this process please advise. . . otherwise tell us that it took you 3 years before your child would sleep through the night and that will make us feel better. As you can see Emerson is a miniature Mariam, this means two things. One, she has a beautiful smile, and two, her favorite thing to do is talk. She will carry a coo and babble conversation with anyone and usually makes more sense than they do. I will also say this, I didn't realize how entertaining staring at a smiling baby can be, especially if it's your own baby. What an awesome feeling!