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!

The Many Faces of Emerson Grey Clark

As most of you know that have children (especially your first), you are constantly snapping away with the camera to capture every little moment of your baby's life and sometimes the emotions you capture are more comedic than anything else. These are some our most favorite

pictures of Emerson - we just laugh out loud every time we look at them!

First Professional Photos

Emerson had her first set of pictures taken about three weeks ago and we had to share one of our favorite pics. This one was used for her birth announcement. Susan Brewer was our photographer and did an amazing job - check out her website at www.susanbrewerphotography.com