Pictures Pictures Pictures!!!

I've been really bad at posting recently because I've been borrowing my sister-in-laws computer, and I didn't want to take up too much time. But, I decided to just do it tonight. I've got a ton of pictures!

We went out to lunch with Uncle Brent!! It was great to see him again, and he had a ton of fun with Emalee.

This is what Kirk and Emalee look like every day when Kirk gets home from work! She gets so excited when her daddy comes home!!

I've been going running in the mornings, but it's been pretty chilly. So, I dress up Emalee like and eskimo and she goes with me. She looked so adorable I had to take a picture!


Here she is ready for Halloween!!!

I took her outside a few days ago to enjoy the mildly warm weather. And she is in a ball phase right now - she just loves them!!

She looks adorable in this picture!!! One of my favorites

I gave her a flower and she was fascinated by it.

She loves being up in the air. She grins so big everytime!

She loves being on her daddy's shoulders, too.

Her face is cute in this picture. "Enough kisses, Dad!!"

I cracked up when I took this picture. She looks so annoyed with me.

She loves playing with her spoon after she eats.

Her high chair is right next to the blinds. She LOVES playing with the string. It's so cute. She gets scared when the blinds fall down. That's what the video is below.

Our little crawler...almost!

She's so funny about not wanting to be on her belly. We always try and put her there so she'll will start crawling. Here are the many stages we go through:

This is how she is at first. She just lays there - almost trying to be defiant! It's so cute.

But, then she realizes that there might be some cool toys lying around. So she starts to explore.

Finally, she gets a toy and it goes straight to her mouth.

Then, she realizes things aren't so bad and she'll lift herself totally up and start to move around a little bit! So close to crawling.

And then we get the look and cry of distress! Please help, she says!! You can see it in her face :) Someday soon, she'll start crawling.

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My last post was completely with out pictures. So now I don't feel so bad doing a post with a TON of pictures!! This has been whats been happening the last week in our home - our basement, I should say ;)

Here she is right after church - waiting for Dad and Grandpa who seem to be worse than Relief Society after church!!

This picture is exciting to me - it's the first time she has ever fed herself! She's only had a bottle for a couple of days, so I think that's a pretty big accomplishment

What a beautiful crown!! ;)


I love how her binky is stuck in her neck. Totally cracks me up!

This is one of my favorite shirts!! It's so true!

Here is one of her cousins that we are living with - Michael. And he was lucky to find an open chocolate pudding on the table!

Here are some of the other cousins that we are living with. They were taking a bath together and I thought it was so cute.

Here is Emalee and Michael

I love this picture. Emalee playing with her Grandpa just before bedtime. He is always so sweet with her, and she just adores him!

Here is Emalee with her cousin Kiersten, playing outside. Emalee loves being outside!

A true post

As I'm looking back at my blog, I realize that it has sort of become just a picture blog. Okay, let me rephrase that. It has become a 'Pictures of Emalee' blog. Not that that's a bad thing, but I feel that if you look at our blog you don't really know what's going on with our lives! I find myself feeling like I don't have much to post about because I don't have a lot of pictures to take everyday. And in my mind - a post without pictures???? Crazy! Well, here it is ladies and gentlemen. This will be a post entirely without pictures! (Deep breath) Let me tell you what's been happening in our lives recently.

We have moved in with my in-laws. I think that I've been dancing around actually saying it out loud because, honestly, I feel a little embarrassed about it. I loved teaching. It was honestly one of the greatest things I've ever done. However, I love Emalee more. When school got out for the summer and I was able to stay home with her, we noticed a HUGE difference in her! She wasn't as fussy, she started progessing faster, and she was happier all around. But, the bad news - Kirk just graduated and has yet to find a job. Hence, we moved into his parents basement. He's found a job at a call center in Boise speaking French - he's excited about that fact. It will help us pay some bills for now. Also, his Dad has offered for Kirk to take over his business selling insurance. Kirk has been hesitant to do this because... well, let's be honest - I don't know of a single child who says they 'want to be an insurance salesman' when they grow up. But, we'll see how it goes the next couple of years, and see if it is something we can raise a family on.

Emalee has been doing great! She gets bigger everyday! She giggles all of the time, and is such a happy baby. Here are some accomplishments in her life right now
She is sitting up totally and completely on her own! You just have to set some toys in front of her and she could stay there all day.
She is now taking a bottle like a champion. I know this may be confusing. She's almost 8 months old now - but that girl has LOVED nursing! We finally started introducing a bottle. She hated it at first, but now she thinks it's kinda nice!
She is SOOOO close to crawling! She can scoot herself on her tummy in a full circle - 360 degrees. But, she hasn't learned to push herself forward yet. Any day now, is what I'm thinking.

Well, there it is. It's not a complete update, but it's better than what I've been doing. I will try to be less 'picture crazy!!' and post something about ourselves. And, if you've stuck it out and read this far, way to go!

Here's a little update on life! We are living in Caldwell, Idaho now. For those of you who don't know - that's right near Boise. Kirk is working to take over his Dad's business selling insurance. I'm going to be doing some substitute teaching. The goal is to have me stay home full time though. We are having a great time. Emalee is growing everyday!!! Here are some of the latest photos

Loving her carrots!!

She always looks so cute wrapped up in her towel after bath time!

She has to chew on EVERYTHING!! When will those teeth just come in??

Snuggling with Dad just before bed time.

Here she is in her stroller. She loves being outside!

Her new favorite place - the bouncer!! She gets that thing going crazy!!

Emalee had her six month check up yesterday. She was 26 inches long and weighs 16 lbs 6 oz. That puts her 50% for weight and 51% for height. Pretty average! She had to get some more shots as well. It was pretty traumatic!! She was so tired that I put her down for a "short" snooze as 6 pm last night, and she didn't end up waking up to 9:45 the next morning! Needless to say, she's a lot happier today :) Here are some pictures that my friend Lacey took of her on Sunday night. So cute!

Emalee at 6 months

So, I know that I've been horrible at posting recently. I can't say that I'm going to get better though. But, here are some pictures that my sister in law recently took of Emalee. They are so beautiful!

Bath Time

So, my new favorite time of day is when Emalee takes a bath. She is adorable! I had to take a video of her. This video is so cute - except for the part at the end where I drop the camera. And she is wiggling so much that it's hard for me to keep her covered up - sorry about that. Not much I could do. But, I think this is the cutest video you will ever see! ;)

Video of Emalee

Sorry about never posting any more!! Here is a cute video of Emalee. It's nothing special, I just think she's pretty cute. I got a new camera for my birthday yesterday, so I thought I would take a video of her.

More Pictures of Emalee

I am so lucky to have a sister-in-law who is an AMAZING photographer! Lindsey came up to my house yesterday and took a billion photos of our little Emalee, and here are just a few. I'm so excited to see all of them! You should check out her photo blog!