Happy Baby

Earlier this week, we had a little family pizza dinner in Daddy's office. For some reason Emily was in a great mood. In the first video she is holding the plastic container of crushed red pepper. (Emi loves things that are round, things that are red, and things that make noise. This was a winner!). In the second, she's playing with an empty Snickers bag.

Sunshine!

It's amazing how the weather affects my mood. It was sunny and 70 degrees here last week, plus the extra hour of daylight made it really feel like spring. I feel more relaxed that I have in months. I can finally run again, now that it's warm enough for Emily to be in the stroller. The other day we visited Alasdair at work, and it was nice enough at 5:30 to play outside in the CCEF courtyard.

Sleepy girl

Granny Groves watches Emily on Tuesday mornings while I am at work. Yesterday I walked in to this sweet sight. (Note: Granny is not sleeping:)

Emily Runs on Dunkins

Alasdair & I stopped at Dunkin Donuts for a treat before church on Sunday. The ladies working there were charmed by Emily, and gave her a munchkin. Yum. It took her all of breakfast time to eat about 1/3 of it. :)

Robyn & Emily and some odds & ends

I'm trying to remember to keep up with posting here. Since the house has been on the market we've had everything tucked away neatly, including the camera. This great shot of Emily & Robyn was taken while we were in VT.

Emily's crawling has really taken off. She'll follow me across a room, or drag a toy along with her. She loves to pull up on anything that will hold her (and some things that won't...), and she'll now hold on with one hand, as if she's thinking about letting go. I thought this stage would make life a lot harder, but it's actually so much better! Emily is so much happier now that she can get where she wants to go.

We have to leave the house when there are showings, so we've spent a lot of quality time at Heather Lane (Granny's house). Perfect timing, since Eowyn (& her roommate Sally) have been home from college. :) We will miss you guys!!

Here's a cell phone shot of Emily in the shopping cart at Target. She loved riding in it, although insisted on having her feet up. That's a bag of Dunkin Donuts coffee she's holding. Good taste :)

Crawling!

While we were in VT, Emily learned to crawl. She hasn't realized her trouble-causing potential yet though, she only ever goes a few 'steps' (crawls?) before she stops & sits up. Baby-proofing, here we come. Here is my first attempt to post a video (I took it on my phone, so the quality isn't great.)

Flirting!

Emily made got right in Joseph's face and made him cry. Not the best first impression. She was delighted to have the attention (and share the toys) of Nathaniel and Kyra.

Emily finally met a baby her age who is bigger than she is. She & Elliott played very well together, when they weren't pulling each other's hair.


More pictures of Emily & her new friends here.