Santa baby

If my camera worked faster, these would be pictures of smiles. Instead we get this:

So I decided to take a video:

Emma giggles now every time I pull her shirt over her head. It's pretty cute. Steven said tomorrow he wants to take a video of it. Hopefully we get a good one!

Sleeping like a baby

Watching Mommy fold laundry and clean

 3 minutes later.....

Don't you wish you looked like this when you were sleeping?

Chewing on her fist

This is what Emma did during tummy time today:

She was super happy yesterday...seems to be smiling and giggling more...like when I put her clothes on (which she used to hate but now thinks is funny) and when the doctor put his stethoscope on her chest. She is pretty happy today, too, but is also very sleepy. When she gets up I think we will all go for a walk. Guess I better go get something done!

Cold walks, doctor's office, and sleeping like Daddy

It has been cold here...in the 20s and 30s when we wake up. Yesterday, we had the bright idea to go for a walk. Martha, Guen, and Pepper and I used to go on these three mile walks around base. So yesterday we went with Tracey and her one-year-old daughter, Elenore. (They lived in Idaho, too.) Here is Emma getting ready to go...she also had two blankets. (Pepper was SUPER excited.)

I bought her real mittens today. These things didn't work.

 I called the doctor today....Emma has had this rash all over her body for about 3 days...he said it's nothing to worry about, could be several different things. But I thought I'd show you a picture. Also, they weighed her...she weighs 10lbs 11oz and is 22 inches long.

I couldn't resist taking this picture.

Going to sleep with Daddy last night.

Too many to choose from

We were trying to take pictures of Emma this weekend, for Christmas presents, but she didn't cooperate very well. Here is what we had to work with:

 

 

Her hair was crazy after bath time.

 

 These two are from yesterday.

Fell asleep watching football with mom.

A hat for the sun

Martha gave us this hat for Emma, to keep the sun out of her eyes. I wish my camera was faster...she was smiling before I took each of these photos.

Emma has been sleeping a lot today again. It is just fine with me because she hardly slept yesterday and I about went crazy. Steven let me go pick up dinner by myself...it is amazing what 45 minutes of alone time can do for your sanity. Also....Emma did not want to go to sleep last night. We did all our normal stuff to put her down, but she would not go to sleep. She was happy, just wanted to play, but you could see how tired she was from her eyes...they had these big, heavy red bags. So finally I put her in her bed, told her it was time for nite nite and turned out the light. I fell asleep listening to her talking to herself, woke up a half hour later and she was asleep. Steven said she just had to get all her words out. It was pretty cute to listen to.

My First Christmas

Emma seems to be more like herself today...not sleeping all the time, and not crying either. This makes me very happy. Here she is in front of the Christmas tree. Thanks to Martha who bought this onesie last year right after she found out I was pregnant. And thanks to the cloth diapers...it fits!  She was trying to sit up by herself so hard...she's going to do that one of these days. (She seems mostly uninterested in rolling over, however. I think she might just wake up and do it one day without warning.)