First time Eating Rice Cereal

We gave Emily rice cereal for the first time tonight. We had been putting a little bit in her bottles for the last couple days to give her a chance to get used to a little different flavor, but tonight we tried spoon feeding. We put Emily in her Bebe Pod up on the kitchen table and strapped her in. She did pretty well actually. Most of the rice cereal came right back out, but toward the end she started the get the whole chew and swallow thing down! She didn't fuss at all, and just sat there like a "big girl." The look on her face was hilarious most of the time, and we were sure to get plenty of pictures and a video. Here they are :)

What are you feeding me??!!
Seriously, this stuff is NOT good!
Hmm, maybe I'll give it a chance
Nope...still not good!
Messy baby :)
All cleaned up and playing with the mat on her Bebe Pod
CHEEKS!

Emily is also starting to get much better at sitting up. She still needs the Boppy around her for support, but she's getting the hang of it! Also, I finally SAW Emily roll over from tummy to back on Monday the 10th. She's been rolling over for a little over a month, but always in her crib at night and we hadn't seen it yet. I was very excited, lol. My little girl is really growing up! :)

All Smiles and playing with her toys

This is one of her favorite toys
Look at me, I'm almost sitting up on my own!
Now how do I get this back into my mouth???
I am Berry Cute!
Already learning the YMCA dance
No more pictures please!
Just this week I figured out I can grab my ankles. It's my little way of helping mommy and daddy when they change my diaper!

5 Months Old

It's been a while since I last wrote here. Who knew you'd have so little time for a blog when you have a 5 month old in the house, hehe. Things are going very well. Emily turned 5 months old on April 30. Time has seriously flown by! She has developed so many new skills. She's really into playing with her toys now, and reaches for things. Of course, most things end up in the mouth. We still have yet to see Emily roll over, but we know she's done it because we find her flipped over in her crib! Emily had her 4 month check up on April 16, and she is now 12 lbs 4 oz and 23.5 inches long. She's right on track physically and developmentally. Recently we borrowed a jumparoo from Liz, Cy and Abby. Emily LOVES this thing. She just jumps and flings herself around. She's still a little too short to reach the ground, so we put a box underneath so she can stand. Here's a video of her playing in it, and some pictures of her enjoying jumparoo time.







Emily and I took a trip out to CA to see family. There were a lot of firsts on this trip: Emily's first airplane ride, her first time sitting on grass, her first time seeing the ocean, and her first time on the beach. She did great on the plane! She slept both ways. She wasn't too sure about the grass, but took a couple of hand fulls and tried to rip out Papa's lawn! I think she was fine with the ocean, but was not fond of the sand at all. I'm just happy none of it ended up in her mouth! It was great to see everyone, and I'm so happy we got to see almost all of the people we wanted to. We'll be back out in CA for Mark and Heather's wedding in June, and we can't wait!

Emily's first airplane ride (I was able to get some South West wings for her from the stewardess)
Playing with Uncle Richard. He baby sat, and did great!
Three Beautiful girls. Emily and her cousins Kylie and Amy.
They crack me up
Emily and Auntie Lala
I'm ready for the beach, Mom!
Emily playing in the walker at Mema and Papas (yes...she's drooling, lol)
Papa helping Emily sit up on the grass.
Aunt Patti and Emily
Roses for my Mom. We went to Monterey on her birthday to the same place where we scattered her ashes and threw her favorite flowers in for her. It was a beautiful and somber moment. Still hard to believe she's not here with us!
It was a beautiful day in Monterey, and the water was very clear!
Emily's first time in the sand. The look on her face says it all, haha!
Emily and Papa Cleek
Me and my beautiful daughter
Mema, Papa, Emily and me