Finally!

Emma has never had a real hair cut before-her hair just doesn't seem to grow very fast. There were a few times she had a small baby mullet growing, but the hair I trimmed was so small you couldn't even see it. I didn't try and put too many headbands in her hair, because as soon as I started trying, she started ripping them out once she noticed they were there. And don't even think about ponytails-she wouldn't even let me come near her with a ponytail holder. Until last night! I was messing around with her hair and all of a sudden, she asked for her hair to be in a ponytail. Of course, I jumped up and grabbed a little holder. She was so excited to show Daddy and Kiki her new do. She kept it in for about an hour and hopefully this won't be a one time thing!

Growin Baby Boy

Well, the time has come! We decided to try and give Luke a little rice cereal last night before his 6 o'clock feeding and he did really well! When we were at the doctor for his 4 month check-up, she told us we could try anytime and see how he does. If he didn't like it, we could wait and try and again in a few weeks. But he was taking it all in with no trouble. I thought I would try again before his 10 o'clock feeding too. I accidentally put in twice as much as I did the first bowl and he ate a few bites, but wanted his bottle. After his bottle, he still seemed interested in eating, so I decided to offer more and he finished it off. I have a feeling he will be eating baby food in no time!

Emma is quite the little monkey these days, every time I turn around she's climbing up on something! Her new favorite thing to climb on is the desk in the kitchen

 

Just call her Van Gogh!

Emma has all of her art supplies in a cabinet that she can't open yet and all the pens in the house are put away in a desk. So there really is no way for her to get into any real trouble. Until today, that is! She loves to get a hold of my purse and take everything out of my wallet. Well, today she went looking and hit the jackpot. She found a pack of crayons from Crackle Barrel and a ball point pen. I was changing Luke's diaper and found her "creation" She colored all over the back of the love seat in red, blue and yellow crayon and a blue pen. I mean she went to TOWN on the couch! I was speechless when I first saw it. She has NEVER done anything like this before (maybe because all the goods are put up-but still!) and I was surprised she didn't ask me to come look at it when she was done. Guess it's time to pay more attention to what's in my purse!!
I quickly googled ideas on how to clean it off and the pen seems to be the most stubborn to get off. The crayon sort of came off and the rest just kind of blended in.

Dresser for Emma

As if I didn't have enough going on at home-my husband, two babies, a dog, laundry (uugh!!), house cleaning, and a million errands-I decided that I want to become more of a DIY'er and save money while making cute things around the house. My first "project" was painting a few small pieces of furniture for Emma-a bench and a shelf that is also a coat hanger. My biggest project is her dresser from the 70's. My grandmother had the same furniture for two of my aunts growing up and there was a lot. And pieces have been passed around the family and undergone many paint jobs. When I got a hold of a dresser, my first thought was "Paint it pink!" Matt thought it might be better to change it up a little bit. I ended up choosing a pale blue and realized that I would be able to paint the primer on and then spray paint the paint. Let me tell you how much easier it is to spray paint than to use a brush! I found a mirror that didn't go with the set, but ended up working out really well. I'm just on the hunt now for new drawer pulls. Please ignore the unfinished paint job of Emma's wall!

It's time for more Emma Talk

On our way home from running errands, she asks who's at home and  who are going to see. I said Daddy and she said Oh daddy is going to be so excited to see me!

When she wants Luke to wake up, she gets in his face and yells Wake up baby!!

When we are in the car and going down a hill she yells Wow! We are flying!

Bella was bothering her and she wanted her to stop and she said That's enough Bella, I said that's enough!

After Matt cut his hair she said Daddy you look so handsome!!

When her show ends, she always turns and asks What's comin on next?!

Gives me a big hug and says Mommy you're my best friend! I thought I was special until I learned she told Matt the same thing-I guess you can have two bffs!

Tells Luke You're my buddy

Took Luke's hand and shook it saying I'm Sissy, nice to meet you!

Told Matt and I she didn't want to hold Gigi (her baby doll) because she needs to go to the doctor, she's sick. He needs to take her temperature

She dropped a cracker outside and said Oh that's dirty-squirrels will eat it!

A big thunderstorm started and Emma said We have to sing our song and starts singing rain rain go away

Bella was trying to get something out of her hand and she looked at Bella and said Bella no swiping!

Chubba Wubba

I can't believe that our beautiful baby boy has been here for 4 months already! Granted, 26 of those days were spent in the NICU, but it still has flown by!! We had a feeling that Luke was going to have a nice weigh in for his 4 month check-up today. Matt swore he was over 11 pounds and I thought it was going to be more like 9 or 10. Well, Daddy got it right! Luke weighs in at 11 pounds 5 ounces. Holy cow!!  A crazy thing I discovered when I got home and checked out Emma's baby book was that Emma was only 11 pounds 4 ounces at 4 months! And she started out 3 pounds heavier at birth. Another crazy thing is that Emma only weighs eleven pounds more than he does right now-that's right, two of Luke and you get one little Emma.  Luke's progress is so good, that if he was only 4 ounces heavier, he would be on the chart for a full term 4 month old. He's also 23.5 inches long and his head is 16 inches. It is hard to believe that our tiny baby is growing so fast. Now when people ask how old he is, they will no longer immediately say "Oh my gosh, he's so tiny!!" At this rate, Emma isn't going to be the "big" sister for very long!

Pajama Day!

We've been going, going, going this summer-so it was nice today to have a big ol' pajama party! We all stayed in our bed and had breakfast (and lunch!) and a few naps while Daddy watched the US lose to Japan in soccer. Emma was eating a Popsicle that had a joke on the stick and she "told" the joke to Matt who overly dramatically laughed at her and she thought it was so funny. She asked for another Popsicle just so she could tell him another joke. Emma completed our lazy day by eating scrambled eggs for dinner.

 He looks like he's crying, but he's actually cracking up at Emma!