Peekaboo

Emma must have gone through a growth spurt last week. She was eating up a storm! She was eating around 7-8 ounces of milk a feed plus eating a ton of solid foods. She is noticeably bigger – her tummy has grown and cheeks are bigger. She looks so cute! We weighed her the other night and she is over 16 lbs now but we weighed her on our scale so it isn’t entirely accurate. But it gives us a good estimate.

Her second tooth has also made its full debut. She has really taken her teeth coming in like a champ! She rubs her face and all but she hasn’t been irritable and cranky like most babies we hear of. The one noticeable thing that might be suffering because of her teeth is her long nap. The last few days she has been waking up after 40 minutes or so and then will go back to sleep after a half an hour. She is rubbing her face and generally seems uncomfortable. Of course, we don’t really know the real reason but this is our best guess.

Emma also likes to play games now. She recently started to play peekaboo. She takes her lovey (small blanket) and puts it over her face. When then say “Where’s Emma?” and she will pull her lovey off her face and have a huge smile. She will continue to do this over and over again. It is the sweetest thing!

Emma continues to do really well with Judith. She goes on a bunch of play dates and loves going to the park. The other day she went to the library and had a great time. She loved looking at all the different books.

Last weekend, we took a trip to see my Grandma and Emma’s Great grandmother in LA. She isn’t doing so well right now and she had been asking to see Emma for a few weeks. She was telling everybody that would listen how much she was looking forward to seeing Emma. Sadly, she went back to the hospital on Friday morning which meant that Emma couldn’t visit her. The hospital doesn’t allow children under the age of 12 to go visit patients. It was really disappointing for everyone but I have to say it was really nice for Jamey and me to see her. We showed Grandma lots of videos and photos of little Emma and it brought smiles to her face. We are looking forward to going back to LA for Labor Day weekend (I have to go for work) and we will make sure that Grandma and Emma see one another.

Emma did get to spend some time with Grandpa/Great Grandpa. She was having a grand ole time rolling on the floor with him, smiling, laughing, inspecting flowers from their garden. The visit really put a smile on Grandpa’s face –he really needed some cheering up since Grandma has been at the hospital for so long. He couldn’t believe how big Emma was and how she is really turning into a person. He loved that he was able to spend time with her and I am glad that we made the trip out.

We had planned on Emma swimming in their pool but it didn’t work out because the pool wasn’t heated. But we did dip her feet in the Jacuzzi and she enjoyed it. Next time we are out there we will be sure to take swimming… I have say that I really can’t wait for that because that is the pool that I learned to swim in and I think it is really special for Emma to swim in it too.

It was a really nice, short weekend in LA. It was nice for us and Emma to spend time with her Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Deb and Uncle Ryan. I know everyone enjoyed her being there.

All in all, I have to say seven months is a great age! Emma really is coming into her own person and knows what she wants. She is rolling all over the place and we can’t put her on the bed and walk away like we used to. It is so much fun to play with her, spend time with her and of course just stare at her in aw.