Saturday, July 28, 2012

Fun at Home

It's been pretty rainy around here lately, so we've been having some fun around the house.  Grandma came to visit this week and brought some yummy yogurt pops for Emma!  We had some technical difficulties at first.



But we figured it out!


Although I think Emma had more fun using it as a paintbrush and finger paint!



We needed a good bath after all that fun!


I took advantage of Emma's nap time today and finished up a dress I had been working on for her.  Don't look too closely at it (I need a lot more practice) but it was really fun!




Emma had more fun pulling down the placemats and standing on them, but that's ok :)  She was a good sport!


Sunday, July 22, 2012

Happy birthday, Greta! (and 100 posts!)

We have officially reached the 100th post of Emma's blog!  We've had a great time sharing the stories and photos of our life with Emma, and we hope you've enjoyed it too!  Sometimes life gets in the way of regular posting, but we plan to keep on sharing all the good times we're having with our peanut.  I know we've gotten away from giving detailed updates about everything, but Emma is doing great!  She hasn't gotten weighed recently, but she's somewhere over 20 pounds.  She's probably still a little below the weight chart for her actual age, but she's still gaining steadily at her own pace which is just fine.  She'll catch up eventually.  She's always been tall though, and her height is right on track, so she's definitely growing!  Emma is eating great, sleeping great, and feeling great!  We just finished up physical therapy, which she had still been getting once per month.  She is going to be getting some speech therapy starting this week to give her a little push to get talking.  We have a few check-ups coming up (in addition to the regular well visits) to make sure she doesn't have any long-term effects from her prematurity, but that's about it.  Overall, she's just fantastic!  She really is just an absolute joy to be around and we are so very lucky.  So there you have it!  100 posts later and everything is wonderful - who would have thought?!


Speaking of wonderful, this weekend we got to spend some time with our awesome cousins celebrating Greta's 2nd birthday!

Emma borrowed Greta's sunglasses...

and her chair...

...and her hammock!?!  Oops, sorry G!

They had fun though, and so did we!




Happy birthday, Greta!  We love you!!


Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Splishin' and Splashin'

We have been staying cool lately by doing lots of splishin' and splashin'!  Emma got a little pool and water table and loves splashing around and getting soaked.





This week we went blueberry picking at a nearby farm.  Still a little early in the season, but we had fun and picked a bunch!  Emma is a great blueberry picker -- must be those blueberry eyes!  <3






We went up to Memere and Grampa's house for the 4th of July.  


Checking out the fountain with Grampa.





Big hugs for Memere.


It was very hot out, so we turned on the sprinkler and let Emma run around in it.  She had a BLAST.  












After all the sprinkler fun, Emma got into some dry clothes and watched the Red Sox game with Grampa and had some snacks.



The next day, Memere took us to the store and got Emma her very first tricycle!  Complete with streamers and a bell, of course :)  


Emma is cruisin' in style!  Thanks, Memere and Grampa!  





We had a great visit - who wouldn't have fun with this cutie?