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R&R Flashback

I'll be doing this for a while...I have lots of pics I want to share.

7 months {e}

Emmeline Lily is 7 months old today. She is my tiny, beautiful, cuddly girl. She loves her Mommy and anything that keeps her close to me. She eats her homemade baby food with relish, and she is scooting and *almost* crawling. She is not sleeping through the night, but it's ok, because she is so sweet to cuddle close at night, while she rubs my face and nurses back to sleep. She does, however, have a reliable stretch of time from 8pm until 2am where she doesn't eat and mostly sleeps. It's nice :)

Emmeline likes her paci, but not to the extent that Shiloh did, she also likes her thumb pretty well. She loves the outside, and the water. She says mama! She laughs hysterically at silly things and is officially in the "I will grab everything within my reach" stage. She really seems to love to yank on Shiloh's hair, but then cries when it makes Shiloh scream. Poor girls. She is sitting well, is still toothless, and is still wearing size 3-6 month clothes and size 2 diapers.

Happy 7 months, Emmeline!

Lately

Tyrone left at the end of last week, after a really wonderful 15 days of leave. We are so sad to have him gone, but we know that the next time he is home, we will have much more than 2 weeks! So that is what we are looking forward to, being on the last (rather loooong) leg of our count down!

Yesterday was my birthday, and I didn't really think it would be any biggie, just because of circumstances, but I ended up feeling very loved and birthdayed! My Mom sent me a birthday-in-a-box, complete with cake and decoration and everything! My grandparents sent me a great card, and then our friends Dawn and Josh asked if we could all go to the zoo together! When we got there, Dawn had made me cupcakes! With little pinwheels! Anyway, we had a really awesome time! Here are the pics I got before my batteries died in the camera...

Coming later today is Emmeline's 7 month post! Stay tuned!

My 5 favorites

tons of fun

That's what we've been doing, having tons of fun! We have had late nights, sleepy mornings, gone to the drive-in, cooked out with friends, played monopoly, had family movie nights, eaten way too much good food, and talked lots about the future. We have also spent the last couple of days at the pool. SO. MUCH. FUN!





Shiloh in the big pool with Daddy, she is so brave!

Kaleb was everywhere and is really coming along with his swimming!

Our pool provides these rafts and noodles, lots of fun!

Daddy caught Kaleb!!!

And LAUNCHED him!

Silly Shiloh in the super cool toddler pool they have

Gabe Gabe gets launched, too!

Gabe taking a break in the toddler pool

Emmeline and I stayed in the big pool for a good long while with everyone else both days, and she loved it! She smiles and kicks her feet. She's a water baby for sure! But eventually she got worn OUT! I sat out with her while everyone played, she ate and passed out. When I laid her down to change in to her clothes, she didn't BUDGE. That is tired!

6 month well baby {e}

Emmeline had her 6 month check up yesterday. She is still a peanut, but a steadily growing one! She weighs 15lbs and 7oz, which is in the 29th percentile. She is 25 1/2 inches long, which is in the 31st percentile. Her head measures in the 65th :)

It is so funny to me that my largest baby at birth is my smallest baby as she grows! But she is healthy and bright eyed, friendly and social. Oh, and she loves sitting with her Daddy and stealing whatever is close by to play with! Like yesterday with the root beer bottle...