Hat

You know when I am wearing a hat I am having one of "those" days. At least my brother got me a stylish Brixton hat so I feel a little more presentable. Today was a work-at-home day and man it was rough. I had a ton to do and Emmy was fussy all day. My conference call was originally scheduled during her nap time but got moved right to when I needed to feed her. So, I was trying to keep her occupied - quietly for about an hour. Challenging. Our work email server was having issues so I was getting emails 2 hours after they were sent. In the meantime co-workers we IMing me questions so when I got the email I never knew if I answered their questions or not. I am a little scatter brained at the best of times....

At the end of the day I just had to get out of the house so I ran to the store to pick up a few things for dinner. We decided to have pita sandwiches but when I got to the store they had NO pita! Usually they have about 8 different brands but today - NONE! I felt like Steve Martin in Parenthood when he freaked out about the hotdog buns, I just about lost it. I even went to speak to the bakery. Did they move? What do you mean you have no pita?! They even checked in the back. I took a few deep breaths, composed myself and picked up some wraps instead (which were actually really good!) When I got home Emmy was still fussy so I put her down for a nap. After about 20 minutes of crying she fell asleep only to be woken up by a solicitor phone call. Why do we have a home phone?! Little did I know she was working on a huge poop all day. We have been feeding her carrots so it was a lovely orange one. It was one of the worst yet. I am really nervous to start feeding her peas...

I finally got to take a shower at 8pm. Tomorrow can only get better right?! At least I know it won't be a hat day :)

Josh's B-Day Weekend

Josh turned the big 3-0 this weekend! My parents present to him was a night out so they came down to look after Emery. We went to dinner with some friends and then stayed at a new, cool hotel downtown. I was pretty nervous to leave her, we hadn't left her for dinner let alone overnight! Obviously I knew she would be in good hands but I nurse her to sleep every night still so I wasn't sure how she'd be. My parents were gracious (and brave) to also look after little 8 week old Ava so Mark and Anna could come to dinner :) They both did great! Emmy was pretty fussy going to bed but after she finally fell asleep she was out for the night! Josh and I had a great time. The bars downtown were packed and the girls outfits were pretty ridiculous. Lets just say I prefer to be sitting on the couch in my pjs with a glass of wine :)

Helping daddy open his presents

Hanging out in the cabana

A night out!

7 Months Old

I can't believe my little monkey is already 7 months old!  She is growing up way too fast!  Anne and Finn were over today and we were talking about how it feels like yesterday we were bitching about how long it was taking to get pregnant.  Now we are sitting with our 7 month and year old kids.  Before we know it we'll be dropping them off at Kindergarden!

Emmy has such a little personality, I love how happy she is all the time.  It is so much fun to just watch her explore.  She is really into the tupperware lately.  When will I learn that I can buy her all the cool toys in the world but she will be the happiest with my measuring spoons?!

What a pretty girl :)

I have TWO teeth!

They are kind of hard to see in the photos but look closely on the bottom row. In person you can't miss them!

Rub a Dub Dub Emery is in the Big Girl Tub!

Project

I finally made some time to make Emmy a little something. She loves her tag blanket (Thank you Aunt Amy and cousins Dylan and Elijah for sharing your blanket!). It is basically just a blanket with ribbon around the whole thing that are in the shape of tags. She touches each one and sucks on them, it is really cute. So, I decided to make her another "tag blanket". I pulled out my sewing machine for the first time in years, I can't believe I remembered how to use it! I cut off some real tags from a few things and used some ribbon I had. I bought a pretty turquoise flannel for one side and a hot pick silk for the other. It was super easy to put together, reminded me of how much fun sewing is. Next is a new curtain for the bathroom window and maybe some new cute bibs for Emmy.

Final product





Playing with her new blanket :)

New Harness

Our insurance company finally approved the second harness (damn!) so we went to get it today.  It is the same as the old one but pink.  Our new doctor happens to own the pink brand which is why we had to get it.  I told the tech guy that is why we were there and he was surprised to hear I knew that the doctor owned the harness brand.  I told him I think the whole thing is fishy and that is when he spilled the beans.  I guess the doctor recommended his daughter have her hips checked because they felt a little loose as well but he decided not to.  He felt Emmy's and said they were the same as his daughters and he thought they were fine.  Now he is not a doctor but the fact that he fits babies for these harnesses but wouldn't put his own kid in one confirms my skepticism about the whole thing.  Anyway, she will be sleeping in her harness once again, hopefully not for long...

If she could talk I know she'd say "Mom, really this thing again?!"