Weekend in Iowa

We had a wonderful but busy weekend in Iowa. Steve and I headed to Boone on Saturday, for his friend's wedding. Steve's parents watched Emry overnight. That was my first time being away from her for the night and even though we missed her, we were thankful for a night with friends. On Sunday, we celebrated Zach, Maddie, and Brian's birthdays at Steve's parents. I love watching Emry interact with her cousins as they don't get to see each other very often.

Yummy!

I shared an apple with Emry from G & G Sheriff's backyard. She was very curious and loved the juice! Thanks for the yummy apples!

New Toy

One of Steve's coworkers gave us this Leap Frog table and it has quickly become one of Emry's favorite toys. She does pretty well holding on and loves the sounds, colors, and flashing lights.

8 Months

Our sweet girl is 8 months today! It's unreal how fast she has changed in less than a year. She was miss cranky pants for her photo shoot...notice the first one. Here is what our busy Bean is up to these days:

~ Eats 4 times a day

~Loves rice puffs and is working on feeding them to herself

~Take 2 naps a day that last between 1 1/2-3 hours

~ Wakes up around 7:15

~ Goes to bed around 8:00

~Says "mmmum" and "I-da" and recently started saying "ba"

~ Gets on all fours and is very close to crawling (any day now)

~ Has two bottom teeth that have come through but aren't all the way in

~ Big belly laughs when Steve and I are silly

~ Loves anything that's not a toy

~ Wears 9-12 month clothes

~ Can drink out of her sippy cup like a big girl

~ Loves other kids

You're the best thing that happened to us! We love you, love you!

G & G Love

This weekend, Steve's parents graciously hosted my mom, step-dad, Steve, Emry and me at their house in West Des Moines. Emry's G & Gs don't get to see her very often (which makes my heart ache) so you can imagine the kisses, hugs, and smiles that were sent her way. Emry also watched her first ISU football game and put on her best spirit wear. She looked absolutely adorable! It was a shame the team lost but we all had fun regardless.

A New Friend

Through mutual friends, Steve and I met Angie and her husband Buddy, who recently moved here from Minnesota. It also turns out Angie and I went to the same church growing up. AND...they had a daughter on January 14th, about 5 hours before Emry was born! Talk about small world! We went to dinner and the girls were cute as can be. Emry and Madison kept staring each other down while we adults chit-chatted. The two girls loved sharing a spot at the end of the table together. I'm positive this is just the beginning of a great friendship!

Buddies

We got together with Emry's buds from breastfeeding group last night and Emry made her presence known when a turd fell out of her pants as I was taking them off to change a blowout. It definitely landed on Tori's carpet! As soon as she got that out of her system...literally...Levi, Tori, Riley, Gianna, and Emry played, played, played! I hope we can continue our get togethers when the kids get too old for BF group. The kids and their MOMS love it!

Silly Girl

Labor Day 2010

We headed down to Lake of the Ozarks for Emry's first Labor Day adventure. Our good friends Scott and Natalie so graciously invited us and another couple with two young boys to spend the weekend. We absolutely had a BLAST! The weather was gorgeous and the water was warm. Such a perfect way to end the summer. Emry floated with me in the lake and went on her first boat ride. She also had amazing afternoon naps so something must have been in the water! Thanks again Morrisons!