contemplating crawling

Well Emily has started to attempt crawling. She isn't getting any where currently but you can see it on her face that she wants to go somewhere. She's doing a lot better with sitting up by herself. She can now scout herself around in a circle while sitting, get back up to a sitting position when she's on her belly and get up on her hands and knees. She is talking more and more everyday. I think mama will be her first word since she already makes the "ma" sound. Emily now eats carrots, sweet potatoes, squash, and green beans. We tried bananas and peas but she just doesn't have the taste buds for them yet. Emily and I went to our first Pampered Chefs party ever. It was fun. Someone commented on how small Emily is for her age. I guess I need to see her next to another 6 month old to understand how small she is. But I guess when a 4 month old is bigger than you it must mean that you are small. Its cute that is she small but it does make it hard trying to buy clothes for the future because I am not sure what size she will need. She is still in most of her 3-6 months but can wear her 6 months clothes even though they are lose on her.

6 months!

Time sure does fly. Emily is now 6 months old. It feels like she was only 3 months a few days ago. She had her doctor's visit this past Friday. She is now 15 lbs 7 oz and 26 inches tall. She is in the 40th percentile for weight and 55th percentile for height. This not really surprising. Based on the height of her mother she will not be very tall anyways. Everyone always laughs at her short little legs. Emily is now eating baby food. She is on her third day of sweet potatoes. We will try peas tomorrow. The doctor says we should see a tooth pretty soon. I hope this is the reason that Emily is a little fussy everyday and at night. She is not bad at all (compared to some stories I have heard about teething) but you can tell that her gums bother her sometimes by the way she shoves everything in her mouth. Emily now likes to cuddle and is starting to make some sounds like mama and bababa. It is so cute when she hugs up against you and gets a little grin on her face. There's nothing that compares to that feeling. Emily has also started to push herself backwards. She is able to get her butt up and get up on her hands but does not know how to move forward yet. we think within the next month or so she will be crawling.

We recently moved into our new house. Grandma Mack was nice enough to come watch Emily while we moved and also our but mostly hanging pictures. My friend Kate was in town for a couple days as well. This was the first time she has seen Emily. I think Kate is going to wait awhile before having kids after her visit. It was great having her here though.

Here's Emily eating her bunny.

Emily playing in her exersaucer.

That's a tired baby. This was last night.

Here are some videos. One of Emily eating sweet potatoes for the first time, being a chatter box, and one of her cuddling.