Week 7 and still kicking

We are now at week 7 and Emily is doing very well. She is starting to stay up longer during the day. She has discovered the mobile on her swing and enjoys watching her little friends spin around above her head. She is also doing very well with holding her head up. It will be nice when Emily is able to steady her head on her own. Then we can break out the Bumbo and see how she does. Today Emily repeatedly hit the rattle hanging from her floor mat as though she meant to do that. It was very exciting and I'm sure it was just a coincidence. It would be great if it wasn't but I'm sure it was. We will see tomorrow if her eye and hand coordination is still there. Emily is starting to give us bigger and bigger smiles everyday. I have tried to get a picture of one of these smiles but have failed so far. I will keep trying so that everyone will have the chance to enjoy one of her toothless grins.

Here is a picture of Emily and me on St. Patrick's Day. There are very few pictures of us together so I figured Brad could take a picture of me with Emily all dressed up for the holiday.
Here is the first picture of Emily with her Aunt.Here is the first picture of Grandma with Emily and Kayla (Emily's cousin). As you can see Kayla is still determining whether she likes the new addition or not. Hopefully she will start to like Emily since she will have a little sister in a few months.Here is Emily lounging around the house. Looks as though she should have a drink in her hand after the long hard day she has had which consisted of eating, sleeping and playing occasionally.These are just some pictures of Emily sitting around.This is a little smirk she gave me. I was trying to get the huge smile she gave me but no dice.I would like to think that Emily is pondering the great mysteries of the world in this picture but that would just be ridiculous. She is most likely contemplating why mommy has a shiny metal thing on her face. Eventually Emily will realize that shiny metal thing is a camera and not a deformity on mommy.