Emma turned 4 months this past week, and is growing like a weed! She weighed in at 13 # 15.5 oz, and was 25 3/4 inches long. She is developing quite the personality too. Her last week was spent vibrating her lips whenever she was awake. We thought this was really cute and funny, until she was doing this ALL THE TIME! We decided to cut down on the number of raspberries (or whatever those things are called when you blow on her stomach) we gave her...as she is apparently quite impressionable now. She has also taken a liking to putting anything and everything in her mouth. Beware if you get to close...she will attach herself onto your chin, or whatever else she can get her mouth around. She is now able to put her toes in her mouth too. I think her cousin Haley taught her that trick when we were visiting MN last month. She is also trying to sit up on her own...but she is not quite there yet.
It has been HOT here...so we broke out Emma's sun hat and sun glasses, and enjoyed a little of the nice weather. She is quite the little model. I think she was actually trying to impersonate Elton John in the sunglasses photo.
We made it back to Portland this week after a quick 10 day trip back to the midwest. One of Ken's cousins got married, so we got to see a lot of family and friends which was great. We visited my family first, and then headed to Madison for the latter part of the trip. Emma was able to meet her uncle Nathan, aunt Shannon and cousin Haley for the first time. And also met her Grandpa Dyreson, Great grandma and grandpa Dyreson, and her uncle Jeff, aunt Deirdre, and cousin Carter for the first time as well. She was definitely enjoying all the attention she got from everyone.