4 months!!!

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.

Midwest trip

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.

Emma's 3+months!

So Emma is now 3 months old, and her new thing is squealing at the top of her lungs. She does this when she is happy and sad, and it is quite charming.

I went back to work a couple of weeks ago, and Emma started daycare. She seems to be adjusting fine. It was pretty difficult leaving her there the first day...thank goodness Ken was there to drag me out of the daycare, otherwise I'd likely still be there trying to say goodbye. It is all getting a little easier now, although I don't think I will ever get used to the 2+hour ritual of trying to get ready and out the door in the morning. We did make the time to take the "first day of daycare pictures" with mom and dad though.

Today was Ken's first father's day, and I think he enjoyed his day of freedom from dirty diaper changing duties. Emma was more than happy to sport her new "my dad rocks" teeshirt....Although it only lasted about 5 minutes before she spit up her breakfast all over herself. (We decided a "my dad rock's" bib would have been more practical).

We are all looking forward to our trip to the midwest to visit our family next week...so more pictures to come after our vacation.

Cash, being 3 weeks older than Emma, was showing her his new trick of sticking his entire fist in his mouth. Emma was quite intrigued, and is looking forward to growing up and being able to do such tricks as well. She was taking mental notes on his technique in this photo (thanks for the great shot Shelly and Todd!). Cash and Emma had another date night yesterday, this time at Cash's pad, with supervision being provided by Cash's mom and pop. Ken and I were able to go out and enjoy a class on wine. We are now able to decipher wine produced in the US vs the old country, and whether it is one of the aromatic varieties or not....or at least we should be able to do this.