26 December 2011

christmas [in photos]

dressed in our Christmas best for Jeff & Rebecca's church service.



photo shoot with red santa hat and big brown dog.



Christmas Eve at Grammy's:
big E delivering presents and little E giving her new baby doll a kiss.

baby yoga


sibling love


reading 'Twas the Night Before Christmas with daddy.


Christmas morning: the face says it all. Elmo rocks!

16 December 2011

7 months

the 7-month milestone was greeted with Emma's first ear infection. luckily we caught it early and she recovered within a day or two. 

the big news however is baby girl is crawling... backwards! she gets so excited to go, and then can only move backwards.

she also just started some solids.  she's had pot roast, carrots (a favorite), blueberries, peaches, cheerios (also a fave).. all kinds of good food! apparently teeth are not a requirement for solids. we're still waiting on the first one to pop through. this also means she has lost interest in that pureed stuff. glad i didn't invest in the baby bullet! 

favorite toys are a pop-up disney toy, her rattle, and the jumperoo! we have been trying baby signs, but so far the only one she has mastered is slamming her hand on the table for "more". another first is bathtime in the big bath tub with big brother. she thought this was the funnest thing ever (notice the huge waves)! 



time is slipping by too quickly, but we're loving every minute!

15 December 2011

it's time.

- holidays are almost over.

- emma is sleeping through the night. (hurray!)

- i have a little extra cash flow thanks to car getting paid off.  (HURRAY!)

- title boxing just opened nearby (and christmas came early in the form of a one-year membership from my own personal santa!)

- my hair is now long enough to fit into a ponytail.

sounds like the stars are aligning for me to get my butt in gear and drop this baby weight.

i know very well what a difference a year can make. my goal is to drop 30 lbs by this time next year.

(do they make a diet wine? well they should.)

this is the best "before" pic i could find (from Nov):


let's do this.