Valentine's Day 2011 - Emma's First Babbles!

Happy Valentine's Day! I woke up to "mamababawawawa" - Emma's first baby babbles! I was crying tears of joy. She was 8 mos yesterday. Pretty good since just a few months ago, her doc was not sure if she'd be able to speak! Praise the Lord for His love endures forever. He has given us mercy and blessings today :o) Here's a video, please pardon my sniffling and blubbering in the background. I've waited a while to hear this!

Will's Big Bed

Last week we got Will a full size bed (double). He was really excited about his new Toy Story 3 sheets and looks so cozy sleeping under a comforter. He's done very well in his new bed, and although we've given him permission to get up in the morning and go to the bathroom, he still hasn't gotten out of bed himself yet. It's overall a good thing though that we won't complain about! He also got a short hair cut yesterday. He kept talking about his hair being in his face and he was sweating since we've already had a few warm days this month.

Emma has done a couple new things since our last post. She sat in the grocery cart seat and started eating some finger foods. She loves eating, and finger foods are no exception! She's gone without a 3rd nap for about 2 weeks now, so I'm thinking she's down to 2 naps a day now. She is a sleepy head - yesterday she didn't wake up until 11am (after going to bed at 7:30pm!). I remember Will doing the same thing as an infant, but it still amazes me that they can sleep so much. She is getting some more teeth - she has the 2 bottom middle all the way in now, and it looks like the bottom canines are next. No swelling on the top yet, which I find funny. I guess all kids' teeth come in differently. I keep looking back at Will's baby book and it's interesting how similar he and Emma are, and yet how different also.

We also hosted a fun Superbowl party for the young families at our church. We had 13 adults and 9 kids over. It was great to watch the game with some real fans (although their team lost...). Although we like football, Jered and I aren't avid followers, so it makes the game more exciting when you have die hard fans around!