My how she grows!!

Emma 8 months

   Well as many of you know (and as my mom and sister can relate too) the poor second child really does get the raw end of the deal to when it comes to reporting things!  I thought for sure that I had a blog on here for Emma at 7 months but I clearly don't. So like a blog a few months ago, month 7 & 8 will be combined into one (at least I did one!)

Let's see, what HASN'T Emma done in the past 2 months.  Walk and travel, that's probably about all she hasn't done yet, as this girl is a moving and growing machine! Connor wasn't walking by this time either but he was already a world traveler, having been to Poland, Germany and Czech Republic all by the time he was 8 months (I had to wait till I was 34!)  Next year Emma, we'll go to Poland next year :)

Emma 7 months

Well as you can see she is still a thumb sucker, which is fine by me. Its nice to not have to search for the binkie all the time.  I hope like other kids she will stop sucking her thumb on her own, but we still have a few years before we start to worry about that.  She sleeps and eats so well, and has added carrots and blueberries to her food line up.  She doesn't seem to be too fond of plums, but I think they only ones that are in season right now are a bit tart.  Pretty soon we'll start to give her some finger foods like Cheerios!

One little tooth

She also busted out her first tooth!  And only 1!  Right now she has one sharp little tooth. I have no idea where the other one is, as Connor and a lot of other little kids that I know, pop theirs out 2 at a time but not Emma.  I keep telling her it will be less painful to do more, but she says she likes to take her time :)

Where's the baby?

Emma is also on the move, and quickly.  Not only is she ripping around the house in her walker (may need to put up speed traps) but she also has her "army man crawl" down to a science!  She has gotten on all fours but not to crawl.  As you can see from the above picture, I'm obviously doing a poor job of keeping her in her pen.  She managed to crawl out by the corner of the couch, crawled all the way over to the blue chair by the TV and fell asleep.

So far to crawl!!

 

Emma and Dziadek swimming

Emma has also learned how to sit up on her own.  She also got to play in a small little pool that Dziadek got for her.  She LOVES it.  She loves to move her hands in the water and wiggle her toes.  Connor and Emma go over to Dziadek's house every Wednesday so they can spend quality time with their grandparents and their cousins Shayla and Caden.  It also gives mommy and daddy a few hours a week to be kiddo free. Emma loves playing with her Dziadek, as you can tell, I think he likes playing with her too :)

Here is our baby girl sitting in her little pool.  She loves playing in the water.  Love you baby girl, can't believe how fast your growing!! Love you!

Jonathan, Courtney, Connor and Emma
PS  Hope this video works, been having some trouble with it :)