Emery helps with laundry...

I was folding laundry the other morning and had my stack of kitchen towels right in front of Emery. As soon as I put a new towel on the stack, she reached right over and grabbed it. She put the towel right into her mouth and started chewing on it. I thought it was cute, so I had to take a picture and post it.

Is it separation anxiety?

Dr Ring told us that separation anxiety would start at about 6 months if Emery would have it at all. I think it set in last weekend. Emery wanted to be held all of the time. And, putting her down for a nap or for bed isn't as easy as it used to be. Prior to last weekend, we would swaddle Emery, yes we are STILL swaddling, and she would go right to sleep. Not a peep from her at all, right to sleep. Well, this last weekend was a whole different story. On Saturday, Emery was clearly tired - rubbing her eyes and yawning. So, I went with the swaddling and put her in her crib. The minute I walked out of her room, she cried. She has done that everyday since Saturday. It just breaks my heart to hear her cry and cry. But, she is tired and I can't sit and hold my baby all day long - I've got things to do. I'm not sure how long this separation anxiety could last, but I'm over it already. Can I have my easygoing, easy sleeping baby back?

Emery is 6 months old already...

I continue to be surprised at how quickly time is going by. We had Emery's 6 month check up yesterday and she is right on track for everything and is still a perfect little baby. She took her shots like a champ as well and only cried for a minute until I picked her up.

She weighs 17.1 pounds and is 26 inches long.

Some things she has discovered in the last month:

• Her bottom lip - she loves to suck on it
• Her upper lip - it is the dang cutest thing when she is trying to suck it in with her tongue
  
• Not so fond of peaches yet
• She loves to be outside and feel a nice breeze on her face and in her hair
• She loves bath time and just discovered how to splash water

I just have to share this story as well. Emery's personality is really starting to come out and she knows what she wants and gets upset if she doesn't get it. I think Ivan's mom may be spoiling her just a little. Ivan had given Emery a small baggy with the headset from his cell phone in it. She loved playing with it and had it for about 10 minutes. Then, Ivan took it from her. She was not a happy camper at all. She let out a wine and the bottom lip started to tremble and she looked at me. She cried until she got the baggy back. Not a good sign of what is to come in the next few months!

Happy Mother's Day to me...

Emery and Carter

Here is a most recent picture of our two babies. Emery has really started to like Carter lately. She will watch him walk around and tries to "pet" him, which really means squeezing whatever part of him that she can grab. She loves to watch Ivan and Carter rough house - she is mesmerized by that and sometimes giggles at the silly boys.