Smiles & Giggles

Emmy is seriously growing in every possible way right before my eyes! I'm pretty sure everyday is a new adventure around here.

Last week we went to the doctor again. Not for more shots--that isn't for another month. I decided I needed to take her in because I decided something just wasn't right. She was doing mass amounts of spitting up (mouth and nose) along with arching her back and crying. It was obvious it hurt her and I was so done! I went in thinking they probably won't have much to tell me, and came out excited that my baby might be happier within only a matter of hours! Turns out she has GERD a.k.a reflux. So she now takes medicine in her bottle (because I figured out after she gagged herself into vomiting that it tasted HORRIBLE-I will from now on be tasting liquid meds before I give them to her I decided! what a mess it made!) twice a day. Also, they decided that maybe her other issues weren't truly an allergic reaction, but just from having reflux. She is now back on regular Enfamil formula that is lactose, but the A.R. which stands for added rice so she can keep it down easier. And guess what... IT WORKS WONDERS! She is a totally new baby. Hardly any spit up (one day she got to spend the WHOLE day in the same outfit because she only spit up ONCE!) and no more cries when she does.

Now onto the fun stuff.

Emmy loves her toys. Sometimes she grabs them and won't let go!

She usually either has them in her mouth, or is trying to get them in her mouth. She always puts her toy elephant's nose in her mouth!

I don't have a picture of it, but if she thinks the texture is weird of something that she puts in her mouth she will make a disgusted face. It's pretty funny!

Here is a video of her trying to get her dangling toy in her mouth. As you will see--this doesn't work out so well so she is fussy!

I keep finding her on her side--especially when she is playing on her playmat. So I am thinking it won't be long before she is rolling over on her own!!

And the BEST part about this update is that Emmy now GIGGLES! AND IT IS ADORABLE!

This video is the first night she started giggling. It was right before bath time and Papaw started playing with her tummy. It is kinda hard to hear her giggle because Kaillou saw that he was around her and is super protective of her--so he is barking at him. Unfortunately I caught it at the end right before she was done, so only about the first 10 seconds of the video are any good.

The next day she giggled even MORE!!! Apparently Emmy thinks my dad is just hilarious because he was just clapping and she started giggling away!



Notice the head fall back at the end---

(Also, those are not hiccups in her laugh. She just laughs like that.)

Here is a shorter one of her giggling. It's funny because at the beginning right before I hit record my dad clapped and it scared her then she started laughing hysterically!

Emmy has been a fairly good sleeper the last while, but the past two nights she has slept ALLLL night long! I kept thinking she was about to wake up then she would be out again. This morning I found myself waiting for her to wake up!

 She also seems to like to sleep with my all time favorite blanket. I think she has claimed it. :(

Oh how I love her.

Sweet Summertime

While Logan was here we did lots of fun things! The Friday after he got here we went on a date with our friends Matt & Laura to watch the Braves play the Washington Nationals!

It was suuuuper hot outside and we got there way too early so we decided to try to go inside, but had to figure out how since we had their tickets. Some how we got into the Delta Sky Lounge which was pretty fun--but we still don't know why they let us in!

It was a pretty packed stadium as you can see. And we had pretty good seats behind 3rd base in the 12th row.

The Braves lost :( and Chipper Jones wasn't playing because he was hurt :( but it was still loads of fun and we even got to see fireworks after!

Afterwards-we went to pick up Emmy Lou. She was going to spend the night with her aunt Lindsey, but Emmy was REFUSING to sleep. Lindsey said that she would only be happy if she was being held right in front of the TV so she could watch Despicable Me. She slept all night when we got home. :)

That weekend was Memorial Day weekend so we decided to hit the pool on Saturday.

Emmy was so funny in her swim suit, sunglasses, and hat.

Baby pool diapers don't fit her yet (they are HUGE!) so we could only dip her legs and feet in, which I think was OK with her.

Also, it was super bright outside so we brought an umbrella to shade her with. She just sat on my knee watching her feet splash around in the water. I'm pretty sure she liked it. :)

Then she got sleepy so ofcourse she had to take a little nap on grandma!

She passed OUT so we decided it was nap time for the baby and they went back to the house!

The next week we decided we wanted to go to the aquarium. I for one had tons of fun, and I think Emmy did too because she was awake looking around the whole time we were there! Usually she falls asleep when she goes for a ride in a stroller (this case wheelchair because the stroller was forgotten at home), but nope! She was wide eyed!

The picture on the right is of her staring at the fishies. I can't wait to take her back when she is a little older! Or when Jessie and Cody bring the kids down. Which will happen. I am determined. haha :)

Also while her daddy was here we bought her a play mat!

And she is soooo grown up now that she will even sometimes GRAB her toys!

She just does a lot of grabbing in general lately. Examples: grabbing my hair, grabbing blankets/burp rags, etc., oh.. and most importantly.. grabbing my skirt during church right before I stand up! I'm just thankful she didn't have it at the bottom or that could have been embarrassing!

She finally got to wear her cute robe that her aunt Lindsey got her!

Some other things:
-I am halfway done with the semester!! Whoo hoo! So excited to take some months off to just play with baby.
-I got called as a primary teacher for the funnest group of 4-5 year olds! They are a tad crazy... but I love them!
-Logan just left for another few weeks. We will miss him, but when he gets back we have more fun things on our list to do!!