For all of you who think I've been cruel

Ok, you know who you are. Many of you out there think I've been totally cruel for not allowing Emily to have solid food. Well, Sunday, that changed. I finally decided we could give her a little solid food as long as most of her nutrition was still coming from breastmilk--regardless of what the gerber ads say about needing to be eating three meals of solid food by now. She started with rice cereal and wasnt terribly impressed. I'm not sure I blame her...plain rice isnt very exciting. Then we added a container of peach baby food with the rice. That was a little better. (Gerber gives some good coupons so I used them and bought a few things of baby food) Then last night, I peeled a fresh peach, added breastmilk to it and pureed it. She kinda gave me a look like that was more like it. It must have tasted better:) I'm not sure what kind of food she will try next. I only have a couple containers of food, so it will probably be something I puree. Hmmm..... I think her grandma has fresh peas in her garden so maybe we will go with peas.

I also have to admit, I felt a little guilty yesterday. When Emily woke up from her nap I told her she looked like Bozo the clown. I love my daughter and I think she's beautiful, but the poor kid has got her mama's hair and when it is humid (which it has been) even as short as it is, it curls in uncontrollable directions.

I got a couple pictures of her eating last night. She's sure she's a big girl and can use the spoon herself. She also has to take breaks while eating to suck her thumb:)

Outside Fun

We love to play outside, even on days when we are cranky, going outside can make us happy. So today we went out for a little while. I think the second bottom tooth isn't far behind the first one, and may even have come in this evening, but whatever the reason Emily was fussy but had lots of fun outside playing in her swing, trying to get kendall, looking at the flowers.

It's Finally Here!

After nearly 4 months of thinking Emily was going to get a tooth everytime she got cranky, she finally has a tooth! She won't let me see it, but she does let me feel (especially if there is something tasty on my finger). Everyone once in a while, I get a peek when she's crying.

Nothing else much new here. Just wanted to report on the tooth.

MORE VIDEO

Here's a couple more videos....and when I actually watch the other 16 I'll post any that need it, but I hate to bore everyone and it takes a long time to upload:)

Video Suprise

The suprise is I'm really not sure which videos I'm uploading:)

Can you believe how much she can do now? If only she could not cry when I walk out of the room.

That's all I have time to upload now, still have more cute video maybe more later.

coming attractions

I have been kinda busy but we have been using the video camera so as soon as i get a few minutes, there will be video!

New Things

Emily is growing so fast, and last week we thought she said hi, then when we were getting ready to leave for Texas on Friday her daddy asked her if she wanted to go bye bye and she waved at him and said bye bye. It was sooo cute! Anyway, she has that down now. And she makes some sound that means kendall...its the same everytime but doesnt sound much like kendall other than being two syllables while she is looking at the dog. No mama or daddy yet though. And on Saturday her cousin just sat her down in the floor and she just sat there. She didn't fall over for quite a while, so she's been doing that too. She did pretty good considering how long of a trip it was. And since she can sit on her own now, the clematis is in full bloom so i sat her in front of it for a few pictures.

I think she was trying to give me the flowers here....and probably babbling while she did it. She babbles all the time, and it will probably soon be more words than just babble!