Emerson: Month Nine

Honestly dude, I'm seriously slacking on these. BUT I AM DETERMINED TO DO THE LAST THREE (only 3 left? sorry, but I am going to cry for a sec). It's pretty much a guarantee I won't be doing anything of this sort for any subsequent siblings you may or may not have. But one of the perks of being the oldest I guess, your parents put effort into documenting your childhood.

This month has been fun! You think that because you are mobile that means you can do whatever you want, whenever you want. I think your dad helps perpetuate that belief for you too. Once upon a time I read that if you tell babies "NO" with enough conviction and the right tone, they will comply. HAHAHAHA it makes me laugh now, because I've tried telling you no a million different ways and you either think it means "yes, dump the hot melted Scentsy wax all over the floor" or you think it means something hilarious and it makes you laugh. *sigh* You are seriously a P.I.T.A. sometimes, a really adorable one though. I love you.

You started saying MAMA! I'm not sure if you associate that word with me, orr if it's just a sound you make, but either way, it melts my icy cold heart. and you LOOVE to wrestle with Roscoe these days. I think it's fun that you're finally able to play with him, but sometimes you take it a little too far. But he'll live... I hope.

This summer has been really fun. We went to Bear Lake for Raspberry Days. You thought the parade was mostly cool and you thought floating in the lake in your floatie was mostly cool too. Sometimes you just stare with no particular emotion on your face, and I think that means you're content, or at the very least, indifferent, which is better than you throwing fits. (You probably get that face of indifference that from me.)

 Your dad had to work but I got to take you to Yellowstone for your first time (out of the womb). You were mostly indifferent about what went on there ALSO. But, Trayton and Ridge went with us, and you love them. So that was the best part for you. The best part for me was taking a selfie with you with Old Faithful going off behind us.

At your 9 month check up you were 18.35 pounds and 29" tall! Still slender and tall. But you still have those chunky thighs that I love to NOM!

Anyway, in spite of the fact that you're into everything and starting throwing the kind of fits where you throw yourself on the floor and scream bloody murder, I still love the crap outta you!

Love,
mom xoxox

Emerson: Month Eight

Emerson,

hello darling. It's hard for me to even believe I'm already writing another one of these. But, I think you're probably tired of hearing about how quickly it seems that you're growing up. One day you'll understand.

Well, we were in Georgia for a couple more weeks and about a week after you hit your 7th month mark you starting crawling! It seemed like it happened so fast. I thought it would be much more of a process but you were determined to be on the go. And off you went and you haven't slowed down since.

In addition to crawling you've started attempting to eat dog food, climbing the stairs and pulling up on anything and everything, the TV stand, the end table, the bookshelf, the wall, the couch, the guitar stands, the drawers in the hallway... and you fall about every 10 minutes. so there's a lot of crying, but you're fairly resilient and truth be told I like the opportunity to comfort you. Not saying I like when you're hurt but I do enjoy when you need me, which feels like less and less. :(

You LOVE your dad. You prefer him to me and it makes me jealous all the time. When he comes home from work you just cannot contain your excitement. It's pretty adorable so I'll let it slide THIS TIME.

Outside is your favorite place to be. You'll crawl around all over the grass like it ain't no thang. (Which I've heard sometimes babies apparently hate grass) Also, I caught you eating dirt while I was gardening. So that made me feel like a pretty good mom. But, better dirt than dog poop.

You're so cute and we love you so much. Even if you throw fits all the time. We're just enjoying every second with you and we are so glad you are ours.

Love you forever,
mom xoxo

Emerson: month seven

Emer-man,

You're so grown up! I can hardly believe it.

Suddenly you had one tooth pop up, and then another. It was really crazy how quickly it happened. Now it is actually pretty painful when you try to bite me.

We have been in Georgia and we were here when you hit your seven month mark. It's been fun being able to see everyone and you getting some good cousin time. Paisley loved to push you around in her baby stroller and toy shopping cart. And Walker loves to steal your paci and make you cry.

I feel like you change so much so quickly now that it's hard to keep track of when you started doing something. You did start to say "Ba" and "ba-ba-ba". I don't think it means much to you but you really seem to be proud of yourself for being able to say it. It is so adorable. I've been trying to get you to say MAMA but you're just sticking with BA BA for now. And I think DA DA will probably be next. Which will make me jealous.

Your new favorite game to play is peek-a-boo. Sometimes you'll even pull the blanket over your head and pull it down and then I say PEEK A BOO ! and you laugh and laugh. It can usually even make you stop crying for a moment if you're throwing a fit. Which by the way, you've also started to do that too. Cry if you get something taken away, but luckily you're still young enough I can distract you with something else.

 OH you also went to the Lake for the first time. It was still a little too cold but when we get home we are gonna go SWIMMIN! You went to the pool in GA, also. That was your first pool experience, I think you liked it. You are a water baby, I hope.

I hope I didn't leave anything out about what you've been up to this month. There's too much for me to keep up with. I love every second, though! But I can't believe how fast it's going.  Before I know you're going to be running around the house causing terror. 

We love you so much sweet angel baby!

Love, mom xoxox

Emerson: month six

                               


Emer-

sugar bug! I'm a little late writing this post but by the time you're old enough to even be reading these you won't know the difference and you're all that matters anyway.

You are a 1/2 a year old and you are basically a different baby everyday, but still beautiful and adorable.

You're sitting up on your own now. Once in awhile you forget that you have to balance and you fall over and then there's a thud and then there is crying and then I feel guilty. But, you're fine. (I hope.) You're also holding your own bottle. It is nice but sometimes it makes me feel a little sad that it's one less thing you NEED me for. But don't get it twisted, you still need me for a lot of things. (and I'm happy to oblige cause I love being yo mama!)

You think I am so funny. You usually have a smile for everyone but you save your belly laughs for me. I think I deserve it, cause I'm cool and I have a buttload stretchmarks for you. Also, I love you.

We also moved you to your own room. Sometimes I miss you. But we're all sleeping better now, so it's good. It's not like you care. We still snuggle so hard in the morning before you get up to eat. Speaking of eat, you're eating real food now. Well, kind of, purees. Mostly just avocado and sweet potato so far. I'm scared to give you new stuff cause your poops have been like clockwork (omg are you so embarrassed I'm talking about your poops?) and I don't want you to get stopped up or poop excessively. But it's already starting to change so I guess it's inevitable. Today you pooped all the way up your back, you've actually done this a few times in the last month. I blame Pampers. Gotta blame someone and I'm not gonna blame you cause you're too cute.

Oh, so this month we took you down to Sanpete County for the first time, and you were like MOM how did you grow up here and turn out so normal and cool? and I was like, miracles are real, Emerson, miracles are real. It was fun though. Also, your gma & gpa Coffin came to visit last weekend and we took you to the zoo at Tautphaus Park. You like to look at stuff so we thought you would enjoy it but most of it wasn't up close and personal enough for you to care. Perhaps a petting zoo would be better for you at this stage, or just sticking to your puppies.

Your doctor's appointment was yesterday. You're growing growing growing. Still tall and skinny. you're in the 22 percentile for weight 70th for height and 51st for head circumference (NORMAL HEAD SIZE OH YEAH). You cry so hard when you get your shots but only for a minute. Then you sleep it off like a champ. At the doctor's office they always call you a girl cause your name is Emerson and it makes me annoyed. Emerson is a boy's name. Never let anyone tell you otherwise.

Anyway, we love you, seriously so much. You are the best thing in this whole state, most likely in the world.

Love, Mommy

Emerson: Month 5

EMER!

you sweet thang. you are 5 months old and you are always making us laugh now!

just in the last couple of days you've started yelling like an old lady, you are discovering your voice in the most hilarious ways possible.

you LOVE dogs. not just our dogs but any dogs. just looking at a dog will make you laugh so hard and you reach out to grab them. it makes me happy because dogs are the best (much better than people, or cats).

also, you're quite the little thug baby. you love music but you REALLY love Trophies by Drake. You actually dance to that song. You'll sit in your little play center seat and just go crazy when it's on. If I pause it you'll stop and hold perfectly still until I turn it on again. You are a cool dude.

this month we went to bear lake for the week without your daddy. we missed him and he missed us but we had a good time with your great-grandma and great aunt holly and the boys. those boys were obsessed with you. they loved to feed you and hold you and play with you and make you laugh, you loved them too.

we also left you overnight for the first time with your gpa & gma so we could celebrate our anniversary while we were in SLC. it was hard to leave you for so long but we had fun and so did you. you were a good boy, like you usually always are, unless you're teething.

you're growing and learning everyday, like most babies do. you've learned how to roll from your back to your belly. so that probably means you'll be rolling around this house any day now, beginning your life of mobility (YIKES, Am I ready for that? I guess I'll have to be.)

anyway, as per usual, I love you. WE both love you. we are so glad it's starting to get warm. we are gonna do fun stuff this spring/summer.

love mommy xoxox

Emerson: month four

my little love bug,

You are 1/3 of the way to a year old. Which is basically UNREAL to me.

You are such a sweet boy. You are always bright eyed and smiling or serious, fixated on something, and drooling.

I can tell that everyday you are learning more things about the world around you. You've gotten really good at grabbing stuff and bringing it to your mouth. You're almost able to suck your thumb, you're trying really hard but mostly you end up with your hand flat to your face licking your palm, or with all of your fingers in your mouth (sometimes you make yourself gag, it's sad but also funny)

You're becoming quite the water baby. You love to swim in the tub. I can't wait to take you to the lake this summer!!

Your grandma and grandpa Coffin came to visit you a couple of weeks ago. They babysat you while me and your daddy went on a much needed date. You had a lot of fun with them and of course, they are still very obsessed with you.

Let's see... what else have you been up to this month? Oh yeah, you're ticklish now. It's pretty hilarious. You laugh SO hard when I give you Nah-Nah's. You squeal when you know I am about to tickle you, like the anticipation of it just drives you crazy!

Last Sunday you rolled over from your belly to your back! But you haven't done it since. I'm just glad to know you've got in you. Such a big boy. So big that you're basically growing out of all 3 month stuff, so you're back in that awkward phase where you're in between sizes. Doesn't stop me from dressing you fancy sometimes though.

Also today we decided to let you try some sweet potatoes for the first time, just for fun. It was pretty funny. But I'm not sure that you're quite ready for real food YET. Soon though. Cause you seemed to like it, just not sure how to keep your tongue in your mouth.

Anyway, you're so cool and now that it's getting warm we can't wait for all of our summer adventures with you.

You're the best!

mwah mwah mwah
 love,mom
xoxox