9 Months Old

Well Emma is 3/4 of the way through her 1st year!!!  At 9 months Emma is pulling her self up to the coffee table and couch.  She is beginning to move around the table and along the side of the couch.  She recently started doing a bear crawl to move around.  And of course the most exciting and tiresome news is that Emma has cut her first tooth.  Emma and mommy have had a few rough nights this last week, but her tooth has finally cut through so I am hoping Emma will begin to feel better until she begins to cut her next tooth.  Emma also had her 9 month doctors appointment.  She weighed in at 19 lbs and she was 27 1/2 inches long.  Once again her head circumference is in the 97% which of course means she is very smart! :)  Our little girl does not seem so little these days!

Pumpkin Carving & Harvest Festival

Before Emma and I headed back to Pullman I wanted to make sure we carved our pumpkins with Kent.  Below are a few pictures of our pumpkin carving adventures.  Emma seemed to like to chew on the pumpkin.  She was not so sure about the slimy pumpkin guts though.

Every year for Halloween our church puts on a Harvest Festival.  Though Emma was not able to play the games she had fun watching the other children play.  Of course the one game Emma did try involved a kids pool, water, and rubber ducks.

A tiger, a dragon and a duck! 

The cutest dragon ever!



 

Decorating cookies!

This looks fun!!!





My beautiful wings!

  

8 Months Old

While we were living in Oregon Emma turned 8 months old.  She is becoming more and more independent everyday.  She finally learned how to crawl forward.  For a while she was only able to scoot backwards which was very frustrating for Emma, but now she has conquered crawling forward.  I think this was most shocking for our cat Walle.  Before Emma could crawl he new he could sit right out of her reach and she would not be able to grab him, but now that she is mobile Walle does not stand a chance.  Crawling has also been an adjustment for mommy and daddy.  Baby proofing a house can be quite difficult.  I will vacuum and think the floor is cleaned and then 10 minutes later Emma will find something and try to put it in her mouth.  Emma has also found many new noises to make with her mouth.  She loves to click her tongue.  Below are a few pictures of Emma at 8 months old.