3 weeks later...

PICTURES! I finally found the cord to get my camera hooked up to my computer. Woot.

Six-month-old rolly polly

Emma turned six months old yesterday. She celebrated the occasion by figuring out how to roll from back to tummy and doing it four times! Wow.
She now not only reaches for toys/objects but will twist and turn in order to grab them and pull them to her face for closer inspection.
Lately she has developed a habit of screeching which is wretched and we're hoping to figure out how to prevent it.
Even having moved, she sleeps great. Typically sleeps about 9 hours a night and takes around 4 naps including a nice 2-3 hour late afternoon nap which is my favorite. She usually wakes up babbling/talking which is adorable and much preferred to crying.
I can never be certain if she will cry or smile at strangers - it seems to depend on their method of approach but more so her mood at that time. She does better, usually, when they don't come too close or talk to her.
She weighs 15 1/2 pounds, measures 26 1/2 inches long, and has managed in the last two months to increase her head size from about 50th percentile to 85th. Ha. The nurse even double checked the head measurement.
She was a super trooper today and only cried for a few seconds after getting shots today.
Emma is a seriously good baby and I am glad she is able to do more to entertain herself while still not mobile. :)
Pictures to come later this week (hopefully).

We're in a house!

We got the keys last week and moved in the majority of our stuff over Independence Day weekend. We'll be fully moved out of out apartment at the end of this week. We have some things to do here and there around the house but we're very happy to be in a house. It'll be a lot more work but it's also more fun.

Pictures to come later. Probably next week after we've been able to unpack most everything.

Bry's First Fathers' Day

To celebrate I let him get a watermelon yesterday, and I got the ingredients to do homemade salsa and guacamole (which turned out super tasty, if I may say so myself). Emma was pretty good most of the day and we had a fairly relaxing Sunday.

When we lift Emma in the air she will often give us a huge smile. However, tonight she had her fist in her mouth when we tried to get a picture of her smiling so below is the best one we got without her fist in her mouth. Funny baby.

A quote that makes me smile

From Shannon Hale's Midnight in Austenland (which I hope to own someday):
"so far as I'm concerned, the yellow duckies are the essence of your soul."

I just love it.

3 years and counting

Yesterday was our 3-year anniversary. We went out for dinner at a family restaurant called Shari's that had really tasty food. Emma came along and she was excellently behaved. Thus far she has done very well at restaurants which is a great blessing. She hasn't had much experience but she's been to a few and has done well every time.

It's a little strange to think we've been married for THREE years but that doesn't actually sound like a lot. Since being married we entered into our major's program, graduated from BYU, moved to WASHINGTON (where I hadn't ever really imagined living), had a baby join us, and are in the process of getting a house (thanks to my parents giving us money for a down payment). Crazy.

Although we're not next to family here, we are loving the scenery and the friends we've made at church. We're VERY excited to get into a house and looking forward to closing out the process in the next couple weeks.

Funny kid quotes

While we were in Texas, the kids said some pretty cute things that I thought I'd share.

Upon seeing Bry in the house for the first time after we arrived Zach (who is 2 1/2) very excitedly exclaimed "awake! Awake! Awake!"

Bry often calls Emma "the cutest baby in the world" and Evan (who is 5) must have heard him say it at some point because the following conversation took place:
Evan: "Did you fly around the world and look at all the babies to see if she was the cutest one?"
Me: "No, that would take a long time."
Evan: "You could take a jet."

Another quote of Evan's said during a prayer:
"Please bless Emma that she'll grow up to be just a kid."