Peek-a-boo!

Emily sure loves to laugh! She loves being tickled and playing peek-a-boo with Daddy! (see the YouTube videos)  She has also started to roll over from back to tummy, getting all the way over by herself a couple times, and several more times with us helping with that one arm that gets stuck underneath her!

The other big milestone is that she has slept three nights now without being in the swaddle! Daddy tried it on Thursday while Mommy was out of town and she did perfectly.  The last couple weeks hadn't been great for her sleep wise at night, so we think she's been trying to tell us that she didn't want the swaddle anymore, we just weren't listening to her signs enough!  Then Friday and Saturday she only woke up a couple times but went right back to sleep as soon as we gave her the pacifier. She didn't used to use the pacifier very much at all, but seems to want it more at nap time and when she wakes up at night. But we'd rather have that and be done with the swaddle.  She continues to lose most of her long dark hair and has some fine blond hair coming in!



She has had a great few weeks since our last post, but we sure have been busy! She had a great week with Nana Ellen not this past week, but the week before. She also got to see Grandpa Lee for a couple days and he did a great job with his first bottle feeding! Nana bought Emily some great new books to read, a stuffed doll they named Lucy, and some more toys to suck on, which Emily loves! Emily had her 4 month check up at the beginning of Nana's visit and had some more shots, which made her really sleepy the next couple days while home with Nana. At her check-up (july 25) she weighed in at 15 pounds 12 oz and 25.25 inches! She is just about out of her 6 month clothes and will be starting 9 month sizes soon. We were so appreciative to have all the help from Nana! And the freezer is happy to be fully stocked with yummy dinners too!

On August 1st Emily started daycare at Sue's house (a in-home daycare that is a few blocks from our house). She was a little off with her naps the first day, but then after a few suggestions to Sue, she had a great rest of the week and seems to really love watching the other kids at story time, and singing. The only issue Sue had was that on the second day Emily pooped through her diaper onto her clothes, that's the first time she has ever done that, and we were glad it wasn't with us!! Mommy and Daddy are still getting used to being away from her all day. We are excited for when she is able to stay up at night a little later so we get more play time with her at night. It's hard to put her to bed at 6:45 when she is sleepy because we still want her to stay up so we can play with her!