S I X months and counting!

I can’t believe that I have been a mom for 6 (almost 7!) months now! Its true… a mother’s love is unconditional.  I cant even begin to describe my love for Emery. It’s a love that I have never felt before. My mom would always tell me “you’ll understand once you have kids” and OH MY HECK! I totally understand now. I just thought my mom worried too much. But now here I am a total overprotective momma who probably worries too much. I cant help it! Having a kid is exactly like having your heart walk around on the outside. Their joy is your joy. Their pain is your pain. I just want to keep Emery safe forever! Especially in this crazy world we live in now a days. But she will have to learn things for herself.. so for now I guess I’ll just live in the present and enjoy watching her grow! (even though I just want her to stay my little baby forever.) :)

So much has changed in just 6 (almost 7!) months! It seriously is so crazy how fast time goes by and how much they change and grow! Its cruel actually. Time needs to slow down. She learns new things every day. I LOVE watching her grow and learn. I seriously just stare at her most of the day…. I cant help myself. Especially whenever Caleb is home and playing with her… he is so cute with her! I could watch them for hours. Oh wait… I already do. For reals. 

I'll try to keep it short as I give an update about the past 6 (almost 7!) months, but I cant promise that will happen. I'm a mom now. And moms just loooove talking about their kids. Especially me. I am officially obsessed. AHHH I just love her. I smile every time I think about her. Seriously every night after she goes to bed Caleb and I will be talking and one of us will bring up Emery and it always makes me want to go grab her out of bed just to play with her and snuggle her! But Caleb always tells me that it probably wouldnt be a good idea... which he is right. No one wants a cranky baby anyway, so I let her sleep. 

Newborn Emery

She is our sunshine. From the beginning she has always been such a good eater and sleeper. Except for naps.. even as a newborn she has never really liked to nap. BUT she always went to bed good and slept good, so I guess we'll take it! She now goes to bed between 7-8 every night and goes down soooo easy. But she still would rather stay awake almost all day then take naps. Even as a brand new newborn she has always been very alert. She takes everything in.  She has never taken a binky... or bottle. Sometimes I wish she had.. but oh well.

My good friend Kare Elmore took her newborn pictures of her. I LOVE these pictures and was so happy that she captured them for me. I will always treasure them. She was only THREE days old when we took them. So fresh! (This is only half of them...)

She was so alert like the whole time!

She was actually awake during this... but she looks like shes sleeping. and it makes me want to snuggle the newborn her....

i love her feet. so much.

she was born with quite a bit of hair and I loved it!... then it all fell out. (but its finally starting to come in!)

I took the rest of these pictures... duhh..

Oh I miss this tiny baby!

the first smile I caught on camera.... its a gassy smile, but still.

I loved (and miss) snuggling her. I seriously sat the majority of my days in my rocking chair holding her.

that doesnt even look like her... but I love how she was just looking at me. hahaha

sweet chunkarooo

She loved just chillin in her tub

 Emery at 1 month old:

11lbs. Gained 3 lbs in the first month. What can I say... she loves to eat. Just like her momma :)

She was the queen of blowouts. This was the first time she pooped all over me, definitely wasnt the last!

Once she started smiling she never stopped. haha

This was in park city when she was almost 2 months old.. she looks so little!

this is how we would get her to sleep. This way or thrown over our shoulder.

I love this picture of them!

Emery at 2 months old:
13lbs. Started holding her head up. Started smiling and cooing a lot :)

she was always pulling faces. and she was super chunky. hahaha

In her blessing dress. I wore that same dress when I was blessed!

at Jamillie's blessing. (emery was really only a month old..)

We have fun with her.

Emery at 3 months old:
14.4lbs. Started to grab things and play. Her little personality was really starting to come out! She started a "stranger danger" phase.

He seriously wore this mustache to dinner. Emerys expression shows exactly how I felt about it too... hahaha

She was supposed to be napping but she was just talking and playing... and then she saw me.

She fights naps. But eventually she'll just fall asleep from exhaustion.

Cousins! They were all born within 5 weeks of each other! SO FUN. Jamillie, Stella, and Emery.

She started sitting up right before she turned 4 months old.. 

Emery at 4 months old:
16.2lbs. She started sitting all by herself. We got to hear her belly laugh for the first time. SO CUTE. She laughed at Luxi, she thinks she is the most hilarious thing ever. It is too funny! Refuses to roll over... was just content laying there instead. 

Caleb's turn to be pooped on!

I miss my hair. I chopped it all off! WHYYYYYY?!! :(

Emery at 5 months old:
17lbs. She has now rolled over... except not in front of us. She is a belly sleeper, so a few times I went to get her she would be on her back! We finally got to see her do her little trick weeks later. Silly baby. 
She started teething and her first tooth poked through! She still loves to grab things, laugh at luxi, caleb and I, talk, squeal and snort. 

She has never taken a binky.. but she does suck on her bottom lip. a lot.

Luxi loves the boppy. 

Emery at 6 months old:
18lbs. She likes apples, bananas, carrots, sweet potatoes, peas, and potatoes. Doesn't like squash, avocado, or tomatoes. She gags and her hold body shivers when we give them to her. haha! I just make her food and feed her off of my plate usually. She started getting up on her hands and knees and rocking. Rolls over a lot now. Has 2 teeth that have cut through. Grabs EVERYTHING in sight. Talks a lot. She is such a happy baby it is so fun to see! She is coming out of her "stranger danger" phase.

Bottoms up! I love how she sticks her little bum in the air when she sleeps. :) but I hate how she loves to move to that corner and stick her face by the mesh bumper.

She loves bath time.

I bought that hat for a buck. SO worth it. She is too stinkin cute.

I apologize for how crazy this post was. Its hard trying to get down everything that happened over the last 6 months! There were just sooo many pictures to choose from and I didnt want to add a bazillion.. even though I kind of did. But now that I am caught up it wont be this hectic in the future!.. hopefully. It was so fun to go back and look at all the pictures and reminisce. She is growing up so beautifully! (and fast! ugh) I am so proud to be her mommy. She makes me want to be a better person. She has changed my life forever and I am so grateful for her! She is such a blessing in mine and Caleb's life. Besides marrying Caleb and starting our lives together, she is the best thing to ever happen to me! Life is just so much more fun with a baby in the house, especially around the holidays. :)