early august 2014

sitting at a restaurant for a quick lunch, I asked ev if she'd like to work in a restaurant someday.  "Nope. Too many people."  would she like to have a job like her mamma, working in an office?  "Yeah, that would be okay.  that would be easy, not too tricky."

she still objects to sleeping in a room by herself.  Tag heads upstairs before he turns in each night, never certain where she's camped out (it's rarely in her bed). Sure enough, she's nestled neatly in the alcove of Elina's room, a blanket perfectly laid out underneath and another blanket neatly pulled up over her, pillow comfortably under head.  Totally crashed out.  Beats the days when she'd have carpet imprints on her face I guess.

emerson is up off the ground now - no more army crawling.  he seems to prefer all fours at this point. he's pulling himself up on everything and feeling more and more confident about his balance.  he actually forgets sometimes and lets go with both hands...which sometimes ends up as a bump on the head.

no teeth yet.  but lots of drooling, fussing and hand gnawing.  poor kiddo.

started eating food bits -- not a big fan of food on a spoon, but loves feeding himself noodles, meatloaf, cheerios, bits of fruit (if he can catch it in his fingers...).

loves the bath -- scoots back and forth in the tub, giggling and chattering all the while.

he babbles when he's happy.  "bubb bubb bubb   bobb bobb bobb"  Just happy sounds, not trying to communicate anything yet, although I swear I've heard him say "mamma" in moments of distress....

water fun on the patio

a favorite activity

goofing around at the baby playground