3 Months!

On August 16th Emmett Robert turned 3 months old! Recently Emmett has done a lot of growing and changing.

• Emmett has now officially outgrown his 3 month clothing.. on to 6 months. I hope he doesn't get so big that some of his fall outfits won't fit! I think he is weighing in around 14 pounds. He has also moved up to size 2 diapers.
• His sleeping habits have drastically improved, yay!! Emmett is now sleeping in 7 hour stretches almost every night. Mom is getting a LOT more sleep. Last night he slept from 9:15pm to 4:15am and then back up in the morning at 7:25am. So, he is really only getting up once during the night. It is great. :)
• Emmett has found his voice. He is making a ton of new noises lately. His favorite word was originally "AGoo" and while he still enjoys that word he has also introduced some other very interesting sounds. We enjoy our conversations with him.
• He has started to smile a lot. Unfortunately for Mom, Dad must be much more interesting because Rustin seems to have a way of making him smile AND laugh. It must be the way Dad smiles, dances, and sings to him. :)
• We finally found a pacifier that Emmett enjoys. The brand is Dr. Brown's. He has also learned to pacify himself by sucking on his hand.
• Emmett is now enjoying playing in the exersaucer and jumperoo both at home and at daycare. He is officially one of the "big boys" in his room (his room is for ages 6 weeks - 4 months).
• He has started to lengthen the time between feedings going up to 3.5 hours at times. This is much different than his usual 2 hour time limit.

It is a lot of fun having a 3 month old and especially one as easy to please as our son! He seems to be content almost all of the time. When he cries we almost always know just what he needs. I think we are starting to figure this parenting thing out.. :) We are looking forward to seeing what the next month's developments will bring for our little Emmett Robert!

Cousins & Sisters..

I think Henry and Emmett really enjoyed meeting eachother.

We learned a lot about the types of things we are likely be saying to Emmett when he is Henry's age such as..

Don't Bite!!

Don't Hit!!

And we already have some practice saying -

Look at the camera!!

Getting a good picture of the four of us was no small task. I guess we'll have to give it another try the next time we're together. Hopefully it gets easier as they get older!

First Day

August 1st was Mommy's first day back at work and Emmett's first full day of daycare (hence no posts for over a week, I"ll try to be better - I promise!!).

Daddy had the difficult job of dropping him off. Did you know that Moms going back to work can be pretty hard on Dads too?? :)

Luckily, you wouldn't know that from this picture. He held himself together pretty well.. we both did! It is bittersweet seeing your little man grow up afterall. :)

Emmett had a great day at Daycare. He learned some sign language, met some new friends, slept a lot, ate a lot, and went to the bathroom a lot. I guess you could say he was a pretty typical 11 week old! He didn't have much of a reaction when Mommy came to pick him up later that day. I'd like to think it was because he had so much fun learning new things that he was just distracted, but I'll admit that I know it's actually because he's too little to truly recognize his Mommy just yet. Give it some more time, I guess!

It seems like Emmett has done a lot growing and changing this last week but we'll have to update you on that soon when he turns 3 months in just under 10 days. Time flies when you are having fun!