9 Months!

Emmett turned 9 months old on February 16th! Please forgive my tardiness. It has been difficult to find the time (and remember) to take the picture and add the post. We have been busy!

Since our 8 month update...

• Emmett spent his first night away from his Mama at the beginning of February. I think Emmett and Dad had a lot of fun together.. but were awfully glad to see me the next day!
• Since then, Emmett has developed a touch of separation anxiety. He has displayed a tendancy toward wanting Mommy on a number of occassions. Sometimes he just needs to see me and is then ok.. Other times he wants to be held. It has made it more difficult to leave him as well as for me to accomplish tasks around the house. But I must say - it is awfully sweet of him. :)
• He recently caught hand foot and mouth disease. He developed a rash around his mouth with a few spots on his hands and feet. It didn't seem to bother him but he did have to stay home from daycare. He was able to spend some time at home with Grandma Nelson. Because of his separation anxiety he was a little unsure about this after waking from a nap the first day. However, he and Grandma got along just fine and enjoyed spending a few days together.
• Emmett has been doing an excellent job of sleeping through the night lately. He is also doing better with naps at daycare. I think it is all due to keeping him on a regular schedule. We try to get him up and put him down to bed at apx the same time every day. His feedings are also scheduled. He takes a bottle/nurses 4 times a day and has 3 solid meals as well.
• We have recently upgraded to a new stroller. We have yet to give it a test drive but I am anxious to start using our new phil & teds classic. I will try to keep you updated on our review.
• Emmett's new favorite toy is his pal, Scout. He loves the music and silly things Scout says. He always brings a smile to our little boys' face!
• No further developments at this time.. we are still waiting on crawling and/walking. I guess we will try to enjoy the time we have before we are chasing after him. :)