Yep, it's true....Emerson is 11 months old! I can't believe that next month I'll be posting about her first birthday...I can't even wrap my mind around where the past 11 months have gone. I look back at photos from her first 6 months and barely remember half of them. It's very possible that it's because I was completely sleep deprived, but I think it's mostly because the time just goes by so quickly. Andrew and I can't believe how much she's changed this month! She is so vocal and animated, it's so much fun!
Her spit up is pretty much non-existent these days. Occasionally she spits up in the morning after I nurse her, and sometimes if she's had too much water, but for the most part it just doesn't happen anymore. Our life is so much less stressful now, it's wonderful!
Sunday will be my first Mother's Day, and I feel so luck to have such a beautiful, sweet, and loving little daughter. I know that times won't always be this easy, and she'll test me many times over the years, but I love being a mommy so much and I wouldn't change a thing. I feel sad that I'll never be able to get these moments back, but also can't wait to see the little lady she grows up to be.
Here's some tidbits from the past month:
- Emerson now has 5 teeth, she got another top one a few days ago.
- She stands all time holding onto things, and now walks along the furniture
- She doesn't appear to have any interest in standing or walking on her own at this point
- Her favourite things to say are Dadada, Mamama, Tsa, and DgoDgoDgo. She definitely knows Andrew is Dada, and we are pretty sure she knows that I am Mama.
- She has mastered the stairs, she can crawl from the main floor all the way up to our bedroom
- She is sleeping through the night from 7pm-6am about 50% of the time...yay!
- She knows how to do the following when I ask: clap her hands, put her arms up, wave hello, knock knock (on the window), shake shake (her rattle), and sit down
- She loves standing at the window and looking outside....sometimes she does it for longer than 10 mins.
- We put up a swing for her in the backyard and she loves it
- She went on grass for the first time...very fun!
- She waves at everyone and points at everything
- She is wild in the bathtub, she tries to stand up and crawl out of it...she can be quite the handful!
- She tries to dance sometimes....tries....
- She loves smoothies....LOVES them!
- Someone else put her to bed for the first time (Auntie Alex) and it went really well!
- This month we did the following: went to St. Catharines for Easter and visited with Aunt Jenny, Uncle Jeff, Maddy, Amelia, Grandpa Quilty and Nanny Carol, went to Palmerston to visit with Nana, Poppy, Grandma and Grandpa Levstik, had visits from Auntie Alex, Grandma and Grandpa Cummings, Great-Grandma Gracie, and Bethany and Zee, lots of playdates, went to the movies a couple of times, went to the St. Jacob's market, and had our first picnic in the park! Here's some photos from the past month:
St. Catharines for Easter
Our not-so-happy Easter Bunny
Grandma and Emmy
Enjoying a sunny day in the backyard
Haha...I love the wind in her hair...
Auntie Alex and Em
Sleepy Daddy
Emmy with Grandma and Great Grandma
Emmy and Grandpa
Silly time on the Floor
Climbing up the stairs
Loves smoothies!
Swing!
Bird Watching..
That's Not a Bird!!!!
First Picnic in the Park!
