Oh, what a night!

Just in case Emily hasn't surprised you by all the new things she has done this week, she decided to pack in one more milestone. I know this should have happened a long time ago, but it was truly my fault. I didn't want to give up my little cuddle bug. I mean, who am I going to cuddle with now when I sleep? I'm sure you can guess what she did by now... yes, she slept in her OWN bed for the first time, and she slept through the ENTIRE night. All 11 hours of it! I have to say, I didn't quite know what to do with myself, but Roxy and I sure did enjoy all the room in our big bed.

I tried to get her to sleep in her own bed a three nights ago, but she wouldn't have it. I soon realized that I, too, would put up a fight if I had to go from sleeping in a big king bed that feels like a giant pillow to sleeping on a firm baby mattress. Then, two nights ago, Roxy and I somehow got kicked out of the room because Emily couldn't sleep with us in there, and so we cuddled uncomfortably on the couch all night. Baby in bed, mom on couch... I decided this didn't make sense, so last night I made her bed really soft with a whole bunch of blankets, and she told me "good job" by drifting off to sleep without making a peep.

Now I get to look forward to being greeted every morning by this cute little face...

I'm really excited about getting into this photography thing. I love playing with my camera, and I, recently, have enjoyed playing around with pictures in photoshop. Now I just need to figure out how to take good pictures, and I will be set. This isn't a new picture, but it is Daniel's favorite. (I think that is what he said.)Christmas pictures here we come!

Ooh, and I put up the recipe to the pumpkin cake. I urge you to try it. You won't be disappointed! Just go here.

Photo shoot, take 1

Now that I have my new, fancy camera, I am determined to take Christmas pictures of Emily this year. I learned from my hope for birth announcements to start planning early, not that now would qualify as "early" for getting Christmas cards together. (Future children will have birth announcements and a bedroom already set up -- poor Emily). I started playing around with my camera again so when I get Emily all dressed up, I will have and idea of how to work the thing. I spent about a week reading everything I could on my camera in the beginning and played around with it quite a bit, but nothing was turning out how I wanted, so I gave up. I have been using the automatic feature since then, but I am determined to figure the thing out. Obviously she will be dressed differently and will be in a better setting, but I still think she looks cute. It doesn't take much, though!
This one is by far my favorite...

Okay, so eating rice cereal isn't going so well. I can't figure out how to get Emily to open her mouth. I try to mimic it for her, but she just laughs at everything I do it. She has to learn soon, because she is going to get pureed pumpkin for Thanksgiving. To make things worse, she is now doing this...

Even less food is getting in the mouth, and even more food is getting everywhere else. It doesn't help when Mommy encourages it because she thinks it is so funny.

Poons, don't you know

When I was little I couldn't pronounce the "s" in the word spoon. My family tried so hard to get me to say it correctly. Sometimes they would pretend they didn't know what I was asking for, which was suppose to encourage me to say it properly, but it never worked. One night, my parents had dinner guests over and they were telling them how I couldn't say spoon. They thought it was so funny and called me into the room. They told me to say spoon, and I said, "spoon." Take that mom and dad...

I remembered this story tonight when we were over at Jarrod and Jolie's for dinner. I pulled Emily out of her car seat and wanted to show Jolie how we were practicing sitting up (we have only been at it for one day now). All she can really do is sit, leaning forward at a 45 degree angle, with someone right behind her in case she topples over. But instead, she did this...
"What mom? Why are you surprised?"

Videos to follow.

Pirates?

Daniel,

I am dying to know if you are fighting pirates right now...

Are you? Huh, huh???

If you are, reply with the date we got married.
If you aren't, reply with some obscure date.

K?

Love,
Liz

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No, hun, we are not fighting pirates at this time.

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Daniel... you were suppose to respond with an obscure date. Way to not be fun.

We love music (part I)

Daddy teaching Emily to play the air drums...



I think music is in her future.