Grabbing faces

Here are some pictures of the Kisters with Emma. They are from April.

Emma is now very interested in faces. She loves to watch and grab your mouth while you talk, and also touch your face. It's very fun to get so much attention from her.

Rolling over like she means it!

This is Emma's cute onesie from Idaho, "I'm just a little Tater Tot". Look at her legs! She's getting so thick. It's the best.

I just can't believe how quickly she changes. Today she seemed to figure out that rolling over could get her places. Right around 1 pm she started rolling over again and again to get toys that she had moved out of her reach. It was just all-of-a-sudden. She's been able to roll over for quite a while, but she just didn't really do it in a purposeful way. Now she is, though, so we better watch out! Little Emma is on the move!

Loving the playmats

Emma really loves her playmats. She uses them everyday. Yesterday I noticed that she is grabbing her feet more during diaper changes. It's really cute. She's also developing really strong arm and chest muscles. When she's on her stomach now, she will straighten her arms to push her entire chest off of the floor.

Just can't pick one!

This is such a great series of photos, I just had to post them all. She's been paying a lot of attention to her hands and feet lately. She grabs things well, and with both hands. Her aim at putting things in her mouth is really improving. And she's getting ever better at sitting up. Once she's really able to sit up well, we will start introducing finger foods into her diet. I can't wait!

This last week has been really tough on the whole family. Emma's Great-uncle died and we went to Salt Lake City to attend the memorial service. The onesie she's wearing in these pictures is from him. The entire family was there and we had a wonderful celebration of his life. There was music and dancing, laughter and tears. I'm sure he was pleased by it all. Emma was such a good girl during the ceremony. We were up in the mountains, and of course she loved it, especially the nearby stream. She also did very well on the plane down and back.

Chewing feet

Emma's really started playing with toys lately. It's so cute! She stares at them, shakes them, sticks them in her mouth. And yesterday was the first time I've seen her chew on her feet. Such a classic baby thing to do! She's getting better at rolling over from her back to her front. She mainly rolls over onto her side, but sometimes she'll roll over all the way to grab a toy, then pop back onto her back. Such a silly baby. Today she's spending the day with Grandma H. It's been a while since she's seen her, so that's nice.

Holding hands

Emma and Sequoia are such good friends. They love holding hands. They met in birth class and have been close ever since. :) Sequoia is moving away to go live with her namesakes very soon. We will all miss her and her family very much.

Monkey noises!!

This is a picture from a couple of months ago. It shows that she doesn't even fit on our tummies any more! I can't believe it.

Last night was pretty rough. She fell asleep around 9:30, and ate at 11:30, 1:00, 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, and 7:00. She must be going through a growth spurt. Again. I'm pretty dead right now. But on the plus side, Great-grandma Castledine is coming into town tonight. Emma is very excited to meet her!

Differences

What a difference 4 months makes! The first picture was taken when Emma was 6 days old, and the second picture was taken when she was 4 and a half months old. She's in the same shirt. You can't really tell in the picture, but we could only get one snap fastened this last time! (She grew out of the matching pants over a month ago) She's growing so quickly! Wahh!

Enjoyed San Diego

A few weeks ago I had to go down to San Diego for business so I brought the family along with me. We spent the whole week there. Emma's first plane ride and business trip went very well. She slept almost the entire way down and was very good. The plane ride back was a little harder, but it could have been much worse. We all had a nice time in San Diego. Emma loved looking at and talking to all the new types of trees down there. She especially loved Balboa park. The rental Prius was nice too.