10 Months Old

Wow! Only 2 months until Emma's first birthday. Where did the time go? I can honestly say that it feels like yesterday that we were bringing her home from the hospital. The time has flown by way too fast. We've lived every single minute to the fullest, and tried to squeeze every ounce of fun and excitement and love and snuggles out of every second of it. It's still too fast. I'd like to freeze her at this exact moment. She's so perfect. She's doing SO many new things.....

She's pulling up on anything and everything she can find.
She's chasing the dogs and cats and has even gotten her hands on them a few times!
She says "mah" for "more" when she's eating and her tray is empty.
She doesn't really want to have much to do with food on a spoon - she'd rather feed herself!
She's got a hot temper and knows how to arch her back and scream already.....we're in for it.
She figured out just 2 days ago how to hold her own sippy cup. I can count on one hand the amount of times she's had a bottle, so she's never had much to practice with!


She's got some serious stranger anxiety, but warms up fast to people.
She's got the best laugh in the whole world.
She smiles literally almost all day long.
She's the happiest baby I've ever seen - and she makes us just as happy!

We've had a great week. We had our friends Rachel and Juan and their precious baby, Juliette, over for a cookout on Thursday. If you'll remember, she's Emma's little friend that is just 2 weeks younger. We love spending time with them! We hope that Emma and Juli grow up to be great friends. It would be so neat to have a friend that's known her for her whole life. In fact, Rachel and I would meet for ice cream and coffee when we were pregnant, so they've known each other even longer!

Pretty Juliette!

Flying babies!! Emma was trying to hold Juli's hand!

Today we packed up and went to Aunt Claire's for the day. We got to spend some time with my Grandpa (Emma's Great-Grandpa) in Thomson, GA. We had a blast! Claire took us on a ride on their gas-powered golf cart. Emma rode it once before when she was about 4 months old. She fell asleep as soon as we got on it then, and she did the same this time! She was well overdue for a nap, so she took one!

I LOVE this picture! Guess what she was so enthralled with??

Their dog, Chip! She LOVES dogs!

This is just a tiny part of their property - we drove all over through the pasture and around lots of ponds.

Here we go!

All tuckered out.

Emma figured out how to get her OWN Cheerios from her snack holder! Such a big girl. She looks JUST like her Daddy here - mouth open, hand in the snacks, watching her video. Don't tell him I said that!

Brad only has 3 more weeks of school until summer break and we can't wait! We're planning some short overnight trips to visit Amber and Jason and Seth in Carrollton and we're really looking forward to it!