How Old is Emma: 13 months

Size of Emma: Last weigh in you were 18.7 pounds

Sleep: My sleeping angel (but don't want to jinx myself) but you go to bed around 8pm and wake up around 6:30am. You still take 2 naps a day. One in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Both range about 1-2 hours. 

New Emma Accomplishments: 4 teeth and 1 more on the way on the bottom.  Of course you say "mama" and "dada" and "up". Up is your favorite. You smile, laugh, shake your head no. You can sign "all done". You are growing up so fast and becoming so smart. 

Movement: Walking! You started at about 11 months, but just look like a drunk guy that can't hold his own. But now are you taking more and more steps each day.

Go-to eats: Still have a little boobie, but not much anymore. Since I stop pumping months ago, you just have some for breakfast (while watching Bubble Guppies in bed with me) and at night. You are starting to get fussy though and pull my shirt in public, so boobies might be going away soon altogether. You eat everything now though. You love cantaloupe, strawberries and goldfish. When you first started eating you weren't picky at all, but now your palette has gotten more sophisticated and you only like certain things. 

Best moment of the week(s): When you chase me down the hallway and I hid and pop out from behind each room and you laugh so hard. I love your laughter. 

Emma's favorite things: You love your "I am Bunny" book. You also still love your grey blanket. You love your walkers, your rocking horse, your pink chair.  

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Workout: You love to take laps around PoPo's huge kitchen island in your walker. You also are better in the stroller, even though when you're with me, you prefer to be in the ergo baby carrier. 

Milestones and stressors: Your first birthday party! HUGE success. Over 100 people there to celebrate you in hula skirts and Hawaiian shirts.  Stressors though has been my travel. Ugg, been gone a lot over the past 5 weeks. But this is my last trip for the season. But we've had a lot of fun though on the weekends. We went to Santa Cruz and stayed the Dream Inn for dada's bday. We went to the pumpkin patch. Went to Happy Hollow and Vasona Park last weekend. 

How Old is Emma: 3 months and 3 weeks.

Size of Emma: Last weigh in you were 13 pounds. 

Sleep: You go to bed around 8pm and wake up around 1am, go back to sleep till about 6am (while sucking on my boob) and then you usually stay in bed with us until I have to go to work. This has been the sleep schedule since about Christmas. Prior to that from 2-3 months you sleeping from 9pm-6am. Before that was all a blur ;) Experienced "witching hour" in the first month, watched lots of Parenthood. And would feed all night, did supplement feeding (with the tub for about 1 1/2 weeks, then started the bottle after that) since you dropped a lot of weight after you were born. 

New Emma Accomplishments: Rolled over from front to back twice on Christmas day, but haven't been rolling that much recently, but definitely not leaving you on any any high objects without supervision since you're ready to move. Smile all the time, you love faces and when you see people you smile and stick out your thoung, . Drooling! Loves to suck on hands/thumb.Teething already? Dad noticed possible teeth this past week. 

Movement: Rolling? Sort of. Grabbing objects. 

Go-to eats: Booby milk. I've been pumping since I got back to work, but since you've always been good about taking a bottle and formula from the beginning I know you are always getting fed. But want to try and breastfeed for as long as possible. 

Best moment of the week(s): Gosh this is tough because every moment with you has been wonderful. I think since this is my first post since you've been born I will be better about keeping this up to date. 

Emma's favorite things: You love faces, you are so social. You love your giraffe blankets. And your Sophie teething toy. You play on your playmate and grab "cloud" (we just realized you can pull it and it rattles). You loved the carseat, then hated it, now you are 50/50, sometimes cry, but most times now you fall asleep (so grateful for this, keep it up baby girl). 

Here are some pics recent pics:

Workout: You love love love the moby. In the beginning I didn't know how to use it, so it was a bit intimating. But then at month 2, Jen showed us how to tie it and you loved to sleep in it while I took walks. Then recently you like to look around and eventually fall asleep, but we might need to let your legs free soon, so you can straddle and see the world. Next tasks if the stroller, it would be great if you liked that stroller to give mommy's back a break. But I know you like to be close to my heart, so that is truly understandable. 

Milestones and stressors: Well Dad's back went completely out around the holidays and I almost had a nervous breakdown. And the holidays were completely insane. We had plans every night from Dec 21-26. Non-stop. You even got a little cold :( But things are getting better. We found a nanny, Katrina (she's young, but seems to be good with you). PoPo and Grandpa Pollard watch you every Tuesday and Thursday. Grandma Jeanne helped out a lot last week during my first week back to work, she helped around the house. And now that I am back at work, I miss you so much, but my schedule has been a bit flexible, so I see you as much as I can. I am currently on my first business trip, a quick one. Our first night away was last night! But it sounds like you did very well with PoPo. Such a good girl. Can't wait to see you tonight.