Happy Thanksgiving!

7 Months old!!

I keep telling myself that I'll just post pics and then add something funny and amazing later, but for some reason I just can't get back to it. I'll try for funny and amazing now, but its only 6:30, so cut me a little slack...

Emily is now all over the place, pulling herself up on everything. She even has some war wounds to prove that she is a total daredevil. As you can see by the first picture below, she's not really into dresses. We put her in a totally cute dress outfit the other day and all she wanted to do was eat her shoes!!

She sits, she crawls, she STANDS!

I don't really have time for an update, but I thought I'd post some recent pics. Ain't she cute?

Leavenworth family trip

My family took a long weekend recently and went to Leavenworth, Washington. We had a really great time hanging out together, as you can see by the pictures below. Leavenworth is a really beautiful bavarian themed town about 2.5 hours away with lots of food, people and of course shopping! Emily was out of her normal routine the week prior to the trip so she was a little on the grumpy side. Unfortunately her mood precluded us from doing much shopping, but we did enjoy several hours of a very scenic drive.

While we were in Leavenworth Dave and I got to spend a night out with my brother and sister and needless to say we quickly reverted back to our pre-parent ways. We had grown up conversations, some delicious beverages, and Dave even sang karaoke! Overall it was a really great time and we can't wait to do it again next year.

Also, right below this post you'll see what may be the cutest picture of Emily so far. I'm sure you're thinking wow, really... "the cutest picture so far"? Especially since she's so cute and we have so many great pictures. I know it's a bold statement, but hey, just check out the picture and I'm sure you'll agree.

Gosh I love this kid. She easily beats out cheese AND chocolate.

Wait, what time is it?

It's 5 AM on Sunday morning and Emily has been happily crawling around and playing since about 3 AM. As if it's not crazy enough to hear that we've been up since 3, what makes this situation even more wacky (and by wacky I do mean truly INSANE), is that the clocks were turned back last night. So, while we thought we'd get an extra hour of sleep tonight, instead we've been up since...well you do the math.

Bizarre sleep patterns aside, Emily is doing something new and exciting every day now. She sat up by herself on Friday and is now totally mobile with her crazy rambo crawl. Dave and I are constantly amazed at how much she's growing and changing every single day.

Besides the neat baby changes we really don't have much to report. We're still counting down the days for aunty Laura's wedding, and then of course we've got the trip to Hawaii coming in April. We manage to stay busy every weekend and then of course work keeps us busy during the week. Time is really flying! It's hard to believe that we are now moving towards our 7th month with Emily!

I would post some new pictures but quite frankly I'm too tired to get the camera right now. I think I'll just continue lounging around watching Emily as she makes her way around the living room.