Emme - 5 months

Hard to believe Emme is now 5 months old. I know I say this every month, but it just keeps getting better and better. She is so much fun and continues to learn new things constantly. Last week alone she rolled over for the first time and started sitting up all by herself. As for rolling over, she uses her crib to roll from her back to her tummy and then screams until we rescue her. Although with that, she has learned that when she does this ear piercing scream, Mommy comes running and now does the ear piercing scream anytime she feels like some Mommy love while laying in her crib.

She still likes her tummy time and has lots of smiles for Mommy, Daddy, and Hannah.

This past weekend was another camp weekend and Emme even ventured into the water fun! And here she is showing off her new trick of sitting up by herself. She started last week doing a tripod pose using her arms as support all of the time and then slowly has been letting go and sitting up. She loved putting her fingers in the wet sand.

And another of her new things, sticking her tongue out. One day it was as if she discovered "hey, I have a tongue" and now we see it all the time! It's pretty funny!

Teething is still going strong and with that comes major drooling! She loves chewing on everything, especially a cold washcloth! She has also figured out how to maneuver objects with her hands and pass them back and forth between her them. So much fun to watch her continuing development and see her personality evolve. Such a happy, easygoing baby (knock on wood this continues).

Next month starts solids...should be fun!

Our little swimmer

Last week, out of nowhere, Hannah started "diving" into the water and "swimming". She doesn't go very far, but the water at our town pool is only 2-3 ft deep and is perfect for her to try and swim. The first day she just kicked her feet and would then put her hands on the bottom. Then, she saw her friend Cai moving his arms so she tried that too. And last (below) is her and another little friend who actually moves her arms properly and so she tries to do that. It is the cutest, funniest thing to watch.

Hannah's on the right.

This past weekend, we all went to the pool and I was so excited for Joe to see our little swimmer. By the end, she was jumping off of Joe's legs and diving into the water.

The videos are a bit redundant, but I couldn't decide which one to post....hence both.

Upta camp

Last weekend was another 'camp' weekend for us. This time the weather was great so there was lots of jumping off of the dock and water activities. Still no s'mores as this time, it was too hot to have a fire and so instead Uncle Frank took the kids on a boatride to get ice cream after dinner.

Hannah and her cousin Owen played so well together! They really do just have a great time! They loved to jump off the dock (and literally did it for hours).

Joe's Nana was there too! And as for me, I got some quiet reading time in....aaawww...so nice!

Still jumping off the dock.

Addie was my little mother's helper all weekend. She loved helping me with Emme and was really so sweet with her. She would sit holding Emme in the tent for me so that Emme would stay out of the sun.

Thumbs up before going tubing. Last year was her first year trying and they went out of the cove where it is a bit bumpier (which she still remembers) so we were glad when she wanted to try it again (making sure to stay in the cove of course).

And they're off.

Wait...where's Dadddy? Poor Hannah, Daddy fell off when he was trying to readjust his weight in the tube and she was left all alone on the tube. She had to stay on while we swung the boat around to pick up Joe (well, for him to get back on the tube). It was very traumatizing (and so what do I do? Take a picture I guess. What a nice mommy).

After Joe and Hannah made it safely back to shore, Owen got on a took a slow ride while we brought the boat back to the dock. Such a brave little guy!

Owen and Frank also went tubing and then Addie tried water skiing and got up for her first time. A very exciting adventure! Such a great weekend!