Emmett is 8 months old!

Emmett is getting big. He sits up like a champ, and is now pushing himself up and beginning to rock on all fours. The precurser to crawling. He never did get into rolling.

This picture is from dinner tonight. He loves watching the wooden aliens on this music box spin around and around. Thanks Dave, Brieshen and Haskell!

Emmett is becoming one of the older kids in the infant at daycare. We now have a group of moms who come in at lunchtime and nurse their babies together. I'm continuing to nurse and pump at work. Is anyone else out there this crazy as well? 

October catch up

Life with Emmett is busy and full of changes. Here are some things that we've been up to over the past few weeks:

Learning to play the piano.

Beginning to eat food. Here it is rice cereal.

Watching the cats with dad.

Practicing sitting up and getting darn good at it.

Grocery shopping. Mom is always so serious at the store.

Having friends over - Bronwen and Malcom (6 months) and Pilar and Hollis (8 months). We missed Alison and Emma (8 months). They were home sick.

The end of summer

We have had a few cool days the past week and the nights are getting cooler. Leaves on the trees are starting to turn. It is the moment when I realize that I missed summer again. In honor of summer and this beautiful place that we live, here are some summer things we like to do:

Go to the beach.

Eat at Rapid Ray's in Saco.

Cheeseburger, hot dog, fires and a Pep. Hey you west coasters - does this make you miss Maine?

JELLYFISH DAY

Catey and Emmett in a jellyfish theme.

Emmett doing his best 'jellyfish' impersonation.

A trip to Hallowell

So, I have yet to scan Emmett's "school" picture from daycare, so these will have to suffice. Nana and Emmett and I visited Aunt Sarah, and Lily and Ben last Saturday.
Lily casting a spell.
The crew.

SIx months old

Our sweet Emmett turned 6 months old yesterday. We'll get a picture up of him really soon. He is nice and fat, grabs his feet, loves to jump, and giggles a lot.

He's asleep at the moment, so Eugene is watching "Jaws" on t.v. and I am cruising the internet like I don't have a sleeping baby beside me who may wake up at any moment.
Here's what I've been perusing:
Mother Nurture: A Mother's Guide to Health in Mind, Body, and Intimate Relationships
The Maternal is Political
Disciplining without Distress
Tiny Revolutionary's t-shirts
Dapple Dishwasher Detergent

Cookus*Interruptus - How to cook whole food despite life's interruptions

THE WAVELADY VISITS

Anna Shapiro came up from Rhode Island to meet Emmett.

We all went out for ice cream at 'Beals' in South Portland.