Emmett crawls...kinda

Emmett doesn't like to crawl he does it because he has to. He tries to get his feet under himself and ends up bear crawling most of the time. He doesn't like to have someone hold his hands so he can walk either. It will be interesting to see when he walks since once he is in standing position he will not take a step even if he is holding onto furniture. He just leans.

and The Winner is..

The foam floor letter puzzle! Totally the favorite of Alestair. I put it together Christmas night and the whole time he was say "Dank Do oh oh oh dank do!" and giving hugs and kisses and Oma and Stacy came in and he gave them hugs and kisses and said "dank do" and then when it was put together he made us all dance on it. So adorable!

I found him asleep on the floor, covered him up and brought his pillow down. Later that night I found him back in his bed with his pillow and had to cover him up but I suppose the letter floor is not the softest thing to sleep on.

Three weeks later and he still sleeps with the letters (he brings them in bed with him) and he dances on the floor. He has learned so many new letters too! He can point most of them out for you and he doesn't use A as the word for Letter now. It was cute but very confusing. Emmett loves it too but not as much as Alestair.

Merry Christmas!!

Well Santa came. He brought lots of goodies! including Oma Fee like Alestair asked. Aunt Stacy also came! We wore our hats out to see what Santa brought-tradition. Alestair handed out presents (or the first few before he was overwelmed). Oma Fee gave Alestair a wooden train that is pulled on a string. He would pass the presents out while he pulled the train. He had a really hard time with both Oma Fee and Stacy. He couldn't figure out who was who for some reason. Emmett sat on Oma's lap and opened gifts very quietly. He was not as interested in the paper so much as anything with a package he could soak.

Emmett was very content with present opening. No craziness or crankiness just totally chill with it all.

Christmas Eve!

Christmas Eve jammies! Alestair was actually excited to wear them!Christmas 2010 picture! I love Emmetts jammies they are adorable. Alestair's are as well but I liked his from last year a bit more.and a good night kiss! Alestair put out milk and cookies for Santa and wrote a letter but the boys were way way tired so I forgot to take a picture.

At long last...

Emmett fell asleep for Daddy! In the past months Emmett has flat out refused to sleep for Robert. If Robert went to comfort him in the night it was garanteed to wake him up even more and thus a longer night for me. But he has finally found out that Dad is not just someone who plays with you!

Emmett the Sailor

I think Emmett likes this more than Alestair did. He does get to use it far earlier in life than Alestair that might have something to do with it.

We will miss you Uncle Dave!

Alestair loved playing with Uncle Dave and would wait at the window for him to come home. (As I am writing this 3 weeks later Alestair has just this past week figured out that Uncle Dave is not coming home from work. He is a little upset but not as much as Emmett who after finally being taken upstair sat down and whined that he could not find Dave.)

Emmett is a big Uncle Dave fan!

Dave left us. He has been here six months and got an amazing transfer to Massachusetts. Of course it will be far better that he can be with his family but we have loved having him here and will miss him a ton!