Christmas Eve

Well its Christmas Eve and I'm waiting for my baby girl to get up from her nap. This week was so disorganized it sent me in a spiral, but of course on top of the head ache I already had from being sick. Emmalyn got her first illness, which yes I can say was a joyfull pain in the butt. She had a tempature that nearly got to 103*, and it turned out to be an ear infection. This of course is probably a sign of whats to come, :). So we got her some antibiotics and a lot of tylenol (for baby), and she is just starting to livin up. Since she's been keeping food down and has been quite cheerful we took her to see Santa today. Really bad idea when your child can tell people from parents, and gets freaked the hell out by a white bearded old white guy. Oh well, its like tradition to see if your kid screams or just cries the first time, mine I can say cried, walled and then tried grabing for Daniel and I, whom were about ten feet away. She would quickly glance up at Santa, turn her head and for a brief moment contemplate whether this was okay that she was in a strange mans lap. Thankfully my child had a good feeling it's not okay and screamed, unfortunatly I'm sure in sixteen years I'll be praying she still thinks that way. So once I get a moment I will up load that picture and the family pictures we took, for all to see.

Happy Christmas Eve and Off to Grandpa and Grandma Steels house

Just a few Random Photos

Okay well we have been very active lately, I have just been horrible on keeping this updated due to an over load on summer school homework. For some reason I decided to take way to many classes and now I have no free time...well at least for the most part. The last few weeks have been amazing for Emmalyn. Though these pictures don't show all of this, they will be coming soon to a blog near you. (this one to be exact) So she experienced her first 4th of July, which was amazing. We went to Elk Grove park and were right under some of the best fireworks I've seen yet. You will never believe how great Emmalyn was during the show! I brought earphones for her to wear in an attempt to muffle out the booms from the fireworks, and boy did it work. Granted we were so close you could feel it in your chest, Emmalyn sat there like a pro and watched all the fireworks. She looked in shock of what was going on...and then when the last big hurrah started, I looked down at my little angel, and she was out. Yes people she watched the whole thing and then passed out during the loudest and most startling part. It was amazing. She is also grasping on how to function her arms and hands a lot better. She plays in her exersaucer with ease now and can not stand to lay down. She always wants to be sitting up, even though she can only hold herself there for a few moments. She also hot her second tooth in a couple weeks ago, which I've had the darnedest time getting a picture of. For some reason when I pull her lip down to snap a picture she puts her tongue out to stop me. So we are leaving for Aptos tomorrow and I will yet again have a billion pictures to upload and to try and update, so hopefully in the next few weeks there will be many blog entries with pictures of my love bug for you all to see. I mean she is the cutest thing to fall from Heaven!!

She thinks I'm crazy with all my picture taking, but boy does she love her toys.

My big blue eyed monster!!!

Hanging out watching the RiverCats of course....

To cute in her monkey sweater that her cousin Britt got her...

The Fam-Bam on Father's Day

Passed out but holding on to GiGi for dear life

She's our princess!!!!!!!!!!

More to come at a later date...

5 1/2 Months Old= 1st Tooth Breaking Thru....

Yes everyone today yet another milestone has been accomplished.... Today when I went to pick up my baby girl, Miss Becky told me that a tooth had come thru. When I stuck my finger in her mouth I felt a little jagged edge. Yes it was my babies first tooth. This little golden tooth is on her bottom gum, in the front. I'm so excited, and the best part is that my girl isn't even fusing about it. Teething I'm sure will have it's bad days but for now we have a beautiful tooth and no fuss.

Look at this Beauty!!!!!!!!

Uncle Patrick's Graduation

So a couple weeks ago we went down to Merced to watch Emma's uncle Patrick graduate from High School. It was fun, we got to see a bunch of the family that we don't typically get to see and visit with. More captions to come later when I have a few moments, but I wanted to get some new pictures up for now!

A couple videos of my froggie...

Here's a couple of videos of Emma passing another milestone. I know how insignificant it may seem, a child or baby playing with a toy, but when you've sat and watched your baby grow and learn, its the most amazing moment in life. For a while I was worried she was behind in a development, not like that would be a bad thing, I was just worried, but in a moment it all changed. She, since she was born, doesn't want to let go of her hands, and I was afraid she'd never let go and try to grasp things. This is a very important development, it leads to everything else, and like I learned in Psychology, babies don't skip over developments even if it's taking them a long time to learn one. But as you can see in these videos my angel is unlocking her grasp and taking a step in a new and brighter world. This world is called toy land and so far I think she likes it!!!

Here she is playing, for the first time with out her hands being clasped together, with her new toy that Grandma picked out. Got to admit she knew what to buy because wow this girl loves it!!!

She loves this toy....

Hope you enjoyed watching as much as I enjoyed filming them!!!!

Its the Small things that make it worth it...

Okay well as most know tomorrow my little angel will be five months old. It may not seem like that long, but wow how times flown by. My precious little girl has grown, from a wiggle blob, into a moving, laughing, and now playing baby. So many mile stones have past in the last week, it's hard to stop and reminisce without shedding at least one tear. You can only imagine how many hurdles a baby can go over by the time they're FIVE months old, unless you've been thru this whirl-wind already. Let me start at the beginning of this week, with one of her many accomplishments up to today, daycare. Yes many may feel that daycare is not a great place for children to be, as it takes away from family connection, but I couldn't have found a better 2nd family for my daughter. Well I guess if my old babysitter still had her daycare that may have been a little better, but I am a tad bit biased. This daycare is ran in my neighbors home, literally two blocks down, and I've known her family for years. She, and her helpers, are amazing with Emmalyn and the other children. She teaches them knowledge that may have gone unknown until preschool. I hate to admit it too, but Emma's better behaved at Beckie's than with me! LOL Oh well I'm just glad I have a safe and fun place for Emmalyn to be while I go to school, to make a better life for us.

This is the first day that she went to DayCare...and look how happy she looks!!! Of course she had to go in a dress so that everyone knew she had style...

Here she is starting to roll more to one side...and that's GiGi her giraffe...whom she absolutely loves!!

This is a picture of Emma starting to sit up, a lot better than before, in her new toy....yes she always has new toys!!! I can't help it, there too cute and she looks too cute playing with them!!!

Okay so I just took this today, as you can see Emma is eating baby food. We've been trying to get her for weeks to eat oatmeal cereal but she screams when I give it to her. So I thought in celebration of her turning five months tomorrow I'd try something else. Sweet Potatoes..and yes folks she LOVES them. She eats her whole, tiny, bowl of them, minus the leftovers on her face!!!

A Quick Update with Pictures..

So here are a bunch of, of course, adorable pictures of my baby girl!!! One Friday before Daniel had to go to work we had some extra time, so we decided to go to the zoo. I swore I'd never go to the Sacramento zoo again, due to how poorly I think the animals are kept, but of course I have to take Emma there. I do think it will be a little more fun though when she actually reacts to seeing the animals! :)

Emmalyn's first trip to the zoo....She wasn't even scared to sit on the alligator...

Daddy with his little baby in the pouch...you don't want to know how we were able to take this picture :/ LOL

Me and my baby girl checking out the Chimps...who by the way are Gorillas not Monkeys, just to clarify :)

She was amazed at the Chimps...or just confused as to what the heck was going on

Looking at some sort of wanna be "deer" from Africa

Here are just some REALLY adorable pictures of her

She didn't want her binky in her mouth anymore

She tends to pass out and then the binky falls out...and of course lays in that exact position until either she wakes up or I grab it LOL, if you can't tell its right in front of her mouth, on her lip

OMG look at how blue her eyes look...better yet she's actually figured out how she can keep her hands clasped together and still hold on to something

She was in such a good mood today

Gots to have the binky...and now she knows how to pull it out and put it back in...

Yay finally she can stand in this thing and play with...as you can tell she's fascinated by the red bird

Until next time...

My Beautiful Baby Girl!!!!

So here are some cute pictures of Emmalyn in by far the cutest outfit yet!!! She wore it out for Grandma's Birthday dinner at Benihanas.  They cook the food in front of you. It was so much fun, not to mention great food!!! Emmalyn's starting to get so big, and is almost able to hold her self up to sit.  She's still a little wobbly but for the most part, with a little help she can sit.  I'm just waiting for her to start grabbing for things more.  For some reason she only likes grabbing her hands together and putting them in her mouth!! LOL 

Happy happy in her new hat.... :)

Check out that super star...isn't that the cutest outfit and angel you've ever seen...

Grandma and Emmalyn in her pretty outfit in front of Grandma's pretty flowers

Grandpa and Emma before we head off to dinner...

She was smelling the delicious food that she can't eat yet...

Me and Baby hanging out at Benihanas eating dinner for Grandma's B-Day...

Steve is behind the camera.....LOL

We had so much fun!!! And now we get to look forward to another year!!! Woo Hoo 

A Trip to the Mall.....

Yesterday me, grandma and little baby Emma went to the Arden mall to do a little shopping. For once we didn't go crazy and buy Emmalyn more clothes that we all know she does so not need.  But we did something else.... :)

Grandma and Emma sitting in the eatery awaiting....

Mommy and her little angel in the Eatery after....maybe a closer look will help

Doesn't she look like a Super Star!!!!!!!! BLING BLING Baby!!!!

We're still waiting for those pretty blue's to change...I'm torn I like blue but it'd be nice if she had more green eyes like me and her daddy!!

Visiting some Franey's...

So a week ago or a little more...we went down to Merced and visited Emma's Grandparents and Auntie and Uncle.  We also went to the College campus, and the lake but wow was it windy.  She slept almost the whole time we were out, and totally covered by blankets, it was adorable. Emmalyn loves visiting her family, she always seems to have so much fun and stay happy.  Grandpa was commenting on how good she was, and I swear we after we left, we weren't two blocks away and she started screaming and crying and wouldn't stop.  I actually had to crawl over the seat and sit with her to get her to clam down.  Really mellow baby right LOL  

Emmalyn with her Auntie Julie

Emmalyn and Daddy playing together

These little baby duckies couldn't get out of the water...it was a very sad moment...but eventually their fam-bam got in the water with them

Asleep in her stroller all bundled up

Grandma and Daddy with Emma tucked away in the stroller...i swear it was hurricane winds out there

Hanging out on the couch...

Trying to sit up with a little help from daddy

Just hanging out with her uncle Pat

I must say I'm not to fond of Merced but I gots to love the people who live there!!!!