SMILEY AND SNOTTY

Emma is the smiliest baby ever, except when she's snotty.  When she's snotty, that means I take the snot sucker (I'm sure there's a better word for it) and suck her snot out.  She likely thinks I am sucking her cerebellum out for the tears and screams and insane head shaking that I get when trying to do it.  She literally takes her hands and removes the sucker from her nose unless I have her arms pinned down.  Frustrating for Mom and baby and likely entertaining to watch too.

The boogers coming out of this kid are amazing.  I'm surprised she can breathe.  She will drop some actual tears sometimes and it takes her a while to get right again. 

Happy baby.

When not getting her brains sucked out, Emma has been such a happy girl!  She smiles at Mommy and Daddy and Grandpa and Grandmommy and will give laughs and appreciative looks when we're making stupid faces.  She's been a real pleasure to have around the house (I say that like she's the housekeeper).  It just makes my day when she smiles and coos and laughs and talks.  Grandmommy might feel differently after the one way conversation Emma had with her on our 50 minute ride this weekend.

Grandmommies are the best!

She is still taking a while to get to sleep and is doing some houdini tricks with her arm and swaddle.  She likes to sleep swaddled, but she will bash her way around the crib trying to get her arms out.  And she will have quite the backstroke kick when she starts swimming.  I got her up the other day and her head was at the foot of the crib and her arm was out all gangster style.  Must be like an MMA fight in her room every night.

She pet Gracie last weekend.  I took a video.  More for Gracie's sake, since she typically flees the scene if Emma starts laying on her.

I had to work past her bedtime last night and it was hard not seeing her until this morning.  That was the longest I'd ever gone not seeing the kid and I don't necessarily like it. 

Just havin some milk.

Apparently, she is now able to hold her own bottle.  She rolls from her back to her tummy.  And I have not seen any of these things.  She is growing up entirely too much away from her Mommy.  I'm so proud of her for getting big and doing big things.  Her teachers just rave over her outfits (proud of that one too!) and how smart she is for her age.  Miss Linda was not shy on the compliments of our little girl to David yesterday.  Makes me feel like we're doing something right!

I am tired and wish to stay in bed for approximately 27 hours.  I will then like to wake up and eat tacos, drink a Captain and Coke and watch some basketball.  What will happen is that I will put Emma to bed, almost fall asleep myself, wake up twice (if I'm lucky) during the night and then wake up again for good at 6 am.  Being a grown up is not good for my overall health.