A few More of my Favorites

Photo Shoot

Courtney Hagberg took these photos for us. She is absolutely amazing! Thank heavens for people who have more talent than I. These pics turned out so ADORABLE!

4 months old today!

I can't believe it - our little angel is 4 months old today. My how time flies! She is so grown up already. She loves to giggle out loud, roll over, play with her daddy, and pull mom's hair. She is constantly chewing on her hands, and is determined to one day fit both fists in her mouth. (Even though her current attempts always induce gagging.) She has a little personality that is all her own. She smiles constantly, and even pulls faces at Karyn. Each day I am amazed at how much she has learned. We love you little Emslee!

Our little superstar!

So to be honest, Emslee doesn't get put down enough to really ever roll over. Her cousin Darby (who is 5 weeks younger) picked up this skill quite quickly. As you might surmise, it really really irritated Jason that Emee hadn't rolled over yet.
Every time he tried putting her down on her stomach, she would bury her face in the carpet/blanket and cry. She wanted nothing to do with this "rolling over" nonsense.
The past few days I have been at my parent's house in Preston. It appears that my mom just has an innate ability to teach people things. She was able to get Emee to roll over without hardly any coaxing. I had to capture it on video so that Jason could relish the moment, being that he wasn't there when it occurred.

Huh?!

While attending my adorable niece Darby's blessing yesterday, Emslee and I were spending a considerable amount of time in the foyer. Having sacrament meeting smack dab in the middle of her afternoon nap has the ability to make church interesting...
Anyway, while there, a complete stranger walked up to me, snatched Emslee out of my arms and proceeded to tell me that she knew how to get my baby to sleep and that I was doing it all wrong. EXCUSE ME? To add insult to injury, she then began telling me that the pacifiers I am using are not the correct size for Emee's mouth and that I needed to get the special "orthopedic" ones. Hellooo...she's brilliant. Orthopedic??? Are you sure you didn't mean Orthodontic?!
I just love well-meaning strangers.

See a likeness?

I was flipping through pictures and I couldn't help but notice that my darling little girl does, in fact, resemble me. (I'm on the left.) Granted, my cheeks are by far chubbier but look at those eyes! I can see where she came from. :-)

Emslee's Blessing Day

Emslee was blessed on June 7th in the Orchard 1st Ward. She was such an angel - she fell asleep right before her blessing and slept through the whole thing. Her Grammie Jo made her beautiful blessing dress, and her Uncle Nick was sweet enough to take pictures for us. Then Janica edited them and made them lovely. Thanks guys!
Our little girl has been such a blessing in our lives. We just absolutely love her!