Emme on Babysteals!

Have you heard of Babysteals.com? It's a fun mommy/baby oriented website that features a new deal every day at 9 am, and the items are always at least 50% off retail. It happens to be a Salt Lake based company, so when I ordered something a few weeks ago for Emme, I chose in-store pickup since they're local.

When I walked in their store to pick up my purchase, I had Emme with me. The people at Babysteals couldn't get over how cute Emme was. She's such a flirt these days, and she smiles and coos to anyone who smiles at her.

One of the ladies there happened to be the photographer for their website, and the mother of the woman who owns Babysteals. She asked me if they could take some pictures of Emme for their website, modeling some of their upcoming baby gear. So I of course said yes. She's up on their website today! She's modeling the ErgoBaby changing pad. You can go check it out HERE.

She'll probably be up a few more times in the next few weeks, modeling a few other things they put her in while we were there last week. And they took down my information so they can call me for more baby-modeling-gigs when they get new merchandise in. :)

Laughing

I don't remember what was so funny that day, but Emme sure thought it was hilarious. She does this cute thing now where she gets shy when she smiles and laughs, and she'll turn away her face into whoever's shoulder is nearest. So cute!

Oh, and these are mom's favorite jammies, currently.


And this is what happens when dad plays with baby. He turns her arms into the Michelin man, and baby thinks it's hilarious.

We were all ready...

We were all ready to head out the door this morning, until I accidentally picked Emme up without a burp cloth over my shoulder.

It's like one of the laws of nature. If I pick her up with a burp cloth, she never spits up. Ever.

But the second I pick her up without one, this happens...

Happy Easter

Yesterday morning we waited for Emme to wake up and then took her out to see her Easter basket.

{Oooh, toys!}

She got so excited about the toys that she spit up on herself, ha ha!

{Mmmm. Spit-up moustache.}

She loved all the new toys, and they kept her entertained all through conference.

Since Easter is one of Chris's favorite holidays, he let me get a family photo, via the self timer. Lucky me! Doesn't happen very often. :)


Later in the day we went to Grandma Pace's house for dinner. Emme got to play with the Tucker man...

And with her uncle Stu...


And with Nora Jane. We tried to get a good picture of Emme and Nora Jane in their cute matching dresses, but it turned out to be tricky. Nora Jane is such a little mom that she wanted to "hold" Emme, ha ha. (She's not quite two years old!)

{Sweet kisses}

{Our little ray of sunshine}

And of course, the day wouldn't be complete without Emme spitting up on dad one more time.

{What, mom? It wasn't me, I swear!}

Emme Goes to the Elite Eight

Once upon a time, the mommy, the daddy and the baby went here:

{Outside the Energy Solutions Arena}

To watch this:{Butler vs. Kansas St.}

Once we got inside, at first the baby was like this:{Oooh! Lights and noise!}

But then she was like this:

{Sensory overload! Sensory overload!}

So the daddy took the baby out in the hall to do this:

While the mommy was inside doing this:

And then Butler did this:

So they all lived happily ever after, like this:

THE END.

Random Thoughts

Mom Jeans
I went shopping the other day with my mom and sisters, where I found a pair of really cute Calvin Klein cropped skinny jeans. I'm back into my old pre-pregnancy jeans, but they don't fit the way they used to because my body is definitely shaped differently now.

So I tried these skinny jeans on, and I was like wow, these make me look good! They had a higher rise, but I wear long shirts with my skinny jeans anyway, so they looked really cute. So I bought them. The next day I pulled the jeans out of the closet to put them on. As I was taking the tags off, I happened to glance down and notice the word "shaper" on the tag.

Shaper, I thought? That's weird.

As I investigated further, I discovered that the jeans have a tummy shaping panel all along the front. Why do these jeans make me look good? Because they're "mom jeans." And I'm officially a mom now. Sigh.


The Babysitter
Debbie, the wonderful saint-of-a-woman who watches Emme on Tuesdays and Fridays while I work, lives in our ward. This last Sunday, she happened to be in Young Womens for the last hour as we had a discussion with the girls and their mothers about the Young Women broadcast last week.

As we were waiting for the meeting to begin, Emme was being passed around the room as various girls were taking turns holding her. She ended up being held by a girl sitting next to Debbie. Debbie noticed Emme and leaned over to get her attention and say hi to her. Once Emme's eyes found Debbie, her face spread into a giant smile. Then she grabbed Debbie's face with both hands and smiled with her whole body, and started to coo and talk to her. Emme knew exactly who she was! And she was so excited to see her! It was one of the most tender moments I've ever seen. It made me so happy as a mom because it was so reassuring to know that she loves being with Debbie while I'm gone. It was just what I needed.


Daddies
A few weeks ago Chris and Emme and I went to a party for his cousin & wife who were in town visiting. There ended up being five or six other couples there, who had all had babies within the last three months. We ended up having three or four of us nursing our babies in the front room all at the same time. I had a really good time chatting and visiting with the other ladies, since we all had a lot in common.

A little later in the evening, I walked into the kitchen to get a drink where Chris and two of the other men were chatting. In passing, I expected to overhear a piece of their conversation about the stock market, or work, or the most recent Jazz game.

Instead, I overheard these three twenty-something year old men talking about what age they moved their babies into their cribs, infant sleep training methods, and feeding schedules. It was one of the most adorable moments, that I'll never forget. Chris is such an amazingly wonderful hands-on dad, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

{And some pictures just because. This is the face Emme makes when dad kisses her neck with a scratchy beard.}

Emme At 4 Months

I can hardly believe Emme is 4 months old now! My gosh, how time flies. At her 4 month checkup, Emme was 65 percentile for height, 25 percentile for weight, and 85 percentile for head. So she's still a long stringbean with a big head like her daddy. :) The doctor also gave us the go-ahead to start her on solids! More pics of that to come soon.

Emme is a pro at picking up her toys now, and getting her binky in and out of her mouth, and she still loves to suck on her hands (or anyone else's hands for that matter). She'll smile at anyone who makes contact with her (especially at the grocery store, lol), and she belly laughs if you "chomp" on her neck.

Emme has also found her toes in the last few days! She'll bring them up to her hands and play with them all day. When she does this she often rolls to her side, and it looks like pretty soon she'll be rolling from tummy to back. (Chris says he wants her to "just crawl already." I say he'll eat his words soon.)