Asking the Godparents

When miss Emma came into our world it completely changed the dynamic. We weren't just a couple anymore, but a family. We needed to make the decision on whether or not we were going to baptize her in a faith. We come from similar but different backgrounds as a couple and it wasn't ever an issue until now when we needed to decide which faith to baptize her in and who should be her godparents.

It was a long discussion that has consumed us for many months and we finally made the decision, gotten all the paperwork submitted and the date booked for her actual baptism! Whew! I wanted it to be as far away from her first birthday an I could, but her Godmother wont be confirmed until May so we needed to wait. At least it gave me a little time to plan out an invite, more on that later, and to create these cute little cards.

If you have been reading for any amount of time, you know I don't do anything the simple way. It has to be cute, or creative in some way or another so onto the internet I went to find some verbage that I liked to create cards from Emma asking her godparents to take on the roll. I then glued them to cardstock and added some ribbon trims and some buttons to dress it up. I of course made them too large and they wouldn't fit in a traditional envelope but they were a hit regardless.

The verbage says:

"I need an extra pair of hands

to help me learn and grow.

I think that yours

would be the best

'cause Mom and Dad told me so.

Will you be my Godmother/father?"

Her godmother is going to be my baby cousin who was our flower girl at our wedding, since my cousin's are my siblings. Her Godfather is going to be D's brother who just loves his niece to pieces. I think we picked the people who will take on the role without question and will help guide her to be the best person she can be!

Can't wait for the actual day!

Watch Emma Grow - Month Eight

Man o man.....I had this post almost written on my ipad, and the darn thing didn't save! GRRRR! SO ANNOYED. But anyways, I'll try and recap as best I can considering the farther away we get, the less my brain remembers.

We had lots of photoshoots in the month of February. With the adorableness that is Emma in her Superbowl outfit and a styled Valentines Day photoshoot by yours truly. We also took family photo's with an amazing photographer that are to come soon! We haven't narrowed down which pictures we love most yet! I also finally finished her nursery!! It was a crazy busy month!

As far as developments goes, she's just trucking along. She loves to babble lots of things, but her favorite one is mamamama.....which of course is music to my ears. She loves to talk and "sing." She mastered the art of arm crawling and sitting up on her own. I mean all of a sudden she could go from tummy to booty without missing a beat. She's still working in those central incisors and drooling like crazy. Were busy doing a mix of purees and BLW and she loves to eat solid foods. It's so funny to watch her eat and say mmmmmmm when she does! She loves to take walks in the front pack and is a doll whenever we go out. People just oooh and ahhh over her. We love it!

We celebrated lots of birthday's and even asked her godparents if they were up for the task! Post to come on that!

Last Month Stats:
Weight: 16 lbs 1 ozs (27%) Follow up flu booster

Well Check Stats:
Weight: 14 lbs 7 ozs (20%)
Height: 25.5" (38%)
Head: 17.25" (84%)
Updated weight: 15lbs (24%)

Eat: As I said above she loves to eat! Here's the list so far: Banana, Pear, Avocado, Sweet Potato, Carrots, Peas, Rice, Oatmeal and pasta. She loves her little Gerber treats too. Snacks on those like a champ. I tend to try and breastfeed before we eat dinner, then we breastfeed to bed and in the morning, on workdays. I am still taking the supplement to keep up the pumping at work, but we have a good stockpile in the freezer so I have take to only pumping twice a day.

Sleep: Still not sleeping through the night, but I am ok with it. Not every child does as I have read. We bond in those nighttime feeds and I love it. Most nights she co-sleeps with us so she gets that bonding time with us. We are going to try and transition soon.

Diapers: Bumped up to size three's. The Huggies little movers are good for crawling, but I still love my Pampers Little Snugglers. We have officially gone through all the baby shower diapers and now have to buy them! **Sobs!!**

Milestones to date:
Bringing her home: July 2nd (1 day old)
First Bath: July 4th (3 days old)
First Holiday: Independence Day (3 days old)
Held Up Head: July 11th (1 week old)
Lost Belly Button: (8 days old) First Walk (2 weeks old)
First Smile: July 27th (3 weeks old)
First Trip: Lake Tahoe/Carson City (5 weeks old)
Found her hands: (6 weeks old)
First Swim: (6 Weeks old)
Laughed Out Loud: Sept 25th (12 Weeks Old)
Rolled Over: October 28th (3 Months Old)
Found Her Feet: November 2nd (4 Months Old)
First Teeth: December 3rd (5 Months Old)
Sat on her own: January 7th (6 Months Old)
Ate Solid Foods: January 7th (6 Months Old)

And for the monthly photo dump!

 

Emma Visits The Magic Kingdom

Have I been a little vacant this month? I am so sorry. We were preparing to go on a week long trip, we just got back on Sunday, and then we were gone on vacation and I didn't have time to schedule posts. So sorry! Also, I wrote Emma's 8 month update on the airplane and blogger didn't save it!!! :-( So here we are. March and I am posting about our trip to Disneyland that we took in December! Ahhh! I still need to write about Christmas and New Years also.

We of course needed to take Emma to Disneyland, and it of course needed to happen during the Christmas holiday because that's the most magical time of the year for me. We decided that we were going to make the hour long travel during her naptime, but about halfway there we stopped to buy a bike lock because we forgot ours....which proceeded to wake her up. Sigh. Then the new bike lock broke before we even got into the park. Thanks Target!

Anyways, we made it there parked, fed and diaper changed lil miss and we made our way into California Adventure. We proceeded to immediately get in line for The Little Mermaid ride. Once off her very first ride, grandma had purchased her a baby Ariel and baby Flounder souvenir.

We tooled around in California Adventure for a bit, but then made our way into Disneyland for some shopping and of course a photo in front of Walt, Mickey, and the snow covered castle. We had some lunch and then went and watched the Christmas Fantasy parade, which I once stared in! Emma wasn't super impressed, probably because it was naptime and fell asleep in daddies arms.

While she napped we hit Big Thunder Railroad and did some shopping and snacking. We also went on It's A Small World, once she was awake and she thoroughly enjoyed that! Because it was Christmastime the park was super busy. We spent most of our time waiting in lines or walking through people, but we managed. Once it was dark we made our way back over to CA and used our fast pass to ride the new Cars ride. It was fun and I had a lot of fun taking photos in the new land!

We tried our trusty front pack and she was happy as a clam and eventually fell asleep on daddies chest. We moseyed back over to DL and attempted to go on Winnie the Pooh, but it was closed. So we shopped some more and then went to ride Haunted Mansion, but miss Emma had other plans. She was officially done and told us so. Even though we didn't do everything we wanted, it was still so much fun to bring her to Disneyland and to have that wonderful first experience!