6 Months Old

Emmett turned 6 months old on November 1st.  This Fall has been so busy and I can't believe the holidays are upon us.  Our little guy is growing up so fast!  We are really looking forward to traveling with him to visit all the family over the holidays.  We will be traveling back to Illinois for Thanksgiving to spend time with both the Prindiville and Bushmeyer relatives.  My immediate family will be spending time together skiing in Keystone before Christmas and then we will drive to Tulsa to spend Christmas with Mike's whole family.  It's going to be crazy and fun!!!!  I decided to get Emmett's pics done before we started all the traveling.  He has been a busy body and learning all sorts of new things.  We have been working on sleep training with the help of my sister in law Ashley.  It has been a process but I think we are getting there!  Emmett and I have lots of time together while Mike is on the road. It is really hard work doing it all alone for a week but I just love being with my little guy. Somedays are beyond exhausting but one big smile from Emmett makes everything better:)

-Emmett has started sitting up all on his own this month.  He loves playing on his blankets with all of his toys.
-He loves being tickled and bounced on my knee.  He just starts cracking up laughing, I try to send as many videos to Mike as possible so he can watch him laughing.  It is so funny!
-Emmett is eating 3 times a day.  Sometimes I add in Rice Cereal and other times he just eats the food.  He has tried green beans, apples, pears, sweet potatoes, squash, and bananas.
-We Skype and FaceTime so much with Mike and my parents, I'm afraid Emmett is going to think these people just exist on computers and phones!  Ha!  He loves showing off for my parents and giving huge smiles to Mike.
-We got a jumperoo for Emmett and he loves jumping in it.  I keep thinking he is going to jump right out of it.
-This is an especially fun age that I am enjoying with Emmett.  It's great to see him learning and interacting.   I feel that I am actually starting to enjoy every moment with Emmett versus just rushing from feedings to sleep to activities etc.  I can't wait to see what the next 6 months bring

Halloween!!!!

This was Mike's first year he has been here for Halloween!  It was so nice to have him here especially since it was Emmett's first Halloween! We dressed Emmett up as a Beanie Baby. I'm glad I had something warm to put him in because it turned out to be pretty chilly outside. We started out the day with a trip to Boulder for the Munchkin Masquerade.  It was so much fun!!!  We met my friend MaryJane and her kids there. The shops on Pearl Street have candy outside for kids to go door to door. Apparently this used to be a pretty wild party we found out from my neighbor Kirk that they had to tame down and make into a kid event.  Oh Boulder!:)  It was so neat to see tons of kids dressed up and even a lot of adults.  Everybody goes all out! We went to Centro for a midday margarita to get us thru the night!!!! We then came back to hand out candy in our neighborhood and finished up the night at our friend Kirk and Sherry's.  They had bets going on what Emmett would be dressed up this year.  They both lost because they thought he would be a soccer ball or pumpkin.  Obviously they think he is a butterball;)

The Beanie Baby Costume.  So incredibly easy and perfect for his first year!  My friend sent me this bear onesie awhile ago to keep him warm in Colorado.

Experiencing the Munchkin Masquerade

There was so many people!  I have never seen that many people on the Mall before!  It was great to see all the kids excited and dressed up

Quick family pic

There's always fun music to see.  Emmett loved it!

Cici, Owen, and Emmett

Me and my love

We had to do a photo shoot when we got home

Emmett loved Cookie Monster especially

I love Kit Kats!!!!

Oma's Fall Visit

My Mom came out the week before Halloween.  It was so nice having her come out for a nice long visit!  We didn't do a whole lot but the week always seems to fly by.  Mom of course helped clean up around my house which is amazing since I never seem to be able to get the cleaning done around here!  Ha!  It was nice to go find some Fall decorations and get the house ready for Halloween!  We went to see Joe in Denver and of course she got lots of Emmett time in;)