Big Boy!

Emmett just started holding his own cup today and drinking out of it.  He has held his little cup before but this is the first time he actually knew what to do with it:)  He is growing up so fast!  I love you little man!!!!  Emmett has started rolling from back to belly!  He initially did it a few weeks ago but picks and chooses when he wants to roll.  A bit strong willed;)

7 Months Old

Emmett turned 7 months on December 1st!!!

-Sitting up completely on his own.  Very rarely falls over.  I say it's because of his strong little core;)
-He is so close to crawling!  He flips forward from a sitting position to get on his hands and knees.  Sometimes he rocks and other times he just slides out onto his stomach.
-We have added in peas and peaches to his collection of new foods
-He still loves his bouncer and playing on the blanket with all of his toys.
-His first two bottom middle teeth are in!
-Emmett is pretty much sleeping through the night finally!!!  Yay, I'm getting some sleep too;)

Bushmeyer Thanksgiving

We then left straight from Cornell, Il with the Prindiville's and drove to Rockford to spend time with the Bushmeyer's.  Talk about a whirlwind weekend!!!  Emmett is the best lil sport ever:) We were so busy for about 4 days straight.  It was so much fun though.  It was great to see almost all of the Bushmeyer's too.  We enjoyed a delicious meal at Francesco's for our Bushmeyer Thanksgiving. Emmett loved being with everyone and we were so appreciative of the fun festivities Aunt B planned for all of us!  We will miss seeing everyone at Christmas

Aunt Jane thinks Emmett is a genius.  Our future prodigy playing piano:)

Great Grandpa feeding Emmett.  Grandpa has 3 great grandchildren now!

Emmett loved my cousin Lilly and sweet Breanna

The Great Grandchildren.  Unfortunately Kate, Paul, and Alex couldn't make it because everyone was sick.  We sure missed them.

I love this picture of Emmett and Grandpa

Our family with Grandpa

Barley wouldn't leave our side.  It was pretty cute.  

Aunt Jane and Uncle Jeff's family

All of the cousins. Again Barley decided he needed to sneak in there

Dinner at Francesco's

Emmett did so good at the restaurant

Prindiville Thanksgiving

We got to see all of the Prindiville's while we were home.  It was so nice to catch up with everyone and enjoy some delicious food at Aunt Linda's house!  Emmett especially loved his cousin Jack.  Poor Jack was being mauled by Emmett!  He was such a good sport. We even had time for a park visit while Daddy and Emmett took a nap.  It was pretty chilly but nice to get some fresh air after eating.

Grandma and Emmett at Aunt Linda's right before dinner

Park time!

Jack loved the slide

Love my little cousin

I had to jump on the slide with him too

Emmett and Jack in their Irish hats

My cousin Eddie, Grandma, Emmett, Jack, and me

Thanksgiving Day

We did a very non-traditional Thanksgiving Day celebration with just Grandma Prindiville.  Mom made Lasagna and we were very low key.  It was nice to catch up on some rest after traveling and having one on one time with Grandma.  We had so much fun!  Dad and Mike enjoyed watching football all day long too;)

Great Grandma and Emmett relaxing on the couch

Emmett warmed right up and loved sitting with his Grandma.

Emmett's Thanksgiving meal consisted of baby food Sweet Potatoes

Enjoying our Spinach Lasagna

Emmett loves his Oma and Opa!!!

Road Trip to Illinois

We drove back to Illinois for Thanksgiving.  It was so much fun and crazy!  We celebrated 3 times while we were home:)  It was a lot of eating and visiting!  Good times!  Emmett and Barley did great on the car rides.  Emmett slept most of the time as did Barley. We broke the trip up by staying in Omaha on the way there and Lincoln on the way back.  Emmett's first two bottom teeth came in while we were back in Illinois.  He was a bit crabby but not as bad as I thought it would be when those first two teeth came in.  We just relaxed on Tuesday night when we got there.  It was nice to just catch up on some sleep Wednesday before the celebrations began.

Just relaxing with Opa!!!