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!!!

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;)

Going to Pick Out Pumpkins

We went to a local pumpkin patch just outside Boulder to pick out our pumpkins and enjoy a crisp Fall day.  We had an inch of snow on the ground when we woke up this morning but everything was melted by noon.  I think I'm going to paint these pumpkins this year instead of trying to carve them.  Less mess I hope;)

Just hanging by some farm machinery

We saw a few different farm animals

This goat tried nibbling by glove

Just clowning around;)

In the pumpkin patch

We found our pumpkins!!!

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We had to get a picture with the John Deere sign!

Santa Barbara

We went with Bill and Pam to Santa Barbara so Emmett could meet Great Grandma Franks and Great Aunt Judy.  We had so much fun!!!!  I love that city!  It is just so beautiful.  We stopped there on our California Road Trip last summer before we had Emmett and it was great to return.  It was warmer this time in October than it was last July! Crazy! Emmett got to go on the beach and see the ocean for the first time. He was so funny to watch as the waves rolled in. We got to spend lots of time with Grandma Franks and see everything Mary and Judy have done with their beautiful home.

1st time meeting Aunt Judy

Bonding with Grandma Franks

Breakfast every morning at the Fess Parker

Grandma Franks just loved on Emmett and was so strong holding him everyday!!!

Nighttime happy hour while listening to the ocean.  We even heard sea lions one night!

1st time seeing the ocean

He was fascinated by the ocean waves

Ahhh the beach 

I love seeing all the boats!

Last night enjoying a drink at the Lark and then dinner at the local fish house

Last morning before heading back to Denver and snow:(

5 Months Old

October 1st Emmett turned 5 months old!  He is eating baby food and starting to love it more and more.  We have been working on sleep training and getting Emmett to sleep throughout the night in his crib.  He is doing a pretty good job and giving us some full nights of sleep!  Thank goodness because this momma is tired especially on the weeks Mike is gone and I'm by myself.  We are managing pretty well though!

-Emmett is loving his bumbo
-He is eating sweet potatoes (seems to be his favorite), apples, peaches, squash, and bananas
-Loves playing on a blanket and reaching for his toys
-He is sitting up pretty well and rolling onto his side (still hasn't rolled to his belly but he is close, we think since he isn't a huge fan of tummy time that he is purposely not doing it;)
-Loves being around people, being held, and played with!
-Is trying to pet Barley and interact with him (we are working on being gentle)
-Has just started reaching for our faces and loves touching our faces