First Haircut

Emmett's hair has been out of control. I have been begging Nate to let me trim it a tiny bit. (It's bad when his hair is longer than his ears). Nate finally relented and let me trim it. After a lot of squirming on Emmett's part and spitting up multiple times, we were successful with the trim.

 

His crazy before hair....

 ...and after!!

 The evidence. (I kept some in a little baggie).

 His hair looks super blonde now. I had a few people in church today ask me if I colored his hair. What?  I think it's pretty cute that his ends are super brown and the rest is super blonde. Super super cute!!!

 

Christmas Time!

We had a great Christmas and it went by way too quickly! We were able to spend time with the Esplin clan and part of the Robinson clan. And after I looked at all the pictures we took I realized that our little Emmett man is the center of our lives because Nate and I (or the rest of our family) aren't really in any of the pictures. I love it!

 

We were also spoiled and got a really nice point and shoot camera from Mom and Dad. You can definitely tell the difference between our iPhone pictures and the nice pictures taken with our camera. Thanks Mom and Dad!

 

Our Christmas adventure started with getting Emmett all ready to go visit family. (His head is growing so big that we have to have him wear a hat everyday before he outgrows them.)

 At the Esplin's we played hard and Grandpa and Emmett crashed together.

 Then Emmett crashed again after we went Caroling at the nursing home.

 On our way to Rexburg we had to stop and see Emmett's favorite little buddy. I hope these two become the best of friends!

Christmas Day! Grandma Robinson made a cute little stocking for our little guy.

 Enjoying his new Jammie's!

 Taking a quick nap with dad.

 I had to document that I was actually around. Don't know why I am sucking on a cup. Weird.

 Grandpa and Grandpa made a "jungle gym" for Emmett so he would have something to play with.

 A happy little guy content to play on the floor.

It's hard to think that next year our little guy will probably be into everything!

The Story of the Chubby Cheeks

Emmett's cheeks are just so cute that I think I squeeze them on a regular basis. Sometimes I have to check to see if he is hiding anything in his mouth. And somedays they just look gigantic. Check out these cute (but horribly bad quality) pictures....

 

First there's the happy cheeks. With lots of cute dimples everywhere.

 Then there's the Eskimo cheeks.

 And then there's cheeks we just can't explain.

 And finally...just dang cute cheeks that are hard not to squeeze.

 When strangers use to comment on Emmett, the first thing was about how much hair he had. Now it's all about his chubbiness. I love it though!

Dad Time

Over this last weekend and earlier this week I got the lovely stomach flu. It was just a pleasant experience. Nate was so great and was such a huge help. He was so cute with Emmett and basically helped me out with everything. Gotta love that guy.

 

I woke up one morning (I really had no clue one day from the next) and Nate had given Emmett a bath, dressed him up really cute, and combed over his hair.

 Which brings me to the next topic...Emmett's hair. It's really out of control these days and we have no idea what to do with it. Most days it looks like this...

 While I was quarantined in our bedroom being sick, all I could hear was Nate and Emmett playing and laughing together every day. Nate would play so much with Emmett that the little guy would just fall right asleep from exhaustion. Sometimes under the Christmas tree.

 Guys just being guys.

I love the fact that I am starting to feel better and can actually interact with people and stand up straight. It's a great feeling. But I am also happy Nate was able to spend some quality time with

little E.



It's Beginning...

...to look a lot like Christmas at our house! Even though I haven't gone to the store to buy one single present yet this year, we are at least feeling the Christmas spirit while we're at home.

Our living room is so cozy right now. (Sorry for the bad picture. Again I need a nice camera but I did get to use the cool panorama function on my phone).

 And we can't forget cute little chunky Santa!

 

Grateful

There are many things I am grateful for. Here are just a few:

 

I am grateful that Nate only grows a mustache once a year in the month of November to help with cancer awareness which is known as "Movember."

 It looks a bit dark. That's because on Thanksgiving he and two of his brothers decided to dye their mustaches black. It's been a tough week to look at him but I am still grateful for him.

 I am grateful for this cute little chubby blessing and miracle in our lives.

 Even though it still looks bad, I am grateful that my hair is growing out. Still needs a bit  more time though.

 And of course I'm most grateful for our little family!!

 

Happenings

Life has totally taken a 180 turn for us and I don't think we mind one bit. We pretty much spend our days and nights watching our little guy grow up right before our eyes. Here's what's been happening the last few weeks.

 

When I took Emmett for his 2 month appointment, the doctor told me that his bottom gums are pretty swollen and wouldn't be surprised if he had a tooth coming in pretty soon. What? We've seen the workings of a tooth making its way. Emmett likes to chew on everything these days and is mister droolie pants.

 He loves his jungle gym and plays under it for quite awhile. When he gets tired he just closes his eyes and goes to sleep right under it.

 He also loves to sleep if we are holding him. We cannot get him to take naps on his own in his crib. (It only lasts about 15-20 min). But if we hold him he will nap for much longer. Here he is napping in Nate's arm pit.

 We call him "Wolverine" some mornings after his wakes up because his hair is out of control at times.

 He loves looking around and exploring everything around him. And if you look closely at this picture you can see Nate's disgusting mustache he is growing for Movember. Um...yuck.

Now what you have all been waiting for. A video of Nate and Emmett doing sit-ups. Nate might have exerted himself a little too much. (Don't worry he gave me permission to post this). Make sure and turn up the volume. I still can't stop laughing.



The Perfect Weekend

We had the most special and memorable weekend of our lives. Writing about it really doesn't do it justice. It was so amazing.

 

On November 3rd at 11am we got sealed together as a family in the Rexburg Temple. Words cannot describe this wonderful and sacred experience. We feel so complete now! 

 This little guy was so sweet and happy the whole time and decided to sleep when we took pictures. The moment we walked into the Temple he just smiled at everyone. Then right after the sealing he was so happy and was smiling and cooing at us as we held him in the sealing room. So very special. There is no doubt he definitely knew what was going on.

  The day was so perfect in every possible way. It was very special to us to be sealed as a family in the same Temple Nate and I were married in right after it was dedicated.  We are so thankful to our family and friends who spent this wonderful day with us.

Then on Sunday we were able to bless our little sweet spirit. Again he was so happy and so good. I was told later in the day that while Nate was giving Emmett his blessing, Emmett was looking up at Nate the whole time and smiling. (We won't give away the person(s) who had their eyes open during the blessing).

 We love our Emmett and are so thankful for our many many blessings.

 I wish I could eloquently write about all the wonderful memories and experiences of this weekend but I don't want to take away from the sweet and wonderful spirit we felt.

We are so blessed!



Halloween Cookie Monster

I love the Fall and Halloween. And usually every year I con Nate into celebrating 13 Days of Halloween/Fall fun with me where we do something different each day for 13 days to celebrate the season. Well let's just say this year time totally slipped us by. (I think Nate secretly didn't mind, but I'm kind of sad about it).  Oh well. There's always next year.

 

I mean, we didn't even dress up for Halloween (a first in I don't even know how long). Technically we had no reason to dress up because we had no plans. Sad. But when I got a homemade hat in the mail from my sis-in-law, I definitely knew I needed to dress little E up.

 

What do you think?!

"ME WANT COOKIE!!"

(Actually I think he was more interested in his hands than his costume).

This was probably my favorite part of Halloween!

 Next year I already have our costumes planned out. Just wait!

 

Skype, Chubs, and Smiles

Our life is pretty much centered around little E and we absolutely love it!

 

The other night we got to chat with some cousins in Washington via Skype and they ended up taking some pictures of us.

 

Can you tell we kind of love Emmett? 

 The boys.

 And I tell you what...this little boy is getting to be quite the chunk. (Emmett, not Nate).

 It's getting really hard not to squeeze his cheeks!

 The most important event this past week was Nate trying and trying to get a smile out of Emmett. He even crawled under his jungle gym to see if he could get a little smile. Didn't work.

 But later that night while Nate was changing Emmett's diaper, I hear, "Hurry quick! Come upstairs!"  He finally smiled for Nate (I must include the fact that Emmett had a big blow out and then peed all over the place). That's got to make a guy feel happy.

Wait for it...I can see a smile coming on...

 There it is!!



Growing

This little guy is growing way too fast!

 

We wish we could just stop time, but we are also getting excited to see his little personality and all the fun things he does everyday.

 

This picture was just a couple of weeks ago. Still in newborn clothes.

 Now look at his cute chunk! He will probably grow out of 3 month clothes in just a week or so.

I weighed him a couple of days ago and he is now 11.5 pounds.

 Emmett is so alert. He loves to be awake most of the day. Which helps him to sleep most of the night. He slept 8 hours last night! Yes I know, we are very lucky parents!

 I love how his cheeks are starting to grow down around his chin.

I can't get enough of his cuteness!!