Emma is Already 6 Months Old!

-At her 6-month checkup, Emma weighed just over 14 pounds and measured 24 inches.  She is tiny.  The funny thing is that she never looks that small in pictures, or videos, but trust me... she is little.

-Food is our current adventure.  So far, she is more into vegetables than fruit.  While this is great, it is also very weird.  I mentioned this in a previous post, but Emma loves the song "Apples and Bananas" and now we know she does not actually like either of these fruits.  Hopefully this will change.

-Emma is a big fan of sitting up.  She can pretty much sit unassisted even though she does take a graceful tumble every once in a while.

-Even though Emma is tiny, she is very strong.  She can pull herself up when holding our hands.  And she can "stand" while leaning on something...which totally counts when you are 6 months old.

-We knew that parenting was going to be an amazing new adventure, but we never thought we would be blessed with such a happy girl.  She laughs and smiles most of the day.

-It is even easy to see when she is smiling while she has a pacifier in her mouth.

-She is not crawling yet, but we think she will be super soon.  She can get into crawling stance, but once she is there she gets a bit confused and just lays back down.  She is one heck of a roller though; Emma would roll for a mile if we let her.

-She wants to talk.  She watches us as we talk and tries to move her mouth like we do. These efforts usually end in her smiling and laughing at us.

-Just so you know that Joe and I do exist, here is a picture of Emma dancing with Daddy and one of her hugging Mommy.

Instead of continuing with written info about all things Emma I thought this would speak volumes (watch the entire video to see what she's laughing about):

Emma's Thoughts on Apples

Since Emma has turned 6 months (picture post to follow) she has been given the go ahead to eat solid foods. She began eating rice cereal about a month and a half ago and she has been very receptive to the whole idea of eating with a spoon, so we are hoping the transition will be a smooth one.

For Emma's first solid food we decided on sweet potatoes. They have a nice texture and they are sweet without being a super sweet fruit. Here is her first solid meal in pictures:

What is this new orange stuff?

Hmm...

This feels odd on my tongue.

I think I am ok with this.

Yumm!

She never smiled during the process, but she never spit it out. I am pretty sure she liked it because she opened her mouth every time I put the spoon up. The next day we tried peas. These were not an easy sell, so we ended up mixing them with rice cereal and she was much happier.

I really want to make the majority of Emma's food from scratch, so I spent some time on Sunday making two flavors: carrots and butternut squash. She taste tested both and everything seems ok...and the process makes me feel very fancy.

After trying so many new vegetables I thought it would be nice to give her some tasty fruit. Since Emma's favorite song is "Apples and Bananas" I thought it would be appropriate to give her apples. Well, this is how she felt about that...

Yes, that is the Superbowl in the background.