Happy two months, Emery Claire!

This past month you have gone from an unhappy and fussy little gal to the easiest, sweetest and happiest baby!  The transition happened around the 6 week mark.  Soon after you turned one month we switched to all Alimentum formula and it has helped you tremendously.  As long as you have that formula and the Prevacid medicine you are a happy gal.  You smiled for the first time around 5.5 weeks and you smile every day.  You ALWAYS smile when I say the words "big brother."  Maybe this is foreshadowing of how you and your brother are going to get along perfectly for the rest of your lives?? :)  A mommy can only hope, huh?  

Let's see what you are up to these days:

 

 

 

 

Here is the 2 month comparison of you and Lincoln.

 

You have become the sweetest and cuddliest baby.  It won't be long before you start rolling over and swatting at toys!  Keep showing us that sweet smile!

We love you, Emery Claire!

Lincoln is loving have Emery around to talk to and play with.  He gets excited to see her in the mornings and LOVES to give her the pacifier.  He get so proud of himself when he actually gets it in her mouth and she takes it.  He runs around saying "I did it mommy, I did it!"  He loves to kiss her and hug on her.  The other day he was practically laying on her giving her a hug.  She is not sure what to think about him yet.  He even likes to share his food with her :)  I caught him the other day giving her a lick of his sucker.  Good times! 

He definitely has his moments of jealousy on occasion like when he wants something (drink, snack, to play) and I am with her.  He sometimes has a harder time sharing Cory's attention than mine.  Cory is Lincoln's number 1 playmate so that has been an adjustment!  As a whole, though, he enjoys her and I am grateful!

 

Once again, Lindsey did an amazing job taking Emery's pictures and designing her birth announcement.  It is exactly what I had in mind!

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For Memorial Day weekend we loaded up our 27 month old little guy and 4 week old little gal and headed to my parents for the weekend.  My brother, SIL and their four kiddos were also spending the weekend there and we were excited to spend some time with them.  The last time we saw them was during our beach trip last June!

Lincoln loved spending time with his cousins.  My parents put up a pool in the backyard and that is where the kids spent most of their time.  And I managed to get no pictures of them playing out there.  Lincoln was a bit timid about the pool and preferred just walking around the pool and throwing balls and toys in the pool to the other kids.  He came around by the end of the weekend but would only get in if Cory was in there with him. 

One night we took the 6 kids to a bounce house to play.  I think the adults had as much or more fun than the little ones.  Here are a few pics from our time playing there.

We also celebrated Carter's 6th birthday pirate-style on Sunday which was his actual birthday.  He is the oldest of the six cousins.  He kept asking me over the weekend if he could hold Emery and I told him on his birthday I would let him.  He has three younger sisters so he is quite the professional at holding babies, as you can tell from the picture. 

These two had a super fun time together. 

And on Sunday night, the crew headed to LR to see the fireworks.  I, however, stayed behind with my little gal.  Cory took some pictures of the event so I wouldn't completely miss out!  Cory said Lincoln was pretty shy while he watched the fireworks but the way home he talked about how they went "boom."

We loved spending time with our cousins and look forward to the next time!