Emma walking with her walker outside

Here a video we took while taking a walk outside with the entire family.

Easter 2006 (13 months old)

Here are the pictures from our Easter lunch.

Walking with her walker inside

Here's a video we took of her when she first started walking with her walker.

Emma at 13 Months

12 Month Doctor Appointment

Today we went to our new pediatrician Dr. Michael Franks at Willow Bend Pediatrics. He seems really nice and laid back. The office is really close to the house. The office has giant stuffed animal heads on the wall (not the real thing, stuffed animals). It is very cute... kind of a safari theme. I only waited a few minutes for the doctor and nurse. Emma weighs 22 lbs 15.5 ounces (80%) and she is 30 inches long (80%). The doctor said we are right on track on growth and developmental. We go back in 3 months.

In 3 months we will talk about getting rid of the pacifier and bottle. (fun times ahead). The doctor suggested for discipline doing time out for a minute if she hits or bites anyone. She will know what it is. We need to designate a spot for time out and leave her there for a minute. Eventually, we will leave her alone in that spot for a minute. He said to pick our battles, but not too tolerate hitting or biting. Unfortunately he said just deal with her biting the furniture. Do not punish her for that. Just make sure she has a pacifier or something to teethe on instead.

He also wants us to start Emma on vitamins one time a day, but not with milk. Milk takes away the potency of the vitamin. We also need to start brushing Emma's teeth with water. Emma needs to keep drinking only Whole Milk until she is 2. It is crucial for her to drink only whole milk because she needs the nutrients and fat. She should be drinking about or more than 15 ounces a day.

Emma's 1st Birthday Party

Here are the pictures from Emma's First Birthday Party.

Emma at 10 Months

Emma's Crawling!!!

Take a look at the below video to see Emma crawling. It's a pretty long video...
Emma crawling...

Emma's first toboggan ride!

Here'a video of Emma and Stacy riding down the toboggan down the hill at Becker Bay...
A fun surprise ending...

9 Month Checkup

Although it is a few days early Emma had her 9 month checkup today. She received 1 shot and everything else looked fine.

Weight 21lbs 4ozs 86% percentile
Height 28.5inches 79% percentile
Head 44cm 50% percentile

The doctor is not concerned with her weight or height. We have a healthy girl. We need to start giving her more finger food on the table. I am not looking forward to that mess, but Max is. Max already is right by Emma's side when she is in her high chair.

We don't go back until her 1st BD.

Flu Shot Round 2

Emma had her follow up to the first flu shot today. She weighed in at 20 lbs. 9 oz. so it looks like her growth is slowing down a bit.
She is also teething right now. There were some aspects of the teething that we were not prepared for (the diarrhea), but hope that the first tooth will pop out pretty soon.

Nana and Pappy Come down...

Nana and Pappy (Mike's parents) came down for the weekend. Take a look at these 2 videos:
Emma in her Activity Center (Narrated by Nana)
Emma in her Bouncer (Narrated by Pappy)
And it looks like someone got into Daddy's beer (just a joke, CPS)... A true Packer's fan...

Halloween Pictures

Here are a couple of pictures from Emma's first Halloween.

Flu Shot Round 1

Emma had her first flu shot today. She will need to come back in 30 days for the second part of the flu vaccine. She weighed in at 20 lbs. 7 oz.

Emma's 6 Month Photo Shoot

Videos of Emma

Emma's first football weekend

Emma at 6 Months

6 month checkup

Emma got to spend her 6 month birthday with the doctor today. The nurse gave her 4 shots and she only cried for a minute. She is weighing in at 19 lbs 9.75 ozs (96%) and 27 inches long (87%). Her head circumference is now 43 cm (65%).

The doctor is not concerned with her weight or height. We have a healthy girl. We get to start vegetables this weekend & fruit in a couple of weeks!

Around 7.5 months we can have finger food like cheerios, rice, pasta, bananas, peaches out of the fruit cocktail cups & get to go up to stage 2 baby food (that just means the jars are bigger). When we start a new food we will only have that food for 4 consecutive days to make sure Emma is not allergic to it and then we can try a new food plus the previous one.

Our meals will look like this:
In the morning we will have cereal mixed with a little apple juice in it & a formula bottle. Mid-morning a formula bottle if she wants it. For Lunch she will get a jar of baby food and a formula bottle. Mid-afternoon a formula bottle (if she wants it). Dinner she will get a jar of baby food and a formula bottle.

4 Month checkups

We had our 4 month check up today at the pediatrician's office. Emma received 4 more shots. We are clear at this point to go to the pool with sunscreen on, though, so that's good news! We think she will really like that since it has been so hot! We can also give her rice cereal, but we don't have to ... so I think we will wait a little longer. At 6 months she will be introduced to all baby food. She is weighing in at 17 lbs. 12 oz (98%) and 26.5 inches (97%). Dr. Tran was not concerned with her weight since her height & weight are in the same percentile range.