Finally, some food!

Emmalyn turned 6 months old on October 13, 2014.  I can't believe it's been 6 months!  (I'm writing this blog on her first birthday.  Sheesh, I'm behind.  It's crazy and a little empowering to see how far we've come.)

She is such a happy baby

Max made this painting at school.  I was super proud of him because it's finger painting so he must have gotten his hands at least a little dirty.

Mr. Maxwell loves vanilla ice cream cones

The most exciting part of turning 6 months old is she finally gets to eat solid foods!!!  We decided to start out with some rice cereal.

She's so excited that she can't be patient while Momma's stirring

"Ooh!  Give it to me!"

"Not as good as I imagined..."

She grabbed that spoon and shoved it right into her mouth

"Okay, never mind.  This will work."

Same experience, different camera:

Everyone was excited to watch

It's like I wasn't going fast enough and she felt like she had to help me.

Peter walked into the bathroom and caught Max like this.  Glad it was him and not me.  :)

Update on the kids:

EMMALYN

• I swear she says "hi".  There is SO MUCH spit up and drool and not so much talking.  It's still hard to get her to laugh.  She is sitting up longer.  Everything goes in her mouth including her toes.  You can see a tooth coming but it's not broken through,.  She's quite mobile and gets around by rolling and scooting.  She's pushing up on her hands and toes so I figure crawling isn't far away.  She reaches out to touch your face when she wants to love on you - Max lets her do it to him and I find it so sweet.  She will reach for who she wants.  She goes to sleep fastest when there is something touching her head (like a blanket or burp cloth).  She is hard to get down for a nap but is easy to get down at night.  She normally goes to sleep around 8:30 and gets up between 12:39 and 1:39 to nurse and then again somewhere between 4-5:30 am. 

MAXWELL

• We are in the car and Maxwell says, "Mom, do you see that?"  "What?"  "I put it in my nose"  "What, the napkin?!"  "Yes."         Ugh.         "Max you shouldn't put things in your nose."   "It was fun."          Oh boy.
• He is certainly learning new things at school - he has started drawing and coloring objects just not in the lines yet.  He is writing more letters each day and reading more.  He is such a polite boy.  We've had less tantrums lately.  He's also incredibly sweet.  
• He's a pro at our routines and one night told me, "I don't want to go potty, put my pajamas on, brush my teeth, and play on the iPad"
• He loves to dance and also do Peter's or Brit's work out moves. 
• He talks about his skills... His basketball skills, his soccer skills, his running skills... 
• One day he actually wanted to play in Chick-Fil-A's a play place!  I was shocked.  He didn't end up climbing into the playground but still played with the toys on the walls.  That's a big deal.
• He is very concerned about us leaving him lately and if we are getting ready to go out the door he starts getting anxious and saying "don't leave me".  I tell him I'm not going to leave him, he's my partner.  Or if I'm putting on my shoes he will say, "Don't leave without me Momma. "
• He's been giving verbal praise to Peter and I and will say things like, "very excellent" or "incredible"    :)  Makes me smile.