Catch up

So, I realize it's been a while since I wrote an update on our family. A whole summer has gone by without me writing about Emma's growth and progress. Well, as you can imagine a lot has happened.
She went swimming for the first time:


She started sitting up:


taught mom why using blankets as crib bumpers is not a good idea:



started eating solid foods and drinking from a sippy:



met her baby cousin, Alex:


had her first airplane ride:


met nana's chickens:


met cousin Hailey:


met aunt Cari:


met her great-grandma Yancy:


attended her first wedding:


started crawling:


and then prompty pulled herself up in the crib, good thing we had lowered it the day before :)


got to sit in daddy's boat:


Emma is now 8 months old, crawling all over the place, pulling up on everything, eating crackers and pasta along with all the pureed veggies and fruit. She has enought hair to actually justify using shampoo and brushing. She's a happy, healthy little girl. And we couldn't be happier with her!!

Camano Island

Emma had her first view of the ocean this past Memorial Day weekend. It was a lot of fun, we drove up to Camano Island and spent a relaxing day. We met my mom (she was camping with Patricia), hung out on the beach and barbequed. Grandma even put Emma's feet in the water, she was not impressed and began crying.

Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Wow! I've been slacking, or more accurately, I've been busy taking care of an infant. Anyway, we took a couple trips up to see the tulip fields in La Connor this year, they were so beautiful and Emma had a great time!

Gas works park

Cirt thought there would be some good photo ops at gasworks, turns out he was right.