Couldn't get any cuter!

After a rough night away from home, this is what I got to wake up to ;)
We pulled him in with us as he was clearly adamant about not sleeping alone that night!

So precious when he first wakes up!

Grandpa and Grandma came to visit

Emmett's first boat ride on Lake Lida!

The pictures above are a short glimpse into what's been happening the last month and a half with Emmett and the Tracy's since I last posted. Tyler's been too busy with Babe Ruth to post anything lately. I've been told he has posts waiting in limbo ready for his Aug/Sept return to the blogger world!

Emmett has done so many things to amaze us these past weeks. He is now crawling like a speed demon, climbs the whole flight of stairs, loves to eat finger foods by himself and loves to try new foods. We have been to the lake twice now and went to Tyler's cousin's wedding in South Eastern Minnesota. I took a position back on my old hospital floor and will be done at the clinic the last week in June. I was able to gain better hours (for the hospital) and will be going down to 32 hours/week so I have 1 more day/week with Emmett. I have begun training into the charge nurse position and look forward to this new role and responsibility along with the return of the old challenge and fast pace the hospital holds.

Back to Emmett, because that's really what it's all about, right?! I think I usually give updates on:

Sleeping: still not through the night. Decided to read "the no cry sleep solution". In this book she makes the statement that if you are reading this book, you probably won't have time to because you are sleep deprived and your child doesn't sleep, hence not having time to read the book. So true. I'm 1/3 way through. It's not bad and the premises is that you help your child sleep better and do not have to do the "Ferber method". BUT I find it very hard to take advice from this woman as she was still breastfeeding her 1 year old every 1-1 1/2 hours during the middle of the night?!

Eating: As mentioned above, Emmett loves to eat. This has not change and probably will not change. If I had enough space for more pictures I would have posted a picture of him with his first helping of mashed potatoes where he ate himself to sleep!! And we do not have teeth yet, but seem to be perpetually teething. I am told this will not go away for years...

Emmett and Brody have continued to get closer and become great buds. Emmett feeds Brody from his highchair and will jump on Brody if Brody is laying down resting. He also does not feel the need to go around Brody but rather climbs over him if he is in his way.

Emmett and Gabe are also still good buds and brothers at heart. They fight and play and smile and laugh together and do everything you want good buds/cousins to do!

That's all folks!