Emma - foiled!

Now that Emma is mobile, she has become fascinated with the dog bowls. It doesn't matter whether it's their water bowl or their food bowl, she REALLY wants what's in it. This is a video of Melissa guarding the dog bowl from Emma during their dinner tonight.



I'm sure that she will get ahold of one of the dog bowls when we're not quite quick enough. I hope it lives up to her (obviously high) expectations!

Emma climbing up the step

Emma started crawling a few weeks ago, and now she can really move. Our family room has a step down into it, which did a good job of containing her. However, she figured out how to get up the step yesterday, and it only took her a day to be able to do it every time. Now the dogs are really in trouble!

Visiting Grammy and Papa's house

Daddy was out of town this week, so Melissa and Emma went to stay with Grammy and Papa. Grammy bought her a new toy Winnie The Pooh train, which she loves to ride. She even holds the wheel!


Also, Grammy let Emma engage in one of her favorite hobbies - tearing apart Kleenex. It's amazing how much damage she can do in such a short period of time. Will Grandma and Grandpa let her play with tissues too? Or did Emma's cousin Alexis end that hobby in the O'Shea family?

Aunt Stephanie's visit

Aunt Stephanie came to visit this weekend, and we had a great time. Thanks for coming, Aunt Stephanie!

Emma feeding herself

Emma now can feed herself! Unfortunately, she hasn't mastered getting food on the spoon yet, so lunch still takes a bit of teamwork. Even so, that's not so shabby for a baby that isn't even nine months old yet!

Emma's first trip to the zoo

Melissa's friend Jenn came to visit for a couple of days, and she, Melissa and Grammy took Emma to the zoo. Emma was a big fan of the zoo - she really liked the peacocks and the meerkats, but all of the other animals were asleep and bored her. Oh well!

Here's Jenn and Emma:


And here's Grammy and Emma. Daddy wants Emma to know that if she's REALLY bad, this is where we'll be leaving her!


Thanks for coming to visit, Jenn!

Emma hanging around the house

Emma really likes to help Mommy with the laundry. She can't really fold, but she can sure press the clothes!


Grammy and Papa brought me back a new hat and noise maker from their vacation! Daddy doesn't mind the hat, but he's not wild about the maraca.


Emma playing with the music table that Aunt Stephanie got her. Thanks, Aunt Steph!