Baby gates

Now that Emma is mobile we have a baby gate to keep her out of the kitchen when I am cooking. We bought a clear plastic 'no climb' gate as we suspect that she will be a climber. What we didn't realize was that it was entertaining for parents as well!

Also note which side of the gate Leo is on.

Personal discovery

Emma is discovering new things to do with her face and new sounds to make. Here's a couple from this week.

Funny faces...


My chatty girl...

A week in the life of Emma

My friend CG works close to us and we finally were able to go to lunch the other day. A good time was had by all.

She is now on three meals a day and is getting good use out of her high chair.

Emma is checking out her new dragon she got for Valentines day. She likes to chew on his crinkly wings.

Emma and I go to a mommy exercise class. She likes all the other babies, and in particular, their toys. Note she has successfully snagged the ducky rattle from this little guy.

Snow Days

Recently we had several snow storms go through and dump a lot of the white fluffy stuff behind. The pile at the front of the yard was quite impressive. I would like to point out that it is a hand shovelled pile, no snow blower for us! (Since then we've had rain so what hasn't melted is now compacted and crusty.)

And on days where the commute is predicted to be nasty, Doug has the option to work from home. Here he is on a conference call.


I want to be a software developer.

More 6 month pics

Baby Feet

I love baby feet.

6 months old!

As of Sunday Emma is 6 months old. Yep, a whole half year. Wow. Time flies... and so does she! In the last 3 weeks she has started to crawl, sits up like a veteran, pulls herself up to standing on anything (and I mean anything) and, as of this morning, started trying to figure out stairs.

Am I one proud mommy or what! Of course I'm also turning gray in a hurry.

Faces of Emma at 6 months:




Emma pulling to standing.