Growing Up So Fast

Life has been a blur the past couple weeks as we get set to move and buy a house. But Emerson isn't waiting for us so he can grow up. This past Sunday, Amber and I were looking across the church sanctuary at a recently born little guy in our midst and I commented about how I wish Emerson was still that tiny. Quite the contrary, he's anything but tiny for his age. At nearing the 4 month mark, he's over 17 lbs and closing in on growing out of his baby carrier!! He's been in six months clothing for about a month now...

As far as milestones, he's rolled over a few times both directions, but I think he's growing so fast its like he has to relearn how to do it everyday. He really wants to crawl and has tried various styles of scooting, but so far, to little avail although one time he made headway by getting enough blanket behind his toes so he could push off. He almost has a tooth (and drools ALL the time). He's been able to hold (practically) his entire body weight on his legs for months (just hasn't gotten that balance thing figured out). He giggles all the time and now has started talking, trying out the various vowel-consonant combinations he knows. And today, he finally discovered he can pull on the little monkey toy attached to his car seat and watch it wiggle back up (I think he enjoyed putting the paws in his mouth more than anything else). Oh and best of all, he had a royal blowout in his carrier so much so that we had to clean the entire thing.


So, here's a little time lapse of the kiddo who has already been on multiple trips on Pittsburgh's public transit, his first road trip (to D.C.), first airplane flight (to Salt Lake City) and first Cubs baseball game (two days ago) -- all of which he was a real trooper and did great (which just shows how much I need to blog about!).

Day 1: in the hospital.



















Day 5: finally home after our escapade at Children's Hospital




















2 Weeks: he already looks so much bigger!



















1 Month: snuggled up in his own chair.



















Six weeks: he's pretty much grown out of this papasan now...














2 Months: hamming it up.



















3 Months: hanging with Uncle Bryce in Utah.















Today, closing in on 4 months: I think he's going to need a bigger bumbo seat.