Meeting the Grandparents

Well, my parents have come and gone and we really enjoyed having them here.  Emmett loved meeting his grandparents, of course!  And he definitely loved having them look after him while I was at work!

I feel like it’s been so long since I posted last because Emmett is just about 5 months now.  December was such a busy month for him!  He learned to roll from his back to his front, he sprouted his 2 bottom teeth, he definitely found his feet and hasn’t lost them since, he loves to grab his toys and put them all straight into his mouth, and he had his first taste of formula (which understandably takes some getting used to).

Here’s some rolling practice with lots of help from me.  He can do it by himself though, I promise!
 

He plays so well in his exersaucer by himself now!  Which means that he’s giving us some breaks every now and then!  He’s also had a few loves already.  First, there was his Octopus on his activity mat – which he would have staring competitions with.  Then he fell in love with his Lion – which he would chew on until the whole toy was drenched (that gave me a surprise when I picked it up one day! I seriously had to hang it out to dry).  And now, his favourite is his plastic squishy book which his Great Grandparents gave him.  He’ll be standing there (in the exersaucer) playing away and then I’ll hold the book close to him and he gets so excited he starts wobbling and opens his mouth and holds out his hands, and then when he grabs it he tries so desperately to put it into his mouth!  It’s quite hilarious and I may even have to try to catch it on video!

Here he is grabbing his toys and getting a hold of his Lion:

I can make Emmett laugh just fine, but he thinks his Dad is absolutely hilarious!  I crack up laughing just hearing Emmett laughing with Chris.  I love it.  It’s such a fun, happy time.

But back to my parents’ visit.  We spent the weekend before Christmas in Tulsa with Chris’s family.  Emmett had both sets of Grandparents there to spoil him.  It was wonderful and I’m not sure when that will happen next.  Then we had the Christmas weekend at our place and it was quite an experience!  Emmett’s first Christmas and first white Christmas.  I’m pretty sure it was also my Mum and Dad’s first white Christmas.  And since Oklahomans are not exactly prepared for the weather we had, we were basically snowed in for a few days!!!  Thankfully we had all we needed (basically I mean we had enough yummy food) that we didn’t need to go out for anything and enjoyed a few relaxing days inside away from the freezing cold.

 

      

 

 

     

Thanks again for coming to visit us, Mum and Dad.  Emmett really did enjoy having you here.  And Chris and I did too!  We love you.  Enjoy the rest of your summer in Oz while we completely FREEZE over here in OK!!!  :)

And to finish off this “Emmett meets his Aussie Grandparents” post, see the video below for a bit of silliness!!  ;)