Happy 4 Month Birthday Emily Anne!

Today is Emily's 4 month birthday! To celebrate, we fed her some rice cereal for the first time. She opened her mouth up wide once she got the hang of it and seemed to be really enjoying it but then spit most of it up. Oh well. It was a good first solid food attempt.

4 months already. Where did our little baby go? She is trying to sit up all the time. She is such a sweet and smiley little girl with "sparkly eyes" as her daddy calls them. She is talking more and more and making all kinds of new sounds and starting to blow bubbles and make raspberries more now, too. She is definitely teething. Some days are pretty bad but today was a good one so I am thankful that she wasn't hurting too bad on her birthday.

We love you more than words could ever express sweet Baby Emily!! Happy Birthday!!

Update: I started this post yesterday on Emily's actual birthday (9/21). Never got a chance to finish it and wanted to post some videos of her being chatty which I hadn't gotten off my phone yet. Since then, poor Sophie was up all night with the stomach flu last night. Sophie had her first full morning of school yesterday and seemed to have a great time. I don't know how quickly stomach bugs travel but man if she got it at school and was sick already last night, that was quick, huh? Poor girl had such a rough night. I am waiting to see how she is this morning. Fingers crossed it is a quick bug and with a little TLC today she'll be feeling better soon.

First Rice Cereal

Tonight we gave Sophie her first taste of rice cereal. We mixed it up with some milk and fed it to her with a spoon. I wouldn't say she loved it, but I think she found the whole experience of putting the spoon on her mouth and eating sort of mildly entertaining at least. Tomorrow is Sophie's four month birthday. I'm not going to say "I can't believe it" because I feel like I'm always saying that. I will say that mothering Sophie has been and will continue to be, I'm sure, the most rewarding and most enjoyable experience of my life. She is the most amazing little person and it truly is a miracle to watch her learning and growing and becoming more of who she is each and every day. As all these big "milestones" are whizzing by (first smile, first laugh, first cereal, etc.) I am continually reminded of how precious each moment with her really is and how sure I am that Jim and I are truly the luckiest parents in the whole world.