Rice Cereal Adventures!!

So for the past few weeks, Emma has been so interested in everything we eat. She seriously watches the food we eat as it goes from our plates to our mouths. We really wanted to follow our pediatrician's advice and wait until she got closer to 6 months. Well this past week, we decided we are only 1 week away from her being 6 months old - so we gave it a go and Miss Emma loved it! At first she was confused about the consistency but then she was so eager to take another bite. Here are a few pictures that captured the night:

Looking so big in her high chair before her first bite of cereal!

Taking a taste...hmmm....

Let me show you how it's done Mom!

The aftermath...More Please!

Emma's 1st Christmas

So I know it's January and I am just now posting about Christmas but it has been a little crazy around here. We enjoyed a lot of family time around the holidays which was so nice. My mom and brothers came down to spend Christmas with us and it was so nice to have them here! Emma was seriously smitten with her Uncle Matt and he was getting her to smile and do her little laugh so much. Here are a few pics of the day!

Opening presents with Grandma Kim

Emma definitely got into the paper :)

Matt secretly wanted Emma's Princess Fishing pole

Andy showing Emma how to open the 1st present

All smiles with Grandma!

She was seriously in love with Uncle Matt!

In love with her new puppy, Violet, that Santa brought her.

Our happy little family!

4 Months Old!

So there are so many fun pictures this month and is hard to just pick a few! So I will do my best to limit the amount of photos but there are no promises!

It's so hard to believe that Emma is already 4 months and about to experience her first Christmas. As I was looking back at some of the pictures that we took of Emma as a newborn it is already so hard to believe that she used to be so tiny! When we went to the doctors a couple of weeks ago she was just under 13lbs. We go back again on December 30th for her 4 month check-up, so we'll see how much she has grown. The past couple of days she has been having a little growth spurt - which affect her so much. She is so fussy because she is exhausted from all that growing but the only way she'll sleep is if she is being held. We also think that we are starting the teething stage. She is drooling a lot, gumming on everything and everything goes in her mouth!

Some other fun things that Emma is doing is that she is just starting to laugh. It's too cute - you almost have to scare her first and then she really gets going. She is still in love with her fish mobile and any kind of rattle...actually make that anything you put in her hands.

Bobby and I are so excited to start Christmas traditions with Emma this year. Even though she is still too little to remember anything, it is so much fun to start. Blessings to you and your family this holiday season and please enjoy the pictures below of our little girl in her 4 month photo shoot!

A little grin!

Standing so big and shaking that duck rattle!

Push-ups to work on her neck and back strength

You gotta have the bear for comparison with how much she has grown!

All smiles!

Again, do you see how much she has grown!

Like I said everything goes in the mouth!

Merry Christmas!

May your family have a joyous holiday season and keep in mind that this is when our Lord and Savior came to this earth! Be blessed! Here are some Christmas pictures that will make you smile!

I promise Cassie was not mad - it just looks that way!

Peck Family Christmas Photo Shoot!

So a few weeks ago we went with the lovely Kendra Holybee to take some family pictures. We went out to UCR's botanical gardens and I think we got some great shots! We had a lot of fun hiking all thru the garden. The kids had fun playing with leaves and sticks, plus it is always nice to spend time with Kendra - we never get to see her anymore! Here are some of our favorites (sorry it's a little excesive but it is hard to just choose a few!) And if you want Kendra to take some pictures of your family just leave me your e-mail in the comment box and I'll make sure to send her info to you!

Our Favorite!

The Pool Family

Peek-a-boo! I see you!

The caption for this should read: "Okay, daddy I guess I won't date until I'm 30 and married...aw man!


Oh boys - reinacting a Ben and Andy photo taken in previous years.

Nancy & Tim with their grandkids

Our Family :)

Kissy! Kissy! And Baby makes 3!

Cousins!

Andy & Dana!

So much to be thankful for!

So this time last year we had just moved into our home and found out that we were expecting a little baby! My how the year has gone by so fast and we have been so blessed through it all. I am so thankful for my healthy family and how God has provided us with such loving and supportive family and friends. There seems to be so much tragedy around us right now and so many people struggling financially but our family is healthy and Bobby and I both have jobs that we love. Here are some sweet pictures of Emma's first Thanksgiving! She did great. We went over to Bobby's Aunt Julie's on Thursday and I was really worried that Emma wouldn't nap well but she slept 3 hours and did great on the hour car ride there and back. Then on Friday we had dinner at Bobby's parents house.

Ok I can't figure out how to turn it the other way - for some reason the blog turned it the wrong way...Hmmm...so if anyone knows how to fix this let me know. With that said, this is Emma Thanksgiving morning and so sad for turkeys everywhere!

Happy Thankgiving everyone!

Mom - it's time to eat!

The tryptophan has kicked in!

She's found her voice!

When Emma was about 5 weeks old, she was all into cooing and just carrying on a conversation with you but for about a month she stopped doing it. Then on Thanksgiving, she started all over again and we are absolutely loving it. It's like she found her voice and is having so much fun just talking to all of her toys. I especially loved it this morning when I woke up to her cooing in her bassinet at 5am! Here's a short little video of her cooing at her toys and mobile! It's just too cute!