Chicago... first road trip

My Spring Break started on Friday so we headed to Chicago for our first road trip first thing Saturday morning!  Lindsay and Steve's engagement party was on Saturday, which was the reason we planned the trip!  It was a wonderful party and so excited for them!!!  We stayed with Emily and Simone, who were excellent hosts and even watched Emma while we went to the party!  We finally got to meet Elizabetta who is absolutely ADORABLE with such a cute personality!!!  We also got to see Kristen, Tom, Nora, and Will!!  Nora is the most polite, caring little cutie and Will was so handsome with a contagious laugh! It was such a fabulous weekend and already can't wait to go back!  Here are some pictures of the trip...

Sleeping on the way down

Love how Emma is grabbing Will's leg :)

You can see me in her shades!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Grandma Bishop made an adorable four-leaf clover headband along with a green tulle tutu!  Here are some pics of her cute new outfit!   Emma loved the tutu.. especially touching and eating it!  

Hope everyone has a terrific day!

SIX Months

Emma is now a 1/2 a year old!  Crazy how fast that flew by, but on the other hand I can't imagine life before her!  She is still our 99% girl, well exceeding that top line on the growth charts!  She is now weighing 20 lbs 13 oz. and is 28 1/2 inches longs! She is into lots of new things, so this will be a double post with lots of pics.  She is still working on sitting up on her own, eating lots of new things and loving them all, has two bottom teeth, and loving to clap her hands.  She is also putting anything and everything she touches straight into her mouth and is loving every moment she gets to bond with Lily. She is working on all of her sounds, especially in the car and in the morning when she wakes up lying in her crib.

 Okay so this photo session did not go so well as you can see... 

she would not sit still for even a second!

 To the right...                                                             To the left....

 To the front...

 Emma trying to.... fly?

Attempt to crawl: Trying to get those knees under her... 

but then face plants into the floor

Now here are some more pictures from the last month....

Bath time

Passport pictures for our big summer trip!

 Sitting up

Eating my first Mum Mum

Bedtime story with grandma and grandpa Bishop

Some of her favorite toys

 Two bottom teeth

Playing tug with Lily

Hanging with cousins Charlie and Jack

5 months!

This month has been a crazy one!  Sam passed his national board paramedic oral exam, I was on jury duty, and Emma  had her first cold, a light case of RSV.  As she is growing and changing daily she is loving to "stand." She can be in the middle of a tantrum but as soon as you put her on her feet she has a smile on her face.  She is also trying to sit up on her own.  If you prop her up she will try to lean forward and try to sit up on her own (picture below).  My favorite is her new laugh, it is just a cute little giggle.