Correction

Taryn corrected me last night. Apparently Emmi's friend "Wilbur"'s name isn't "Wilbur" after all. His real name is Puddles. What I'm thinking is that they were using Wilbur as an alias to throw me off in lieu of their attack on me on Tuesday evening. But now, I'm on to them. I can post this here as Emmi can't read and "Puddles"'s eyes are made of plastic.

I love Emmi

I do. Last night Taryn went and rode her bike with the girls. I fed her about 7:15 and put her down about 7:30. About 8, she started to cry. She seems to do that alot. Down at 7:30, cries for about 10 minutes at around 8, falls back to sleep. Last night, she continued to cry. I figured she was hungry so I fed her the rest of her bottle, since earlier she would rather play than eat. So she finished her bottle and she seemed content. Put her down and about 5 minutes later she was crying again. Right before I went back up to get her, Taryn called. I said the baby was crying and figured she was still hungry. Taryn said don't bother feeding her since she'd be home in about 15 minutes. So, I went up and grabbed her and Wilbur(name of her duck she sleeps with). We sat in the rocker and all she wanted to do was bite my face and pull on my ears. Let me tell you something, you don't know fear until you have a mono-tooth baby diving at your face. I struggled to get away from mono-tooth but it was no use. Every time I would tried to maneuver away, she would grab my ear and pull be back in or she would strike me with Wilbur and scream some sort of baby war cry. I realized her crying was a mere ploy to get me up there so that she could eat me. Finally, Taryn got home to rescue me from her clutches.

Baby proof and new beginnings

My baby is getting too big too fast. At the end of the week she really has started exploring. While in the office, I look over and she was near the door playing. Not even a minute later she was in the hall out of my sight. Looks like the baby proof needs to begin with a gate at the top of the stairs.

Then today when I got her up from her nap she was sitting in her crib, a 1st. She also found her tooth today with her tongue.

Breaking news....

Emmi has her first tooth coming through. The bottom left side. Sunday Jacob said "I think she has a tooth coming in, I feel bumps." I doubted him at first since there havent been any signs, but sure enough there is a tooth.

Here are some pics.
Jacob went mtn biking in the mountains on Saturday but before they left Emmi needed to get in on the action.


She definitely can sit by herself now. I am a little cautious so I put her Bobby behind her most of the time to make sure she doesnt hit her head on the ground when she decides she is done sitting.


Emmi rolls and scoots a little to get herself where she wants.

Respect vs Fear

Been thinking alot about this lately. Taryn and I had a short discussion the other day about snakes that started this thinking ball of thread. Are we going to teach Emmi to fear things or respect things. From my childhood my parents always said they were afraid of snakes. I think because of this I was predisposed to be afraid of snakes. Recently I've started to overcome this and my fear has been turning into more of a respect. I don't run in the other direction screaming like a little girl anymore. Now I stand at a safe distance and observe.

Last night we had a similar experience with my little pumpkin. We had a pretty bad thunderstorm. Taryn decided that while the wind was whipping and it was raining buckets, to take Emmi out on the porch so she could experience the weather. I've heard horror stories of people's young children hiding in closets and soiling themselves during such storms. I never want my daughter to experience such fear. Everytime lightning would strike I would smile at her and tell her that was lightning and it was ok. She would smile and laugh and clap her hands. I figure that if we start teaching her that such things are ok, she will not fear them. When she gets old enough to understand, then we can really start to hammer home that these things don't necessarily need to be feared, but respected. Another thing with this type of mind numbing fear, you can't think straight, mistakes happen, and accidents happen. Having respect clears the mind of fear fog and allows you to be proactive rather than reactive.

Anyway, that is all I have. Maybe some will take some of my little rant and use it, maybe not.

Spiders, couches and pools......it was a busy weekend

Let's see, our weekend started off with Emmi being attacked by a vicious spider. She was playing on our bedroom floor with Taryn while I, being the greatest husband/father of all time, folded and put away all of our laundry. Taryn screamed as this spider the size of my fist jumped on Emmi's head. Me, having a freshly washed onesie in my hand managed to fold and smack the spider off of Emmi in one shot. They both expressed their never ending gratitude and I assured them it was just part of my duties as the greatest father/husband...................ever.

Next up we have the couch. Taryn went shopping today so me and Emmi were hanging out with her new toys. She had just pooed so I cleaned her up and changed her diaper. Knowing we were going to the pool, I just left her in her undies. Wondering how far she would crawl I let her roam. This is where she ended up:

And finally, we made it to the pool today. I think we're in trouble. I seen kids that are a little freaked out by the pool the first time and need to be held the whole time. Emmi was all about it. We even let her use the floaty with us next to her. When we got home I gave her a bath. All she wanted to do in that was splash.

Vaccines

Yesterday was the rally in DC on "Green the Vaccine". Here is a link to another blog with all sorts of pictures from the day. I personally couldnt go through them without shedding some tears. Many of the posters that people are holding are the exact reasons we have Emerson on a delayed schedule. Everyone must decide what is best for their personal situation but at this time we have choosen to delay vaccines. I just think further research and answers need to be given as to why we see some rising statistics for our children on things like autism, allergies, ADD, ADHD, etc.

Another one of the posters someone was carrying was, "If Steroids in Baseball warrant a State Investigation, Why wouldnt the potential poisioning of a Generation of Children deserve the same? Our children deserve the truth."

Here are some things to think about.....

"In 1983, the Centers for Disease Control recommended a total of 10 vaccines for our children. In 2008, the CDC recommends 36, an increase of 260%." taken from the generationrescue.org website.

"One in every 150 children born in the US has autism (read CDC report). It is estimated approximately 1 million in the US have this disorder." taken from talkaboutcuringautism.org. Some of the signs people were holding said 1 in 90.

Yes there are still vaccines that children are receiving that do have mercury in them, "Despite its removal from many childhood vaccines, thimerosal is still routinely added to some formulations of flu (influenza) vaccine administered to U.S. infants, as well as to several other vaccines (e.g., tetanus-diphtheria and monovalent tetanus) administered to older children and adults. " taken from a archive.newsmax.com article.