Milestones...

We continue to celebrate the victories Emma has, no matter the size, big or small!  Emma is doing great and showing many signs of settling in more and more each day, even if some of them are undesirable (this girl can throw a tantrum).  I keep reminding myself of the 'little things' that she couldn't do and now can...just a few weeks ago she still could not use her lips to clean off a spoon or fork and now she can!  I am just so excited she has conquered her fear of the laundry room...seems like a small victory but a few weeks ago the laundry room and specifically the washer and dryer caused great anxiety!  Understandably, we do A LOT of laundry around here..so for her to be able to follow me in there without fear is huge!

She even stayed in there for 20 minutes, just chilling out watching the laundry go around!  YAY!

The next 'fear' on the list that we'd love to conquer is the vacuum!  Boy does the sight of the vacuum send her into some serious mad!  If she stays up on the couch or highchair, she does okay...but if she is on the floor and even spots the vacuum (it doesn't have to be running)..she may as well be facing wild lions.  Poor thing, I can only imagine she's never seen anything quite like it before and just can't make heads nor tails of it.  Hopefully, she will be vacuuming things herself before we know it!  

Keeping an eye on that thing!

  

It is a no go...GET. IT. AWAY!

Emma got her first tractor ride with Grandpa and Mark!

First, and traditional, kid bath in the utility sink.

And for the biggest milestone of the past few weeks!.....are you ready.....

Sweet balancing victory!  Congratulations Little Sister!  YAY!

It won't be long, hopefully, and she'll be toddling around the house!  We are thrilled that she is making an effort to stand up and this week is even almost coming to a stand without assistance, too!
 We are so thankful for the blessing of Emma in our lives!