Our little Tiger's growing up

Miss Emma had a big day today - she ate baby food for the first time! Because of her swallowing issues, her speech therapist wanted her to start eating baby food in a therapy setting to make sure everything goes ok. If you've ever seen Emma, you can tell she has NO problem with enjoying her food...physically being able to swallow it is the problem! But today she really enjoyed her applesauce and did well eating it, so she now gets a little applesauce every day. Next week, we try carrots.

Emma was all smiles today and laughed a lot. In our next home, we're going to have to have an atrium with indoor trees. She loved these at the hospital today before and after therapy - I'm pretty sure an atrium or a sunroom could become a great babysitter. Emma kept gazing at the trees with her mouth hanging open and was fascinated by the light coming through all those bright green leaves. Our little treehugger adores being outside, even if the outside is actually in.

Emma tailgated with us again this past weekend and was a real trooper. She had a blast and was such a good little girl. She flirted with all the men, especially our friend Brad. I blogged last Saturday that every time Emma smiled and I pulled out the camera, she stopped smiling. Well that all came to an end this past Saturday because she couldn't stop smiling at Brad, even though he pulled out his phone and snapped a good one of our chubby Tiger. Her first picture smiling - finally (and again, ONLY because she was flirting)



Here's another shot of her tailgating with her cousin Mason cracking her up. I'm not really sure exactly what he was doing or saying to make her giggle, but he really had her going. Mason is almost 3, and he is so good with "Baby Emma." He pats her on her head a lot and kisses her arms and legs. Precious.











Here's a little more tailgating fun!





Aunt Kathey and Emma



Z and Emma



Mason and Uncle Wuss - love this one. Could be Russell's son, I think - all those Young boys look alike, though, so no surprise there.

My parents just recently returned from Paris, so we were keeping their dogs at our house, with my friend Magee's help. Although they are small, it was a real zoo at our house with the 3 dogs, Emma, me, Russell, Magee, and the random assortment of friends and family who helped keep Emma. Normally, my parents' sweet, precious little Maggie isn't all that crazy about our dog Lola - Lola is a little wild and just bowls right over Maggie in order to get to toys, etc. Every once in a while, 3-pound Maggie snaps at Lola, and 14-pound Lola backs down big time. But last Sunday afternoon, everyone got a good nap: Emma cuddled up to her daddy, and Lola and Maggie put aside their differences to snuggle as well.