This past Saturday we had a fun-filled day of birthday parties. Ellie was in heaven - candy, cake, balloons, kids to play with...SO much fun! It was Julianna's 1st birthday party at lunchtime and Haylie's 3rd birthday party for dinner. When we got home that night, Ellie (barely awake in the car after the ride home) says..."I like Julianna and Haylie's birthdays"...sooo much fun =)
Happy 1st Birthday Julianna!
Digging into her cake
Opening presents with Mama and Daddy
Emmit hanging out with Daddy
Ellie lovin' the hats
Happy 3rd Birthday Haylie!
Ellie absolutely LOVED Haylie's Dora cake...she could not wait to dig in. When she got her piece, she picked it up with both hands and took a big bite!
Noah helping to blow out the candles
Look at chunky holding his bubba now! =)
Little Aidan hanging out in his jumper...Aidan is just 4 days younger than Emmit, but he is a little peanut - so cute! =)
Our newest little nephew and cousin is here! Henry Steven was born at 11:09 yesterday morning, 7 lbs-15 oz and 19 inches long. The whole Luehmann family is doing wonderfully! Welcome to the family little Henry! =)
A picture off Shanny's phone so it's a little grainy...we're going to visit tomorrow so we'll get LOTS more! =)
Emmit is 7 months old! This last month was another one of milestones for Mr. Emmit. The biggest one being that he is now ON THE MOVE! Not crawling exactly, but moving like a little inch worm across the floor. Nothing is out of reach anymore. He is so funny when he gets determined. Emmit has 2 teeth now – both bottom front. He can sure chomp down! He continues to like to eat everything and has recently mastered little finger foods. He loves Puffs and Cheerios, and Ellie insists that he likes Lucky Charms as she continues to try and feed them to him. We will experiment with more foods now as he’s got the finger/hand motion down. He drinks his bottles like he hasn’t drank anything in days – he puts both hands on the bottle and pulls it to his mouth. One thing that Emmit has not done so well this last month is sleep, ugh! We are looking to make some adjustments that will hopefully help – more to come on that. He loves to watch Ellie run around. It’s almost like I can read his mind – he just cannot WAIT to be running around too. He has a sparkle in his eye like he’s waiting for that day. I recently ordered new car seats because it’s time to ditch the infant carrier! He is TOO heavy! Emmit is roley and happy and makes us smile every day. He’s a lovable little chunk right now!
Here he is showing his cool new move! And what is he SO determined for here...Ellie's fruit snack wrapper! =)
In addition to Gabba last Sunday, we had more weekend fun in Madison on Saturday. We headed down to Shannon and Andy's right away in the morning. Later that afternoon our friends Jen and Matt and their 9 month old twin girls, Lauren and Zizi stopped by for a visit. It had been WAY too long since Jen and I had seen each other, and the first time I got to meet her girls and she got to meet Emmit. It was a great day of catching up and watching the craziness of a 6 month old, 2 9 month olds, and a 2 year old running the house! Shannon and Andy sure got a taste for what they are VERY SOON in store for! =)
Zizi getting some lunch. I couldn't tell the girls apart - thankfully they had different color pants on most of the visit.
Emmit with his God Mama
Ellie lovin' the Cheetos
Emmit and Lauren - young love in the making
CLOSE-Up!
Lookin' cute in his preppy shirt
Being silly with Uncle Andy
We should have tried this earlier, but the Mamas and all the kiddos
And the little ones (Ellie had enough)...Lauren and Zizi are 3 months older than Emmit, but he's already got them both in weight! =)
The whole Leustek gang. I should have taken video here, but we were having a little dance party. All the kids were getting down!
This past Sunday, Colin, Ellie, Emmit, and I took a day-trip to Milwaukee to see Yo Gabba Gabba Live. Ellie has LOVED (LOVED, LOVED, LOVED) Gabba since before her 1st birthday so this was her birthday present from Mama and Daddy - a few months late, but well worth the wait. The show was REALLY good - non-stop entertainment and fun. Both kids were so wore out when it was done and slept all the way home =) This seems like it was the grand finale for a long phase for Miss Ellie. She's recently liking Dora A LOT, and even asking for it INSTEAD of Gabba now. I think our Gabba days may soon be done!
The show started out like the TV show does, with DJ Lance walking across the screen to the opening music, but this time when he JUMPED out of the screen, I cannot describe the look of shock on Ellie's face. I was in tears watching her. It was a look of awe - like the most famous person in the world was right there before her! Right at the beginning there was a really loud burst of fireworks and streamers and the music got REALLY loud, I think she was a bit scared even, but in total shock is all I can say. Emmit totally freaked out at this point too, but once he got used to the noise he was ok from then on =) The show was from start to finish - REALLY loud!
She had to bring Brobee in. She had been talking about 'going to see Gabba' for a while before this, but I don't think she really knew what that meant until we were there.
Non-stop singing and dancing...they were saying to keep kids out of the aisles - yeah right! This wasn't the greatest venue for a kid's show, but there sure were a lot of people! We're not the only Gabba nuts apparently =)
Ellie is dancing with her white balloon here. She wasn't too happy when Daddy wouldn't let her go any further!
Ellie got a balloon which created much drama - she kept wanting to throw her balloon, but didn't realize it was a bit too busy and crowded for that! She also kept making her way up the aisle closer to the stage! Balloon popped later that evening when we got home - MELT-DOWN!
I said the music was loud - it was really loud. The show was described as a preschool rock concert on the tickets - that was pretty accurate! The band playing here is called The Aquabats - they were the 'Super Music Friends Show' guest...
A Packer and a Seahawk (former Packer Colin informed me)...I don't remember their names, but they got the kids dancing! Biz was also there to do his beat of the day - a popular skit on the show.
Our newest addition to the Pomeroy family...Matthew Levi born March 9, 2010...looking a lot like big brother Max! I was explaining to Ellie tonight that Max has a baby brother like Ellie has a baby brother. She's like "Max have Baby Emmit?"...we'll get there....Welcome little nephew and cousin!
Here are some shots from recent events around the Pomeroy house....
Ellie and Emmit have taken 1 bath together now...Ellie's still a little wild in the tub so it's not a nightly ritual just yet...
Ellie lovin' her jello
Ellie likes to make Emmit laugh now...he giggles so easily
Singing is one of Ellie's favorite things these days (and playing on Daddy's telephone too)
Last weekend we all went down to Madison for Auntie Shannon's shower w/ from her friends.
The BEAUTIFUL Mommy-to-be
Ellie and Alexis had SO much fun jumping on the bed
Emmit looking cute
And we just found out that Baby Boy Pomeroy #5 made his grand entrance just a little while ago! Big congrats to Levi and Lindsey...I'll let Lindsey make the official announcement first before I share his name...we're very excited for our newest little nephew/cousin!
At 6 months (and 1 week now), two words describe Emmit best - happy and chubby! He is full of smiles and giggles too these days. He's ticklish and just loves when you sneak up on him or give him a little 'boo'. He's starting to 'talk' more and interact with us and Ellie too. This last month was one of milestones for Emmit...sitting up, rolling over (and over and over), pushing up (starting to rock on his knees), scooting around on his tummy, eating more solids, sleeping (yeah!), and a tooth (just starting to poke through the gums). He loves to sit and play with toys on the floor, and we've recently started baths in the big tub. He just loves splashing in the bath. He's Mr. grabby with his hands - reaching for everything and starting to pull. He eats just about anything you give him - he's like a little bird with his mouth open waiting for food! At his 6 month check-up today he weighed 21 lbs, 4 oz and was 28 in. tall (both 95th percentile). His head was 44.8 cm (50th percentile). Emmit is a BIG boy! He's in 9-12 month clothes already. He seemed to shoot right out of 6 month everything. The nurse told us that he had grown 3 1/2 inches since his 4 month check which explains why the clothes no longer fit! Even tonight, after his 5 shots this morning =(, tooth poking through, and 2 massive poop blow-outs (darn shots!) - he was still all smiles right up until bedtime. He's our happy little guy =)
