This weekend was SUCH a fun development! Emily started crawling with 1 leg! It's just the funniest sight! She crawls with only her right leg, and lets her left leg just drag behind her. She looks like an injured soldier trying to army-crawl away from danger. It's so funny! We discovered this new development because we started building little towers with her blocks, and found that she wanted to knock it down. On the first day, it took her a full minute to move centimeter by centimeter to get closer to the tower. But by the end of the day, she was able to crawl her way there in seconds! It's been so much fun to build towers all around her and watch as she goes from 1 end of the mat to the other end to knock everything down. We were amazed at how fast she developed in just 1 day! It's so crazy how babies can develop like this if they have their own personal determination to motivate them.
Connected to this - Emily has learned how to go from the sitting position to lying on her belly so she can crawl. Before, she would try to do this, but would eventually faceplant into the floor. But now, she's learned how to carefully lower herself down. I was curious to know how she'd figure this out myself bc it DOES seem like a pretty high distance to transition from. What she does is she puts her hands on the floor in front of her, leans forward carefully (as if she were going to faceplant), and then slowly slides her legs out from under her until she's belly down. It's pretty impressive to see how she's learned how to be careful like that! It makes me wonder if she is a careful baby or if that's just what all babies do.
Emily has also started to sort of "play games" with us. If I hold Emily in my arms, and someone goes up to her and says "Ee-ree-oh-sae-yo" - which translates to Please Come to Me, she laughs and turns away from the person, and burrows her face into my shoulder. She does this to Sy, to her grandparents, to friends of ours, everyone! She thinks it's so funny to turn away from them and giggle and kick her feet! The best part though is that I'm the only person she won't do that to. If Sy is holding her, and I say "Ee-ree-oh-sae-yo" she immediately throws her arms out and leans towards me! She loves me the best! She can't reject me even if she wanted to play a game! Haha. This definitely feeds my ego and I love it.
Another game that Emily has learned is whenever I put on her jacket, I sit her down on the sofa, and I sit across from her. I then put her arms through each arm hole and button her up. After we're done, she immediately tries to jump into my arms! She sort of thrusts herself forward with her arms extended and expects me to catch her and hold her. Most of the time I'm prepared to catch her. But in the mornings, I try to put on my own jacket after I put hers on, and that's when she lunges at me and I have to quickly catch her and she finds it so hilarious. She has this giant smile and laughs as she jumps into my arms. I always have to yell "Wait!! Let me put on my jacket too!" But she doesn't care. She's ready to jump. It's so fun!
And the newest development is that Emily has learned how to hold her own bottle when it's feeding time! I couldn't believe my eyes when she did it. She legit uses both her hands to hold the bottle and feeds herself. She takes it out when she wants a break. She puts it back in when she wants more. I just sit there holding her up and smiling down at my little genius. Haha. But seriously though, I'm pretty impressed with this new skill. Maybe feeding times will get even easier??? Related to feedings, Emily is getting better at grasping and picking up food. She's learned how to open her fists to let the food fall into her mouth. For some reason though, she uses her left hand more than her right. I wonder if she's a lefty or if I'm just not putting enough food on her right side.
Overall, Emily is developing so fast. Sometimes, Sy gets sad that she develops quickly bc he wants her to stay our little baby. It's crazy to think that in the blink of an eye, she's going to be a toddler soon. How is life so fast? We're so eager to slow time down, but I bet to Emily, she can't wait to grow up. Oh the irony!
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Thursday, October 25, 2018
Working mom woes but incredible joy - Week 33-34 Observations
I'm super delayed with this post! Work has been nuts for the past 2 weeks and I just did not have a free minute to write about Emily's developments. I've been working late, working through all my lunches, and just plain old exhausted. Being a working mom during busy season is so hard. I feel like there just is no time to relax and you need that down time! Either way, here is how Emily has been for the past 2 weeks.
2 weeks ago/Week 33
Emily has gotten way more mobile! She's gotten really good at turning herself on her belly. She'll lie there and just do 360s over and over. And she's even figured out how to drag herself somewhat! One time, she dragged herself completely under our dining table and just hung out down there! It's amazing to see how much she's becoming a little person with real objectives and goals she wants to achieve.
We started feeding Emily these wafer snacks that dissolve in her mouth. I wanted her to keep practicing her food-grabbing skills and she's doing pretty well! She really seems to love eating these snacks, and her ability to pick it up is pretty spot-on. It's so fun to watch her eat. She'll stop playing with her toys bc she just loves to eat. Sy's mom calls her a "muksoonee" which translates to something like "a food lover." She really does love to eat. I love that. I often wonder if she has my love of food. If so, I hope she also has my metabolism to not get too fat!
I think Emily is developing her muscles as well. Lately, when she's sitting in her car seat, when I start to unbuckle her to take her out, she seems to know that it's time to get out, and she pushes herself up with her hands and elbows to get herself more out of the seat. It definitely makes my life easier to pull her out of that tight car seat! But man, it's amazing to see how she knows how to maneuver her body now.
Diaper change - EUGH - is the new word for that. Emily now LOVES rolling over during diaper change. It has made diaper change time exponentially harder. There have been several instances where she rolls over so fast before I can stop her and she gets poo everywhere. She gets mad at us when we try to pin her down. I get mad at her bc we're running late in the mornings to get her ready to get out of the house on time. Diaper change has become the bane of my existence! Every time I smell poo I am filled with dread of knowing the debacle that is coming up. I also read online that this phase is here to stay. She is likely to keep on doing this as she gets older and older. Oh boy... this is so not fun.
1 week ago/34 weeks
Emily went to Carol's dohl over the weekend, and we got to finally see Emily's stranger anxiety really come to life. Granted - she did miss a nap and was working off of very little sleep, but she was still very anxious. A lot of Sy's relatives were seeing Emily for the first time, so they were dying to hold her. And because she had literally no time to get used to everyone, she just kept crying whenever we transferred her to someone else. Once she was back in the arms of anyone she knew well (me, Sy, his parents, his sister), she was fine. But it was with strangers she cried. The good news is she did stop crying if they tried to distract her - take her to look at shiny things - lift her up and down, etc. But inevitably, she would realize that she is with a stranger and would cry again. It made me happy to know that she knows and loves Sy's immediate family well, but it definitely made me sad that she's not too keen on strangers. At one point, Sy and I realized that Emily has learned how to fake cry. She sounds like she's crying, but there are no tears, and there is no actual fear. It's really just her "crying out" to say Take me back! I don't want to be with this person! It was pretty funny to see. What a little rascal!
I've been having Emily practice grabbing/picking up food more. Each night, I will place a bunch of soft foods on her tray to pick them. I'm happy to report that Emily loves trying to pick up stuff - she's just not so good at actually getting it in her mouth. She's able to wrap her fingers around the food, but she couldn't figure out how to open her fist to get the food into her mouth. Her most successful attempts happened when she had food hanging from the bottom of her fist, which she could open her mouth onto. It's been pretty fun to watch her to do this - albeit very messy. She seems to always touch her chair and her hair with her dirty, food-covered fingers. Our nightly clean-up routines have gotten so much longer.
Emily recently has been "talking" more and has been using this adorable voice. It's a new voice that we've never heard before - it's like a soft, gentle voice that she uses when she seems content. It's almost like an advanced coo. It's so sweet to listen to, and it makes me wonder if she's gonna have the most adorable speaking voice.
For the past 2 weeks, it feels like Sy and I have just fallen more and more in love with Emily. Everyday, I just absolutely love looking at her, playing with her, talking with her. Each month, we say this is our favorite age. She just keeps getting more and more fun and cute. I love her so much!
2 weeks ago/Week 33
Emily has gotten way more mobile! She's gotten really good at turning herself on her belly. She'll lie there and just do 360s over and over. And she's even figured out how to drag herself somewhat! One time, she dragged herself completely under our dining table and just hung out down there! It's amazing to see how much she's becoming a little person with real objectives and goals she wants to achieve.
We started feeding Emily these wafer snacks that dissolve in her mouth. I wanted her to keep practicing her food-grabbing skills and she's doing pretty well! She really seems to love eating these snacks, and her ability to pick it up is pretty spot-on. It's so fun to watch her eat. She'll stop playing with her toys bc she just loves to eat. Sy's mom calls her a "muksoonee" which translates to something like "a food lover." She really does love to eat. I love that. I often wonder if she has my love of food. If so, I hope she also has my metabolism to not get too fat!
I think Emily is developing her muscles as well. Lately, when she's sitting in her car seat, when I start to unbuckle her to take her out, she seems to know that it's time to get out, and she pushes herself up with her hands and elbows to get herself more out of the seat. It definitely makes my life easier to pull her out of that tight car seat! But man, it's amazing to see how she knows how to maneuver her body now.
Diaper change - EUGH - is the new word for that. Emily now LOVES rolling over during diaper change. It has made diaper change time exponentially harder. There have been several instances where she rolls over so fast before I can stop her and she gets poo everywhere. She gets mad at us when we try to pin her down. I get mad at her bc we're running late in the mornings to get her ready to get out of the house on time. Diaper change has become the bane of my existence! Every time I smell poo I am filled with dread of knowing the debacle that is coming up. I also read online that this phase is here to stay. She is likely to keep on doing this as she gets older and older. Oh boy... this is so not fun.
1 week ago/34 weeks
Emily went to Carol's dohl over the weekend, and we got to finally see Emily's stranger anxiety really come to life. Granted - she did miss a nap and was working off of very little sleep, but she was still very anxious. A lot of Sy's relatives were seeing Emily for the first time, so they were dying to hold her. And because she had literally no time to get used to everyone, she just kept crying whenever we transferred her to someone else. Once she was back in the arms of anyone she knew well (me, Sy, his parents, his sister), she was fine. But it was with strangers she cried. The good news is she did stop crying if they tried to distract her - take her to look at shiny things - lift her up and down, etc. But inevitably, she would realize that she is with a stranger and would cry again. It made me happy to know that she knows and loves Sy's immediate family well, but it definitely made me sad that she's not too keen on strangers. At one point, Sy and I realized that Emily has learned how to fake cry. She sounds like she's crying, but there are no tears, and there is no actual fear. It's really just her "crying out" to say Take me back! I don't want to be with this person! It was pretty funny to see. What a little rascal!
I've been having Emily practice grabbing/picking up food more. Each night, I will place a bunch of soft foods on her tray to pick them. I'm happy to report that Emily loves trying to pick up stuff - she's just not so good at actually getting it in her mouth. She's able to wrap her fingers around the food, but she couldn't figure out how to open her fist to get the food into her mouth. Her most successful attempts happened when she had food hanging from the bottom of her fist, which she could open her mouth onto. It's been pretty fun to watch her to do this - albeit very messy. She seems to always touch her chair and her hair with her dirty, food-covered fingers. Our nightly clean-up routines have gotten so much longer.
Emily recently has been "talking" more and has been using this adorable voice. It's a new voice that we've never heard before - it's like a soft, gentle voice that she uses when she seems content. It's almost like an advanced coo. It's so sweet to listen to, and it makes me wonder if she's gonna have the most adorable speaking voice.
For the past 2 weeks, it feels like Sy and I have just fallen more and more in love with Emily. Everyday, I just absolutely love looking at her, playing with her, talking with her. Each month, we say this is our favorite age. She just keeps getting more and more fun and cute. I love her so much!
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
A Tofu Disaster - Week 32 Observations
Last week was another fun week of developments with Emily! Emily apparently has learned how to do high 5 now! She's kind of slow to do it - you have to say High 5 like 3 times and keep putting your hand up for her to finally lift her hand up. Hahaha. And it's not like she actually touches your hand to create the high 5 action - she just lifts her hand. I'm proud of at least the understanding that you're supposed to raise your hand when you do high 5. Haha.
Emily is slowly starting to want to crawl, I think. We have this fun routine where we put Emily on our bed and she likes to roll around. I think she likes that our bed is so big and has lots of room to roll, but we also have this nice, slippery blanket that I think she enjoys the feel of. But anyway, we would put her on her back and she would roll around. But now, as soon as we sit her on the bed, she immediately dives forward and faceplants into the blanket so she can be on her belly to start rolling around. It's so hilarious to see how much fun she has to just immediately faceplant. She finds so much joy in this act and always dives down with a big smile on her face. The problem now is that when we put her on her bed, she immediately does this, and then starts rolling around - which means we can't leave her unattended. We used to put Emily on the bed to sit and watch us as we come home from work to change into home clothes and wash up. But now, she can't be trusted! And the worst part of this problem is that she does this on any surface that's somewhat soft. We used to sit her on the couch so I could make bottles for her. But now, she'll faceplant on the couch, which is bad bc she'll fall off the couch! Oh how things have changed so quickly! She even sometimes faceplants on the play mat - and that is not as soft as a bed or couch! But the girl loves to faceplant! I think she really wants to start crawling. Once she's on the ground, she just rolls around and around going from one end of the mat to the other.
On a sad note, we had our first medical scare this week. On Thurs, when Sy and I got to my MIL's house to pick up Emily, as soon as I held her, she projectile vomited all over me. I was concerned bc this was very unlike her. She's never been one to spit up much, so projectile vomit seemed like something was wrong. At first we thought it was a one time thing, but soon, she started to keep on vomiting. She vomited all down my back, then all down my shirt, and then kept on vomiting. She vomited for about 45 min when I finally called our pediatrician. He was concerned Emily would get dehydrated, and suggested we go to the pediatric urgent care center in our town. So we rushed to get Emily packed up, and drove as fast as we could to the urgent care. Emily threw up again in the car, and was throwing up even in the waiting room. Sy and I were so worried about her. We knew something was definitely wrong bc she was throwing up so much. Surprisingly, Emily was fine through it all. She never cried, she never whined. She seemed fine whenever she threw up - as if it was not bothering her at all. The only sad part was listening to her gag before she threw up. It made me sad to think of that awful gagging sensation before you throw up and how she was feeling it this whole time. Basically, Emily threw up for about 1.5 hours straight. Once we finally got seen by a doctor, they gave Emily some anti-nausea medicine and she immediately stopped throwing up. After a while, we tested her with some water to see if she would throw that up, but she didn't. And finally around 915pm, we got to go home. Emily was so exhausted and sleepy, but we had to bathe her bc she had been covered in vomit. So we quickly bathed her and put her to sleep by 930pm. Poor girl was so tired. Even though the doctor says we can't know for sure what caused this, my motherly instinct says it was that we gave her spoiled tofu. I didn't know that tofu needed to have the water changed everyday, and I didn't know it spoiled so easily. Knowing that I basically poisoned my own child kills me with guilt - but I had no idea! Sigh. It's terrible to know that I caused this much suffering and pain in my own child. For the first time, I legit felt like a bad parent. Luckily, Emily got better quickly and the next day, she was relatively in good spirits. She had lost some weight and looked thinner. She didn't eat all her meals as well, but at least she was eating. But boy was she tired. She ended up sleeping like 5 hours' worth of naps that day! Poor girl - she was probably exhausted from the lack of sleep plus the physical exhaustion of having thrown up so much. It was quite the scare for us. I'm never going to make this mistake again.
On a less scary note, Emily has learned how to scream/shriek. She must have discovered that she has a vocal range and she is now shrieking at the top of her lungs. It's pretty annoying and there's nothing we can do about it. It seems to mostly happen in the car. But man, times like this, you really understand why some people don't like kids. This is pretty bad to listen to!
On Sat, we went to a pumpkin farm and Emily had a blast. She loved looking at everyone and all the sights. It was really nice to go out as a family and do something fun. Emily is finally getting old enough now where she can stay up a little longer so that we can enjoy things more. She'll still need to nap, but at least it's not like within 1 hour of waking up. We can stretch it to do more activities. I feel happy that we're making progress and soon, we will sort of have our old life back!
Anyway, man, I hope Emily never gets that sick again. I love her so much - I want her to be as healthy as possible! A healthy baby is a happy baby! On a side note, I have never felt more like a mom than when I was covered in vomit. Even when she vomited straight down my shirt and into my bra, I still loved her so much and didn't mind it at all. That's a true mother's heart.
Emily is slowly starting to want to crawl, I think. We have this fun routine where we put Emily on our bed and she likes to roll around. I think she likes that our bed is so big and has lots of room to roll, but we also have this nice, slippery blanket that I think she enjoys the feel of. But anyway, we would put her on her back and she would roll around. But now, as soon as we sit her on the bed, she immediately dives forward and faceplants into the blanket so she can be on her belly to start rolling around. It's so hilarious to see how much fun she has to just immediately faceplant. She finds so much joy in this act and always dives down with a big smile on her face. The problem now is that when we put her on her bed, she immediately does this, and then starts rolling around - which means we can't leave her unattended. We used to put Emily on the bed to sit and watch us as we come home from work to change into home clothes and wash up. But now, she can't be trusted! And the worst part of this problem is that she does this on any surface that's somewhat soft. We used to sit her on the couch so I could make bottles for her. But now, she'll faceplant on the couch, which is bad bc she'll fall off the couch! Oh how things have changed so quickly! She even sometimes faceplants on the play mat - and that is not as soft as a bed or couch! But the girl loves to faceplant! I think she really wants to start crawling. Once she's on the ground, she just rolls around and around going from one end of the mat to the other.
On a sad note, we had our first medical scare this week. On Thurs, when Sy and I got to my MIL's house to pick up Emily, as soon as I held her, she projectile vomited all over me. I was concerned bc this was very unlike her. She's never been one to spit up much, so projectile vomit seemed like something was wrong. At first we thought it was a one time thing, but soon, she started to keep on vomiting. She vomited all down my back, then all down my shirt, and then kept on vomiting. She vomited for about 45 min when I finally called our pediatrician. He was concerned Emily would get dehydrated, and suggested we go to the pediatric urgent care center in our town. So we rushed to get Emily packed up, and drove as fast as we could to the urgent care. Emily threw up again in the car, and was throwing up even in the waiting room. Sy and I were so worried about her. We knew something was definitely wrong bc she was throwing up so much. Surprisingly, Emily was fine through it all. She never cried, she never whined. She seemed fine whenever she threw up - as if it was not bothering her at all. The only sad part was listening to her gag before she threw up. It made me sad to think of that awful gagging sensation before you throw up and how she was feeling it this whole time. Basically, Emily threw up for about 1.5 hours straight. Once we finally got seen by a doctor, they gave Emily some anti-nausea medicine and she immediately stopped throwing up. After a while, we tested her with some water to see if she would throw that up, but she didn't. And finally around 915pm, we got to go home. Emily was so exhausted and sleepy, but we had to bathe her bc she had been covered in vomit. So we quickly bathed her and put her to sleep by 930pm. Poor girl was so tired. Even though the doctor says we can't know for sure what caused this, my motherly instinct says it was that we gave her spoiled tofu. I didn't know that tofu needed to have the water changed everyday, and I didn't know it spoiled so easily. Knowing that I basically poisoned my own child kills me with guilt - but I had no idea! Sigh. It's terrible to know that I caused this much suffering and pain in my own child. For the first time, I legit felt like a bad parent. Luckily, Emily got better quickly and the next day, she was relatively in good spirits. She had lost some weight and looked thinner. She didn't eat all her meals as well, but at least she was eating. But boy was she tired. She ended up sleeping like 5 hours' worth of naps that day! Poor girl - she was probably exhausted from the lack of sleep plus the physical exhaustion of having thrown up so much. It was quite the scare for us. I'm never going to make this mistake again.
On a less scary note, Emily has learned how to scream/shriek. She must have discovered that she has a vocal range and she is now shrieking at the top of her lungs. It's pretty annoying and there's nothing we can do about it. It seems to mostly happen in the car. But man, times like this, you really understand why some people don't like kids. This is pretty bad to listen to!
On Sat, we went to a pumpkin farm and Emily had a blast. She loved looking at everyone and all the sights. It was really nice to go out as a family and do something fun. Emily is finally getting old enough now where she can stay up a little longer so that we can enjoy things more. She'll still need to nap, but at least it's not like within 1 hour of waking up. We can stretch it to do more activities. I feel happy that we're making progress and soon, we will sort of have our old life back!
Anyway, man, I hope Emily never gets that sick again. I love her so much - I want her to be as healthy as possible! A healthy baby is a happy baby! On a side note, I have never felt more like a mom than when I was covered in vomit. Even when she vomited straight down my shirt and into my bra, I still loved her so much and didn't mind it at all. That's a true mother's heart.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
A Little Pick-Me-Up - Week 31 Observations
This week has been another fun week of new developments! It's so amazing to see her learn new things - and it reminds me of how glad I am to be writing this stuff down so I can remember it forever.
Emily's cutest development this week: She now lifts her arms up when she wants us to pick her up! I am absolutely loving this! To me, this feels like real communication now! Yes, when she cries, I know she wants something - but you still have to figure it out. Now, this arm lifting is so clear! When she's had enough of sitting and playing her toys, she'll just lift up her arms and I can just imagine her little voice saying Please hold me! It's just the cutest thing ever! Every time she does it, I want so badly to lift her up every time, but sometimes I feel that maybe I shouldn't spoil her. It's a hard balance - but for now, I want her to learn that she can rely on me to take care of her when she asks me for something. So I'll do it gladly!
2nd cutest development: Emily scoots her butt to get moving! I thought it was pretty cool back when Emily could sit on her own and just play. But now, if she wants to go somewhere, she'll lean her hands on the floor and push her butt backwards until she gets where she wants to. It's pretty amazing to see how resourceful she is! It's also pretty shocking how far she can get with this butt scoot! Haha! She can definitely get like 3 feet of distance! Seeing this makes me smile so much, but also fills me with some dread thinking about how she's going to be crawling soon. Yes, I think crawling babies are super adorable - but the practical side of me thinks of the insane amount of cleaning I will have to do to make sure the floors are clean enough for her to be dragging her whole body around on it. Maybe I'll attach a swiffer sheet to her belly so she can just clean as she goes. Haha! I still do think that Emily is going to be slow to crawling bc she just hates being on her belly. But this butt scoot does make me wonder if she wants mobility more than she hates her belly. I guess we'll see in the next few weeks what happens!
Emily has sprouted teeth! Her first tooth came out last Friday. It's hard to see, but you can feel a little "point" when you run your finger over her gums. I can't believe my little baby is turning into a toddler. How is time going by so fast? I think that explains the fever from the weekend. I'm glad her teething experience wasn't as bad as it could've been. But crazy that new teeth can do this to you.
For a while, I was worried that Emily wasn't "talking" that much. She whined a lot - grunted a lot - but didn't really talk much. When she was a little past her newborn time, she "talked" a lot to me; but then it died down as she began to just whine. But I think this week, I noticed her starting to "talk" again! Maybe she was just in a phase of developing other new things about herself. But I'm glad she's coming back around on this! I hope Emily is a chatty girl bc I want to hear all her thoughts! (Are these famous last words?)
I can't believe Emily is almost 8 months old. Time flies so fast. When I look at friends who are having babies now, I feel like we're so past that newborn phase of life. And then when I think about potentially having another baby, I feel so daunted to go through all of that craziness again. Emily is so fun and so much more manageable right now. I can't wait for her to get more and more fun and more independent! How on earth will we ever have a 2nd child?? I guess it's just up to God if He wants another child in the Sung family. Until then, I'm savoring every minute I have with this adorable girl!
Emily's cutest development this week: She now lifts her arms up when she wants us to pick her up! I am absolutely loving this! To me, this feels like real communication now! Yes, when she cries, I know she wants something - but you still have to figure it out. Now, this arm lifting is so clear! When she's had enough of sitting and playing her toys, she'll just lift up her arms and I can just imagine her little voice saying Please hold me! It's just the cutest thing ever! Every time she does it, I want so badly to lift her up every time, but sometimes I feel that maybe I shouldn't spoil her. It's a hard balance - but for now, I want her to learn that she can rely on me to take care of her when she asks me for something. So I'll do it gladly!
2nd cutest development: Emily scoots her butt to get moving! I thought it was pretty cool back when Emily could sit on her own and just play. But now, if she wants to go somewhere, she'll lean her hands on the floor and push her butt backwards until she gets where she wants to. It's pretty amazing to see how resourceful she is! It's also pretty shocking how far she can get with this butt scoot! Haha! She can definitely get like 3 feet of distance! Seeing this makes me smile so much, but also fills me with some dread thinking about how she's going to be crawling soon. Yes, I think crawling babies are super adorable - but the practical side of me thinks of the insane amount of cleaning I will have to do to make sure the floors are clean enough for her to be dragging her whole body around on it. Maybe I'll attach a swiffer sheet to her belly so she can just clean as she goes. Haha! I still do think that Emily is going to be slow to crawling bc she just hates being on her belly. But this butt scoot does make me wonder if she wants mobility more than she hates her belly. I guess we'll see in the next few weeks what happens!
Emily has sprouted teeth! Her first tooth came out last Friday. It's hard to see, but you can feel a little "point" when you run your finger over her gums. I can't believe my little baby is turning into a toddler. How is time going by so fast? I think that explains the fever from the weekend. I'm glad her teething experience wasn't as bad as it could've been. But crazy that new teeth can do this to you.
For a while, I was worried that Emily wasn't "talking" that much. She whined a lot - grunted a lot - but didn't really talk much. When she was a little past her newborn time, she "talked" a lot to me; but then it died down as she began to just whine. But I think this week, I noticed her starting to "talk" again! Maybe she was just in a phase of developing other new things about herself. But I'm glad she's coming back around on this! I hope Emily is a chatty girl bc I want to hear all her thoughts! (Are these famous last words?)
I can't believe Emily is almost 8 months old. Time flies so fast. When I look at friends who are having babies now, I feel like we're so past that newborn phase of life. And then when I think about potentially having another baby, I feel so daunted to go through all of that craziness again. Emily is so fun and so much more manageable right now. I can't wait for her to get more and more fun and more independent! How on earth will we ever have a 2nd child?? I guess it's just up to God if He wants another child in the Sung family. Until then, I'm savoring every minute I have with this adorable girl!
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