Emma, it's Grandma!

Emma wouldn't fall asleep tonight so we brought her back out to sit with us for a while. It just so happened that Grandma was on the phone. Daddy put Grandma on speaker phone so she could talk to Emma. Emma thought that was really cool but she couldn't figure out how Grandma got into that little phone!

Standing

Emma has been pulling herself up using our hands for a while now but tonight was the first time that she pulled herself up in her crib. She did it over and over again. Truth be told, we haven't been really trying to get her to do this yet for safety reasons but she is too active to hold back. She's going to be running around the house in no time!

8 Months Old!

For Emma's 8 month birthday she got her first tooth! Yes, she finally has one little tooth that erupted last week. I think Emma is still recovering from her trip to Charleston!

Our drive home

As tired as Emma was after our trip to Charleston, Emma still didn't want to sleep on the way back to Greenville. In order to keep Emma from getting bored on our drive home, Mommy sat in the back seat with her for part of the ride. The size of Emma's new car seat makes it very easy to play hide and seek with her!

Drayton Hall

So for our last adventure in Charleston we decided to go to Drayton Hall Plantation. Emma was really good and made it through the whole tour without fussing. But then....

We lost her. She finally conked out. I'd post more pictures from Drayton but Emma pretty much looks like this in the rest of them!

I had to get at least one picture of the 3 of us together! And no. Emma didn't wake up until we got back to the house!

Tuesday Morning

Tuesday was our last day in Charleston so Mommy wanted to be sure to get some pictures of Emma with the tree that Mommy used to climb when she was little.
Quite a change since Emma's last picture in this tree, huh??? Check out last October's post to see!

Of course we couldn't go to Charleston without thinking of Mommy's Yiayia and Pappou.

Thea Alexis is always so thoughtful...It made Mommy smile to see pictures of Emma, Jager, and Collin in the flowers on her Yiayia and Pappou's grave.

Monday

After the beach Emma got dressed up for Thea Mary, Thea Alexis, and Uncle Barney to come over...Well, especially for Uncle Barney!

Emma was a little grumpy during their visit so we didn't get a lot of great pictures. I think that she was just really tired. Maybe Alexis got some good pictures while Mommy and Daddy were out. Hmmm...I'll have to check out her blog!




Since this weekend was also Mommy and Daddy's anniversary Emma got to have some alone time with Thea Mary, Thea Alexis and Uncle Barney while Mommy and Daddy went to dinner. She was pretty happy to get back in Daddy's lap even though she was a little cramped!

Beach

So we finally made it to the beach on Monday morning. It was pretty anticlimactic as Emma was indifferent about the whole experience. She seemed interested in the sand but otherwise didn't really care. I think she was starting to get tired after and already long weekend.

Sunday at Charlestowne Landing

Sunday morning we got all ready to go to the beach for the first time. Emma was slathered in more sunscreen than any human has ever had on them and put on her coolest shirt.


She even grabbed a hat to keep the sun off of her head.



Unfortunately, there was too much traffic trying to get to both Isle of Palms or Folly Beach. But on the bright side, since everyone was at the beach, no one was at Charlestowne Landing! The first place we went was to the animal forest where Mommy gave Emma a stern talk about what would happen if she didn't start eating solid foods soon.


Then Daddy explained the finer points of Mommy's talk.

But Emma assured us that she can take care of herself!

Quiet time at Charlestowne Landing

After the animal forest Emma got hungry so we took a load off and ate.


Then Mommy and Daddy got to spend some quiet time with a very sleepy Emma!

Photo ops!

After Emma woke up Mommy and Daddy parked her for a couple of photo ops!




If you're wondering why Emma looks so afraid in this picture...


It's because she's starting to understand Daddy's talk about those beasts!

Dinner

After leaving Charlestowne Landing, Emma had a real adventure! Aunt Heather and Uncle Louis came to visit. Emma hadn't seen them since their wedding which also happened to be in Charleston last October just 3 weeks after Emma was born!


Emma had fun imitating Uncle Louis smacking his hand on the table!
After dinner, we were all very tired so we went home to snuggle on the couch.


Wow! What a day!

Saturday at the market

For Memorial Day weekend we took our first family vacation. Of course, what better place to go than Charleston??? Emma got to surprise Thea Mary, Thea Alexis, and Uncle Barney at their tent at the Farmer's Market. She looked just as surprised to see them as they were to see her!

Thea Alexis, I've heard of this great place to get real Greek Gyros. Does it sound familiar???

Whoa! This lady is really tall! And really blue! Spoleto started this weekend so Emma got to see some of the Childrens' festivities.

Clinic Party

Today we had a little cookout at the clinic and Daddy brought Emma to visit. She had lots of fun and got to catch up with some of the staff!

Amber, one of our mom-to-be's doesn't look so sure about Emma.

Did you notice that little thing Emma is doing with her tongue? She's feeling her brand new little tooth that just came in a couple of days ago!!!



Antoinette is all about holding Babies!
Brandy, our other mom-to-be helped to introduce Emma to Dr. McCravy's son, Noah. "Don't worry, kid, I'll teach you all you need to know about life. I've been through it all!"
And what do you know? Emma even won Amber over!!!

Baby Handle!

Yiayia got Emma another cute outfit. Daddy especially likes it because it makes it easy to hold onto Emma! Even better, it's great for carrying her!

Bath Time

Emma has finally out grown her first baby bath so here she is having her first bath in her big girl tub! She loves the ducky that aunt Cassie got her! Mommy's been saving it since her baby shower and now Emma is big enough to play with it.

Jager's Churching

Well, after a big day at the Greek festival, Emma tried to sleep in a little...
But when we told her that we were going to see Jager get churched she was totally excited and couldn't wait to get all dressed up again!!!

Thea Chrissy and Uncle Jeff were very excited about Jager's first trip to church, too!

Emma was very proud of her little cousin.