We celebrated Emerson's first 4th of July by going to the park and watching the parade! We went to a firework show the weekend before since Jordan had to work on the 4th and Emerson loved it. We were far enough away I think where the noise didn't scare him but close enough to be able to see and he was absolutely mesmerized by all the colors.
The week after the 4th, we went to my family reunion in Ashton. Emerson was a big hit haha. He was crawling all over the place and definitely was keeping me on my toes due to the fact that there were stairs and sharp corners on fireplaces haha. He had a hard time sleeping while we were there since we had to share a room and he is the lightest sleeper ever but it was still really fun and he did a really good job being away from home for a week.
Right now, some of Emerson's favorite things to do are look at himself in the mirror (he gets the BIGGEST grin on his face), play with the TV remote and the Xbox controller, crawl on the couch and stand up to look out the window, chasing mommy and daddy around the kitchen and being chased in return, playing in the bath, and swimming. The first time we took him to Rexburg Rapids, he was not a fan but I think it was because of all the noise and it was super crowded that day. We took him again recently and he had lots of fun splashing and kicking his legs. He has that froggy kick down. He's definitely going to be a swimmer. I want to get him into swim lessons next summer maybe since he was definitely born to be in the water. He LOVES the bath! When he hears the bath going, he books it down the hall and stands at the bath just waiting to get in. He likes to lean over and stick his hands in the water while it's filling up and once he's in the bath, it's non-stop splashing. I have to mop up the floor every night with a towel because he splashes so much. I'm glad he likes the bath though because if he hated it, it would be very difficult getting him clean haha.
He really likes to sit and watch movies with me
His favorite toy
I promise he looked a lot happier before I got the camera out haha
Emerson has also turned into quite the little terror. He loves to dump his toys all over the room and then throw them around. After he's dumped his toys, he goes for the books and the movies which I'm not too fond of because that just means more cleaning for me haha. He's also discovered how to turn the Xbox on and off so whenever I'm watching Netflix, he'll walk over to the Xbox and shut it off. It was funny the first time, now it's just annoying haha. He's also in the lovely temper tantrum phase. He know that he's not supposed to be getting into certain things but that doesn't stop him. I'll pick him up and move him so that he's not getting into things and then he lets out big screams and cries for a little bit. Luckily they aren't full blown temper tantrums but he's starting to have little ones.
Dumped his toys and now he's heading for the diapers
The screaming temper tantrum face
He found the toilet paper....
Doctor Update:
Emerson went to the doctor again to get his measured this last week and unfortunately there hasn't been much improvement. His first checkup was great because he had gone down a whole 3 millimeters (down to a 7) but he's been stuck at a 6 for the last month. The doctor is hoping that he'll go through a growth spurt and then show more improvements at his next appointment. I hope so too because I would love to get that thing off his head before he is one!
All in all, this month has been fun with lots of little surprises from our crazy boy. Even though he's turning into a little terror, he's still tons of fun and definitely keeps us on our toes. This next month is going to be a crazy one and probably a sad one for me since he's growing up so fast! It seems like just yesterday I was in the hospital having him and now it's already been almost a year! Hopefully he'll be walking by next month and saying more words :)
