Weekend Wrap-up

We've had a busy, but fun weekend!  Saturday we headed to Arlington to attend a birthday party for one of Shawn's friend's kids.  It's so fun getting together with his friends as we all have babies now.  I'm looking forward to watching all the kids grow up and play together.  After the party, we went over to Shawn's Granny's house to let Emily nap and then headed out to a quick dinner.  This was the first time in several months that we have attempted to take Emily out to a restaurant and she did pretty well.  Of course, we were in and out within an hour and Shawn and I took turns holding her on our laps, but we've definitely come a long way!  We enjoyed seeing Granny and her and Emily were able to do lots of catching up.

His Granny cracks me up.  She was telling Emily all about how she needs to watch out for boys and then goes on to tell her that she needs stay away from beer.  Here she is using visuals to get her point across to Emily.

And even though Emily tried pears out earlier this week and wasn't too fond of them, she thought she would try the one sitting on Granny's counter. 

Overall, we had a nice time hanging out with Shawn's Granny.  And Emily also enjoyed hanging out with her dog, Cricket.

We've had a busy Sunday as well.  This morning we just hung around the house and Emily showed Shawn and I what she's been practing at school - sitting up.  She can sit up by herself for a good 10-15 seconds.  But as soon as she reaches for something she loses her balance and topples over.

Although we've been blaming teething on the cause of her fussiness for several weeks now, this photo is evidence that she indeed still has no teeth.  I'm sure we will continue to use teething as her excuse, so hopefully some will pop up soon.

Tonight we invited Shawn's dad over for dinner. Shawn grilled out some hamburgers and we all sat outside enjoying the nice weather.  And yes,  Emily was on her second outfit of the day at this point. 

And last, but not least we tried attempted a new food tonight. . .sweet potatoes!  At first bite, Emily thought she might in fact like these. . .but a couple of bites later and. . .nope, not a big fan of the sweet potatoes.  Oh well, we'll continue to give it 2 or 3 more tries before moving on.  Surely, we'll eventually find something that she likes, right??