Tu-Tu You, America

Emmy had a great time wishing America Happy Birthday. Thanks for a great visit to Amelia Island Todd, Barbara and Britton!

Summer 2009

It’s been a busy summer around the Webb house, and Emmy has been taking the craziness in stride! She’s now talking up a storm, even if we can’t understand 95% of her jabber. She says words such as hi, doggie (doga), flower (fwowa), bye, night night (ni ni), mommy (momma), daddy (dada), milk (mi), etc.

She kisses us now with pursed lips and an “mmmm” sound, rather than the sloppy open mouthed ones she used to bless us with. She runs - not walks - everywhere, has become very cuddly in the evenings, and often times won’t allow us to put her down. Separation anxiety has hit full force. We can’t even think about leaving the room for a moment, or put her down to walk before 9am. And leaving her at Wieuca Day School in the mornings is often a challenge, both physically (she has to be peeled off of me) and emotionally (just breaks my heart).

We’ve also started brushing our teeth, although mommy needs to make a better habit of it day and night. It’s more of a teether for those gigantic teeth that are still coming into the back of Em’s mouth. Once she starts brushing I have to battle to get the thing away from her.

Mommy and Daddy left for their first trip over 2 days together, without the bug. We traveled to Laguna Beach with friends – Kyle, Willis, Heather and Spencer. It was rough, but we got some much-needed time together. Shug thankfully took on the duties of watching her granddaughter, and although she was exhausted when we got home, I was informed Shug was already having Emmy-withdrawals. Thanks Shug for keeping such good watch over the Em-ster!

Below are some pics to get your Em-fix...

Playing much-needed catch up...

Alright, this is the first time I have done the posting on the blog. This is dad speaking in case you didn’t know. We have had a really busy spring/summer so far and that’s the way we seem to like it.

This was Emmy’s first Easter and it was a good one. We started out at Michelle and Brian’s house with brunch and the family. Then on to Kevin’s brunch in Midtown with some of our friends. Emmy got a basket from the Easter Bunny himself filled with goodies and we hung out in the back yard in the grass and enjoyed the day.









Anna’s birthday weekend was jam-packed Inman Park festival was awesome. We had a whole lot of people hanging out at the house all weekend. It was a great weekend for Anna’s 29th birthday. Barbara brought a cake and we had several cocktails to celebrate. I have to say she looks good for her age! We closed the weekend with a nasty double ear infection and ended up at Children’s Hospital on Sunday. Emmy was in bad shape but we got her all taken care of. I think that was our 3rd trip to the ER. I guess that’s what new parents do…

The next big milestone -- my daughter was first in her class to walk at 11 ½ months. We are very proud and will only have the highest standards for her going forward. Totally kidding, but she did walk first. So now she is running around the house screaming jibberish and pulling everything down and off the shelves. It’s cute but wears out the parents.



It’s hard to believe our baby has already had a birthday. 1 year has passed since my daughter was born. I remember getting home from the hospital and Anna looked at me and said “what do we do now”? A year later I think we might have some of it figured out but are so lucky to have a healthy baby. She had a huge bubble-themed birthday party with all of our dysfunctional family and friends. Our family tree could cover Piedmont Park with all its branches. Grand PooPa showed up with a mechanical life size horse that has motion sensors and several different saddles. Thanks Dad.

It was a blast and Emmy now loves cake and dessert. Time is flying by with her but we are having fun watching her grow and all the new stuff she learns everyday.







































Next on the schedule was Uncle Hanky’s graduation. Anna’s brother graduated from high school. We are proud of him and hope he becomes a rock star so he can pay for Emmy’s college. After graduation we went out for sushi with the family and had a good time. Welcome to the real world Hanky!



The next week we flew to Indiana to see Heather and Spence. I went to his bachelor party at the Indy 500. That was one of the wildest and best weekends of my life. I knew no one and ended up with 30 friends at the end of the weekend. Watching a car do 220 mph is very cool.

So the flight up was good. We were armed with a DVD player thanks to cousin Carrie, snacks and toys. Emmy made friends with the family behind us.

The flight back………………….
Nightmare!
Emmy started crying and didn’t stop for about 25 minutes towards the end of the flight. We were on a small plane with about 100 very angry people. I thought Anna was going to cry. I looked back at the rest of the passengers and apologized.

We will be driving on future vacations.



Next, it was onto Folly Beach for Heather and Spencer’s wedding. The wedding was incredible on the beach and we were proud of our girl Heather for finding a good man. It was so much fun and the crowd of people there were salt of the earth. Emmy was good and had fun dancing at the wedding. We had a sweet house on James Island with the Sug, Brian, Ashley, Nate and Brandi -- some of our favorite people.

Congrats guys!!!











After vacation we knew it was time…time to wean June Bug from bottles. The first couple mornings have been rough. She wakes up angry when you try to give her a sippy cup. She has been waking up around 5:45 every morning and we have to get up and feed her breakfast. I can’t get mad at her though because she is real cute eating a banana in her highchair with bed head (her hair is blond and curly, so awesome)…wish us luck with the rest of the transition.

The next big milestone happened last week at 12 ½ months. Now, we are not sure if this is a Paris Hilton “hot” or a temperature “hot”. Either way she said it and we are proud. I will have to start watching my dirty mouth because she is picking up things left and right.

Carry on good people, we will see you soon

Love,
Dad

Enjoy the pics!

Homesick -- "Babysick"

I'm writing this post from a lonely hotel room in West Palm. This is night #2. That is, night #2 away from home, away from my little Em. I'm not so much homesick, but "babysick". This isn't my first time away from her, but it's the first time I've spent more than 1 night away from her AND Drew. Starting a new job requires training, and part of my training is here.

Don't think I didn't try and get Drew to fly down with the little Bug tomorrow morning, so I could see her a little earlier. But she isn't content to sit still for any period of time, and to fly alone with her would probably be very difficult.

My flight arrives tomorrow night at 9:30pm, so that's yet another night without her. I don't think I'll be able to resist waking her up when I get home. I'm sure dad will understand :)

I'm a bit behind on posts. I'll be sure to get some up soon to show Junebug's blond curls that are starting to form. It's the cutest! Oh, and in case anyone was wondering about my last post and the baby walking, she completely faked us out. She's taken 5 steps at a time at the very most, and usually refuses to try. But no pressure little one, you take your sweet time.

xxoo
mommy

We're in trouble

I have no pictures or videos to post just yet, but you guessed it, Emmy took a couple steps! Just a day shy of her 10-month birthday, she took the plunge. I was so scared it was going to happen while Em was at "school", but luckily she did it with Daddy this weekend while Mommy was at Heather's bachelorette party.

It will probably be a bit before she's walking all around the house, but she's already getting the hang of her new push walker. I'll post proof of all this soon!

Family

Junebug has given Drew and I so many gifts -- some obvious, some more obscure. One thing I love is the closeness Emmy has created with our families. We see just about everyone more often, and it's wonderful.

Music lover?

Emmy is into everything these days, and Drew's guitars are no exception. I think it's time we put those away. Sorry dad!