Catching Up with Emily

Our little black cat with her first jack-o-lantern.

Picking out candy.

Whew! Where does the time go? I'll have to back track a bit. We've been having some problems with Emily not sleeping well at night. All through October we tried a few things with limited success. We'd rock her to sleep and put her in her crib and she'd wail until we picked her up again. Some nights she did this every hour or every two hours. Jon and I were beside ourselves. Only now have we discovered with the help of family and friends what might be bothering her. We didn't have an updated feeding schedule and we didn't have a naptime/bedtime routine. We needed to introduce stage 1 foods and increase the amount of cereal we were feeding her. Finally Emily slept through the night and she started taking her naps during the day. Getting her on a schedule is a lot of work but we're not so rigid. As long as she's fed, she'll sleep.

On Halloween morning we went to have our first family portrait taken. We dressed up for the holidays and did a few shots with a Christmas backdrop. Emily was such a ham! Then we did some casual shots of us together and Emily by herself. The pictures came out great and we can't wait to send them to everyone. That night we dressed Emily in a black cat outfit and took her around the block. It was fun for us but I don't think Emily quite understood what was going on. We met another couple with a 6 month old girl just a few houses down from us. Hope we meet again!

Well, I can't believe it's November already. Pretty soon Emily will have her first Thanksgiving. We're not sure where we'll be but it'll be special all the same.