Emma Update

We've enjoyed several days in a row of not being sick!  Hopefully now that spring is almost here, all the sickness is behind us.  We still haven't taken Emma back to the church nursery.  Instead we take her to the 8:00 service with us, and my parents take her to the 9:30 service.  They drop her off with us after we're done with out Sunday School class.  She does really well, although she likes to talk a little.  Apparently she sleeps most of the time my parents have her, which is good.  We might take her back to the nursery next month.  Or we might not.  She finally has her first tooth.  It's not all the way in, but it has definitely popped up through the gum.  It only took 3 months.  Within the last couple of weeks, she has started clapping, waving and trying to point.  Well, she learned to wave first, but then she became preoccupied with clapping, so now that's what she does.  She also finally picked up the sign for "more" during meals.  Unfortunately, it was exactly the same time that she picked up clapping, so her more sign is more of a clap.  But we know what she means, and she does it all on her own.  It's so fun to see her learning so many new things.  We went out to eat yesterday and she got to sit in a big girl highchair for the first time.  She seemed to like it, although she did hit her head on the table once.  She had her own snack and she was proud.  We have her 9 month well visit this afternoon; no shots, but she will have blood taken.  I think it's just a heel prick, so hopefully it won't be bad.  I can't believe she will be one year old in just 2 months.  I have got to get busy planning her party.  She still isn't crawling, but she rolls all over the floor.  I'm not sure she's going to crawl, which will be ok with me.  She naps really well (usually one short nap of 40 minutes and one long nap of about 1 hr 30 min) and still sleeps for about 12 hours at night.  We definitely can't complain about her sleeping habits.  We've cut back just a bit on her formula, and she has 3 solid meals a day.  That has seemed to help her reflux quite a bit, although she still spits up some.  We're hoping to get her off her medicine in 2-3 months, but we'll see how she's doing.  All in all, Emma is doing great.  We have fun every day, but she especially loves it when Nick is home and we can all play with her.  She loves to constantly be the center of attention.  She also loves to be outside.