July 2017

Besides all of the fun holiday stuff this month, we've also been swimming, eating popcicles, going to the zoo, the park, playing outside, and many other things.

I found a used kitchen for sale for a pretty good price and decided to get it for Deacon at the end of July. He loves it! It's so cute how much this kid likes to make things, cook, and play with play food, bowls, etc. He would cook more real food in the kitchen, if I would let him. Maybe he'll be a famous chef one day and make us delicious meals!

Emerson still isn't crawling forwards, but he has started to "cruise" this month.  I weighed him around the end of July, and he was 20.8 pound.  Time needs to slow down with this boy! He's getting too big too fast. One evening I set him on the floor to play. He made his way over to a basket of blocks and played contently for a long time. Grandma has started to give him baskets with toys in them for him to play with, and he quite enjoys himself. 

Swimming:

(look closely at Emerson in the next few pictures)

(he almost got a whole cupful of water in his mouth)

Zoo: Sunset Safari

It was much less crowded this time!

They were feeding the bats when we went and Deacon was so excited to see them. The food was hung up from the top of the cage and all of the bats were hanging upside down to eat it. It was neat to see. He loves bats (Halloween):

Emerson turned 11 months on July 22:

He loves to stand up holding on to things now, even his crib. He was not happy when it was time to get out:

One funny/cute thing Emerson does is he always tucks his hands under his tummy when I put him in his crib to sleep. I will hold him until he falls asleep, and then roll him onto his tummy in his crib, and almost every time he will tuck his little hands right underneath his body. He has also started to sleep on his side a lot more: