9 months...

Our little Emma is already nine months. Crazy how time flies. Here are the stats and facts:
She weighed 17 lbs and 8 oz at her nine month appointment, in the 25th percentile
She is tall at almost 29 inches, in the 90th percentile
Her head circumference remains in the 50th percentile.

*Emma loves to get into EVERYTHING still, her favorite is probably the toilet paper in the bathroom. She keeps me on my toes. I'm continually having to shut doors and close drawers and clean up messes. I'm sure it will only get worse. :)


*She can feed herself now and loves to put everything in her mouth, most of which doesn't belong there..

*She says Da Da very well, we are still working on Ma Ma. She claps her hands and waves occasionally. Her new trick is giving me kisses, I love that little trick. :)

*She absolutely loves her bath. She always finds her favorite dolphin that squirts water as soon as she gets in.

She is an absolute joy to have around...
Except of course when she is sick...so sad...


It took her nine months to get sick , but it finally came, and I hope its another nine more months before it comes again, or never would be good too. :) It started out Thurs when she started throwing up everything, but that only lasted one night and then she was fine. Then Friday night she woke up screaming and really congested and its been downhill from there. She has a stuffy nose, cough, and is not the happy baby we know and love. Saturday I got the throw ups too and that night we were up all night trying to calm Emma down. Finally we took her to the doctor and she has ear infections on top of all her congestion. Hopefully the antibiotic will start to help and she will get better soon. I just hope she will sleep tonight.

I'm in big trouble now!

So since I seem to post only once a month..hehe I figure I should get my Febuary post out of the way while its still early in the month. :) I'm going to try and take more pictures though and stay on top of it. I don't know how she did it, but me and Chance feel like Emma has grown over night. Its so amazing to me how fast they grow up. A month ago she could barely scoot around and now within the last week she is not only crawling around EVERYWHERE but I think she feels like she has conquered the horizontal horizon and is now looking upwards...

Here are just a few things she likes to climb up on...

Our dresser. This is problematic mostly because she will open drawers, which I don't mind, but then she will close them on her fingers and smash them, and then she will just scream until mommy comes to her rescue.




She loves to now climb and sift through her toys, which keeps her entertained. She loves to stand up by her horse too, she loves that thing.


And she loves the bathtub, she could just stand and bang on that forever..


I just threw this pic in for good measure. Her cousin Hannah let her borrow these for a while when we were at their house...


Emma has finally officially grown out of her basinet. I know its sad that she was in our bedroom for almost eight months but we just couldn't let go:)We figured when she almost climbed out of her basinet it was time...
Here are just a few more facts about our little munchkin...
*She eats baby food twice a day. She surprisingly loves rice cereal when its mixed with some kind of fruit. She also loves oatmeal with apple juice and any kind of fruit...
*She loves to steal other babies toys, I hope she wont have too much of a problem sharing in the future :)

*she loves to be around other kids, esspecially her cousins, she loves all of them, and they love her

*She is definately a mamma's girl, at least for now anyways. Its frustrating for Chance sometimes but I just have to remind him that I'm her food source not to mention she hangs out with me all day.

*She is so good for other people, essspecially her Aunt Affy and both Grandmas. I'm so lucky I can go to work and not have to worry about her. Chance does such an amazing job while I'm away too, I couldn't ask for a better father.

*She has the cutest giggle and she is a very happy baby except when she bonks her head, which she has done numerous times now that she can stand up.

There are so many other things but I'm sure I'm already boring you. It is so fun/scary watching her grow and learn new things. I guess the next stage is walking which I'm sure she will figure out before I want her to. WE love you Emma!

Ear Piercing

Chance has wanted me to get my ears pierced for quite some time. And then when Emma was born we decided it would be fun to have a mommy daughter date and both get ours done. I was super nervous which I have no idea why cuz I have been through a lot worse then a little prick in my ears, but it turned out to be alright. Emma on the other hand did not like it of course...here is the video...so sad..





On a happier note, Emma only cried for a minute and then she was perfect after that. I must say she looks stinkin cute in her earrings...I'm glad I did them while she was young. I'm enjoying mine as well. It only took me 26 years but you know...

slight tangent, but Emma has now officially learned how to scoot/crawl. I'm in big trouble now...hehe

2 years down and many more to come!

This week me and Chance celebrated our two year anniversary! In a way it seems like we have been married forever and its hard to imagine life before I was married, but then its crazy how two years can fly so fast. I'm so grateful I made the decision to marry Chance. He is my best friend, he makes me laugh, he is an awesome father and husband. He loves our daughter so much and he does a great job while I am away at work. I sometimes think of all my silly crushes when I was younger or people that I wanted to marry, and I am so grateful Heavenly Father knew what was best for me. I could not be happier with anyone else. I love you babe. Thanks for the 2 great years and I'm excited for many more to come!

Half a Year old

Our little Emma is already 6 months old! Time really does fly. Its hard to imagine our life without Emma in it but in the same breath its crazy she is growing so fast. We went to the doctor this week and these are her stats: She weighs 14 lbs 15 oz although personally I think the scale is off since that means she has only gained an ounce in 2 months. I have weighed her on my scale at home which is usually pretty accurate and it says 16 lbs. :) She is 27 inches long, which is in the 90th percentile.
Our little Emma:
Sits well on her own

Really wants to crawl but has not quite figured it out yet. She gets in the crawl position but can't seem to manage to go forward.

Has figured out that she can use her voice to make really loud noises.

She is sleeping for the most part through the night. She usually sleeps from 9 or 10 to six in the morning and then wakes up just to eat and then she will usually sleep till 9.

She loves to grab EVERYTHING. She knocked over 3 glasses of water at Texas Roadhouse the other night.

She has climbed out of her bumbo three times now. She is not safe anywhere.

She is so strong and full of energy. I'm not looking forward to the day when she crawls or even worse walks. I don't know if I will be able to keep up with her.

We have been so lucky to have sucha great baby. We love you Emma!

Halloween Pics

I went and got Enmma's Halloween pics done yesterday..here are the final products. They turned out so well, I was so happy. Here is our little savage! Enjoy!

Hunting Sucess!

The fall season in the Rasmussen family means that its hunting season. Luckily we have a cabin where we can go to and we dont have to hunt in the freezing cold. I never thought I would join a family who loved hunting so much, but I have come to enjoy at least being up in the mountains and riding horses. This year Chance has been up at the cabin alot but not nesessarily hunting for himself, but this weekend he shot an elk. It was quite an experience. He was very happy, anyone that wants to come over for an elk steak is welcome, we will have plenty of them. :)


This is Emma and Makenna waiting at the cabin for the hunters to return.

Uncle Cole didn't kill an elk but he brought home a furry friend for all of the kids to see. He found this beaver just lying dead with no bullet hole or anything. We hope Cole doesn't catch some rare disease that caused this beaver to die. The kids loved it though and it was pretty funny to see.



All of the neices with Uncle Cole and the beaver...



Chance's brother Brigg shot an elk last weekend so here are all of the boys with their prizes.

Here is the meat hanging, its a lovely site isn't it. Way to go hunny!