6 months!

Ms. Emma is now 6 months! Wow, time is flying. She had her 6 month check up last week with the following stats:

Weight: 19 lbs 14 oz

Height: 27.5 inches

In both the weight and height categories, she is off the charts. Our doctor was joking that maybe she needed 'Baby Spanx' similar to those highlighted in an SNL skit he apparently watched the weekend before and thought was funny. Jokes aside, she is healthy and proportional. :-) Emma is able to sit by herself for brief periods until she falls over. She is a very happy baby with a very healthy appetite. Her favorite is still the oatmeal cereal she now gets three times a day. We call it prison slop. We keep trying to introduce root veggies and peas but it's slow. She isn't a fan...still. We are excited for the next 6 months which will dramatically change the game here in the Johnson household. We can't wait!

Happy Halloween 2010

We had a fun Halloween celebration starting with a trip on the Durango Silverton Train to the Peanuts Pumpkin Patch where we were able to do many fun kid activities and take pictures/hug the peanuts gang (Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Lucy). For Halloween weekend we headed down to Phoenix to join my oldest brother and his family plus my mom for another boo-filled time. All three of us girls were nursing colds before and during our trip but we tried to not let it get the best of us. It was great to see family and enjoy the warm Arizona sun. The Great Pumpkin returned the day after Halloween to provide the kids with a prize in exchange for some of their candy, similar to last year. This year he delivered Pillow Pets. Sarah received the Lady Bug Pillow Pet and is in love! Emma's treat was being pushed around the neighborhood in the stroller that held our Heineken beers. ha! Sarah was a Southern Belle and loving every minute of it. We kept trying to get her to say "I do declare" and "Bless your heart" as part of the trick or treat routine but it didn't stick. She was focused on the prize. We are now back still healing from our colds and getting ready for the holiday season.

Sarah at the end of the Pumpkin Patch Maze where she could pick her pumpkin to take home. This was her Durango version of the Southern Belle costume with the fleece jacket underneath.

Sleeping Emma in the Pumpkin Maze.

My beautiful girls in beautiful Durango, Colorado.

The Cristofano-Johnson crew. From left to right: Emma in the beer cart (aka stroller), Sir Jack the Knight of Chandler, Witchy Poo Hayden, Ms. Sarah the Southern Belle, and Mighty Kyle the Pirate of Halloween.

From left to right: Me channeling my past from the 80's with the Blondie concert tee/plastic bracelets/gloves and wacky hair, my Mom dressed as a 'Family Tree', and Rasta Man Dan.

Beautiful Hayden and Emma. Hayden was a huge help with Emma during the Halloween weekend.

Emma trying to be like her uncle Rasta Man Dan.

The day after Halloween and the kids decided to dress up again before school.