17th Month Check Up!

So we missed his 15 month check up (bad mommy) so we had 17 month check up yesterday. I could have sworn that Emmett weighted 30 lbs. at least but it ends up he doesn't.

Here are his stats:

Height: 33" - 90th%
Weight: 23 lbs. 8 oz. - 25%
Head - can't remember exact measurement but it's in the 50%

Words:
Banana - comes out BAAAAAAA (like a sheep)
Gong Gong - grandpa in Chinese
Ding Dong - when he pushes on anything
Woof
Meow
Balloon - comes out as BAoooon
Hi
Bye
Roar - when he sees a lion in the book. Comes out as RAAAAAR

Words on deck:
Daddy - he said this once. But if I ask him where daddy is he will find a picture of Ben and bring it to me. So he knows who daddy is.
For the life of me I can't get him to say mama or mommy. It's KILLING me.

Favorite Toys/Skills:
Stacking boxes
Drumming on anything
Following the Roomba (our robot vacuum) around
Swiffer mop
Drinking out of a straw

Hi Five!


Hanging out in the front yard of the new house.

His pajamas are his favorite "woobie" to sleep with now.

Picture of Emmett and all of his grandparents!

One Year Check Up

Emmett had his one year check up with the Doctor earlier this week. He did great!

Head: I don't know the exact measurements but he has a big head. 95th percentile.
Height: 31" 75th percentile
Weight: 21 lbs. 12oz. 40th percentile.

Emmett is a lollipop. Big head with skinny chopstick legs. He had 3 shots and didn't cry. What a good baby!

And a blog entry is no good unless you post some pictures - so here are some photos of Emmett showing his Spoon Tricks. Thanks Grandpa Ed for sharing the pictures!

9 Months!

I've been neglecting the baby blog lately. Sorry. Wedding season has begun so I'm spending a lot of time working and also trying to keep up with my business blog. As much as I love to talk about Emmett - it doesn't make the family money.

So we went to Emmett's 9 month check up a couple of days ago. Overall, he's doing well but let's just say Emmett is one tall, skinny baby with a big ol' head.

Height: 29" (75th percentile)
Weight: 19 lbs. 14 oz. (30th percentile)
Head Circumference: 46.5 cm or something like that. I can't remember. But I do remember the nurse telling me that his head is in the 80th percentile. Wow - Emmett has got quite the noggin.

Emmett's Milestones:
- He has a little tooth coming in.
- He's a scooting maniac and doing what is called the "army" crawl. He's starting to rock back and forth on his hands and knees but hasn't figured out how to move.
- The other day he pulled himself up to standing position all by himself. He was very proud of this achievement. How do I know this? Cause he gave out a squeal and flashed a semi-toothy grin at us.
-He's now eating Cheerios but doesn't know how to feed himself yet. He just opens his mouth and expects me to pop one in there for him. Of course I do cause I'm clearly starving him (being in the 20th percentile for weight.)
- He now eats oatmeal, avocados, bananas, sweet potatoes, butternut squash, yogurt, apples, pears, peaches, peas and rice.

First time eating a cheerio.

What do you want me to do again? Feed myself? Yeah right.

If you give me a spoon I can make a mess.

This is where I put him when I have to pee. He loves his jumpy.

This is where we must contain Emmett. Also known as baby jail.

Poor Emmett. He's stuck in baby jail.

Like a true inmate he broke free...
He's blurry cause he was moving really fast.

6 Months!

Emmett is now 6 months old. My how time flies. He's a big tub of chubby and when the Dr. saw him the other day she said, "Hi Emmett! Where is your neck?" You see, his face is so chubby that you can't see his neck. But he has a neck for sure. That's where he stores all of his favorite items like lint, spit and milk junk.

Here are his stats:
Weight: 16 lbs. 1 ounce (he's gained 1lb 3 ounces since his 4 month check up) 50th percentile
Height: 27 inches (60th-75th percentile)
Head Circumference: I can't remember the measurement number but it was in the 75th percentile.

He also received 2 shots and hardly cried at all. What a trooper!

Emmett has also found some new tasty treats to nibble on. Check it out!

He's a happy baby!

Put Your Hands in the Air

Emmett had his 4 month check up last week. He did great! He's growing at the perfect rate.

Weight: 14 lbs. 14 oz.
Height: 25 inches
Head Circumference: 42 cm

Hes in the 50th percentile for all 3 categories which means he's an average baby. We'll take average for now. But once he's in school we're going to expect him to do better.

He also had a couple of immunization shots which he DID NOT like. But he did get some cool band-aids after. Well, I thought they were cool. Emmett was clueless about it.

Tazmanian Devil!

Daffy Duck!

Emmett has also discovered his hands. I mentioned before that he would attempt to suck his hand but didn't do it very well. Most of the time he would just wap himself in the head and this created frustration more than comfort. But with some practice, he's really good at it!

He doesn't suck his thumb - he sucks on FOUR fingers.

When he's done sucking - he admires his own hand. He LOVES to stare at his hand and wave it about. He's starting to realize that he has control over it. It's fun to watch him do this!

He's also good at playing with toys now.

Vise like grip like no other. His hands are really clammy cause their always balled up in a fist.

When he wears socks - he gets crazy amounts of lint stuck in his toes. I have no idea why but it's pretty gross. And you will have to forgive the fuzzy foot pictures but taking photos of a babies foot is freaking hard. I had to take 15 plus pictures and NONE of them were clear.
But you get the idea cause you can see the lint. And do you see how his toes are all spread out? That is a CHANG family trait. Me and my sisters can all do this.

Notice my vise like grip on his foot - it didn't help. He was still kicking his feet everywhere.

On his future resume he will be able to say he's good at collecting lint between his toes.

2 Months!

Emmett is now 2 months old. I can't believe it. He had his 2 month check up and he did great!
He is now the average baby. Even though he was 4 weeks early he appears to have caught up and pretty much where he should be in terms of height, weight and head circumference.

He is now 10 weeks old.
Weight: 11 lbs. 8 oz. He has gained 2 lbs. and 7 oz. from his last visit.
Height: 23 inches
And he fits in the 50th percentile for both.

He also smiled!!! At first it was totally random but now he's making eye contact, coos and has these little grins which makes him even more adorable. I'm trying to get a smile on film but he's a tricky one.

Emmett Burrito with some spicy salsa

Ben reading a story to Emmett

He likes to hold my hand while feeding

Uncle Brian with Emmett