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Emmitt's first trip to Lake Washington Madison park. Kevin got in a swim. Emmitt cried when we put his feet in the water. Again, I think a bit cold for the little guy. He enjoyed watching all the people and pigeons. The french Giraffe joined us, of course.

Grandma Jo thought he looked much better after she dressed him(in Wisconsin gear no less). I agree--what a freakin cutie!

a trip to the beach- Golden Gardens for a beautiful day, lovely time---although we ran into a crazy man and had to call 911(literally). He said we were demons and we should die. Didn't think that was very nice of him! Emmitt stuck his toes in the sound, I think it was a bit cold for him.

Emmitt's favorite treat is the paper tag

Grandma Jo and Aunt Kelly went to the outlet mall!

Grandma Jo...sweet love

AUNT KELLY!

blue eyed boy

A centering BBQ. The babes are getting big. Of course Emmitt is the ham of the bunch!

"I like my centering friend, Jasper, a little more than he likes me"

borrowing my centering friends jumparoo

kitchen utensils are the best

playing outside in the plastic tub pool

The past two weeks were filled with Jackson love. Jo and Kelly came for a birthday visit. Kelly got to meet Emmitt for the first time. He loved her. Of course he knew it was his aunt Kelly, because he is a genius. Emmitt is now crawling. Okay, he does the army crawl, the creepin crawl, and the "I don't know what happened I turned around for a second and he was in a different place" crawl. Emmitt is full of chatter, has started to enjoy eating, and is sleeping well. I tried a new technique with food and have started making food for him with lots of interesting flavors. I figured he gets all sorts of ethnic flavors from my milk, maybe that's the problem he was bored with plain, jarred food. It has sort of worked. Also, his aunt Kelly was a fantastic feeder. During the Jackson trip Emmitt went to the outlet mall for the first time (G-ma Jo swears his first words will be "lets go to the outlet mall"), he tried tatzki and greek lemon soup(LOVED the soup), and put his toes in the sound. He also taught Mama a lesson, don't shake the baby after he gets a bottle(see the video)!