As of lates...

This is how we wake up in the mornings now.



The past month have been really, really busy. Trips to Nor-Cal, bi-weekly swim lessons, demanding schedules at work, and a baby pushing full-throttle ahead to toddler-hood at 299,792,458 metres per second (aka. speed of light). Lots of highlights that I have not been able posts, but will certainly go and back-post Em's growing experiences.

A brief re-cap, Em had several opportunities to spend some extended time with relatives and family. Em also had a blast hanging out with her uncles/aunts, grand uncles/aunts, grandparents, great-grandma, and especially her cousin K and cousin T. Em LOVES her cousin K and T and they played and got to know each other well. Em also had her first amusement park visit to Legoland with her cousins.

Her developmental growth has been really fun to watch. I don't want to give too much away since Ryan likes to write about it for the monthly summaries, but she has new tricks up her sleeves and she's an expert now at her old tricks. The video above gives a hint to one of her new tricks. For about a week, I would go into her room and help her because I thought she was stuck. I thought she figured out how to pull herself up in the crib but not know how to get down. Then Ryan decided to observe her one day via our baby cam, and he discovered that she would get up, fall down on her butt, and get up again, while constantly playing with the wall, toys, etc. Then when she was bored, she would give us this "help-me-cry" that she uses to get us in there (it obviously works!)

Swim lessons have come and also have gone. It took pretty much all 9 classes to get her to a point where she started to enjoy the pool. She's not so fond of going under the water, but can hold her breathe. She even began kicking her legs when she is swished side to side.

In other areas, work has been ramping up the past month. New projects that require a bit of time for research and learning. Deadlines hovering about, and overall busy-ness has increased significantly. Looks like the holiday season will be crazy as that is when the high-profile project will be impacting. Balancing time has been okay, but definitely a juggling act.