What's Up to My Cup

(A million points for any of you out there that get that obscure title reference).

Babies are funny. Emerson does not have a shortage on toys (or clothes or baby food for that matter). She's got toys in every room of the house. Literally every room. We need to have a source of entertainment for her at all times. And when I say need, I mean, we do, even though I could stick a t-shirt in front of her and she would think it was awesome.

But her most favorite toy???

Stacking cups.

She loves these cups. L-O-V-E-S them. Her face lights up when there's a cup in sight. She is *this close* to crawling, and I swear that it's because her cups are scattered throughout the whole house, and she will army crawl/roll to get a cup that's across the room. It is her mission in life, I think.

But seriously, of all the things, THIS is her jam? I think some day for baby #2 (more on that later), I will save our money on toys and clothes and just buy plastic things from the dollar store. No joke.

In other mommy-related news that no one cares about, yesterday was the 30 week mark! Emerson has been out of my belly almost as long as she was in.

Here I am at 30 weeks in:

And here we are 30 weeks out:

My stomach is smaller, definitely, but I still have the "mom pouch" going on. I am joining Shannon's "300/30 Day Ab Challenge" and so naturally, I will have a six pack in 30 days. That's just how the world works.

Future gold medalist

Hi friends!

Though she will not be eligible for the Summer Olympics until 2028, I feel like Miss Emerson has a future in gymnastics, pole vaulting, diving, and possibly bungee jumping if that is an official sport by then.

Watch the video below and I dare you to disagree.

That right there folks is a Jenny Jump Up. At first I was skeptical (My baby dangling from a door frame?!?!), but oh my word.... it has become the greatest thing in our house. Baby girlfriend goes absolutely apesh*t crazy over this contraption. (Please don't judge me that I put her in there backwards. It has the same effect.) I love that it kind of looks like a strawberry with the top cut off. Right??

If she has her mommy's athleticism, her dreams of winning a gold medal some day will be dashed. However, her patriotism is admirable.

USA! USA! USA!

A few things...

1) I have zero free time since having a baby. I am okay with this, but I have so much more respect for people who have more than one baby and still work full-time. Ya'll are crazy!

2) Because I have no free time, the only exposure to news and current events I get is the 2 minutes that I'm in the break room microwaving my breakfast sandwich and I get to watch CNN. I get mad when those 2 minutes are commercials because my window to the outside world has been lost.

3) The Kick and Play Piano is one of the best inventions ever:



4) Emerson has now decided that sitting is for "babies" and will stick her long legs out when you hold her so that she is standing at all times. It's quite adorable.

"Daddy, am I supposed to be doing this???"

5) When other people are viewing and judging what you eat each day, you tend to eat less and workout more. Thanks to MyFitnessPals Holly and Kristen! :) I've gotten a few people from work to join in too - let's start a MFP revolution!! (Except not today... we had a potluck at work and I'm ashamed with how much I ate)

6) The other night, I watched The Lion King with Jon for a project for his MBA class. Yes, we are paying $527 per credit hour to watch children's films. Anywhoo, when watching the opening scene for the first time in probably 15 years, and the first time as a mother, I bawled. Cried like a baby. The music, the cute little lion cub, the proud parents, the animals adoring the new baby?? And then I bawled again when Simba found Mufasa dead in the bottom of the canyon. Why does Disney insist on making such terribly sad films??



And that's my life this week... Happy Thursday!!!

Emerson meets the Bumbo

Great Success!!!