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happy baby pose

Emmett can finally strike the "happy baby pose". I remember months ago hanging out with Christine and Theo when Theo grabbed his feet with his hands. I thought to myself, "I cannot wait until Emmett can do this adorable pose. I want to eat him up when he does it. But it does make changing diapers more difficult.

back from NYC

We returned home from the Big Apple late Sunday night. We had a wonderful time and it was great to see many of our dear friends. Emmett was fabulous for the trip and plane ride. On the way out, he slept/played/ate the entire trip, not even fussing. On the way home, he was a pretty good sport, considering we sat on the tarmac for three hours before our six hour flight. He cried for a solid hour, and we were trying everything in our bag of tricks to calm him down. He wouldn't take the boob, bouncing in our seats wasn't working...it was very frustrating and I had to sit there and look back on the incident and remember all of the times I got pissed or rolled my eyes at people with screaming babies on flights...anyhow, after an hour of crying, I finally just laid him down on the pillow across our laps, and he just stopped, stared at the lights a bit, and put himself to sleep right before take off and slept the entire flight. It obviously could have been much worse.

I won't go into detail about our trip, since Damon covered most of it on his blog except to say that my conference was really great and I am so excited to change things up in my classroom in the fall. Belinda got to go to the conference too, and I am thrilled that she will be working along side me in the classroom. How crazy and how lucky we are!

So we are back home, enjoying our foggy summer days in SF. I know work is on the horizon, which I have mixed feelings about. I am thrilled that Damon will be able to at home with Emmett, but I know I am really going to miss my days with him. I wish it were possible for both of us to stay home for a year (or more), but I realize we are pretty lucky that we get to swing Damon staying home, even if it gets us more into debt.

play date with theo and catching poop

Pretty exciting week over here at the Green-Todd household. Theo and his mummy Christine came over yesterday for a little play date. Theo is seriously one of the cutest babies ever to live and so sweet. That is why this picture is so funny. It looks like Theo is clocking E in the face, but really he was just grabbing his nose (nobody got hurt). Christine has been a huge support for me as a new mom, since she's a professional and has done all of this before. I feel really lucky to have her friendship.

On another note, I got Emmett to poop in the potty for the first time. I know that doesn't sound too exciting to most folk, but I sure was thrilled. Damon has really been working on catching a poop, but it seems that E usually goes while he is nursing in the middle of the day, which makes it hard for Damon to witness. So the other day, I was playing with the little one, and he started making noises down south so I thought I'd give it a try. I undressed him, put him on the pot, said "kaka" (Damon's trigger word), and gently pushed his tummy. It worked like a charm and was one less cloth diaper to clean!

We are preparing for our big trip to NYC this weekend. I am really looking forward to seeing everyone in NYC (Laura, Lesley, Sal, Enrique...), and it will be fun to have friends from here to play with too (Luisa, Belinda, Nick..a few other teachers from work).I hope E does well on the flight and adjusting to the time difference. Send us good thoughts!