Sleepy Girl

I just laid Emma down for her evening nap. She's not yet asleep -- we can hear the occasional whimper -- but she's tired and I expect will drop off shortly. I love when her eyes get heavy and her hands go still. She fights it for a long time, but eventually she'll spit out the pacifier, perhaps crumple her face in a fake cry, then get a rather serene expression as she slips into dreamland. I wonder what babies dream about?

I've been doing animal sounds with Emma in the last couple of days. What's absolutely hilarious is that she seems to especially like the meow sound! Even if we don't get a reaction out of her over the other sounds, she almost always gives us a smile when we meow like a cat. What a weirdo. She laughed for Jon today. He had her sitting on his belly then kept pulling her close to his face, making funny faces and sounds at the same time. I can't wait to find out if she's ticklish!

Emma is in the 50th percentile according to the growth charts. I looked it up today because I've always heard people mention "such and such percentile" but never knew what that actually meant. Essentially, for those of you who are in the dark as I once was, there are just as many kids Emma's age who are bigger than her as are smaller than her. I think I was always in the 90th percentile, which would mean that only 10% of kids were bigger than me. Being so tall has always been tough, so I'm pleased that we may have more of an average-height kid. According to a growth "predictor" online, Emma should be aroun 5 foot 7 1/2 inches. Sounds pretty good to me -- the perfect height. Still considered fairly tall but not too tall to find long enough pants! I kind of like, too, that she may get more wear out of her clothes! Right now she's still in 0-3 mos., which is great since some outfits have only been worn twice so far in her 11 weeks.

Em was home with Jon today. It's amazing to me how unburdened I am on these days as opposed to when she's in daycare. I'm hoping to maybe work from home tomorrow for the latter part of the day and can bring Emma home with me.

Hope you're all enjoying the pictures.