Where have I been?

Wow it has been a long time since I posted on here. I knew it had been a while but I didn't realize it has been THAT long. So what have the Eystad's been up to?!? Good question...let's just summarize it all

Emma:
As of this Sunday she is 6 months old. Wow. It is true that time flys by when life happens. In the past week she has began sitting by herself (glad this has finally happened), actually jumping in her jumper. She just LOVES it. I also put her in her booster chair while we are eating where she plays with her toys, she seems to enjoy that as well. A couple weeks ago we went to Iowa to visit our good friends (5 hour drive - she was absolutely fantastic!) and she all of a sudden began grabbing at things. My pop-tarts wrapper, my subway sandwhich wrapper (yes while my sub was on it), my nose, ears, lips, anything. Today she reached for Odie and has began petting him...or at least trying. He is so god with her. He just started licking her hand-which she also loves.

She is smiling all the time now and is just becoming so much fun. Both Corey and I just laugh with her. She loves eating sweet potatoes and squash. Those are her favorites! We have also tried carrots, prunes, and peas which she does well with but doesn't seem to love them as much because she allows herself to become distracted. She is wearing 9-12 month clothes and seems to be lengthening out and just overall, so big! She seems uninterested in her bouncy chair so we may begin growing out of toys now as well. She still loves her mobile over her crib though, I don't see that going away any time soon. She is also a huge fan of her blanky. Honestly, we don't go anywhere without it. The only time she isn't gripping it in her little fingers is when she is eating or in her jumper. Otherwise, she loves it. My sister told me that with her "new" love (it's been going on for 3-4 wks) for her blanky she may stop sucking on her fingers. I said, "No way" She is a huge fan of sucking her pointer finger and middle finger on her left hand..although I think she might be right. Emma used to suck her fingers all the time, and it is slowly going away..even when we lay her down in the crib. We love this! 

She is still sleeping through the night, daylight savings seem to have a big affect on her but now she is back to her schedule: goes to bed around: 6:30 and up between 4:30-6am. She eats and then goes right back to bed. Then wakes up, eats, stays up for maybe 30-45 minutes and takes another nap. She is such a good baby- we understand this! She is so good in fact, that when she shows signs of being tired we just put her in the crib and she puts herself to sleep. Love that girl!

Corey & I:
Nothing is really new with us. Just lookin' forward to summer! We have spring/summer fever.

Racing:
Race car is ready. Corey spends his time tinkering. I know he needs to buy tires, fuel, and also scale it but just small (but important) things like that. I know he is getting excited to get on the track but we are hesitant with the year we had last year.

That is about it! Hope all is well with everyone else!