Emma is crawling! And has teeth!!

Emma is now 6.5 months! We love her so much and love seeing her grow and hit each phase. Her most recent accomplishment is FORWARD crawling. She has been moving backwards for more than a month. She could turn around and back up like a pro, in fact, my sister Wendy said, "Get her a rear view mirror and she's set!"

We figured forward crawling we could come sometime soon...and just in time! Emma surprised me with her first forward crawling on MY BIRTHDAY! What a thoughtful little girl - six months old and already getting her mommy presents :) She moved just a bit forward and I immediately g-chatted to Dallas "Emma is crawling forward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Emma gets tons of encouragement from me and Dallas. Nobody lives next to us right now, but if someone did, they would probably think I watch a lot of football. To the contrary, I'm just watching my baby do great stuff and cheering her on. :)

She has now been crawling forward almost two weeks and she is a speed demon! Today in church she crawled all over the place. I thought it would be a bit more difficult because she was in a long frilly dress and had shoes. But, nope! That didn't stop her! During Relief Society she met a new friend. He had lots of toys and Emma raced to get them all. Sweet, funny girl. Dallas and I both love being her parents and watching her grow. It's so fun to see her grow but also makes me sad to know she won't always be our little baby. I take a ton of pictures to make up for it...so many, our icloud storage is full and I couldn't take one of playing with her friend in Relief Society today! Bummer. 

Emma also has two teeth growing in! We noticed her first tooth on July 16. Emma was chomping on Dallas' finger when he jerked back and realized there were more than gums chomping down on him. We affectionately call her "our little vampire" and joke that she must sharpen her teeth at night when we are not paying attention. Her second tooth showed up within the next week. Our baby is growing up!