iCrawl

instruction:

Put your iCrawl on the floor and put something interesting in

front of it.

Soon the iCrawl will start to push with it's feet and pull with it's hands to get where it want to go, especially towards that interesting item or person in front of it.

Next you will see that your iCrawl move into the Army Crawl mode.

(though it may just be that Delta Force blood in this model)

Before you know it, your iCrawl will be learning to get up on my hands and knees.

Sorry that there are no pictures of the iCrawl actually crawling. Though in real life you see a lady chase her iCrawl instead of taking pictures of it.

Problems you may face:

If you see your iCrawl looking like this, don't worry - just charge the batteries by having the iCrawl just take a nap.

Also available:

iPullUp

iHoldOn

Look for iStand and iWalk coming soon!!!

trying new things ...

... like green beans!

tasting them for Mommie ...

"curious ... very curious ..."

"i mean, yuck ... very yucky!!!"

"try them again? do i have to?"

"Boo said what?!?!?! I have to eat these HOW many times before i like them? Tell her that it is more like I HAVE to eat these 6 times before YOU understand .... "

" ... I DO NOT LIKE GREEN BEANS!!!!"

Boo is my (natalie's) mother and has some wonderful advice for anyone's children. This piece of advice Emerson is "talking" about is that children often don't like things the first time given and it can take up to 6 times for them to start to like it (at least i think that is the advice ... Momma, feel free to post it better on a comment). Emerson still isn't enjoying green beans as baby food or mushed up, but did eat some (with a face, but only at the very beginning of each bite) at Cracker Barrel. My mother probably would say "See, i told you. 6 times." but me, i say "LOTS of butter!!!" :) I love you, Momma!

and we're back!

now that you are caught up ... here are some pictures from April.




it's me!
(thanks mrs amber for making me this shirt! i love it!)

watching the tar heels and talking "baby smack" to the referees!

hey ... i'm not for sale! but i sure look cute in here. :D

told you that i am cute!

this my sister Arwen Grace. she is feeding me ...

but what in the world is this stuff? is it suppose to be yummy or something?

me and my walker are tight!!!

February and March

sorry it has been so long. let's get you caught up ...

FEBRUARY
~ 4 months

Valentine's Day

My "Meet and Greet" party!!!

my sister's dressed me up
(with the help of mommie, so no dressy stuff allowed!)


MARCH
~ 5 months

just chillin' on my sisters' trundle bed

trying to get into everything ... and starting to succeed.

saint patricks day (also known at our house as "Lucky's day!")

smiles

here is lillian just about 2 months here

and here is emerson at 3 months with one of his smiles

but what about arwen grace and her smiles ...

yep that was one of them ...

and here is another one.

she would make you work SO hard for a smile ...

which made her "real" smiles so precious!

and there you have it ... our smile journey of the wick children. :)

week of 13 and 14

we are so sorry that it has been so long since our last update! we have just been busy busy busy. hopefully things are settling down and we can do better at keeping you updated weekly.

here i am trying to stand ... i just love it and it makes me so happy!

sitting with my daddy, just hanging out

and i really like to sit up too! here i am "sitting" in my bassinet (though mommie keeps telling me it is for laying down in) and just looking around (with constant supervision folks!)

tarheels and wolfpacks

so normally our house is pretty okay with everyone liking tarheels and wolfpacks, except for days like this when the tarheels CREAMED the wolfpacks (99-62) and then lucky is all wolfpack and natalie is all tarheel and our children ... you think we would try to win them on our side, but they are just our little "wolfheels" :)

(tarpacks was our first thought, but then it sounded too much like a ciggarete company)

here Emerson is 12 weeks and finially in 0-3 month clothes!!! whoo-hoo!

the end of 2007

sorry that i haven't been updating as much as i planned on. but let me catch you up on life ...

right before Christmas, our doctor told us that he was concerned with Emerson's weight and would like to get either an x-ray or ultrasound to see if he had something that would need surgery to correct. we did our best to leave it in God's hands since we had to get through Christmas before we got the ultrasound.

lucky was on-call the week of Christmas, so we weren't able to go anywhere. we thought that meant a quieter Christmas, but we were mistaken ... we had lots of visitors and tons of fun! (look for a family update and one from each girl about our Christmas!)

in the middle of this wonderful week, natalie's parents came and watched the girls so we could take Emerson to his ultrasound appointment. we are blessed to be able to say that nothing was wrong with Emerson. we had prepared our hearts for Emerson to need surgery and we are thankful that this wasn't part of God's plan.

we went to the doctor right after New Year's and had Emerson weighed. in 14 days, Emerson had gained 12 oz!!! so he is doing much better. we have changed his acid reflux medicine and see if that will help keep some of the milk inside him. so we will wait and see if it does.

so this year has been wonderful so fa though i haven't taken ANY pictures in 2008. i will get on that and get them on here for you. but here are some of Emerson's pictures at the end of 2007.

laying in my bassinet with all my buddies! - 8 weeks old

sleeping on the sofa wrapped in my grandmother rose's blanket - 8 weeks old
my new giraffe, he doesn't have a name yet but i LOVE him! - 9 weeks old

Merry Christmas!!! - 9 weeks old

this is my finely tuned pout with my lip stuck out, puddles in my eyes, and no sounds ... yet, just wait 10-15 seconds. :) - 9 weeks old

playing on my playmet, one of my Christmas presents - almost 10 weeks old

here i'm talking to mommie while she tries to watch a movie with daddy - almost 10 weeks