The Competition Continues

Today was Emmit's 6th month check up. He did very well considering he was in the car a lot, had shots and smiled for his 6th month pictures! Anyways, here are his stats compared to his big bro at 6th months:

Gerrit: Emmit:

27" long 26.6" long

19 lb 18 lb 3 oz

17.4" head 18.11" head

Emmit is tapering down to the 50%ile except for his head...Adam says, maybe its big because he has more brains than his big brother! Only time will tell!

Brotherly Love

Gerrit enjoys entertaining his brother (once in a while):

Emmit loves the attention Gerrit gives him:

Gerrit's other 'brother' Luke spent the day with us. At 8 am Gerrit was asking if Luker was here yet (I had told him that Luke was going to come over today if he was bored). Luckily, I needed a staple gun so I called Luke around 10 and he came over for the day. Gerrit was in 7th heaven! They wrestled, played tackle, had lunch together and then played in the pool for hours.

Scuba Farmer

I picked up a scuba mask and snorkle for our upcoming trip. Gerrit found it:

Guess he's ready for the oceans he might find riding thru the fields.

I laughed so hard when I saw him like this:

(note the eyes and how the mask isn't on properly!)

Finally

they give me solid food!

We've had rice cereal in the house for over 2 weeks now and finally got around to giving it to Emmit. Dinner has been hectic around here lately but tonight was low key as we just had burgers outside with Dave and Paul.

Gerrit felt he needed to help (surprised?) by holding Emmit's head. Then he wanted to feed Emmit. I think Emmit enjoyed the solids despite a little choking. And to finish off his dinner with a sippy cup of cold water! Not sure how much water he drank, but he sure liked chewing on it!

Big Helper

Adam went for a trail ride with Dave D. this afternoon. Just as they were hitting the trail, it started to rain - hard! So you can imagine what they looked like when they returned!

Moving Up in the World

Gerrit is so spoiled by Luke and Paul. They had an extra scooter that they decided Gerrit needed. He loves to ride the one at their house so today we took this one home.

Not quite ready to use the back wheel break, the grass is an easier way to stop:

Look at that balance!

Now if only he was a bit stronger when it comes to breaking on his big bike, those training wheels would be off!

Forgetting Anything?

This is often how you'd find Ella this weekend:

And when Erika asked if they were forgetting anything, Max responded "ya, Emmit"!

Good thing we will see them in less than a week!