Admittedly, a lot of my free time lately has been taken up by wedding planning (awesome for me, not so great for my blog readers).� I'm sure any mom understands this, but having a kid (or kids) makes it extremely difficult to find time to do everything you wish you could.� Luckily, I've been able to motivate myself to squeeze running into my schedule (I used to be a pretty dedicated runner before I got pregnant), and as I said, with the wedding planning, unfortunately my blog has taken a back seat.� Not that I'm going to convert my blog into a place for wedding chatter in any sense, but for those interested, the wedding planning is going along quite swimmingly. We have the venue, the date, the officiant, a wedding website and I even found the dress!

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I've partially justified my lack of blogging by the fact that Emmett isn't hitting the milestones as freqently as he did as a baby.� Still, there have definitely been some developments:

1. He's been all about the babbling for quite some time, but he has also been slightly behind on his vocabulary.� Lately though, he's really been excelling on the talking front. He can now say hi, bye, dad, one, two, blue, choo choo, ball, wow, wee and eye.� Am I forgetting anything, James?


2. He's developing quite a little sense of humor.�� He fakes sneezes when we sneeze, and he's just a goofball in general.


3. He loves to dance. Like -- loves it.� He dances whether or not there's music, and I'm pretty sure he's already a better dancer than I am.� This kid's got moves.� I can't wait to catch him on video.


4. He now weighs about 28 lbs, and he's half an inch shy of 3 feet tall.


5. He likes to swim.� We've been taking parent-toddler swim classes at the Fitness and Recreation Center at Boston University, and he's definitely a fan.

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Also, can you believe Emmett is already a year and a half old?� It's unreal ...

Age Timer: 18 months, 3 weeks

As I mentioned yesterday, Emmett met a lot of his extended family members last week in Pennsylvania.� He also did a little bit of dancing (in his brand new Converse sneakers, just like dad's!) ...

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We even learned that Em has an alien in his chest.� The alien emerges whenever Emmett has the hiccups ...

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Finally, Emmett showed off to the family by performing his best session of tummy time yet!

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I think it's safe to say the little guy made a pretty good first impression :)

Age Timer: 10 weeks