Busy isn't even the word to describe the past couple of weeks.� Packing and moving (and unpacking) took over our life for a while, and then once we were done with that (well, almost), we headed over to Michigan for Labor Day weekend to visit my sisters, brother-in-law and new, 2-month old baby nephew, Gus.

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Besides the unfortunate incident of me leaving my digital camera in the seat-back pocket on the flight to Detroit,� (I'm still mourning its loss, which included an adorable video of Emmett on his first-ever flight) we had "great times" in the Great Lakes State, watching an Olympic sailing qualifying race, hanging out with babies and taking pictures (on cameras other than my own).� And Emmett's first couple airplane experiences went surprisingly well.� A little bit of crying here and there, but nothing we (or other passengers) couldn't handle.

In other news, Emmett has not one, but two toofers!� Two of his bottom front teeth have broken free, and James and I agree that now he looks just like a classic cartoon baby.

The rest of this week will involve finishing touches on the apartment and new digital camera shopping (so we can take pictures of said apartment).

Man, it feels good to blog again!

More of last weekend in pictures ...

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Age Timer: 7 months, 3 weeks

Topics: Weekly Updates, Milestones, family, holidays, Firsts, Labor Day, teeth, flight, Detroit

Emmett has been trying really hard to move around lately.� Although he's been doing the army crawl for a few weeks now, recently he's started to get up on all fours!� He can't really do much more than rock back and forth and lunge forward onto his belly once he gets up there, but it's definitely a look at what's to come.� My guess is the little man will be cruising around with ease in a matter of weeks.� See for yourself!

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Age Timer: 7 months, 4 days

Topics: Milestones, video, Firsts, crawl, army crawl

The three of us headed up to Maine last weekend for Sara's baby shower.� Sara, with her cute little baby bump, got a lot of good baby loot, and we had a great time hanging out in the beautiful weather on the Maine coast for the weekend.

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We also took Emmett out on his first boat ride!� Although I'm pretty sure he wasn't a huge fan of the life jacket we stuffed him into.� Babies have no necks to begin with, and when you put them in a life vest (which makes normal people lose their necks), they lose the lower half of their faces, too.� But man is it ridiculously adorable ...

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I also took Emmett to his 6-month checkup yesterday.� He's up to 18 lbs. 3 oz. and 28 inches "tall" now!� We also got the go ahead to start him on fruits and veggies, too!� Applesauce and butternut squash, here we come!

To see more pictures of Emmett's Maine weekend, check out the 7th month set on Flickr.

Age Timer: 6 months, 6 days

Topics: Weekly Updates, Firsts, Maine, baby food, boat, life jacket, baby shower

James had his first Father's Day last Sunday, so of course I did a successful job of teasing him by wrapping his presents and displaying them on the kitchen table the Wednesday before.� I know -- evil.� To be fair, there were three gifts, and I let him open one each day starting on Friday.� Father's Day itself was fun.� We indulged James' craving for KFC, then later went out to dinner to Charley's with his parents who were in town to help James' step sister move.

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Overall, I think James enjoyed his first Father's Day.� I bet he'll love it even more as the years go by and Emmett actually understands what's going on :)

Age Timer: 22 weeks, 5 days

Topics: family, Firsts, Events, Father's Day, dinner, dad