Topics: holidays, video, Mothers Day

2009 - what a year!�� I became a mother and an aunt, James graduated from BU and Emmett hit some major milestones.� I think most of my immediate family members regard 2009 as one of - if not THE - best year yet, and I could not agree more.

Emmett's first Christmas was great.� We headed up to Maine for Christmas Day with James' family and then back down to Boston to meet my parents and sister for Christmas round two.� Needless to say, Emmett got a lot of good loot.

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New Year's Eve was pretty quiet.� I co-hosted my company's Internet marketing podcast in the afternoon, which was a lot of fun.� Then James, Emmett and I spent a relaxing evening at home that included some yummy Thai takeout, a cozy fire, watching the ball drop and drinking champagne at midnight.

Perhaps the coolest development of the past couple of weeks, however, was the fact that Emmett took his first steps (literally fewer than 24 hours after my parents went back to New Jersey after Christmas)!� In fact, in less than a week, he's become a real pro.� Check out a video of some of his first few steps below ...

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Now that the hustle and bustle of the holidays are over, I have to focus on my next big project -- Emmett's first birthday party!� Considering it's only 2 weeks away and I still have a lot to do to prepare, I should keep myself pretty busy.� I'm getting excited though; I just bought some pretty awesome themed decorations online :)

Check out the various Baby Lump photo albums on 2009 at http://www.flickr.com/photos/littlebabylump/sets and videos at http://www.youtube.com/pamelump.

Cheers to 2010 and to more milestones, happiness and love for Baby Lump, and thanks for reading along in '09!

Happy New Year from LittleBabyLump.com!

Topics: Weekly Updates, Milestones, holidays, video, Firsts, New Year, first new year, first steps, first Christmas

Well, the holidays are officially underway, and as always, I'm super behind on my Christmas shopping.� We have, however, managed to get the stockings hung, the tree (delivered by James' parents from Maine) up and decorated and our holiday cards safely to their destinations.� Although I wish I could send a card to everyone I know, it's simply not possible, so here's a peak for everyone to see:



Yes, Emmett has a full-out Santa suit.� Yes, this was the best picture I could get of him in it, even after two photo shoots on separate occasions.� Now I understand why people take their kids to professional photographers.� It was literally impossible to get a quality picture of Emmett smiling that also showed off the Santa suit.

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In developmental milestone news, Emmett is officially only a month away from his first birthday.� He now has six teeth -- four on the top and two on the bottom in the front -- and as of earlier this week, he weighs 21 lbs, 11 oz.

He's getting more adventurous about his standing, too.� If you let go of him he can stand without help for a few seconds, and if you hold one of his hands, he'll walk around with you.�� He can also now climb onto the chair in our living room by himself, which means he now garners a lot more attention from me.� Can I say the cliche thing?� He's seriously growing up so fast!� After much hesitation, I even gave him his first (very) overdue haircut tonight - just a little off the sides.

For more pictures from Emmett's Santa Baby photo shoots, check out the Flickr set here.

Age Timer: 11 months

Topics: Weekly Updates, Milestones, holidays, Events, haircut, santa baby, Christmas, baby, santa suit, standing

Topics: Weekly Updates, Milestones, family, holidays, video, Firsts, holiday, clapping