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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[caption id="attachment_945" align="aligncenter" width="524" caption="James keeping Gus pacified on a yoga ball"][/caption]

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Age Timer: 7 months, 3 weeks

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

The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind.� We had the Fourth of July (which was a lot of fun - Emmett almost stayed awake through all the fireworks), Gus was born and I've been super busy with work.� I finally got around to taking Emmett with me to HubSpot (the company I work for) one day, too!

Oh yeah, and it's as if because Emmett is 6 months old now (I know, half a year? SO hard to believe!), he thinks he's become Mr. Independent or something.� Our little trick of feeding Emmett with the aid of the Boppy no longer works.� Instead, he wants to try to hold the bottle and feed himself.� I guess he doesn't need me anymore ...

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Here are some picture highlights from the past couple weeks ...

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[caption id="attachment_900" align="aligncenter" width="545" caption="Kisses from mom."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_901" align="aligncenter" width="546" caption="Eskimo kisses from dad."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_902" align="aligncenter" width="545" caption="Nap with Mr. Caterpillar."][/caption]

Age Timer: 6 MONTHS!

Remember how I told you that all Em seems to want to do lately is stand up?� Well, thanks to Gran Lucy, now he can -- without any help from James or me!� He has a brand new Sesame Street ABC Elmo Activity Walker, and he absolutely loves it.� Here he is taking it for a test drive:

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That video was taken before we had a chance to add the toys.� He loves it even more now that they're there.

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We also tried out Emmett's TravelSeat hook-on Chicco high chair for the first time yesterday, too.� I think he's a fan.� Still doesn't really seem to be a fan of rice cereal though.� I think we'll have to try something else.

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In other news, Emmett is 5 months old today!� Can you believe it?

Age Timer: 5 months