The Adventures of Jason and Melissa: Smiles!

Well...a smile :) This is the first and to this point only photographic evidence we have of her smiles. It was taken with my iPhone and in dark lighting so its not the greatest picture but it still melts my heart! Her smiles are pretty tough to catch on camera but she has been flashing them more and more lately. Still a bit uncoordinated but cute and fun none the less. She has also been cooing a bit. What a joy it is to hear baby sounds come out that aren't cries or grunts :) When and where they happen are always a surprise...I think even to Emma! Often she will have a very startled look on her face after a little "goo" or "ga" as if to say, "where did that come from?"

Long before the conception of our child, Melissa and I always joked that if we were to ever have an Olympian in our family he or she would have to be a curler. This is one of the reasons we decided to live in Minnesota. Well, it's no joke anymore and we have already started her on her own baby Olympic training program. Here are a couple videos of Emma's training sessions. In the first she is working on a little hand eye coordination to be able to work her broom or throw the rock (I'm sure it has a more official name than "rock"). In the second she is getting an early start on her jogging for conditioning.

And what would a blog post be without the obligatory cute pictures. A week ago it was hard to believe that she could get any cuter, but here is evidence that it has happened.