Elvis impersonator

Much to his Poppa's chagrin, Emmett ventured down to the end of lonely street to practice his Elvis impersonations. With only two months until the Elvis Festival, his hip swagger is looking pretty good as he sings for a sold out crowd of toys. With some coaching on hairstyle, lyrics, tone and wardrobe, he should be good to go.

Nine months old

Tar blobs as big as pancakes reach Alabama shores. The FIFA world cup gets started in South Africa. Gramma and Poppa arrive for a visit. The Lotto Max jackpot is at $50 million. And Emmett celebrates his nine month birthday. Hard to believe he has now been out in the world longer than in the womb.

He celebrated by going on a hike with his Gramma and his mom in the mountains, followed by drinks in the gold seats at Evelyn's.

Perfect place for people watching, and to recover from the treacherous canyon hugging trails Gramma took him on.

Home for the Holidays

Emmett's parents dragged him home to visit family and friends, celebrate his first Christmas, and tour him around their respective home towns. The holidays were full of fun, festivities, and many firsts including Emmett's first plane ride. He handled the outbound flight like a champ.

On the return flight, however, he was lucky to not be hauled off by security when just before pushing back from the gate he spat up a smuggled stash of breast milk cleverly concealed in his belly. Fortunately, the volume of liquid amounted to less than 100 mL.

Relatives from the clan Stran eagerly awaited his arrival. His cousins were smitten with the newest member of the family, as were his aunts.

Not sure if Uncle Blair was as smitten, though he eventually started to come around...

Luckily, Grampa and Poppa came to the rescue, giving Emmett some quality armchair time.

All in all, Emmett received more than his fair share of attention and cuddling over the holidays. Hey, when you're as cool a Christmas character as Emmett is, who can resist?

Emmett, Outlaw Biker Dude

With all the hubbub around Halloween, we almost forgot to mention Emmett's first visit to Kane's Harley Diner, his parents' favourite weekend breakfast haunt. Despite continuing to show off for Gramma and Poppa, Emmett was able to muster his best outlaw biker snarl for the camera. The fuzzy bunny suit is an interesting juxtaposition.

Speaking of interesting juxtapositions, Emmett's dad did some research to try to find a good biker name for Emmett. One particular online biker name generator claims that all a baby needs is a good one percenter name, and soon everyone will cringe in terror. Apparently, Emmett will be a hog-riding outlaw who kills his enemies as "Lil' Monkey of the Donkey Punchers Motorcycle Club."

Second Round of Reinforcements Arrive

Emmett and his parents headed to the airport late last night to pick up his grandparents, Gramma and Poppa. Emmett was extremely excited to meet his dad's parents, though the late night arrival meant he conked out en route to the airport.
Gramma spent the day with him, and used her grandma magic to put him to sleep. Little does Gramma know, Emmett's parents have hatched a plan to keep her in Alberta, and destroyed her plane ticket home.

In the meantime, Emmett's mom learned a valuable lesson today. When a crying baby is put in a bouncy chair in the bathroom with the hairdryer on, the baby will fall asleep almost instantly...