Double Digits

Well Emmy is finally 10 pounds - 10.4 to be exact! She is about 6 1/2 weeks and doing well. Smiling more and more and starting to make happy noises. Sleep is still a touchy subject in our household but we are working to get on some sort of a schedule. She just doesnt want to miss a minute! Here are some pictures from this week...

Bath Time

Well Emmy's umbilical cord finally fell off the day after she turned one month so we were finally able to give her a real bath...and she LOVES them! She just sits in the water and gets really quiet and her eyes get big. We have been doing them in the kitchen sink so she loves to stare out the window.

She is smiling now at people when they talk to her. She's growing a ton - I think around 9 pounds now. We are settling in to parenthood and she's sleeping longer stretches at night which is great! She especially loves car rides and her stroller - anything that moves!
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One Month Old!

Emmy is one month old today! The month has flown and yet I feel like I have aged years!! We are starting to get more sleep. The longest stretch was 6 1/2 hours! But a usual night is 3 stretches of 3 hours so that is much better than where we are at about a week ago!! I can't wait until we can get her down to only waking up once a night! She is growing a ton, we weighed her last week and she was a little over 8lbs. She has finally grown out of newborn clothes! And she is starting to really stare at people's faces and follow things with her eyes. Today she even smiled at me when I was smiling and talking to her. That is the first time she has done that - usually she smiles right before she falls asleep and she's in a dreamy state or right after she poops! :)
Here are some new pictures:

Emerson's First Photo Shoot

Emerson's pictures are done and ready for viewing - First you have to click on clients- then register, then use the client code:

Go to the website at
http://www.katiewelshphotography.com, click on "Clients". Register using your email address and click the Access Gallery link and enter in the access code below:

Access code: 7868e4ae

Some new pictures

Emmy had another sponge bath last night - her umbilical cord still hasnt fallen off yet so we are still not able to give her a full bath. It put her in a good mood and she spent a good hour just looking around. She is alert longer and longer everyday. Now if I could only get her to sleep for longer periods at night!