Back to her Normal Self

Well Emmy is finally back to herself after her shots Monday. Tuesday she slept all day and Wednesday she screamed all day. I think her legs were bothering her where she got the 3 shots. So we got her some baby tylenol which helped a little but thank goodness Thursday and today she has been back to her normal temperment, smiling and taking lots of naps. She misses daddy though and cant wait to see him Monday.

2 Month Check-up and Meeting Grandpa

Emmy had her 2 month check up on Monday. All is well -
She is now 22 inches long - she grew 2 inches since birth. That is in the 33 percentile for height.
She weights 11.06 pounds which is in the 59 percentile and she got 3 shots and an oral vaccine. Poor baby. She had huge crocodile tears running down her face. She slept the rest of the day and then yesterday you could tell her little legs were very very sore. Today she has been pooping like nuts since about 3am we have had 5 blowouts!! I guess the shots can also do that. So I'm hoping we are through the worst of it!

Yesterday we met my dad for lunch. He is home from Iraq for 2 weeks and then will be back for good in February. He finally got to meet his 2 new granddaughters -Emmy and Claire. He thinks they are adorable and we are going to see him again on Thursday. Poor Anna had a breakdown because her chicken nugget was too hot so she had to put herself in timeout. Too funny - I have never met a kid who will put herself in timeout and tell you when she is ready to come out! It was fun to see everyone.

K-Girl Hat

We came home last week to find an adorable little white bear hat on our chair....Where did it come from? We later found out it was K-Girl (Kathy Anderson). She knew it was getting cold and wanted to make sure Emmy had a warm hat to wear. Thank you!! Pictures below...we will take some better ones once she grows into it a little more.

Emmy is doing great. Getting very smiley and starting to talk a little bit. She even said "ick" when we tried to give her formula once. She wouldn't take it. She has her 2 month check-up on Monday. Can't believe it's been that long already!

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!
Thanks for chekcing in!

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