Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Emmaline is 1 Month Old
HAPPY ONE MONTH BIRTHDAY!Ok, Ok, so I'm a little late. Shoot me! Emmaline is now one month & 13 days old. She is a fat little butter ball and I could squish her guts out. She's doing much better now that she's on the Zantac. She's sleeping 4 hour stretches at least at night, and taking long afternoon naps. She's not really a morning person (gets that from her daddy) and is quite cranky until about lunchtime.
Everyday she changes! She's smiling, making all kinds of noises, reaching, holding her head by herself, and even has a tickle spot. We're enjoying every moment with her.
I should have gone back to work this past Monday but I've decided to wait a little while longer and go back February 11th. It'll be an easy transition week and Shane is off that day to keep her. I'm looking forward to going back to work in a way, but in others, I'm not.
Until next time, I'll post some more pics.
Emmie with "Santa", Her 1st Christmas Present (Bracelet), With Lori, & At Bathtime
Monday, January 14, 2008
Happy Birthdays :)
Happy 4 week birthday---and later this week---happy 1 month birthday!
Wow...I can't believe it's been 4 weeks. It seems like it's been an eternity that's flown by. Does that make any sense?
We're back to battling sleep but not nearly as bad as before. I think now it's just typical baby stuff. But for now, Shane is feeding her and putting her down so I think I may go get some sleep.
By the way, have I mentioned how wonderful Shane is??? I sure do love that boy!
Wow...I can't believe it's been 4 weeks. It seems like it's been an eternity that's flown by. Does that make any sense?
We're back to battling sleep but not nearly as bad as before. I think now it's just typical baby stuff. But for now, Shane is feeding her and putting her down so I think I may go get some sleep.
By the way, have I mentioned how wonderful Shane is??? I sure do love that boy!
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Zantac
Good Morning Indeed!!
Wow, we had a great night! Emmaline slept from 10:30-1:45, ate, slept until 5:00, ate, slept until 6:30 and ate again. She and I finally got up at 8:30, she ate, and can you believe it, she's asleep....AGAIN!! I might actually get a shower before Shane gets home today.
Emmaline is now 3 weeks and 2 days old. We had a doctor's appointment yesterday and she now weighs 8lbs 11oz. What a fatty! We were guessing right around 8lbs but I didn't think she'd put on that much weight. But I guess it'll do it to you when you've now decided you want to eat 3 and 4 oz at a time. The doctor thinks she's doing great and we've decided she may have some reflux since she doesn't burp, likes to be held on your shoulder or on her tummy, and is so gassy. So she's been put on liquid Zantac 2 times a day.We should know in a week for sure if it's helping or not. Please pray it does and pray we have more days & nights like yesterday!
She also had many first outings yesterday. I've been quite hesitant to take her out in "public" being so little but the doctor expressed no concern about it so we decided to go eat breakfast, not at a drive through, but at an actual restaurant! She slept right through it. We were trying to kill some time until ToysRUs opened because her daddy has been calling her Sunshine Bear and has been dying to get her a Sunshine Bear Care Bear. So we found a little one but then we spotted a big one that sings. Of course, being wrapped around daddy's pinky already, he had to get her the expensive one. How sweet!
Then we went by to see some of Shane's co-workers (no bad comments on this please, we didn't take her upstairs)! Then by my work also. Everyone oohheed and aahhheed over her. Then lastly, she played bunco for the first time last night. Everyone got in a lot of sugar thats for sure.
It's amazing that in the last 3 days we've had 2 bad and 1 good and I've almost forgotten how horrible we all felt on those 2 bad days. (This must be the "forgetfulness" that makes you want to have another one so soon haha)
She's changing so much already. She's getting fatter, lifting her head, making more and more eye contact, and trying to use her muscles to pull up when we have her by the fingers. We're so excited to see whats to come.
Wow, we had a great night! Emmaline slept from 10:30-1:45, ate, slept until 5:00, ate, slept until 6:30 and ate again. She and I finally got up at 8:30, she ate, and can you believe it, she's asleep....AGAIN!! I might actually get a shower before Shane gets home today.
Emmaline is now 3 weeks and 2 days old. We had a doctor's appointment yesterday and she now weighs 8lbs 11oz. What a fatty! We were guessing right around 8lbs but I didn't think she'd put on that much weight. But I guess it'll do it to you when you've now decided you want to eat 3 and 4 oz at a time. The doctor thinks she's doing great and we've decided she may have some reflux since she doesn't burp, likes to be held on your shoulder or on her tummy, and is so gassy. So she's been put on liquid Zantac 2 times a day.We should know in a week for sure if it's helping or not. Please pray it does and pray we have more days & nights like yesterday!
She also had many first outings yesterday. I've been quite hesitant to take her out in "public" being so little but the doctor expressed no concern about it so we decided to go eat breakfast, not at a drive through, but at an actual restaurant! She slept right through it. We were trying to kill some time until ToysRUs opened because her daddy has been calling her Sunshine Bear and has been dying to get her a Sunshine Bear Care Bear. So we found a little one but then we spotted a big one that sings. Of course, being wrapped around daddy's pinky already, he had to get her the expensive one. How sweet!
Then we went by to see some of Shane's co-workers (no bad comments on this please, we didn't take her upstairs)! Then by my work also. Everyone oohheed and aahhheed over her. Then lastly, she played bunco for the first time last night. Everyone got in a lot of sugar thats for sure.
It's amazing that in the last 3 days we've had 2 bad and 1 good and I've almost forgotten how horrible we all felt on those 2 bad days. (This must be the "forgetfulness" that makes you want to have another one so soon haha)
She's changing so much already. She's getting fatter, lifting her head, making more and more eye contact, and trying to use her muscles to pull up when we have her by the fingers. We're so excited to see whats to come.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Welcome!
Welcome to our blog about our new addition, Emmaline Noelle. We'll be using this to update everyone about how she's doing as well as mommy and daddy.
Emmaline is now two weeks & five days old. It's unreal how close you can become to someone in such a short time. It was also amazing how quickly the "parent" instinct kicked in. I BY NO MEANS have it figured out yet. Quite to the contrary, I'm so clueless it should be illegal for me to have a child! But, we are working through it and each day seems to get a little better.
Being born so close to Christmas, Emmaline has already had quite a few outings. The day after she came home she had her first doctor's appointment and then went and had professional pictures made with cherylzettlerphotography.com (If you'd like to see them or order pics, email me and let me know, I'll send you the password.) She's had several Christmas gatherings where she was overly snuggled & smooched upon!
This week, Emmaline lost her umbilical stump and is having more and more periods of wakefulness. We're still battling the gassiness but I hope in time, it will work itself out.
Today was a lazy day for us all. We never even got out of our pajamas today. It was wonderful to be home, the three of us, with no where to go. Right now, she is snoozing away. She's been down for almost 2 hours now. This might be a record. Haha. When she wakes up she'll have her bath and then some good snuggles from mommy & daddy before we all try to get some sleep.
I hope you all will enjoy her as much as we do. Please post any advice or comments you have as we share about her. Thank you all for everything you've done for us so far. We are all truely loved!
Emmaline is now two weeks & five days old. It's unreal how close you can become to someone in such a short time. It was also amazing how quickly the "parent" instinct kicked in. I BY NO MEANS have it figured out yet. Quite to the contrary, I'm so clueless it should be illegal for me to have a child! But, we are working through it and each day seems to get a little better.
Being born so close to Christmas, Emmaline has already had quite a few outings. The day after she came home she had her first doctor's appointment and then went and had professional pictures made with cherylzettlerphotography.com (If you'd like to see them or order pics, email me and let me know, I'll send you the password.) She's had several Christmas gatherings where she was overly snuggled & smooched upon!
This week, Emmaline lost her umbilical stump and is having more and more periods of wakefulness. We're still battling the gassiness but I hope in time, it will work itself out.
Today was a lazy day for us all. We never even got out of our pajamas today. It was wonderful to be home, the three of us, with no where to go. Right now, she is snoozing away. She's been down for almost 2 hours now. This might be a record. Haha. When she wakes up she'll have her bath and then some good snuggles from mommy & daddy before we all try to get some sleep.
I hope you all will enjoy her as much as we do. Please post any advice or comments you have as we share about her. Thank you all for everything you've done for us so far. We are all truely loved!
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