The Tricks Keep Coming

Emersyn has added another trick to her act. This one she does while swinging too...

football football football

The Ravens-Browns games are always interesting in our house... Chris being from Cleveland, he's naturally a big Browns' fan; I'm a hometown girl, so I've been cheering for the Ravens since we were given the "expansion team". We're lucky enough to get the tickets to game in Baltimore every year, so my mom watched Emersyn while we went... not that we lasted very long since it was the first time I've left the baby, but I did good and made it almost 4 hours... Of course, we totally won and Emersyn was very happy about that - not that we're breaking our agreement of not picking "her team" for her!! LOL!!

Rockin' the Camo

... just like Daddy used to do!! (Only Emersyn makes this look even better than he did!!)

We also went to Maw Maw and Pop's house, where Cameron was nice enough to share his football with Emersyn!

Little Grabber

Not that she actually has control of her hands/arms yet, but don't get too close to Emersyn with anything that you don't want her to steal from you... She spit up a little bit in her swing and when I tried to wipe her mouth off with the burp cloth, Emersyn took it from me. She's been holding onto with dear life every time I go to reach for it to take it back. Oh, she'll let go and just have her hand on it when I'm not trying to take it though!!

Smiley Bird

Today, Emersyn smiled in reaction to me... not just because she was farting or pooping, which is a first! She's getting to "that age" where she'll be starting to recognize the people she is with the most - meaning her parents to start with. Today, we went to see my mom (and Chris) at work; Emersyn almost always crashes out in the car, so when we got home she woke up as I was taking her out of the carseat... she looked around and then smiled at me!!! Then she started laughing at me. It's probably because I was so excited that she smiled, that I kept jumping around and clapping my hands while squealing "do it again", but she still laughed and smiled at me!!!

So Big

Emersyn has graduated into the size one diapers... Not that I don't want her to get big and grow up strong and all that, but why does it have to happen so damn fast?!?! You don't even know how badly I wanted to cry when I saw that the big diapers fit her now! :( I swear I'm going to be really depressed when I wake up tomorrow and she's graduating high school, getting ready to leave Mommy for stupid ol' college... and it'll be even worse when I get up the next morning and Emersyn's having her own gorgeous baby... This is such crap!!!! Seriously, if I thought it would work, I would just never go to sleep again!!! =P

Perfectly in the Middle

Today was Emersyn's one month check up... Aside from the fussiness, constant gas and spit ups that made us switch to Soy formula, we didn't have any complaints so it was a fairly basic doctor's visit. The doctor is happy with our switch to Soy and we're all glad that it's made such a huge difference already! We still get the little, normal baby spit ups here and there, but the big ones only happen when Birdie doesn't get the bottle fast enough... a trait she no doubts get from Daddy.

Emersyn is in the 50% range for both her height and weight. She's leveled out since her one week check up! Now weighing in at a whooping 9 lbs 3.5 ozs, and measuring 21.25 inches long, Emersyn is growing wonderfully. As an added bonus, not just Dr.Hill told us she's "so beautiful" this time; the intern (or whatever it's called when you're a doctor but still training behind another more experienced doctor) and the nurse both said it too! So it's not just us (meaning me and Chris whenever I make him agree with me) that says our little Bird is so gorgeous!! LOL!

Unfortunately, Emersyn does have some Thrush - a yeast type infection that is "normal" and that "most babies get", causing a lot of whiteness in the mouth and a little bit of what looks like diaper rash but with a white tint on her tiny hiney. She has medicine she has to take orally four times a day and some oitment that needs to be applied at every diaper change. The drops are the first thing that she really doesn't like... her poor little face gets all squished up when we give it to her. But it'll make the Thrush go away, so I can't really complain about forcing Emersyn to take it.

Today was also the first of many vaccines... Luckily it was just the second half of the Hep B shot; the first one Emersyn got in the hospital. I was soooo scared for her, but Emersyn did really good! She hardly cried, and what little bit of fussing she did do only lasted a minute. Even the nurse was impressed!! Next month she'll get two shots - one is a combination of DATP #1, HIB #1 and IPV #1; the second is Prevnar #1 and Rototeq #1. I don't the slightest clue what any of that is, but that's what she'll get!

So that's it for now. Emersyn will have her two month check up on 13 October... but of course they'll be plenty of updates and pictures before then!!
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Bouncy Seats and Singing Puppies

After much debating (mostly me with myself), we finally got Emersyn a bouncy seat... We have a swing that easily detaches to be just the seat, but it's wwaaaayyy to upright for her age. Since she was so fussy for a while, Emersyn is just now starting to be ok with being in the seat; before when I'd try she'd have a fit because she was so uncomfortable due to all the gas from the formula. Now though, she loves the thing!!

There's a little "swing toy bar" that you can move in front of her or out of the way, and Emersyn seems to like the two hanging toys on there. One plays music when you pull the handle... Emersyn really likes the music. I wish I could get the video to upload (which I really do need to figure out) because Dobie "sings" along with it!! It's the funniest thing. I don't know if he doesn't like the sound or what, but he just starts this moaning and whining sound. And he can be in the other room! Apparently, "magic" escapes aren't Dobie's only talent!! LOL!!

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Bath Time!

Today we had another first... Emersyn's first bath! Don't let some of the pictures fool you, she absolutely loved it. The only time she fussed was when I moved her so she couldn't reach the water with her feet and then when I took her out. Emersyn is apparently a little water bug!

Today was also opening day for the 2009 NFL season... I guess technically Thursday was since Pittsburgh played, but, well, you can see what Emersyn thinks about that!! She makes us so proud already!!! LOL!

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One Month Already!

Yeah, so I don't know where all this time is going, but it seriously needs to slow down... a lot!!!

Emersyn is one month old today. Partly because of this occassion, we went and had some nice pictures taken at Sears. It's mostly for my mom's birthday though; she loves having pictures of everyone. Cameron came along too! It was really adorable seeing him all excited to take pictures for Maw Maw's birthday again this year, and with Emersyn too. He told us that he was going to hold Emersyn this time since Maw Maw wanted pictures of them together and because Emersyn can't hold her own head up! When it came time to hold her though, Cameron got a little nervous. It was really cute, and you can totally tell in the pictures; he kept saying that one of us should hold her!

All the pictures are on snapfish... They turned out a lot better than we expected. Although, with an infant and a 4 year old, you can't really have high hopes for the best pictures! LOL! :)
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First Steps

It may seem so small and silly, but today we made a really big step... at least for Mommy! Emersyn is 4 weeks old today, and this was the first time that just her and Mommy went out. Normally, at least Chris is with me, but today I took Emersyn to the bank to create her savings account. Since she did so good, I even went to Target! Granted, both the bank and Target are a whooping 2 minutes from our house, but I still did it all by myself!! :) It's one small step for normal people; one giant leap for a new Mommy!! LOL! New pictures on snapfish, including today's 4 week pictures! (I can't believe she's already 4 weeks old!! Where in the hell did all that time go?!?!)
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Emersyn's First Shower

With her umbilical cord off, Emersyn is now allowed to take a bath... So, we decided to see how she likes the water and also do some of that "skin on skin" bonding those parenting books are always talking about. The result turned out to be adorable Daddy-Daughter moments!!

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Family Pix

This is the last real day that everyone is in town... So here's a couple of "family pictures" from this weekend :: Grammy with Kherington and Emersyn

Michelle, Chris and Emersyn Jeff, Shannon and Kherington Kherington and her Daddy Emersyn and her Aunt Shannon

As always, they are all on snapfish with all the pictures from this weekend!!
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Annapolis Field Trip

With Chris' family in town, we decided to kind of sight see... downtown Annapolis isn't really sight seeing, but it was such a gorgeous day out we couldn't resist! Emersyn was soooo good too - not a single peep or fuss out of her. Oh, and we decided to try her out on some Soy formula to help with her fussy-ness and spitting up; so far it's working really well! :)

All the pictures are on snapfish ::
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Visitors!!!

Chris' family is visiting this weekend... yes, his whole family will be in town to meet Emersyn this weekend. His brother, Jeff, and his family arrived at the crack of dawn this morning, while his mom and sister will be coming in later today. Jeff, Shannon and thier daughter, Kherington, drove through the night so that the baby could sleep; which is a very good thing since Kherington hasn't slept since then! We're so excited to see the family though. Well, Emersyn has shown her excitement by sleeping soundly, which is apparently becoming a trend for her welcoming visitors since she does the same thing when my mom comes over! LOL! Kherington, on the other hand, received this fabulous welcome ::

Stay tuned for lots of pictures from this weekend!! :)

3 Weeks Already?!?!

So I don't know how it happened, but Emersyn is already a whopping 3 weeks old!! Seriously, you finally get a baby and suddenly time wants to go in super sonic speed... where was this flying time when I was pregnant?!?!Anyways, Emersyn is doing well. We're having some fussy moments, I think it might be acid reflux or something like that... She's pretty content when she's being held upright on your chest, but laying down flat just isn't happening right now. Yesterday we tried using her carseat to keep up in a more upright position, and that worked really well (knock on wood). One of the fabulous girls my mom works with is giving us the wedge her son used, and also the little seat he used, now that Connor no longer needs it; which is perfect since we were just talking about going to get both! Other than being a little tired, Emersyn and I are both doing great!! :)

I'm a little sad that she seems to be growing so much so quick though. Every day I look at her and I can't believe she's so big! Yeah, I know... I can't imagine how I'm going to feel when I wake up tomorrow and she's going off to college or getting married or having her own baby!! Still, I'm loving seeing her become more of this little person. It just absolutely amazes me that I did that, that Chris and I made this perfect little girl who makes you smile just by looking at you. I could really stare at her all day, watching her big eyes twitch as she sleeps or the expressions she makes unknowingly... Emersyn really is our greatest blessing and the greatest thing we've ever done!! (Which is also what I say to myself the whole time she's fussing and won't go to sleep! LOL! :)

Enough of me being all sappy - here's some pictures of the little miracle... There's some more at the end of the August album and the new ones from today in the September album! Happy viewing!!
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