One Month Old!!!

Baby Girl, you are a month old today, time is flying by way too quickly.  Here a few of your favorite and not-so favorite things :).
You had trouble sleeping at night in the first few weeks so mommy went out and bought this contraption which is a God-send! We think you may have a little acid reflux and the incline helps you not to choke if you get reflux in the middle of the night.  This is currently what you sleep in and you will normally sleep from about midnight until 3:30, maybe 4:00, eat, then you will sleep from about 4:45-6:30 or 7:00 which is a huge improvement.  I am trying to lay you down in your crib during the day to see how you will nap in there, usually you are up in about 30 minutes though haha.  So we are currently thankful for this Fisher Price Rock and Play Rocker!!!

You are still in newborn clothes and can wear some 0-3 months, we think you may be around 9 lbs. but will find out for sure at your 1 month checkup next tuesday! You have increased and eat an average of 3 ounces every 2-3 hours which is hard for mommy to keep up with but we are working it out! You have grown to LOVEEE bath time and don't mind your diaper being changed anymore as long as you aren't starving.  You still get very fussy most nights around the same time which could be anywhere from 7:00-12:00, but we have recently found out about another God-send for you, Colic Calm! Your friend Miles' mommy told us about it and we are forever grateful, it calms you down so you can sleep when you get gassy and fussy. 
We love you so much and can't believe it's been a month since you came into our lives.  We are so blessed and your daddy is wrapped already! We can't wait to celebrate your first Christmas this weekend with our families!

 Here you are with one of your boyfriends, you have lots haha!!

 We love you, Happy One Month!

 Speaking of someone who loves you! He is so in love with his baby cousin

She's here and is 1 week old!!

Our baby girl arrived at 5:11 on November 23, 2011, this was the best day of our lives!!! She was 7 pounds, 7 ounces and 19.5 inches long.  After going in on Tuesday night at 5:00, I was induced and had her the following day.  It was a very difficult labor for me, but looking back it was all well worth it when I look at our precious angel.  Steven and I just sit and stare at her, sometimes we don't even know what we are watching on tv.  She was very healthy except for some high jaundice levels, so with some very heavy feedings and several days later her levels have come down and we are so thankful for that.  Because of having to feed, feed, feed her to get the jaundice down we had to start supplementing formula in the hospital becuase she was having trouble nursing after we discovered our baby was tongue tied.  So, I have been pumping and feeding her this way and then with one or 2 feedings a day with formula.  We took her Wednesday to ENT to look at her tongue and they suggested for us to clip it, it would be very painless and hardly any trouble.  If we had kept it like this she could have eventually had speech problems and some other issues.  So, we decided to go for it and she did so well, I think it lasted 3 minutes and she barely cried or bled.  Now, we will resume trying to nurse again :).
She is now a week old and is a very good baby.  Steven is so in love and everytime it is his turn to stay up with her, I come in later to find her asleep on his chest.  I have always loved Steven, but there is something different seeing him be such a good daddy to our little girl.  He's very protective over her and is so proud of her.  So here are a few things about you baby Emery:
-You like to sleep ALL day and then party at night with mommy and daddy when they would really like to be sleeping.  We have learned to take shifts, but this will have to change more to mommy when daddy goes back to work next week :(.
-You drink about 2 ounces of breast milk every 2-3 hours, this is probably getting ready to increase because sometimes you don't seem to be getting quite enough. 
-You LOVE your gloworm, we put it on and you immediately fall asleep.
-You HATE being laid down in your pack and play beside our bed, but you will sleep in your swing for a few hours at a time. 
-You HATE to be changed because you hate the cold wipes, but this is getting better each day.
-You have had lots of visitors and some of our very sweet friends have been bringing us dinner and this makes it so much easier so we can spend more time with you to learn your ways!

Here are some pictures of our sweet baby girl, we are so blessed and could not be more in love, there is absolutely nothing like it.  People have always said that, but you just don't know what it's like until you hold your baby in your arms!

 I can't believe you are a week old, and you are so precious we could eat you!

 Your first bath was a success, you loved it!

    Your cousin is so in love with you he couldn't hardly wait to hold you!!!