Coming Home

Nick & Dad have been gone fishing since last Thursday, that's an entire week...
This morning I got this pictures on my phone at work...Mom thought the boys would enjoy these when they got back into the United States and had phone service again!

Emma is Two Months Old!

Emma - you are TWO months old today!

I'm not sure how this happened because I swear I was just in the hospital having you! I'm scared the next 10 months will go by equally as fast and that makes me sad.

You went to the doctors today and you are 11lbs 6oz and 23 inches...growing like a weed!!! You are wearing a size 1-2 diaper and 0-3 months clothes and some 3-6 months.

You are the EASIEST, sweetest baby. You are so content unless you are really hungry and even then you still are a sweetie.

You go everywhere because we are busy! Everyone always comments on how easy and sweet you are!

You are a great sleeper. You take several good naps during the day and at night you really only get up about once. Last night you even had a 7 hour stretch! I can't believe how good you sleep! I'm SO thankful!

You love the pacifier and it helps to keep you calm.

You love your car seat - you take the best naps in it. You do great in the car which is good because we are on the go a lot.

You also love the bouncy seat, daddy calls it your recliner! You sleep so good in it, until your brother comes up and bugs you.

You have really started smiling and responding to us. You "talk" to us and make the sweetest noises. You really love your brother and love to watch him. You smile so big when he talks to you and Jeff always says "She's smiling!!"

You are so amazing, I'm blessed to have you as my little girl. I started back to work today and that has been hard, but hopefully the transition goes smoothly and I know you are in good hands with mama taking care of you.

First Days at Home

Emma at Mama & Papa's...the tradition is to leave the hospital and go to Mama & Papa's to visit with who is there.

Emma enjoying the "recliner" and sunshine in her face.

Jeff LOVES holding Emma & helping mommy with her.

Relaxing on the couch with daddy...notice who is laying and who is taking the pictures...

Jeff is such a "proud" big brother. He sure LOVES his sister.

The Yearly Picture

Yesterday we headed over to Mom & Dad's so Jeff could help Papa roll the yard and fertilize. It has become a yearly tradition that Jeff loves helping with. My goal this year was to get his yearly picture for his book & our calendar that is up on the wall! Amazing how I have 4 of these now and in each one Jeff has the same grin on his face. He sure is one great helper!

First Professional Pictures

Gerri Leonard from Serendipity Photography has done our photos for years. Of course when Emma came I just knew that she needed to do hers too. I don't think much more needs to be said... I'm in LOVE with these pictures!

Happy Birthday Emma!

Well today was an interesting day to say the least. I went into work this morning just like I always do, but was still having headaches and my vision started to have spots so I called the doctor. Of course they wanted me to come in to see what was going on so in I went. After being there for about an hour, they decided to send me to St. V's, since Dr. Sue was on call that day. I called Nick and let him know what was going on. We weren't sure if I was having Emma that day or if I'd be staying at the hospital for awhile. When I walked in Dr. Sue took one look at me and said I looked awful. I was put in triage and they ran all kinds of tests. Of course everything was coming back fine, however the physical exam was an issue and showed that I had severe preeclampsia which meant that Emma needed to come ASAP. I called Nick and told him what was going on, he wanted to go home and shower, but I said sorry, no time, she is coming now and you need to get here. This was about 130 when I called him. At 215 they were wheeling me into the O.R. getting ready for Emma's arrival. It was nervewracking, especially with how quickly everything was going on, but we knew it was for the best.

Emma Therese came into the world screaming at 246 on March 16. She was so tiny and had lots of dark hair. She was having a hard time breathing so she was taken down to the NICU and observed for awhile. That was one of the hardest things that I've ever had to deal with. Not being able to see her and be with her was extremely difficult, and letting other people go down and see her, was just not fair. Luckily Nick was awesome and I told him no one was allowed to hold her until I got too. Nick texted me at one point and told me that she was doing good, and if she kept behaving she would come up to our room later that night.

We stayed up waiting for her and finally at 3am I got to meet and snuggle with Miss Emma and it was perfect and so wonderful. I couldn't believe how tiny she is and she just is so small. So far she is doing great and behaving wonderfully, one can only hope that it will continue!

37 Weeks

Full Term!!! I'm 37 weeks pregnant today and it's hard to believe really, it's gone by so quickly.
I'm scheduled to go in for my repeat csection on 3/30, but not sure if I will make it that far or not, we shall see!