Third Month

Happy three months Emily!! Emily has grown up so much since last month. She is so much more interactive than last month. She is full of smiles and stories. She does not like tummy time at all. She pretty much cries the entire time she is on her tummy. That being said, she has gotten much better at it and sometimes actually moves in a little circle! She is full of joy and such a blessing. We enjoy spending time with her by talking with her, taking walks, and reading books. Emily LOVES her swing. I do not know what we would do with out it. She would sleep all day in the swing if we would let her. We recently got a bouncer which Emily finds to be so much fun. She loves looking at the toys that dangle in front of her, and kicking her legs to make it bounce. Emily also started to splash in her bath tub. It is so funny to watch her splash around. We have to put a towel on the floor and counter top to soak up all the water that she splashes out. Dave enjoys bath time as well! He likes to take the squirty toys we have and squirt Emily as well as Mommy! Pretty soon we will have to advance to the baby tub in the bath tub!

We can't wait to see what month four brings! :)

Second Month

Oh Emily! She has grown so much! I can't believe it was only two months ago that we brought her home. She actually fits in her swing and car seat now. She smiles back at us and we are just waiting for her to start to giggle! Can't wait!! Every time Dave changes her he blows on her belly hoping that she will giggle... still no luck!
Man can she move! She kicks her legs and moves her arms a lot, sometimes she does it so hard that she actually moves herself. Tummy time is always fun.. for us. She is not a fan, but we do it anyway. She lasts about 2 minutes before she gets sick of it and starts to cry. She can really push herself up! When she is on her tummy, on us or on the floor, she pushes herself up. She sort of looks like a turtle because her neck is so skinny!
She does not sleep through the night.. yet.. and we can't wait until she does. She will sleep from 12am-5am and then she wakes up every 2-3 hours after that.
We had her two month Dr. apt where she got 5 shots and had to take something orally. That was really hard, she screamed like I've never heard her scream before. They did three on the right leg and then three on the left leg. After they were done we picked her up and tried to calm her down. She was very VERY upset. After she calmed down we put her back on the table to get her dressed. All of a sudden she started to scream because she thought that she was going to get the shots again!! It was really hard, for both of us. I am glad it is over and am not looking forward to her 4 month apt.
Emily's first Christmas was fun! She received more gifts than Dave and I combined! She was spoiled!! We had a busy busy day with traveling from Sunbury back to Allentown and opening all the gifts! It was great to see all of our family! After Christmas we had 3 loads of new clothes to wash and had trouble finding a spot for everything!
Emily is growing so much. Everyday she changes and does something new. We can't wait to see what 2010 brings us! :)

First Month

I am just amazed at how much Emily has changed! The first month actually went pretty smooth. We went from bottle back to breast feeding which was a little difficult, but we made it through it. Emily was not a very good at feeding while we were in the hospital so they suggested that we give her a bottle. I did this reluctantly knowing it would be difficult to go back to breast feeding. Emily now feeds very well! On the plus side of the bottle situation, she will breast feed OR bottle feed.. which is nice when we go places.

Emily is so much more aware now. She is awake for longer stretches of time and looks around at everything. She really likes to look at the Christmas tree because of the lights and we hold her close to the tree to show her some of the special ornaments we have. She also is really curious about her surrounding. When we are in a place that she has never been before she is wide awake and checking it out.

For the first couple weeks Emily slept in the bassinet in our room because it was really hard for me to get out of bed. Emily now sleeps in her own room which is a little annoying, because she wakes up about four times a night, which means that I have to get out of bed instead of just rolling over. But it's all worth it! :)

We decided that for my Mom's birthday we would make a special surprise trip to Sunbury and make her dinner. She had no idea! Dave and I got there about 3 hours before she got home from work and I cleaned up by doing the dishes and vacuuming. Then Dave and I went into town to get a few things. When my mom came home and saw that the dishes were done and laundry put away, she thought that she lost her mind! Who did it?? She didn't think that she did, and she knew that my Dad wouldn't either! Amy and Aunt Karen met up at the workshop then we drove down to the house and went to the front door. We rang the door bell and when mom answered we started to sing Happy Birthday. She was so surprised she cried! She said that it was the best birthday present.

Thanksgiving was great. We went to Dave's aunt Sue's home which is right down the street. We were a little late because it took us a little longer to get ready. After Emily was dressed and we were ready to go, Emily spit up all over her black Thanksgiving dress. So we changed her and it took us a little while. The food was excellent, as usual, and everyone loved seeing the new addition to the family.

Emily finally fits into some 0-3 month clothing and some of the newborn stuff she has outgrown! It is exciting and depressing all at the same time. I'm excited because that means that she is growing and is healthy, but it's depressing because she is just growing to fast! It feels like just yesterday she was born! My mom says the same thing about me!!! :) For a while Emily didn't fit in the swing, she was just to small... but now, she fits perfectly.

I decided that instead of purchasing baby announcements, which are kind of expensive, that I would make them. As usual I get myself into projects that take a long time to finish, but I finally did! You should be receiving then in the mail soon! :)

All in all, everything is going great. Emily is a joy and a blessing and we are so happy she is in our lives! :)