Emme's Two Week Stat's!

Today was Emeline's two week appointment. She has actually gained almost a pound...weighing in at 9.4 pounds...born at 8.6 pounds. She's at the 80% for weight, 93% for height at 21.5 inches...born at 20 inches and 38% for head. Doctor said she's doing great and looks really healthy. Emme's been sleeping well at night, giving me a total of around 7-8 hours a night...broken of course. She breastfeeds about every 3-4 hours at night and 2-3 during the day. She hiccups a lot...and likes to stare at us and track us already. Just started the soothie pacifier today and for some reason I was apprehensive about it, but she likes it. She's a big time soother by sucking. We are having so much fun watching her grow each day.

Zackary is still struggling a bit with Emeline's arrival but he loves her and just hates to see her cry. He's developed a rash that comes and goes all over his body from one bump to several. We are trying to figure it out...allergy or anxiety. It's fun to watch him explore Emme's toes, fingers, face, hair. I can't wait for the point where she will be able to interact with him more. That will help!

Constantly Changing

How you doing? He has learned thumbs up along with much more slang terms and it's so funny. He is changing and growing up so fast and so much. Just in the last week of me being busy with the baby stuff he has started talking so much more, developed a whole new burst of energy and grown I swear another couple inches.

Dad and Zackary have been spending a lot of time together. "Beach" or "Park" are two of his favorites. They have so much fun playing in the sand or looking for dandelions.

His personality is bursting with joy, comedy and more of a two year old frustration on occasion. He screams, whines, runs all around and just has endless energy.

We have to look for pine cones (this is only a quarter of his collection that he lines up!), snails, worms, dandelions, flowers or any bug for that matter. I love his nature side...nurturing that side of him is important to me as my stepfather taught me about animals and nature to a point of it being a huge part of who I am. Wonder what his next fixation will be...trucks probably!!!

It's a GIRL

January 28, 2011...5:30am exactly...8pound 6 ounce baby girl, Emeline Carolena is born. She is such a gem. The labor and delivery went beautifully. My recovery is going well. She eats, poops, sleeps, burps and cries! All as a baby should do. Zackary is such a sweetheart with her. He gets very upset when she cries not understanding what is wrong with her. I feel bad for him but he is getting a lot of attention and loving sister Emme. He says Emme all the time, it's too cute! I had been practicing her name with him though before the birth and Emerson if it was a boy. So he had the names down! We are so excited we have a girl and feel like our family is complete!

Car ride home from the hospital. 5 minutes flat and she was asleep! We had to go buy some girl clothes because we didn't have any...and I have a feeling that having a girl is going to be dangerous for my wallet!