My Birthday

Yesterday was my birthday. I am no longer a teen...I turned 20! My mom came to babysit Em and Christopher and I went to dinner at Chili's and walked at the outlets for a bit. It was nice. I didn't get as anxious as I thought I would, but it was only 2 hours.

My husband got me beautiful flowers and...the most amazing picture of the sacramento temple. It is panaramic and looks antique, and looks great above our couch! It was hanging when we got home, because Erick hung it. Feels more like home.....

Christmas Party

Saturday was the Ward Christmas Party. I had lots of fun. But it was extremely tiring because my family is on the committee so we were working all day. The quiche was so good!! Mmm breakfast for dinner....
We were asked to portray Mary, Joseph and Jesus in the live nativity. I enjoyed myself. Met some very wise men ;) Emery did so well. She was awake for a little while but eventually fell asleep in the manger. The bishop said that a lady asked him why we decided to use a plastic baby? That's how good she did...

They had a vintage sleigh at the building to take pictures. So we did. I love my husband and my little angel.

Our Christmas Tree

We got a christmas tree! We didn't get one last year so i was extremely excited. It smells so good!

Legwarmers

I bought legwarmers for Emery. Aren't they adorable? Still a bit big, but that means they will fit longer!

Emery's Blessing

Sunday was Emery's baby blessing. It was great to have family come to church and get together afterwards. It was beautiful. Christopher was so nervous. Her grandma bought her a beautiful blessing dress that looked gorgeous on her, as well as a blanket and some shoes. The shoes were adorable, and she really was wearing them under the dress!


The men who helped bless my little baby was Christopher, Papa, Papu, Jeff, Greg, Matt, and Erick.

Here is our little family and our blessed daughter. I am so proud of our little family and I was so happy this day.

Here is Emery with Auntie Sammi, my younger sister.

I can't help but love MY little blessing...

Recalled

Our crib got recalled. How frusturating is that....and i'll tell you why.

In February, when we found out that I was pregnant we thought.."Let's buy a crib right now. I know its early, but let's buy it to make it easier on us and while we have the money."
key word: easier

And everyone kept asking if i needed anything big for the baby, and we didn't. Now we do. We have to find a new crib. And it's not any easier.

How did I have such big baby?

I took Emery to the doctor's today...she hasn't been in 5 weeks, since she was only 9 days old. She now weighs 12 pounds 14 ounces. That isthe 99 percentile for her age! I think it's amazing that such a big girl came from me. Not that she was that big born...but still. I know she's big but shes also proportionate so the doctor isnt worried at all. I can put her in 3-6 month clothes now!

She got some vaccines today. In both thighs...poor thing. She barely ever cries so it was hard for me to see her crying and know that feeding her wouldnt make it go away. But I knew she was kind of hungry so I nursed her anyway, and she fell asleep. The nurse gave me some tylenol for her, so hopefully she wont be too fussy in the next few days.

Her cousin Ethan has had a hard time gaining weight. He was born 7 lbs 4 oz and after a month was only 7 lbs 5 oz. But today he is well over 8 pounds, and so good news for him as well.

Speaking of all this baby news, Amelia had her baby last night! A big baby too...8 lbs 10 oz. Mason Scott...I went to visit her but didn't get to see him because he wasn't in the room. I'll go visit again later today but I've heard he is beautiful and I definately believe that. Also, he has a normal 10 fingers and 10 toes...we really thought he'd be webbed but he lucked out. =]

Priceless

Well, first of all I got a new haircut today. Thanks Amelia! Now I think I look more like a mom and less like a teen. My birthday is in 2 weeks and I will finally NOT be a teen anymore. So it was the perfect time for a change.

So, we went walking today. We being me, chris, erick, and amelia. We were trying to get her to go into labor. At target, Christopher was messing around and "scanning" Em. He said "How much do you cost?" I think the thing was broken...she wasn't scanning. Erick said "Priceless."

I'm telling you this because the next line was from me...."That was so cute, I'm going to put it in my blog!"

Erick is glad that he was blogworthy tonight. Funny story, meaningless, and thats why im glad I made this blog. =]

Magic Baby Sleep Book

So I have been hearing wonderful things about this Babywise book to help your baby sleep. On Saturday I said "Let's go buy that book so Emery can sleep better." And Christopher joked about her sleeping better magically just because I bought it, without having read it or anything.

Saturday she slept wonderfully and last night as well. Both nights she went to bed around midnight, woke to feed at 4:30 and then again at 8:30. So today I asked myself, what happened saturday to make her suddenly sleep perfectly?

I bought the book....I highly recommend it. =]

I'm glad she loves me

I'm trying to break her from her habit of needing me to sleep because although its sweet during the day its stressful at night. So today, just a slight change I had her take her nap in the living room with me but not on me. It took a while to fall asleep but eventually she did. She took a two hour nap and then woke up and wanted to eat, of course. She is a big eater.

After that we went for a short walk to get the mail and when I got back she was fussy. I didn't know what was wrong because usually she is only fussy when shes hungry or tired and she wasnt showing signs of either. But I turned on my itunes and started singing along, and she stopped moving and just stared at me while I was singing. It only took two songs, and she fell back asleep.

I sang her to sleep. It was cute, and I loved that she was just staring at me while I was singing. It's proof that she loves me, because I'm not a good singer =]

Breastflow Bottle

I've started to give her bottles every once in a while. I was looking forward to it so that Christopher could have a chance to feed her, and I could get a break. I tried a little while ago but the flow in the bottle was too fast.

We bought the breastflow bottles from Babies R Us and they are simply amazing. If you are breastfeeding and going to use a bottle sometimes this is definately the one to use. Well, I think its to use even if not breastfeeding. It promotes jaw developement and reduces air flow.

Anyways, Em takes the bottle real well and its nice to have Christopher get to feed her every once in a while.

PS: Today Emery is one month old! Happy seventeenth!

Smiling, Sleeping, Happy Baby

So, today I finally got Emery to take a nap in her bassinet. That is why I have updated my blog SO much. If you didn't notice, they are in the dates where they belong so they are all over. But since, I only had like 3 posts before it was updated, you might as well just look at the whole darn thing. Lots of pictures. I like pictures.

Emery has been smiling for a while now, but never long enough to snap a picture. But I managed to get some this morning and they are truly adorable.
This is her staring off into space. Well actually at the wall. Or the couch. She is always staring at boring things like that, silly girl.

This one looks like a papparazzi shot. I have no idea how to spell that....

She is always more comfortable with a pillow. It's cute.

This brown and pink paisley blanket was made by my friend Brandi. We went to visit her last night and so she could meet Emery. The blanket is so cute and I love visiting friends! Even better is when friends come visit me! {hint to whoever takes it}

Breakfast with Abbie

This morning I met my friend Abbie for breakfast at Mimi's Cafe. She had a 3 hour break from school and I, of course, have no plans. ever. Breakfast was nice, and delicious of course. I love their pain perdu! It was her first time seeing Emery and of course, she adored her like all my friends do. Emery loves making new friends, but I have no idea how she is going to remember everyone's name....

Jordan

My friend Summer got this cute little Jordan outfit for her at a shower. Christopher and I are not big into sports, but it is still cute, and even cuter on. I love hats on her. They don't stay on well, but she looks so darn cute!

My Sleeping Angel

I love the way Em falls asleep. She can sleep through anything and in any position. But, what she usually needs to sleep is the comfort of me. I know I shouldn't get her so used to it, but it is so sweet the way she sleeps.

I got to shower!

Up until now, when Christopher gets home he showers, and then watches Em so I can shower. But, now I have made things easier. I now bathe her in my tub while I sit in there. It's actually easier just to be holding her in there with me, and she is much more content as well. After she is done, I wrap her up in a towel, and then a blanket, and let her sit in the boppy right outside of the shower. And I leave the shower door halfway open while I shower. She is within reach if she needs anything, I can talk to her and see her. And most of all she is content because she just got her bath. It's wooooooooonderful!

Folsom First Ward

Today we finally went to our own ward for service. For the past two weeks, we have gone with my parents. And the previous Sunday, I was at the hospital. Before that was conference. So it had been a while. She wore a dress her Grandma bought her and she looked truly adorable. I love taking black and white pictures of her.

I love my new ward. It was fun...I sat by Morgan in Relief Society and we just talked about our babies. Nathan is about a month older and was a big baby too. She is going to have lots of little boy friends.

Cousin Kenna

Today we went to visit family, and it was so cute that Mckenna wanted to hold Emery. They are a few years apart, but they look almost the same size. Mckenna is so small, and it was adorable to have her "hold" Emery.

My Girls

Today, my baby girl Emery met my other girl Sadie. Sadie is mine and Christopher's sweet little, fat little beagle. But she wouldn't be happy stuck in an apartment complex, so she lives with my parents. But, it was cute to see Sadie sniffing at Emery.

A Long Night

The day after Halloween...a long night. I guess they were both really tired from a long night.
She sleeps like her Daddy; almost always a hand up there by the face.