I love my baby!

Before Church...

After Church....

Thanks Aunt Suzie, Grandmommy, and Emily G for the cute hat!

Video

Emily just started smiling yesterday. But she only seems to smile when I stick my tongue out and make a funny "mmm" sound. So enjoy!

Christmas 2009

We had a wonderfully cold Christmas here in Memphis this year. 

First, we went to the Christmas Eve service at our church on Thursday night.

Matt's parents came too.

Emily gave us the best gift on Christmas morning....she slept through the night (10:30-6:30)! After she was fed and happy, we started in under the tree.

Matt and I got matching Razorbacks gear (he's going to see them win in the Liberty Bowl next week!)...

I got a few Willowtree angels...

and Emily got a few things too. 

But she slept through the most exciting part, presents!

Matt's parents put on a little presentation and let us know about our trip to Florida in July!

It was a wonderful Christmas. This was the first time I've ever been in Memphis on Christmas morning. Very fitting since it is our very first Christmas with Emily.

Merry Christmas everyone! Hope yours was as sweet as ours!

Talking

Emily met Mr. Cordy Roy for the first time this week.

And then she decided to talk to him....well a little bit. Bummer, can't figure out how to post a video.

9 week old baby girl

Here is Miss Thang! She was 2 months old on Saturday...

She is still so tiny...10lbs 12 oz, 22.75 inches long when we went to the Dr. on Friday.

First Flight

Here we are, coming down the escalator at IAH, Houston Airport. We survived our first flight!! Maybe Emily will love flying as much as her daddy does....

8 Weeks Old

Here is Emily, in Houston for her 8 weeks picture.

I'll post more soon! We're having a good time, celebrating Christmas with the Gilger's in Houston.

7 weeks old

I couldn't decide which 7 weeks picture was my favorite, so you get them all!

Emily is making a few sounds now and then...nothing consistent. I am waiting as well for to smile because she's happy, not because of gas.

This week she did sleep through the night one night, from 10:30-6:30am. Not too bad at all! I'm also hoping for some repeats of that night as well.

Otherwise, she's wonderful! A great, easy baby.

6 Weeks Old

Here is Emily at 6 weeks old.

6 weeks tomorrow

Emily will be 6 weeks old tomorrow. Simply amazing.

I'll be sure to take some cute pictures and post them for your viewing pleasure.

Right now, she's trying to fall asleep and making some very adorable cooing noises, along with the hiccups and a few sneezes. It's amazing she can ever fall asleep with all that going on!

More to come tomorrow!

But in the meantime, here's a picture from Thanksgiving Day...in Daddy's arms.

Baby girl is 5 weeks old today

Here is Emily at 5 weeks.... in my hands...

and in her Daddy's hands...

(Big difference when one hand his holding a baby and the other a camera! )

And here is Emily with the Tom Selleck version of her Daddy...

Matt grew a goatee while he was off work this month, and then shaved off the chin portion because pilots aren't allowed to have any facial hair, except a mustache. So it was a test run. He looks so different!

4 Weeks Old Today

Emily is 4 weeks old today. And all the pictures were so cute, so I'm putting them all in this post. 

She'll be 1 month on Thursday...amazing how quickly time flies with this little one!

1st time mom

It's hard being a first time mom.


It's confusing, frustrating, tiresome, and rewarding all at the same time. But when the baby is crying and it's midnight, you forget about the cute "gas smiles" you get to see when she's cuddling with you during the day. You forget that she's 4 weeks old and can do nothing on her own. You forget that her only way to communicate is to scream at the top of her lungs -- a sad, break your heart kind of cry.


It turns out, I'm a reader. I'm a by-the-book mom. I never fully understood my need to do things "right" and know everything there is to know about a topic until now. I would like an instruction manual for my daughter. I want to be able to read it, take a quiz or something, and then apply it to our day. I want to make an A in parenting. I want to make sure I do everything right so that she won't be scarred as a child. And I want her to be independent but still need her Mommy. Will she turn out okay if I hold her in my "sleepy wrap" and let her fall asleep on my chest (just once or twice I might add)?


I have all these questions, all these desires for her. I know it will all work out, that we're still at the very beginning of parenting and learning by trial and error. But nevertheless, I sit where I started....


It's hard being a first time mom. 


And because every post needs pictures....who couldn't love this bundle of joy?

Aunt Ginny's Turquoise Dress

We got all dressed up with no place to go yesterday....except the living room.

Aunt Ginny gave us this dress and I wanted to get her picture in it before it got too cool for short sleeves.

Isn't Emily so pretty! I think blue is her color!!

Me and My Daughter

 I haven't had my picture taken with Emily very much and I feel left out. So my MIL took our picture this afternoon. Emily is 22 days old today.

Emily is 3 weeks old today

My sweet angel is 3 weeks old today. Time is flying by already!

She's sleeping 4-5 hours at night and Dad and I are getting some pretty good sleep these days.

She's lifting her head all the time, taking a bottle once a day and a pacifier every now and then.

She eats, sneezes, coughs, yawns, smiles, and poops like a pro.

Here she is, little Emily!

Emily and Nana

Before my mom left, we took a few pictures. Mom just couldn't wait to try on these "accident victim" bows on her granddaughter. So here she is. The bow lasted for at least a few minutes while Matt was out (he hates these style bows).

2 weeks old

Here she is, snoozing. She's 2 weeks old today.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

From our pumpkin to yours!

Precious Moments

She's a week old already!

Sleeping baby

While my family all went to church, I caught a quick video of my sleeping daughter.

Emily's First Bath

We gave Emily her first sponge bath on Thursday. She wasn't such a big fan of being naked. But once we wrapped her up, she was happy baby again.