Bad blogging mommy...

So time has again gotten away from me! Emma is now 3 months old and I have successfully made it through two whole weeks without Michael. He has been gone for the past two weeks to the annual training (AT) that his National Guard unit is required to complete. To say I was worried was a drastic understatement of what I was but everything went well with Emma. I on the other hand was sick for 4 days with two days off from work each week. :-( Turns out that little ones bring home the darnedest things from daycare. Thankfully she was fine and I of course got better with rest and time!

Michael made it home for his first Father's Day and got to spend lots of time feeding and playing with his little girl. She really missed her daddy!

I busier now that ever with 2 weeks of orientation down and two more to go. I will TRY to keep up on my blogging but for now here are some of EJ's latest photos.

And here is Emma's first present to her daddy! You will need to tilt your head to see it! ;-)

Off to orientation!

Have a blessed day!

Jill

Back to work...and off to daycare!

I have been neglecting my blogging lately but I think I have a good excuse...babies take a lot of time!! ;-D

So since the last post Emma has passed the two month mark!  (see our photo shoot picture below!)

I have returned to work...

Emma had her first day of daycare...

It has been a whirl wind of the past few weeks!!! On Emma's 2 month we were spending a week with NaNa and Poppi in Brinkley. We got down there an hour before they closed I-40 East bound and Michael was right behind us with the National Guard. We were both in Eastern Arkansas but didn't see each other. Michael could not believe how much bigger Emma looked after being away from her for a week. The next week when I went back to work Michael's mom came up for a week from Birmingham to get more face time with baby Emma. We loved having Grandmother up!! Michael and I had a date night and two nights of uninterrupted sleep! And if that wasn't enough she and Michael did a ton of landscaping while Emma was sleeping! Now instead of a "bush" garden we actually have a "flower" garden!

This weekend we will have another first with Emma's first night in a hotel. Our friends Josh and Jamie are getting married in Texarkana this Saturday. Still trying to decide on the perfect outfit for her. Thankfully not many choices for me. :-)

Well I guess that catches us up a bit.

Have a blessed day!

He is risen!! Emma's first Easter

This weekend was Emma's first trip Brinkley to meet her Great Grandparents! It looks like we can now expect to add 1 hour to every 4 hours when we travel. I guess that is something that every new mommy figures out sooner or later. :-)

Here are some of our favorite pictures from the weekend!

Pap Paw

Nanny

With 7 kids, 16 grandkids and 10 great-grandkids Nanny knows just how to handle babies!

Easter morning

Lunch at MeMe and Pap Paws

Uncle Hunter with his first bottle

4 Generations!!

NaNa holding her sweet grandchild!

One more photo op with Nanny before we left town

Can't believe it took me a week to get this posted but...life happens. :-)

Have a blessed week everyone!

Jill

One Month...so much has happened!

We just got  these photos from my good friend Nicole Sudduth. She came to the house when Emma was just 3 days old for her first photo shoot!! We can't believe just how different she looks just one month after she came into our lives!!

 One MONTH later...

Her first Easter Egg "hunt" at Tri Delta with her new friend Elle

See I am here!! I feel like I am always taking her picture but never in them! ;-)

We have had a rocky first month with Emma ultimately getting to visit the doctor for the fourth time since she's been born. We are now on some antacid medicine to see if that helps with what we can only conclude is reflux.  The bad news is that she is in pain and it will likely take a week for the medicine to work but the good news is she is gaining weight like a champ! In one month and one and a half weeks Emma has gone from 6 lbs 2 oz to 8 lbs 13 oz! This means that the spit ups and pain are not keeping her from thriving!

I have three more weeks home with this little angel and then back to work and while part of me can't wait to be back with people who talk I know I will miss her so very much when I can't hold her anytime I want.

That's all for now. I think I will try to grab a quick nap before our next feeding!

Be blessed!
Jill

4 Weeks...where does the time go?!?

So one would think that being home all day would allow for tons of time to blog but in reality this sweet angel is a 24/7 job and when she sleeps I can either do things that I need to like clean, do laundry, take care of myself ect...or I can do what my body needs and that is sleep. There are times when I can sleep but other times I can't because when Emma makes the slightest noise I wake straight up!

The first four weeks of Emma's life have FLOWN by! We have had some wonderful friends and family visit and this post will showcase them! Sorry to those who visited but I failed to get a picture of...mommy brain kept me from getng each and every visitor. :-(

Uncle Hunter

 Proud Grandparents Poppi, NaNa                                             Grandmother

Katie stopped by the hospital. We can't wait to meet baby Denton!

Elizabeth came with baby Graham in belly!

Mary's here and sometime super soon we will have to get a play date with Zoe!

Elizabeth is here and baby Aubry is gonna have a great friend once Emma is older!

Bethany came and Gabby wanted to make sure she was doing it right!



Whitney is here ...

And Elle made the trip too!

Corey didn't want to be left out of holding this tiny little girl!

Aunt Mel and Delaney

Cousin Kaitlin

Jessica getting her baby fix

Aunt Brenda

And cousin Desiree

We have had many more visitors but like I said...I forgot to document them all! Thanks to everyone who came by to welcome our little bundle home!

Be blessed!

Jill

I'm a Mommy!!!! Help me welcome Emma Jean!

I just wanted to update those of you who aren't on facebook or haven't already heard...I'm a mommy!!

A week ago yesterday (4 weeks before she was due to arrive) Emma Jean made her début.

At 2:10 am my water broke and when I woke Michael up to tell him his first word out of his mouth was "shit!" ;-) We hadn't packed our bag yet, we hadn't figured out how to put her car seat in...we just had planned on doing the final "get ready" that weekend!

I called the hospital and they said that even though my contractions were irregular and still spaced far apart I needed to come in right then.

We got to the hospital at 4 (it took us a little to get going!) and I was 1 cm dilated and 80% effaced, got to a room by 5 and at 6 a sorority sister came in to give me my epidural! At 6:30 they checked me and I was 3 cm dilated and still 80% effaced. 10 o'clock came and though my doctor wasn't on call her husband was so she still came in to check on me and planned on being there when I delivered if I did during the day. I had only dilated to 4 cm at this time so she started the pitocin and we just waited... the next time my nurse came in to check on me it was 3 (she had another patient start to push at 1) and I was complete! We started pushing at 3:20 and at 3:55 my doctor came in and by 3:59 Emma arrived!!!

I was doing great until the last push and then I tore :-( All in all it was a great delivery!

Emma arrived March 9th weighing 6 lbs 2 ozs and a whopping 19 1/2 inches long. She was 4 weeks early (April 3rd was her projected due date) but she had no complications. They were happy to hear that her lungs were good...and as a matter of fact the pediatrician said "She doesn't know she is a preemie so we just won't tell her.)

We stayed 2 nights just to be on the safe side and then made our way home. Thank goodness I had my last two showers the weekend before and Mom helped me finish setting up her room by noon on Monday

It's been a great first week!! We went to our 5 day check up and she was perfect. She had even regained her birth weight and 1 oz. She is sleeping like an infant which means 2-3 hours at a time and eating like a champ!! Best of all our 4 legged babies are really taking well to the new addition to their pack. :-)

Here are some of the pictures from her first week!

Morning of March 10th

 Proud Daddy

Leaving the hospital

 

 Gabby and Brinkley meeting Emma for the first time

 A practice photo shoot with my friend Nicole Sudduth

 Another pic I took while Nicole had her set up!!



Well it's about time to fee again...have a very blessed day!!

 

Jill