Emma is One Month Old!

Emma turned one month old yesterday!  It's hard to believe! 

Aunt Christy visited for a week and left last Wednesday.  She was a tremendous help and great company, and even removed the 2 ft. tall weeds growing on our patio.  :)  Here she is with Emma, followed by more photos with me, and then of Dan, Emma and myself. The next photo is Emma in the dress that Daddy bought for her the day after she was born.  Those photos are followed by photos of Dan's brothers visiting today, Pete from Oregon and Mark from San Diego.  Pete gave Dan and early birthday present of a trap shooter and below are photos of him and groomsman, Steve, in town from Atlantic City, attempting to assemble it.  Must run and nurse Emma...

And in other news, my nephew Matthew started walking today!  He turned one on March 14th.

Emma is over 3 weeks and continues to plump up

Emma turned 3 weeks old on Saturday, and at the pediatrician last Monday she weighed 7 lbs. 1 oz. with clothes on, and on Thursday, she weighted 7 lbs. 4 oz. at the midwife's.  She certainly looks even plumper since then!  We can barely remember how small she was when she was born. 

My mom was here last week and it was so great to have her here.  A month prior she had a bad fall down the stairs resulting in a broken arm, broken toe and serious concussion that landed her in the hospital for a few days.  I was thrilled that she recovered quickly enough to come the second week after Emma was born but didn't expect that she'd be able to help all that much.  While she and I both are moving a bit slower mentally now, I could hardly tell she'd been injured.  We are so grateful to God that the head injury did not result in any permanent harm.  This photo cracks me up.  You can't keep a good woman down.  Carrying Emma, vacuuming and wearing an apron because she was also making me banana muffins.

Here's another photo from her visit. 

Emma's also quite mobile now, or perhaps it's that the weather is warmer and we don't have her all bundled up.  When we place her on our chests, she likes to crawl up over our shoulders for some reason.  We're having technically difficulties, but will upload a cute video of her doing this later.

When we're laying in bed, she also likes to inch over to snuggle right next to me.  It's really endearing. 

Here's Emma in a super cute dress that my friend Cristina sent. 

My mom and I took Emma on a walk the other day (to the end of the parking lot) and I wore her in a sling.  The sling matches the dress above!

From today...

Emma turns 2 weeks and plumps up

It's hard to believe Emma has been with us 2 weeks already!  She is a happy, sweet little girl and we love her even more each day.  She nurses like a champ, and after a post-birth weight low of 5 lbs, 6 oz. a week ago last Thursday, she was up to 6 lbs, 6 oz. this Thursday!  A whole pound!

She smiles a lot and even laughs now.  She also makes a lot of noises while she sleeps, which at times is hilarious and at other times sounds so sad! 

Susanne's mom is here now and is a huge blessing.  We've been really blessed with the help we've received, and people have started bringing meals, which is awesome. 

Here's a photo Dan's mom took when she was here.  A little peace activist already!



A glimpse of Emma's growing cheeks and double chin.


Daddy's favorite outfit for Emma.  Size 6 mos., but she needed to wear it anyway. 


Here's a great Emma smile.  It covers her whole sweet face. 


Here's a video of Emma snoring last night.  I can't decide if it sounds like a squeeky bike tire or a Canadian goose.  No, it's not a wheeze.  Just one of the many sounds she makes, but I was only able to catch this one this time.  Later, Daddy was making the same noise in his sleep, though I didn't get video evidence, so we know where Emma got it from.  :)

Emma's first outing and a smile video!

Pictures from the past few days and Emma's first outing

Heading out to the midwifes and chiropractor for her first check up

Mommy looking great @ day 5

Baby with the midwife after getting weighed

Mommy and Emma resting in bed

1:20ish and 2:10 are the smiles

A bird, a plane, no its a smile

Tried to capture the post feeding smile, missed the best photo but oh well.

And some from last night and early this morning

Pretty in Pink

More pictures of Daddy's little girl. Thanks to Alexis and Jeremiah for the cute outfit.

More pictures

Dan here again, more pictures as promised! Mommy and Baby continue to rest well. My mom is here now and it is a great blessing to us.