First Bottle and Visit with Great Nana

Emmie took her first bottle no problem and then Maddie enjoyed giving her a bottle too.  She did a great job. 

Here are just some pictures of Emersyn chillin' with Daddy outside on the porch.  She is getting so much more alert and focusing on things. 

We went up to Pennsylvania one Saturday to visit with Great Nana and swim in the pool at Great Aunt Lorraine's house.  I would have had some great pictures of her beautiful pool and Maddie swimming in it, but I managed to slip on the wet floor and fall (with Emersyn in my arms), catching myself with my elbow and ended up at urgent care to get 2 stitches.  I was on my way to get the camera, so obviously I didn't get the pictures!  Thanks be to God, Emersyn was fine!

Snuggling with Mommy

 

Visit with Shelley, Lourdes, Jennie and Jackson

We were so lucky to have Shelley and Lourdes come up from South Carolina to visit when Emersyn was almost 4 weeks old. Jennie and Jackson came out to stay at our house for the weekend.  It was great having Maddie and Lourdes together again and Jackson loved hanging with the big girls.  He is quite the little charmer with those baby blues.  We had a lot of fun just being together.  Lourdes loved holding Emersyn, but not as much as her mommy Shelley did.  Every time Emersyn was done eating (meaning I didn't have to be holding her, Shelley would take her).  I wish they could always be here!  Here are some sweet moments from the weekend.  I didn't take nearly enough pictures, the time went too fast!

One month old!

It's hard to believe that Emersyn is one month old already and even harder to believe that I don't have a recent picture to post at the time that I'm writing this. Hopefully I'll have one to add by the end of the day, but if not I'll just put one of Maddie and see if I can fool anyone, because they look so much alike! (Finally added picture on 8/5/10!)
Emmie had her one month check up and she weighs 8 lbs. 7 oz. which means she's gained 3 whole lbs. since we brought her home. The pediatrician said, "it's almost illegal how quickly she's gaining weight!" The pediatrician is a lovely Dutch woman, so it was funnier when she said it with a Dutch accent. We are trying to figure out if Emersyn has reflux, a milk protein sensitivity or possibly both. She's had episodes of being pretty uncomfortable so we're hoping to have that figured out so that she can remain the content little baby that she's been so far!

We got the rest of the family/newborn pictures from the photographer and she put together a nice slideshow and here's the link:

http://www.photodex.com/share/kimberlyc/6b9w8mg4