Rainy Days & Mondays

It's rained off and on since midnight here, and the rain is very
welcome! We've been pretty dry, and now have standing water in the
yard. It keeps going back and forth between sunny/blue skied and
cloudy/pouring rain. Emmy survived her first thunderstorm without any
apparent trauma, although it did wake her up from a nice nap (darn you,
thunder!). Later this afternoon, if weather permits, we plan to hit the
library and eat dinner at Red Robin. I dunno, something about a rainy
Sunday afternoon makes us want a cheeseburger & milkshake.

We'll be visiting Indiana soon, and Emmy will get to meet all kinds of Hoosiers including great grandparents, Grandpa Loehmer,
Uncle Josh, and all sorts of extended family. She's quite excited about
the whole thing, let me assure you. We'll also be stopping off in
Cincinnati to visit our great buddies, Jen & Chad. Their daughter
Sophie is anxiously awaiting the arrival of Em as well. We plan to hit
the zoo while there, which is having a Bloom Fest (or some sort of
blooming/flower type fun).

I only have 3 more weeks left of my
maternity leave. It surely has flown by, and I can't say I'm terribly
anxious to get back to work. We've got a great babysitter set up for
Emmy until her daycare spot opens in June sometime. It's such a relief
knowing your baby will be in good hands while you are out earning a
living to keep her in diapers. This work thing is going to really mess
up my schedule though...up at six, morning nap with Em, nice afternoon
walk around the neighborhood, Oprah. Ugh. The only thing that will be
the same is the up at six part (the part I could most do without!). It
will be interesting to see how well we transition to a
two-working-parent household!

10 Biggest Changes Once You Have a Baby

1) It takes you 15+ minutes to actually get in the car to go somewhere
because of all the extra "stuff" you now have to tote around.
2) You now consider a 5 hours a "full night sleep".
3) Poop, vomit and boogers have ceased to faze you (well, as much).
4) You aren't self conscious about talking baby talk in public.
5) Your neighbors with kids are suddenly very interested in getting to know you.
6) Your sense of time has gone out the window (what day is this?!)
7)
It has become perfectly acceptable to you not to shower daily. (or do
your hair, or leave the house without makeup to cover your dark circles)
8) You've started speed-eating, so you can finish your meal before the baby wakes up/gets fussy.
9) Darn-near every room in your house has baby paraphernalia occupying it.
10) Your evening entertainment consists of laughing at baby farts and watching her sleep peacefully.

The Update

So, Emmy had her two month well baby visit today...and lots of shots.
She weighed 10 lb, 10 oz and was 22.25 inches long. She actually did
very well with all her vaccinations, a little yelling, but not too much
for getting 3 shots in one day. Man, her face can get RED!! She hasn't
been overly fussy tonight, but I gave her a prophylactic dose of
Tylenol to ward off anyachiness or fever.

The biggest update
(and proud parental moment) is that she has slept through the night
EVERY NIGHT since last Wednesday. I can't tell you how relieved we are
that she's finally doing this. We both feel so much better now that we
can sleep a solid 6 hours. I even got to take a bath last night...hotdiggity!! (I feel like I need to go knock on wood or something so I don't jinx this!!)

We
put a new mobile on Em's crib (a lovely gift from our friends Fred
& Lenny), and I must say, she is transfixed by it! Now, if only we
could convince her that tummy time isn't a punishment...

Happy Easter!

Happy 2 Months, Emmy!

Emmy is officially 2 months old today. I simply can't believe she's been around that long...time really flies. She has changed so much during this time, we can't wait to see what the next 2 months brings. Her 2 month well baby visit is Tuesday, and I'll post her new weight/length stats...she is getting rather rolly-poly, and I'm guessing she's closing in on 11 lbs. Breastmilk is agreeing with her VERY much!

Will Wonders Never Cease?!

It finally happened!!! Emmy slept through the night without waking up for her bottle! Yippee! She ate around 10:45pm, and didn't wake up until about 4-430a. I gave her the pacifier and she went right back to sleep until about 545a! Yippee again! We surely hope this is the first of many nights she does this, and she wasn't just teasing us. That would truly be so cruel. (And we know babies are so very cruel.)

Cute Photo for the Day