Our Baby Must be the Sweetest Baby

Emma has taken over our lives and we love it. I was just looking at all our pictures of her in our web album. She has grown a lot! She's really doing well. It's so fun to see her personality develop more everyday. I think she's going to be a big tease like her dad!

I have to confess, she is so fun to dress! Sometimes I just want to try little outfits on her all day long. But she doesn't think it's so fun so I have to control myself. And then after I dress her, I want to show off her little outfit. I put her in her blessing dress the other day. She looks beautiful in it! I can't until next Sunday when everyone can see her in it.

Emma is a little miracle in our lives. She requires a lot of work and some pretty dramatic lifestyle changes but she is definitely worth it!

First Day of Spring!

I have a confession to make. I just barely cleaned out our fridge for the first time since we moved. There was a bowl of cream cheese and jam in the bottom of the fridge that came over during the move. So that tells you how old it was. Yeah, gross. However, there weren't any signs of mold. But here's my confession. I threw it away--bowl included. It was in a glass cereal bowl that we never use and it was ugly so I chucked it. (Don't be mad Trevor, I promise we've never used it--except to store that cream cheese and jam.) I'm so ashamed that it took me so long to clean out my fridge. It has been almost two months since we moved. That is really nasty. I'm not much of a homemaker.

We've just been getting by today. Trevor and I are trying to get over our colds. Emma has been spitting up a lot today. It could be from the cold medicine I took. I won't take any more and we'll see how it goes. I cut Emma's fingernails yesterday. They grow so fast! I have to cut them almost every week!

I'm still waiting anxiously for the weather to get warm enough to take Emma out for walks. It will be nice to be able to get out and get some exercise. (And some sun!) I'm glad we got a lot of snow this winter but I'm definitely ready for Spring!

Trevor's sleeping so the house is quiet. Sometimes the quiet drives me crazy. I guess that's what comes from growing up in a house with eight other people. At night when I get up to feed Emma, I have to turn on the TV or something so that it's not so quiet!

I'm really craving something sweet right now. Like cookies. Hm. Should we make cookies, Emma? We'll see if she'll let me.

Picture of the Day

Well, it's not the Iron Rod but I suppose it will do.

Emma smiled--And it Wasn't Gas!

Emma woke me up this morning at 7:30 to eat. There was nothing unusual about that. So I fed her and burped her. Then I laid her on my lap and talked to her. The past couple days she has been making eye contact really well and trying out little half-smiles but never quite managing the real thing. But this morning, while I was talking to her, she looked at me and SMILED!! It was a full-blown smile! And then she talked back as best she could. Just that one smile made all of the sleepless nights worth it!

I'm so excited to be able to watch her grow and to be able to interact more and more with her. She's starting to be awake more which is fun. (Except when she cries.) And she's definitely getting heavier.

A girl I used to work with had her baby about two months premature and she'll be able to come home soon but she's still so tiny. Right now she weighs three pounds and three ounces! I'd be so scared to bring home a baby that small!

Wise Man quote of the Day

A Wise Man Once Said, "A baby is like a gas can, full of gas yet always wanting to be topped off."

Sick, Sick, Sick

I woke up at 3:30 with a sore throat. It looks like I'm coming down with Trevor's cold. Ugh. I really, really don't want to be sick. But then, I don't remember a time when I have wanted to be sick. (Except maybe to miss school once in a while.)

Emma slept ALL day yesterday so then she didn't want to sleep last night. It was quarter after one before she went to sleep and then she was up at 3:30. She went back to sleep about quarter after four and got up at seven. It's now eight and and she's sitting in her swing. What a life saver! I knew Trevor helped out a lot with her but I didn't realize how much until he got sick and couldn't help. He may not be able to feed her but it is nice to be able to have him hold her while I get a few things done. Emma's eyes are getting heavy. Maybe she'll go back to sleep. If she sleeps all day, I'm going to sleep all day too. She's such a good baby.

Well, we'll see how the day goes and hopefully I won't get too sick.

Gallivanting Around

Hello. Hello. Hello. I have been running all over the countryside for the past twenty-four hours. Emma and I went to Harley's birthday party yesterday and then we went back to Mom and Dad's last night at midnight because Trevor was sick in bed and we didn't want Emma to get sick. So we debated about what to do and then finally we just decided I should take Emma and go over there and try to get some sleep. Then this morning I went to Logan with Mom and Ted and Grandma. I got home from Logan and Trevor was out of bed! Yea! He's still looking pretty sick but at least he's out of bed.

Anyway, so then Trevor and I went to look at a house for sale. It looks really good on the outside and really weird on the inside. It's really small. The bedroom wouldn't fit anything besides our bed. Yeah, tiny. So I don't know about that. There were cigarettes all over outside but maybe that means they only smoked outside. It's always fun to look at houses for sale. Well, the dirty dishes in the sink are calling me so I have to get going.

What a Life.

Picture of the Day

Do you ever feel like you are up a creek without a paddle, or even worse in a boat without a lake?

Sunday

Emma went to church today! We only went to Sacrament Meeting this week. Next week we'll try staying for all three hours I think. I'm somewhat (A LOT) reluctant to feed her at church. It just seems so weird to feed her in front of people. Whoa. That makes it sound like I'm going to feed her in the middle a meeting with everyone watching. That's not at all what I meant. I'll definitely go to the mother's lounge to feed her. But there are other women with babies in the ward and it will be kind of weird to be in a little room together, feeding our babies. Okay, so maybe that doesn't seem weird to anyone but me.

Anyway, we talked to our bishop about the blessing and he gave us permission to bless Emma on March 30th in the Dayton Ward. So we've got the paperwork and everything's ready to go for that date. We're excited for that.

Emma's little face is all broke out. I hope it goes away before her blessing. She's such a good baby. At first we didn't know what we were doing (not that we do now) and she was so patient. I can't believe she's already a month old! It's going so fast! She's already growing up! Most days all I want to do is hold her and watch her. Poor Trevor has to wrestle her from me so I can fix him meals. He's such a good daddy. He's always good to give me a break. And he's even changed a few diapers!

But speaking of Trevor, he just got a cold and he's so miserable. We had a few Tylenol cold pills and some cough drops but that's it and of course it would have to happen on Sunday so we can't go get anything else. He's sleeping right now and he has tonight off of work so hopefully he can get a lot of sleep and get feeling better. And we're praying that Emma and I don't get sick! That would not be fun. Well, Emma's sleeping now so I'm going to try to get in a nap as well.