So much to do…
so little time and sleep!
So I’ll make this post short and just include a few pictures!
A Tale of Two Mamas
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What happened?
Two nights ago Emmy had AMAZING SLEEP!
I put her down at 7:45pm and she slept til 6:45am the next morning! I woke up because my boobs were about to explode and couldn’t believe how late she had slept in!
In fact, I had to go over to the crib and touch her to make sure she was still breathing.
Last night — not so good.
I went upstairs at 10pm and Margot stayed up and watched some television. Since Emmy was downstairs in the Pack-n-play Margot brought her up when she came upstairs for bed. Emmy was up many times last night and constantly wanted to nurse.
This means there was little sleep and tons of frustration!
The good thing is…she’s tired today and it’s rainy and dark. Hopefully, while she’s napping I’ll be able to catch some zzzzz’s too!
She just flipped!
This morning when I was doing Skype with my mother Emmy flipped over for the first time completely!!
She started out on her back and moved her side and leg over then in no time she built up enough momentum to flip all the way over to her belly. I really couldn’t believe it and it was great that it happened when my mom could see it too.
During the skype conference call she almost did it another time too.
Then I put the girls in front of the television as I was cleaning the kitchen and came back to this:
A few minutes later I came in because I heard a screaming baby and this is what I found:
That’s right. It’s Emmy flipping out of her carseat and face down in her carseat! It’s a good thing that her carseat wasn’t on the tall kitchen counter where we typically put it!
Guess we’re going to have to strap her down from now on.
Life just got a little bit harder!
4 months old!
The time is seriously flying. Of course, with each update I get somewhat sad because I know that our little girl is getting bigger and bigger!
Emmy is quite the “spirited” little girl. She has bouts of screaming hysterically for no reason at all. You can try everything then the second you give up - she stops!
She also *loves* talking. She coos and yells constantly. In fact, her favorite times to do this are from 3:40am to 5:30am! She’s constantly keeping us awake and many times it’s not because she’s crying but because she wants to party like a rockstar.
Even though she can be a real cranky pants sometimes - she still makes us laugh and even on the worst of days we love her dearly.
This past weekend in Philadelphia she had “blow out” city! She blew out of her diaper at the Chinese Dim Sum restaurant leaving poo all over the restaurant and causing us to leave before we had even finished our meal. All we can say is “sorry” and tip generously! Then run like hell out of the restaurant before they realized that we left a trail of poo.
Emmy goes this week for her four month pediatrician visit where she’ll get weighed and measured and also get a few shots.
She has yet to actually get her two bottom teeth which I would have thought would have been here by now. She’s been overly grumpy for the past two months and is constantly drooling and putting her hand in her mouth.
Emmy has been flipping from her back to her side and sometimes over to her belly for a few weeks now. She lifts her head up so high and doesn’t even need her arms to keep her balanced.
Graem absolutely loves Emmy and it’s so amazing to see the two interact. Graem can walk up to Emmy at any point and hug her and Emmy will get this big glowing smile - that I think only sisters can share.
To say the least…we’re deeply in love with this little girl and no matter how bad she can be sometimes (okay, all of the time) we’re so glad she’s here and part of our lives.
