So Emma started daycare this week at Kendra's house. Emma is one of five kiddos and the only girl. Everything has been going well and Kendra is wonderful. Emma seems so happy when I go and get her and the boys love her. They call her "baby Emma" and they tell me all about what she did during the day, it's very cute. Best part about Kendra's house is that it is only about 2 blocks from my school, so she is nice and close. Today when I woke up (after my shower and getting ready) I was watching the news and school had been canceled....SNOW DAY! It was strange because at that point there was no snow on the ground, but that changed a few hours later. Here's a pic out my back door. At some points today I couldn't even see my neighbors' houses because it was blowing so much. I did get a chance to make some yummy, chocolate, peanut butter cookies. I probably don't really need the cookies, but I did eat them with a glass of skim milk!

I just felt like throwing this one in here. This is last weekend lounging on the couch together.

Here is Emma playing in her bouncy seat

Picture Fun

Here are some pictures of us at two months. I thought it would be fun to see who Emma looks like. I think she is a good mixture of both of us, I can't tell who she looks more like, but I can see things that are Josh and things that are me. Sorry my pic is so dark (it is the best I have).

Smile, Laugh, and Dream All Day

3 Months Old

It's been about a week so I thought it was time to write something. Last weekend I wasn't feeling well so we didn't do too much on Friday and Saturday. Luckily Emma is still young enough that she enjoyed laying on the couch with me. I still don't know what was wrong I had a fever and just felt "blah", but it didn't amount to much. When I got up on Sunday I felt fine. At church the ladies who work in the nursery got to play with Emma. She was actually awake this time and I guess she was "chatting" and smiling the whole time with them. It was such a nice day, that after church we headed to Southlands to walk around and get out of the house. I didn't really have any shopping to do, but it is always fun to window shop and look around. Then we headed to Grandma Pamela's house. She and Emma spent some time outside in the sunshine. Pamela kept Emma while I headed to lunch with Jamie.

Three Months Old Today!!!! The most exciting thing that has happened this week is that Emma slept through the night---for three nights in a row! Every night at around 2 am I would shoot up from bed worried that she was starving....but I would find Emma snoozing away. Here she is tonight in her crib (we are going to try this), maybe she'll stay there all night (the other nights she was still in her bassinet in our room). I've tried the crib other nights, but it's like she knows she's alone and she doesn't stay asleep as long as when she is in our room. One step at a time I suppose.

First Week Back

Well my first week back to work is over! I made it through! It wasn't too hard. It was nice to see all my students again. They were all excited to see me and to see pictures of Emma. Now I have four days to spend with her---working part-time is great! Emma has also been sleeping more and more at night. She has been going 6 hrs. on average and last night she went 7 1/2 hours! I would say that is sleeping through the night. And after she gets up it is only because she is hungry and then she goes right back to sleep after. Going to bed has been much smoother in the last week as well. For a couple weeks there it was rough. Emma would get too tired and then just would not (and could not) settle down to fall asleep, so we had a few late nights. I think we have it figured out now and so far this week falling asleep (and staying asleep) has been perfect!

Back to Work

After eleven weeks off for maternity leave, today was my first day back to work. It was easier than I had expected (thank you Shelbi!). Shelbi came from Greeley, giving up her Spring Break, to help out with Emma this week. So Emma is still at home...just not with me, I think that is why it wasn't too bad. I totally trust Shelbi and Emma is in her own environment. Next week she is with a friend also and then Emma starts real daycare on the 23rd. It is an in-home daycare and I know the lady because her kids go to my school, and I had her son in second grade. She is wonderful and her children are wonderful! I think you can judge a lot about someone by how their kids are--of course there are always exceptions. I'm just speaking from what I have seen through my years of teaching. So work went fine. My school kiddos are great and were excited to see pictures of Emma. I had two breaks during the day that gave me time to pump, so that was good. Overall I think I did pretty well, only calling twice and texting once to check in!

Church

Here is what Emma looked like for her first church nursery experience (she didn't even know she was there!): Today Emma went into the church nursery for the first time. She has been to church, just not in the nursery yet. I wasn't ready for that yet, so she's been going to the service with me---But I volunteer in the Sunday school once a month and today was my first day back doing that so Emma went to the nursery. She was only one of two babies and she slept the whole time. I told them they could just leave her in her car seat....and that is where she stayed the whole time just snoozing away! Maybe next Sunday she will be awake. The lady working said she wanted to hold her so badly--but she didn't because she didn't want to disturb her nap (which is good for me because Emma had a very late night and needed to sleep!).

That is all for today. I am headed to lunch and a movie with a friend while Grandma Pamela babysits!