Sweet and Tender.

So for about a month now Emma has been moving up in the world of food. She started out with rice cereal for 2 weeks then she was allowed to start eating good ol’ smooshed veggies.  We went with the sweet potatoes, nice and liquidy orange, which stained the plastic rubbery spoon.

She gets to try a new veggie each week for a month or so then moves on to meats then fruit. Toady was new adventure, peas. Whirled peas.  I’m going to assume it will come out the other end looking about the same as it went in.  What made it even more fun of an experience was that Amy was sitting in front of her during the feeding. Well Emma’s face is covered in peas and she has a mouthful, then she gets the sneezes. It looked like a big bug exploded or something.  Yes, there is video. I’ll try and get it posted soon.. ok, eventually.

Until the future.

Letting go…just a little

For the last couple of weeks, Emma has been butt scooting around in her bassinet.  By the morning, she has jammed her head to the top corner of the bassinet and is on top of the blankets and chaulks (these pyramid pillows that keep her on her side, although they don’t work very well, apparently).  She has grown so much, so quickly these last few weeks, as well.  Frank and I decided that we should put her in her crib, in her own room.

At first, I thought no, she can stay in the bassinet until she’s 18 lbs, she’s only 15 lbs right now.  But the last two nights, she seemed so unhappy all crunched up in her bassinet and the mattress is really thin.  I decided that she would be more comfortable in her nice crib on a good mattress.  However, I feel bad…I like the comfort of having her with us.  Unfortunately, our bedroom isn’t big enough for her crib.  She fell asleep pretty quickly, I know she’s happier. 

So, I’m just going to sit here with my lip out and pout, try not to cry.  She’s just too little, and I’m not ready.  *sigh*  It sucks to have to let her go a little, but she’ll sleep better in her room.

Payback.

So after a tiring day yesterday working in the garage while Emma was visiting with Grandma and Grandpa I awoke a little before 6 as I have been this week to take my medications, get her calmed down and put out her prune juice to warm up to room temp. Mommy was still asleep. I curled back up in bed and figured I’d sleep for another hour or so like we usually do on the weekends. My eyes shoot open at 8. 8! Oh crud. Emma is happily keeping herself entertained in her bassinet, not screaming for food. I toss on my robe, run to the kitchen and of course have to wash out a bottle, mix up her formula and get it all together.

I go back to the bedroom and wake up Mommy. I let her know what time it is, she’s a little surprised. She calms me down a bit and says it’s ok because Emma wasn’t screaming or anything. So I grab the little stinker with the big gummy grin, change her diaper and head out to feed her. Of course I get half way to the livingroom and remember that we need a clean bib. Back to the nursery, grab a bib, back to the living room.

She grabs hold of her prune juice bottle, shoves it in her mouth (she does this now) and sucks it down in no time. I get a good burp out of her before she hits the next bottle. We get halfway through that one before stopping for another burp. For some reason she loves having her chin wiped clean and smiles and giggles when we do it. *shrug* We hit the bottle again and she downs the rest of it. Again, as I’m wiping her clean, she’s smiling away. Right before I’m about to sit her fully up to give her a proper burping erupts Mount St. Emma.

Spit-up all over her face, bib, my robe. Mmm.. Soy robe.

First Post — Moving In!

That’s right. We’re going to be moving into our new blog home, right here. As much as I liked the old place, it was just a bit of a pain to keep updated. I’m hoping that this should be a bit easier once we get settled in. For those of you that haven’t been there, here’s a link….

http://www.frankule.net/babyfest/

But do keep in mind, I haven’t really updated it since May. I will try to start with some of the more recent stuff and work backwards on here… The little munchkin has changed so much….