Smiles!!

Emily started smiling a week or so ago, and I finally caught one on camera!! I just looooove seeing her smile!

We had Emily's 4 month well baby check on Thursday, and she weighs 9 pounds 15 ounces now! Yay Emily! The doctor was very pleased with how well she is doing. Her 'corrected age' is 1 month, but the doctor said developmentally she is on track with a 2 month old. Size-wise, when he plots her on the growth chart for a 1-month-old, she is 75th percentile for head circumference and weight, and 50th percentile for height. She barely even makes the chart for a 4-month old! This will continue to improve as she gets older, and by her 2nd birthday she should be caught up with other kids her age, both in size and developmentally.

That's about all I have for today. We have another eye doctor appointment tomorrow, I'll post an update after that. Here are a few more pictures from this week.

See, Emily doesn't sleep ALLLLL the time...

...which is a good thing, because she happens to have the sweetest, prettiest eyes! See?


Emily will be 4 months old on Wednesday, August 19! Wahoo! She has her 4 month appointment with the pediatrician on Thursday, so we'll get an official weight...but we think she is well over 9 pounds now. She is still a great baby! She is sleeping 5 hour stretches at night pretty regularly, followed by a quick bottle, then another 3-4.5 hour stretch of sleep. I am so glad that she pretty much figured the "nighttime" thing out on her own. I'm sure it's not always going to be so great, but we'll take it as long as it lasts!

As far as development, she is probably right on track with her corrected age of 1 month (remember, that's her age if she would have been born on her actual due date - July 19). She has pretty good head control when in a sitting position. Of course it still bobs and tilts some of the time too. I bought her a Bumbo seat and tried it out this week - she's not strong enough for me to leave her in there long, but she does pretty well for a few minutes anyway.

By far our most exciting development in the past week is that Emily started SMILING! I have yet to capture this with my camera because we only get a few per day....but as they become more frequent I'm sure I'll catch one. After months of her just staring at us (except for those gas and reflex smiles), it is AWESOME to see that smile on her face. It almost makes me squeal whenever she does it!

We have another eye appointment next Monday. At her last appointment, her eyes were still not fully developed so they need to continue checking them until development is complete. The good news is the doctor is seeing some improvement in one eye...the other one is about the same.

Until next time - I do have to leave you with just one sleeping picture, because it is so precious!!

Missing my baby bump!

I am loving being a mom, and I wouldn't trade my blessings for anything...but I have been working on my scrapbooks and I'm feeling a little bummed that I was "robbed" of the last 3 months of my pregnancy! There are lots of pros and cons here....I never had to get huge and uncomfortable and be 9 monts pregnant in July (PRO!) but at the same time, I am a *bit* of a shopaholic, and I had bought A LOT of super cute maternity clothes that I never got to wear (CON!). Of course I never thought it was a possibility that I wouldn't get to wear them, so I no longer had the tags or receipts for 95% of the clothes either. UGH!

Emily arrived when I was right in the middle of the "honeymoon" phase of pregnancy. I was feeling great, had a cute little bump, and was just starting to do fun stuff like register for baby stuff and pick out items for the nursery.

*SIGH*

Here is my very last pregnancy pic, taken less than a week before Emily was born.

Comfy, Emily?

I know I promised some awake pictures, and I will post some...but she has just been so cute snoozing the last few days!

Speaking of snoozing, Emily has been doing great sleeping at night! We aren't anywhere near sleeping through the night yet, but we ARE getting some 4 or 4 1/2 hour stretches at night, which seems to make all the difference in the world in my energy level during the day! And most of the time, she goes right back to sleep after her nighttime feedings. Yay!

We have had Emily home for 5 weeks today. WOW! It has gone by so fast, maybe because we were like walking zombies for the first 2 or 3 weeks. :-)