Two Months

Emory, you are two months old today!

 

I can't believe another month has gone by so quickly!

 

We had your two month check up on February 25th (you were just shy of 7 weeks old)!

 

Stats:

Weight: 11 lbs 11 oz (90th percentile)

Length: 22 3/4 inches (90th percentile)

 

Although I couldn't wait to see how much you had grown, I dreaded your first set of shots! I made Daddy go with me because I didn't want to be the one to hold you down. It went so much better than I expected. Before you could even cry good I had the bottle in your mouth. I gave you Tylenol afterwards and every 4 hours for the rest of the day and you were fine. Dr. Ellison said you looked perfect!

Waiting patiently to see Dr. Ellison

Daddy giving you a pep talk before your shots!

Poor little hams :(

 

Eating: We switched formulas again this month. You never seemed content, always fussed, wouldn't nap, and constantly wanted to eat: this Mama knew something was wrong! I called the pediatrician's office and Dr. E seemed to think you may have a little reflux or a cow's milk allergy so we switched your formula to Similac Alimentum and started given you Zantac three times a day. LIFESAVER! You're a completely different baby. I'm just sad it took us this long to figure it out. Besides making you and your little belly happy, there is nothing good about this new milk. It smells awful, taste awful (to me anyway.. you don't seem to mind at all), and is very pricey! You're now eating 5 oz every 3 hours and you are serious about your milk! Girlfriend you LOVE to eat.

 

Sleep: You're still a great sleeper and we're so thankful for that! You started sleeping consistently through the night at about 7 weeks old. You're still sleeping in our room but we did move you to the pack n play this month. We have a pretty solid bedtime routine that starts around 9 p.m.: bath, lotion, bottle, swaddle, rock, and in bed by 10:30. You still hate your swaddle but I'm convinced it's the only reason you sleep through the night! We're hoping to move you to your crib soon, we're just waiting on our video monitor to come in.

 

Sizes: We just moved you to size two diapers. You were starting to leak out of your size ones. You're wearing all 3 month clothing and they fit you well.

 

Play: You have a little mirror above your play gym and you found yourself in it this month. It's the cutest thing I've ever seen! You smile SO big when you see yourself. You love to kick your feet and move your arms all around. You don't like tummy time very much at all but we'll keep trying!

 

Some pictures from your 2nd month:

Meeting Aunt Michelle and Uncle Michael for the first time!

 You LOVE bath time now!

 Eating out at Olive Garden with Gigi, PawPaw, Aunt Marcia, and Uncle Frank

 Meeting your Great Grandmother Jewel. She just loved all over you!

 Funniest face and hair ever!

Playing with Mama one morning- you are so happy in the mornings!

 

Happy 2 months sweet angel! Mama and Daddy love you so very much!

 

 

 

 



Beauty Review

My brothers and sister competed in their high-school beauty review last night! My sister, Bethany, got a beauty and my brothers, Ryan and Will, got beaus! One proud sister right here!

 

Sweet Ryan. Hard to believe he's a senior this year!

My beautiful Beff! (Sophomore)

Will was a little nervous about being # 1 (8th grade)

 

Love them!!!



Silly Faces

This girl makes the funniest faces and I can't get enough of them!

Happy Valentine's Day!

 

John and I had the best little Valentine this year!

Emory with her Valentine goodies from Mama and Daddy

 Giving Daddy his card :)

Checking out her new toy!

Happy First Valentine's Day, Emory!!!

We love you SO much!

 

Weekend Fun

We had a little Weaver family get together this weekend! It was our first trip with Emory and she did so well!

Emory got to meet her:

Great Poppy

Great Nanny

Great Grandma Coomes

and her Uncle Sean for the first time!

We try to get pictures together when we can!

Weaver Family :)

 

 

 

 

One Month

Sweet Emory, you are one month old today!

(You do this pose a lot and I think it's SO funny!!!)

It seems like we JUST brought you home from the hospital!
 

 So, what's been going on around here??

Some napping..

Lots of visitors...

Meeting your great Mamaw and great Papaw for the first time!

Your first snow day (1-17-13)! We didn't get a picture of you outside because it was too cold!

Your umbilical cord stump FINALLY fell off on your 3 week birthday so you got your first real bath! You weren't crazy about it though!

 

And you did a little playing on your play gym. You really just listen to the music but we call it playing anyway!

 

We haven't been back to the doctor since your 2 week check up but I can tell you're growing!

 

Eating: You LOVE to eat. You've been a great eater since day 1 and you haven't slowed down since! I started out breastfeeding you and everything was going perfectly but shortly after we got home, I got really sick. I stayed nauseated, vomited daily, and couldn't eat anything. My doctor couldn't find anything wrong with me so I did some research and found plenty of stories about nausea being related to breastfeeding. It made sense! A lot of the women said it went away by 8 weeks but physically I couldn't continue on for 6 more weeks just to "see" if it went away. After a lot of tears I decided to stop nursing you and we gave you formula. You had your first bottle when you were 2.5 weeks old and took it like a champ. You obviously don't care where your milk comes from as long as it comes, ha! (After my milk dried up completely, I stopped vomiting and the nausea disappeared so I'm positive it was related in some way!) We've had some hurdles with formula though. We started out with Similac Advance and that really hurt your belly. You would scream for hours at night and there's nothing we could do to make it better. We switched you to Similac Sensitive and that's what you're on now. We put gas drops in every bottle and it seems to really help. You're taking 3 oz every 3 hours during the day and at night we let you sleep as long as you can and just feed you whenever you wake up.

 

Sleeping: You're a great sleeper as long as we don't let you sleep the entire day! We try to follow the eat/wake/sleep schedule but we're definitely not very rigid with it! We usually have you down for the night by 11:00 and most of the time you're only waking once to eat (around 2:30-3ish) and then back down until 5:30-6ish. We swaddle you up (which you hate) and you sleep in your rock-n-play sleeper right beside our bed. I really like it because it keeps you at an incline so I don't worry about you choking.

 

Sizes: You're in size 1 diapers and size 0-3 months and some 3 month clothes (they fit in length but you have plenty of room in the middle)! You were only in the newborn diapers for 1 week and never wore any newborn clothes!

 

Play: We love to lay you on your play gym and watch you look at the little toys that dangle above. You love to kick your legs and move you arms all around! The swing is hit or miss most days. Some days you'll sit in it and look around and other days you want no part of it. We try tummy time but you usually end up falling asleep- we've got to work on that!

 

Some things we've learned about you: You love (more like slightly obsessed with) your paci! You're just a little impatient which you get from your Mama! If we don't get your clothes on, diaper changed, or bottle in your mouth fast enough, we're in trouble! You love to be on your tummy and sleep much better that way. (You're always supervised closely!)

 

Emory, we love you more than we ever thought possible! You bring SO much joy into our lives. Some days it's still hard for me to believe you're actually mine. Although we want to keep you little as long as possible, we can't wait to watch you grow and learn new things!

 

Happy one month precious girl!

We love you!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 Week Check Up!

We had Emory's 2 week check up today!

Weight: 8lbs 15oz (75th percentile)

Height: 21.5 inch (80th percentile)

She's a healthy little big girl and we feel SO blessed!