Work, Sleep and Pics

Emmi is getting so big at 10 weeks. Memere comes in on Sunday which is happy and sad at the same time. It represents the fact that I start work in one week which is sad but happy since she can help with the transition. While I have been out on maternity leave I have gotten a new boss. He said it is OK for me to work from home as much as I can for now but he may need me in the office more. I will wait to see how that pans out.

Emmi has been sleeping a 7-8 hour chunk of sleep the past few nights. She still goes to bed around midnight though. I started to log when she goes to sleep to see the pattern. She will have one night where she will go to sleep at 10 but then she is right back the next few nights at 11:30-midnight. Since we have a great sleeper I am sure it will all come with time.

Latest Emmi Gadget

Over the past few months we have been checking out a website called, steepandcheap.com. They have a variety of outdoors type stuff on there cheap, the way it works is they post up a deal and as soon as they sell out they put up a new item. I check it randomly all day to see the latest deal. If we didnt have Emmi I think this site could make us broke. Anyway, we talked about getting a backpack carrier for Emmi once she grows out of the front carrier (which is good until she is 20lbs or so). Sure enough one night there was one on Steep & Cheap and they dont typically have kids stuff. We had to get it. Here she is with Daddy trying it out.

Sleep & pics

Here is a pic of Emmi in her jogger the first day we used it. The grey padding around her head & sides is what we were waiting for so that she would fit in it.

Emmi is now consistently sleeping 5-6 hours in her first block of sleep. She has the past few nights decided that after midnight is a good time to go to sleep. Not sure if that is because she takes a nap usually around 3 or 4 which will last 3 hours so then she is well rested for a bit.

She is definitely getting bigger at 9 weeks. She barely fits in her 0-3 month clothes. When Memere gets here I think we will have to switch out the 0-3 with the 6-9 so that her closet will be stocked with 3-6 & 6-9 since she is growing so fast.

Burgers, dogs, snow, and crazy people

Busy day today. After Emmi slept through the night, her, Taryn and I decided we'd all go out to lunch for the first time. We went to Five Guys Burgers and Fries for some viddles. Emmi slept for the first 15 or so minutes. For the rest of this time she sat in her car seat with a bewildered look wondering where the hell we were. We then headed over to one of local bike shop to hang out. Yeah, we're dorks. Hanging out in a bicycle store on a Saturday. So sue us.

Anyway, we got some "snow" today. I use the "" because they really don't know what snow is down here. They called for 1-3 inches of snow and there was a winter storm warning. No joke. We got about an inch of snow Thursday and my building had a delayed opening. It's like being in the third grade and having a delay. Only difference is that I'm not 8 years old and we only got an inch rather than the 10 inches that would delay school. I also made the mistake of going grocery shopping today during the "snow". Good god. You'd think that today was the last day they were making food and after that you would have to hunt and kill your own.

Did it happen again???

This time I am pretty certain it happened. Emmi slept through the night. Her thing the past couple nights is after putting her down the first time she wakes up like an hour later for a little snack. This happened last night when we put her down around 10:30 she was awake at 11:30 for a snack. Then we didn't hear from her again until 5:30. Yes that is 6 full hours of sleep. Yeah. I have also noticed she is getting much more efficient when eating so her nightly/ early morning feedings don't take nearly as long as they used to. Maybe 10 minutes and she is done.

We also used the new jogger yesterday and today now that the baby seat attachment came in. Kona came with us yesterday. For those of you without dogs we have to retrain him to realize he cant just pull us over to smell something or after the neighborhood dogs that aren't on leashes or cut infront of the jogger. This will take a few walks before we can try running. Although Emmi and I did get out for a run this morning before the snow started to fall. It is more work than I thought it would be. It rides smooth on flats but as soon as there is an incline you certainly know it. Happy jogging now.

Dr Visit - 2 month check up

Emmi weighed in at 12 lbs 3 3/4 ounces. She was 24 1/2 inches long with a head circumference of 39 1/2 cm's. Doctor said she is doing great and is very healthy. We did not give her the rotavirus shot or any of the other normal shots given at 2 months. Her first shots will be at her next visit of Polio and HIB. I also picked up vitamins for her today which we will start to give her since we didnt after the last visit.

Playing on mat

Here is a clip(just shy of 2 minutes) of Emmi playing on her mat this morning. You can hear her talking and just having fun.