Day/Night Confusion Over?

At 4 am, she is wide awake, hence she comes into our bed and is coaxed back to sleep for a few hours!

Well, at 7.5 weeks, Emrey is beginning to get it! For the past two nights she has slept from 10 - 4am, giving us a whole 6 hours of consolidated sleep! She has significantly decreased her evening "fussiness" too. Not sure if this is here to stay, but for now, it's pretty nice, and I am feeling much more rested. She continues to be more and more social and even yesterday, was trying to put on a smile for me, through her tears.

She's still sleeping a lot during the day, and is beginning to fall into a very loose pattern, but is still pretty unpredictable. She is talking up a storm, making the cutest cooing and aweing noises. Ellis and I (okay mostly me) can sit there forever listening to her make these noises and experimenting with her voice. Sometimes, she makes such a loud noise that she frightens herself!

Finally fitting into Becky's beautiful hat! Thank you!!!

Below are some very sweet pictures of Ellis and Emrey, as well as a video of her making these adorable noises, enjoy!

I have my dad's eyes, along with everything else :)

Father/daughter bonding (and giving mom a break)!

Baby Coos!!!

Adventures in Colorado

Beautiful views of Breckenridge from Keystone... Skiing with Matt & Amy- What a great day :-)

We just returned from Breckenridge Colorado, where Ellis attended and presented a paper at the "G & Ski" conference. Emrey was a great traveler and slept most of the way on both flights. I of course, was anxious about traveling and germs, but so far, she seems to be healthy and did great while we were there. She is growing so quickly and as you will see, is filling out quite nicely :)

We got to enjoy snow, and Emrey got to meet the King grandparents, who were willing to babysit in order to make skiing possible! We also met up with a college friend of mine and Emrey got to meet her little boy, Caleb. We are settling back into life at home and trying to wade through the piles of laundry and bills that accumulated while we were gone. Here are a few pictures from the trip.

Emrey's first play date

Josiah and Emrey


This week we got together with a new friend who lives down the street. Josiah is two months older than Emrey. As you can see, they had a great time together and it was very cute, Josiah kept trying to hold Emrey's hand! It will be fun to see them grow together and hopefully be buddies. I am adjusting to life at home and really can't say that I miss work all that much. Some days are better than others, but overall, I love being a mom and being able to be home. It has been so fun to watch sweet little Emrey grow and change even in these first few weeks. Her face is starting to fill out (looking more like a Hollo) but her eyes remain beautifully blue.

Here are some other random photos from the past week...for all you who have requested more pictures...

I'm 3 Weeks old!

This Tuesday, Emrey turned three weeks old. Here are some of the highlights from her week....We are pretty sure she had her first few "social smiles" and is growing increasingly social by the day, focusing in on what she can see and tracking mom's fingers. Dad gave Emrey her first bottle at night, so mom could sleep a little more. After some strange facial expressions, she seemed to take it okay. Emrey made it to the post office and survived a close call with the stroller and Bailey...She also met our entire small group, who came to our house when we couldn't make it out on Sunday. She continues to eat and sleep really well, although she definitely appears to be a night owl...and starts to come alive around 10 or 11 each night! Owh, and she also had her first bath, as her cord finally fell out! She screamed for the first few minutes and then appeared to settle in and enjoy it. She especially loved being cuddled in the towel afterward.

In the Boppy Pillow...

If you don't know what a boppy pillow is for, just wait for that first little one to come along...

Emrey and Mom

Emrey Grace's First Swing Ride!