Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Happy Baby Days



Thanks to everyone for the well wishes for our family. Things are going pretty well at our house so far. Emma sleeps most of the night, waking to nurse several times. Last night I was sure she would be out all night because she was up all day, but at 5:30 she decided to stay awake and stare at me! She was pretty happy with herself! Needless to say, I'm pretty tired, even with getting about 6 hours of sleep a night - but since I'm used to 8 I get exhausted pretty quickly.
Ryan is loving being big brother, but tires of her pretty quickly. He wants to pick her up but then shoves her back at us after about 10 seconds. He's still working on that gentle touch. Yesterday, I wished I had the camera with me. Ryan laid down on a blanket with Emma and gently rubbed her head like I do to him. It was so touching! He loves giving her kisses too as you can see from the picture.
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I'm recuperating well - and looking pretty good. I only look 3 months pregnant instead of the typical 5 months! Kris has been off for most of the week. He's been taking Ryan outside and out of the house, which is nice. He's also been working on his 'garage project', which is probably going to be a year long project of making the garage into a workstation for him.
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My mom and sister came down last Sunday when I had Emma to visit. Robin had to leave on Monday to get back to work. But my mom was able to stay until this past Sunday and help me out a lot. My dad came down on Friday to visit and drove home alongside my mom. It was so nice to visit with all of them and for them to be able to meet Emma.
Besides that we haven't been doing much. I've been getting out at least once a day usually to the store or post office. We have been having wonderful friends of our bring us meals, which has made this week great so far! I've been trying to rest, but I'm just not built for that!!
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Ok - have to go. Emma just woke up and we're in the process of putting Ryan to bed!

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