Emma 11 Weeks Old

Emma 10 Weeks Old

This past week was hectic, with more craziness to come in the next 4 weeks. We can't wait until Jered gets pinned on September 18th. Both the kids and I look forward to seeing him more! This week he is in Boston on the USS Constitution for CPO Heritage week. It's a great honor to be selected for this and he will do some neat things like marching Paul Revere's ride to liberty and taking the ship out to sea (or harbor anyway) for a few hours on Friday before flying back home. There are pictures more of him on the Constitution's Facebook page.

Emma's 2 Months Old

A video I made this morning playing with Emma. She is a happy baby and so sweet! We had her 2 month check up and shots yesterday. Besides being small still (10lbs), which the pediatrician told me not to stress about, she is doing well. She still eats 7 times a day, takes good naps, and goes to bed about 8:30pm. I feed her one more time at 10pm, which lately I've had to wake her for, then she sleeps until 8 or 9am. Good girl! She's not rolling over yet, mostly because of the pelvic harness, and partially because we're always going somewhere and there's not much time for tummy time. She is cooing, smiling, grasping objects, and doing other cute baby things though :) Will and I enjoy playing with her a little between naps. However, if you want to hear her fuss, just put her in the carseat - she hates it - or keep her up past her naptime. Whew, that girl knows when it's time to sleep and she will tell you! Besides those times, she is very happy and content. We're so lucky to have her in our family.

Will is 3!

Will's 3rd birthday was Saturday. He got to meet with a couple of friends at Baskin Robbins on Thursday and exchanged presents. Sunday evening, we had pizza and cupcakes with the friends he didn't see on Thursday. We spent most of his real birthday at a chief-selectee's picnic in northern San Diego. Will had fun running around the playground, although Jered had to work the whole day so we missed him. Jered and I got him really cool expansion packs for his train table, so Jered and Will spent a couple of hours putting together the new tracks on Saturday night. He also enjoyed opening his cards and gifts from friends and family around the country. This is the first year Will has been really excited (ahead of time) about his birthday. He actually understood how old he was going to be and what day his birthday was. It was so exciting for me to see him looking forward to his birthday. It made me realize that he really is a little boy now, no baby anymore. Sunday I got some cute pictures of Will holding Emma in his lap. He was very sweet and cuddly with her and held her correctly to support her head. I was proud of him - he has only held her once before, so I guess he's getting used to her. He loves to talk and "play" with her, but usually tells me "No thank you" when I asked him if he wants to hold her.

Emma 7 Weeks Old

Today Emma is 7 weeks old. In the past week, she's been through a lot. We spent Monday at the hospital, where Emma was put under general anesthesia for a laryngoscopy and MRI. Both showed no abnormalities except what we already knew: tracheolmalacia, laryngomalacia, paralysis of the vocal chords and Stridor. Since there was no additional problems, the doctor thinks she will grow out of these conditions with time. He said he might have to trim her epiglottis in the future, but will wait to see how she grows. We were there in the Pediatric ICU overnight and went home Tuesday afternoon. Friday we were back at the hospital to visit orthopedics and get an ultrasound of Emma's hips. She has hip dysplasia and has to wear a pelvic harness for at least 6 weeks. At that time, we'll get another ultrasound and see if she's improved enough to take it off. She is such a sweet sweet baby and still so good. The night before she got her harness, she slept 11 hours straight! Wow, what a girl :o) A good thing that happened for Mommy this week is I finally got my wedding rings back on and some of my normal pants, including a pair of size 4 slacks! I've lost 33 lbs, and still have 17 to go, but things are on the downhill slope finally. Yay!