Emrie's Big Adventure

We spent our weekend on Taylor Lake near Kemah with our friends Denise and Jason McWhorter. The whole family needed a get away and it was awesome! Jason, Brian, my dad, Aiden and Josiah (Denise and Jason's son) spent the day fishing and playing on the lake while Denise, mom, Emrie and I played at the pool. It was Emrie's first time in a pool. She loved it but it pooped her out pretty quickly as you can tell from the picture above. We ate and played and ate some more. So much so that we ended the weekend with a friendly wager as to who could lose the most weight before our next trip to their house - the last weekend in October. The winner (that's going to be me) gets $100 and bragging rights. After we all weigh in and I collect my winnings we're going to celebrate with a big dinner!

Singing and Running in the Rain

Emrie is all strapped into her stroller and ready to go for her Wednesday evening walk.

Yesterday Emrie and I were watching Ghost Hunters, our favorite Wednesday evening show, when the National Weather Service interupted with a Severe Thunder Storm Warning headed our way complete with 60mph winds. Well, Emrie and I had our doubts and we typically went for a walk about this time of day anyway so we figured why not? So we decided to saddle up, take our walk and temp fate and rain.

We were about halfway down the walking trail behind our house when the winds started to blow and blow hard. Leaves were flying and so was the stroller. I kid you not - the wind was pushing the stroller so hard I had to hold on tight for fear of it being pulled right out of my hands. Needless to say, we decided to head back home and quickly. And just as we were walking into our driveway the rain came! It was amazing! Emrie and I stood (well, I stood...she sat) in the garage for what seemed like a long time just watching it pour down.

Say a Prayer Please

My Uncle Alvin suffered an aneurysm on Tuesday. He was taken to St. Joseph's where they were able to perform surgery but his recovery does not look good. Please keep him and his family in your prayers.

Another Trip to the Doctor

Emrie is cheering because she had a good doctors visit and weighs 11lbs 8oz! Whoo Hoo!
I took Emrie to the doctor today because over the past week she's been getting a rash on her face, neck and back. She was born with a little baby acne across her nose and cheeks. I had never heard of that until I had her so I figured the additional red bumps I was seeing were probably just heat rash but it seemed to be getting worse and worse. Come to find out its baby acne, combined with some heat rash (which gets worse when she gets upset) and some minor eczema. Dr. Lawrence hooked us up with some meds and the rash already looks better. I hate to be one of those mom's who runs to the doctor over any little thing but I hate even more seeing Emrie upset and uncomfortable. Thank you doctor Lawrence for not making me feel like an idiot.

What A Great Night!

Emrie was pretty cranky yesterday afternoon. Her normal cranky time starts at about 5pm and I'm never sure how long its going to last. I finally got her settled down and into her bath (which often settles her down) around 8pm. She finally passed out at 9:30...and I mean passed out. She was so sound asleep I had to keep checking to make sure she was still breathing. With Emrie knocked out Brian and I decided we better go to bed too because lately she's only been sleeping two hour stretches at night. My head hit the pillow and I was out. And you're not going to believe it but Emrie slept until 3am! Amazing! 5 and a half hours! I feel like a new woman. A little sleep goes a long way. She dozed back off right around 4am and slept til 6:30. Oh wow...if only she'd sleep like that every night.

Emrie's a noisy little sleeper as I'm told most babies are. She recently started slurping on her hands at night and I mean SLURPING. She normally doesnt take a pacifier at night so I guess her hands have become her substitute. Add to that the snorting (yes, she snorts) and the tooting (yes, she toots sometime so loud she wakes herself up) and the dogs licking and scratching (yes, they sleep in the bedroom with us) it makes for an extremely loud night for me and Brian.

Emrie's New Favorite Show

Emrie and I have had a lot of time to watch TV. We recently started watching Sons of Anarchy on Netflix. WE LOVE IT!!! What can I say? Emrie has a soft spot for bikers. In fact, in the last two weeks we've watched 26 episodes (the first two seaons). We still have one season to go before we're all caught up with the new season that premieres in September. We have to hurry!

Baby = Efficiency

I remember when it used to take me a little more than an hour to get ready for work. Not anymore! Emrie has made me extremely efficient in that area. This morning I was up at 5am feeding her. By 5:30am I was in the shower. And, by 6am I was dressed and ready to go.

Dont get me wrong I would still be in my jammies if I didnt have to be at work for a mandatory 8am meeting. If nothing else this is a good trial run for next week. I've always been a morning person but I also used to be in bed by 9pm and sleep all night. Now it seems like I'm up every 2-3hrs. Oh wait...that's because I am!

Emrie was on a very good night time sleep schedule. I stress the word WAS. She'd normally go to bed between 9-10pm and then be up around 2:30am to nurse and then up again around 5:30am to nurse. Well, this past week she has not wanted to sleep at all and she was up every 2 hrs last night. Growth spurt? Maybe. All I know is I'm pooped!