The Thomas Family

Sorry it's been a couple of weeks since I wrote, but things had been busy here!! Eric left for a week, meaning I went solo with Emily. It was definitely harder not having Eric here to help. I didn't realize how helpful it was to have him take her for even 10 minutes so I could quickly fold laundry or eat. Emily was great most of the time. She only had one bad day where she just would not nap. She was so tired and just wanted to cry. That was a hard day, lol. On Friday, Jan 29th Patti and Timothy came to visit and Eric also came home from New Mexico.

Patti and Timothy's trip was fast, but we had fun. We went to the Denver Aquarium on Saturday. We had never been before, and it was pretty neat. On Sunday Patti, Timothy, Emily and I went to Breckenridge. Eric stayed home because he wasn't feeling well. Let me tell you...driving to Breckenridge on a Sunday, during ski season, on the last day of the Winter X Games (which were in Aspen) was NOT a great idea, lol. What is normally a 1.5-2 hour drive turned into a 3.5 hour drive home. Lesson learned!!!

On Monday Patti and Timothy flew home, and I was supposed to return to work. I couldn't sleep all day, so I was somewhat relieved when they called at 3:30pm to tell me I was on call for the night. Ten weeks on leave, and my first night back I'm on call, haha. So, tonight will technically be my first night back. I, of course, have developed a minor cold! I'll be fine though!!

Emily is getting so big. She's cooing and smiling a lot now. It's so cute to see her try to mimic sounds! She sleeps through the night now, and usually wakes up around 6-6:30am to eat. This is perfect for the nights I work. I can come home and feed her before I go to bed!

Here are some of the latest and greatest pictures of Emily:

Lifting up her head

Strong Baby

Talking on the phone with Mema

Happily asleep

She's like her mommy...not happy when you wake her up!

The open mouthed smile :)

Not really sure what she's doing here, lol

BOWS!

Karate Baby

Cheeky baby

I think Champ is a little jealous!!!

"I'm bored!"

Asleep on her tummy time pillow

Airplane pacifier...still a little too big!

I love this girl!

Smiles

Over stimulated, lol

Aunt Patti, Emily and Cousin Timothy

At the Denver Aquarium

Fast asleep

This must be what Krill feel like!!!!

Proud Daddy

Shark Tunnel :)

Sleepy Girl

More tummy time

She's smiling a lot now :)

Baby meditation!

We had to open the windows after a smokey incident in the kitchen...We bundled Emily up so she wouldn't get cold, lol

Grabbing onto mommy while she's sleeping

"Rock On!"

Emily is now 7 weeks old. She grows cuter every day!! She is so alert now and is starting to develop her own little personality. We've learned she LOVES to sleep on her tummy, which of course goes completely against the American Academy of Pediatrics "Back to sleep" campaign. Of course, lol. We let her sleep on her tummy during the day when she's napping and we can keep an eye on her...but I'm too paranoid still to let her sleep on her stomach at night when we're sleeping too. This means, for the time being, that Eric and I are up more at night because Emily get's fussy. It could be so much worse though, so I really can't complain!!! We just started feeding Emily 4oz bottles yesterday. We had been feeding her 3 oz every 4 hours, but she was still hungry. We had tried 4 oz a couple of weeks ago, but it was just too much and came right back up. She seems to be doing well with it now though. It's hard to believe that just 7 "short" weeks ago she was only taking 0.5 oz at a feeding!!!!!

In other news, I went to start a load of laundry on Sunday only to find that the washing machine had bit the dust. We kind of knew it was coming. The previous owners left all of the appliances, and by the looks of them, the washer and drier were probably born the same year Eric and I were!! They still worked however, so we just decided to keep on using them. The last month or so the washing machine would shake the whole house when it was in spin cycle and neither Eric nor I could figure out how to balance it and fix the problem. Well, I couldn't even get the washer to turn on, so we went to Home Depot for a new set. We ended up getting an LG set of front loaders. I'm so excited!!! They'll be delivered on Thursday...and it's not a day too soon! Not being able to do laundry has been hard!! This of course goes to show how spoiled we are these days. I have no clue how to wash clothes without that new fangled machine!!!! I would not have made it 100 years ago!!!! The icing on the cake was Eric buying me an above range microwave. We had a microwave on the counter that took up a decent amount of space, and I had wanted an above range one for a while. So, Eric made it a late Christmas present. We bought and installed it ourselves. This meant moving one cabinet up about 5 inches. It took a little longer than we predicted (but what home improvement project doesn't???!!!) but I love it!!! Where the old microwave was is now my little coffee bar. One of the things I really love about our house is our kitchen, and now it's even better :)

Here are some more pictures of Emily at 6 weeks, our home improvement project, and new pics of our little 7 week old :)

6 Weeks Old:

Power to the people

Pint Sized

Did you just call me pint sized?

You wanna mess with me?

You feelin' Lucky, Punk?

This is what you get!

Emily in her "grandpa" pants. They're still a little big and go up to her arm pits, lol

Such cute little feet!

This is one of my favorites of Emily smiling!

I'm gonna sneeze!

'Squse me!

Asleep in the boppy. She doesn't quite control the TV yet. We have a few more years of freedom from those crazy kid shows!!!!

Not quite sure how she ended up in this position. I think we may have a future Cirque Du Soleil performer on our hands!

Happily sleeping on her tummy during nap time

Fixing up the kitchen (now I'll dream of the day when I get my granite counter tops, hehe) Eric said it'll be when Emily leaves for college, lol. I beg to differ!!!!

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