Emily-Two months old

I can hardly believe it! Two months have absolutely flown by. I'm feeling much more confident this time around and I have really been able to enjoy my time at home. It amazes me how much this little girl is able to adapt and she has really fit into our family so well. Somehow after that 6 week mark she fell into a rhythm and started some semblance of a schedule. We always start her bath around 7:00 and after a feeding she has been able to go right to sleep and stay asleep until at least 2:00. A couple of times she has even made it to 5:00! There were some touch and go nights there where we were pulling our hair out trying to get her to fall asleep, but after some baby whispering she finally caught on. She is starting to smile and babble. I absolutely love the way she coos and EVERY single time I tell her how gorgeous she is she gives me that million watt smile. She is always happy. Seriously, the only time she cries is when she is hungry or sleepy. She is such a good shopper too. She just looks around and loves to ride in her stroller. She is the most interested in people's faces. She is constantly studying people-whether it is someone in the room or even pictures that are on the wall. She even stares at the dog's faces!

Life with two sweet girls is the best I could have hoped for.

2 month pictures with the bunny:

Sweet girl

True Love and heart break

I didn't take many showers this week. I'm not sure if most days I even brushed my teeth. I don't think I did. I have not felt this helpless since Charlotte was three weeks old and cried for 24 hours straight. Bryce came home from work that day and found both Charlotte and I in tears. This week topped that experience by far.

Let me start at the beginning. We went to a birthday party on Sunday and Charlotte was acting really quiet and reserved. She also wouldn't eat anything at the party. I thought she was probably just tired and she often has a hard time with crowds so I didn't really think much of it. We got in the car to come home and didn't make it very far. We had to stop at Bryce's parents house to assess the situation that's how quickly she turned sickly. My poor Charlotte pooped everywhere in her clothes and had to wear a swim diaper home. By the time we got here her temperature was 103.8 and she was miserable. That was the start to our week from hell. Charlotte woke up every hour that night with diarrhea. We went through so many pull ups and pjs it is not even funny, on top of feeding the baby throughout the night too. I think we literally slept less than two hours. Thank God Bryce stayed home with me on Monday and took Charlotte to the doctor where we got the dreaded words "it's just a virus". They told us to give her motrin for the fever but not to give her anything to stop the poop, it was her body's way of getting rid of the virus. We seriously spent more time in the bathroom with Charlotte than anywhere else. Bryce left for work Tuesday morning and Charlotte was up for good by 6:00 AM. Emily woke up at 9:00 AM and after an hour of trying to nurse the baby but having to set her down on the floor to help Charlotte on the toilet every ten minutes (and Emily still wasn't done eating) I finally called Monica in tears for reinforcement. It literally broke my heart to hear Charlotte in pain in the bathroom and then hear the baby crying when I left her alone to help Charlotte. And every time I came back to pick the baby up I would fervently pray that I was not giving Emily whatever awful virus Charlotte had.
Wednesday went by. Thursday went by. Charlotte is still sick. She is still on the toilet every two hours at least. She still has a fever. She still won't eat (seriously, the most I could get her to eat was a handful of rice crispies), and she is clutching her stomach with pain. I have never been such an emotional wreck in my life. Thursday night I found out what true love is. True love is saran wrapping your toilet to collect a stool sample for the doctor. True love is collecting that stool sample and storing it in a specimen jar until the morning and rushing it to the doctor's office. True love is praying over the stool sample that your little girl will get well again.

Now it's time for the update. Charlotte is doing much better. It was literally almost a week before she would eat a normal meal again. Her digestive system still isn't quite back to normal, but almost. The doctor told us that based on her stool sample she had salmonella poisoning. I have no idea how she got it, but by the Grace of God we made it through this week. I hope we never have to experience this again!

Six week check in

Bath time is SO much more enjoyable. It is a drastic difference from the first week of baths...she used to cry every time and now she just hangs out and splashes around. It is definitely one of her most relaxed parts of the day.


She is giving lots of smiles now. She loves "itsy bitsy spider" and always crack up at "I'm a little teapot".


Starting to enjoy outside time too. It used to be overwhelming, but now I can hang out and watch my sister play.


This girl is the happiest baby I have ever known. She is so content with life.


She is also doing lots of tummy time, but she is going to be a mover and a shaker. She is already trying to get up on her knees, and moves her legs up and down like she wants to crawl. She's got places to go!

We went a couple of nights where she didn't want to fall asleep, or wanted to be held, but hopefully that is a thing of the past! I think all babies go through a major growth spurt around 6 weeks that gets them all fired up, but now that that phase is over it should be smooth sailing!

Baby Emily Meet and Greet

We had friends and family over to meet baby Emily. Charlotte was the big sister host and everyone got to ooh and aah over how sweet Emily is and how fast she is growing. It was so nice to be around adults again and I loved watching everyone fall in love with our new baby girl!

Cupcakes from Gigi's. OMG, so good.


Feeding time with Grandma Mickie


Getting love from Mrs. D and Mrs. Mickey


Cuddles with Mary


Charlotte and her best friend :) Raigan holding baby Emily


Nina and I, we'll both be raising two sweet girls together!


Mommy and the big sister


I couldn't believe all the people who brought something to make Charlotte feel special too. We are so blessed!


Surrounded by love


Raigan drew us a picture of our family of four. So Sweet!

Beautiful Baby

Ms. Trina has done it again! She helped us capture the most beautiful pictures of sweet Emily's first days at home. There is just a certain innocence in a fresh new baby that I love to witness and I am so happy that we will have these memories forever!





Every time I look at these pictures I fall in love with her all over again. She really is such a precious child!