2 MONTHS!

In her new Bumbo seat!

Our baby girl is two months old today! She is still a little unstable in the seat, but her head control gets better each day. We'll put her in the seat a few minutes each day until she can sit on her own. Em is doing well in daycare -- all the teachers love her of course!! Mommy is doing good going back to work (except for coming down with a cold - which we are trying to keep from the baby, but we are pretty sure she's going to catch the crud too!) Daddy is also doing good at work and we are all getting used to our new normal. Bourbon Festival is coming up this weekend and Aunt Raq & Aunt MO are coming to stay with Miss Emmy. We look forward to a weekend away (and maybe some sleeping in!!), but I know we'll miss our little girl. She'll be in awesome hands though and we know she'll be spoiled rotten when we come back on Sunday.

As far as working with the agency that closed it's doors on us....we are working on getting some money back from their insurance company. Who knows if it will work, but we have to try. It blows our mind that they can keep our money and the money of all the other families they were "working" with. We did have our first Post Placement Visit with the new agency last week. Everything was great with that, and we will have one more visit in a couple more weeks at our home. All they are looking for is to make sure Emmy has a room/bed. Yep - got that one covered!!

Every day is still an adjustment, but we still look at our daughter in awe sometimes and know that she was meant to be ours!

Love,
S,T&E

Our new normal

Today was my second day back to work and Em's 2nd day at daycare. All the teachers love her (of course!) and say that she's such a good baby. I am enjoying being back at work and getting back into what will be my new routine. We are all still making adjustments, but it seems to get better each day. Each day we are learning more about parenting and more about our beautiful daughter. Thanks to all our friends & family who have given us such great advice!!

Since the last blog, we have traveled to IL, IN & MO. Em is quite the pro at riding in the car, sleeping in the car, feeding in the car.....actually she is a pretty good traveling companion. We stop for her to eat, we get to stretch our legs, then she promptly returns to uninterrupted slumber. (at least that's how it goes most of the time, she does cry & fuss on occassion) :) Our families threw us incredible Dr. Seuss showers and they helped us fill Em's closet with so many cute clotes from 3 mo - 18 mo!!! As well as give us many much needed baby items. Our latest roadtrip was to Missouri to attend court. That was a huge milestone as we are now legal guardians of our little girl!!! There were several other families there at the same time for the same reason and it was nice to chat with them for a while about their experiences.

She will be 2 mo. on Friday so she still isn't doing a whole lot of "fun" stuff, but we have gotten some really cute smiles. (whether it's gas or hiccups coming on, I don't care - she still has a cute smile!) She continues to be a good eater and boy she knows how to let us know when she's hungry!!! Em is also starting to sleep longer at night and we have been blessed with the timing of it all!! Just as I'm ready to go back to work, she started sleeping until about 5:30-6am (with no waking up from about 9:30-10pm!). Perfect timing! She also really enjoys bath time and getting outside in her stroller for walks and she has truly found her thumb!! (sorry for the next part Aunt Patti...) She loves to suck (LOUDLY!) on her hand and her thumb. We have tried repeatedly trading the thumb for the paci, but to no avail. So, we let her go and let her do her thing. If it's thumbsucking or fussing...I'm all for the thumbsucking. Gotta maintain your sanity somehow, right??

Below are a few pictures of our little darlin'!

Love,
S,T&E


She's smiling because she's excited for "school"!!

The dogs adore Miss Em!