A day for me...

Being a stay at home mom is tough!  I am on call for 24/7. Especially since we have Emma.  Oh Emma how I love you but these past few nights have been so hard! Please learn how to sleep 4 hours straight again. I know you can do it.

Every once and a while I take a 'me' day. Well, as much as I can with still being at home with two girls and fulfilling their needs.

Today I woke up and decided I needed to focus more on me or I am going to flip! I have so much stress right now. Ugh.

Took a shower. Check.
Did my makeup.  Check.
Got dressed. Check.
Put on some jewelry. Check.
Painted my nails. Check.
Update my blog. Check.
Watching my show. Check.
Snuggle with this cutie.

It's a good day.

Past week

daddy and his girls

The display in our hyvee with potatoes! I sent this to all of my siblings that live in Idaho at the moment.
I love Idaho. I spent 12 years growing up there (north Idaho) and then went to attend college at BYU-Idaho.

The scratch on her little nose is from her sweet big sister. Carly didn't mean to. She just gets a little close sometimes with those sharp nails.

Painting!

Jeremy found this icicle outside! Holy cow! Now THAT is an icicle. 

Carly's finished product. She constantly is asking to paint now. :) 

First time playing outside!!! March 9, 2015 All she wanted was her bubbles.

One happy little girl.

Emma wasn't so sure about this sunshine in her eyes. I for one, enjoyed every bit of it!

This is usually how I find Jeremy after he gets home from work. Snuggling with some kind of pink/purple blanket taking a nap on the couch. 

Carly busy cleaning her play food in the kitchen sink. She loved this idea. 

Emma played so hard with her toys that she fell asleep! She is so precious.

This is how I made dinner last night. Holding my two girls.

I just took this picture of Emma sleeping in her bassinet. She is such a precious baby.  

Bye bye hair!

last picture with my long h

one of the weirdest rides with my hair sitting beside me! still can't believe I went and did this. i am going to donate it.

i am a huge fan of this new haircut! no more finding my hair in emma's hands. no more shutting it in the door of the car. no more 20 minutes to blow dry it! 

Happy 2 months Emma!

I can't believe I have had this precious little girl in our family for 2 months already. Time is flying! I think I am holding her longer, and not getting upset when she wakes up at night, taking my time getting her dressed and picking out her clothes. Since Emma is my second, I realize just how fast time flies!

Sleeping: Emma sleeps off and on all day. Some days it seems as though she is up all day. Some days it seems as though she can't get enough sleep. She gets up twice a night. Usually sleeping 3-4 hours, wakes up for an hour, and then sleeps 3-4 more hours. I can handle this! I have found a show that I enjoy watching and so when she is wide awake at two in the morning we go downstairs and watch our show until she is fast asleep. I also love this time in the middle of the night because it's the only time that it's just me and Emma. We usually are up every morning by 7:30 with Carly.

Eating: Emma is not the eater like Carly was. I felt Carly would suck every ounce of milk out of me. With Emma, she just eats about 10 minutes and then is satisfied. This is very different to adjust to. When Carly would cry, I would just feed her. If Emma cries she either wants to be held, swaddled, walked around, pacifier, or is so tired she can't quite get comfortable.

Health: She is a healthy baby except at the moment she has this mucusy cough. It is horrible. She has thrown up a lot lately just trying to get this stuff out of her throat. She wakes up just so upset and screaming because she is coughing. :( saddest thing ever. Usually she is really happy, and seeing her so upset is really sad. She has been sleeping in her cars seat so she is upright and doesn't choke when trying to cough up this mucus.

Favorite: She loves to be held. Emma loves her pacifier. Emma loves sleeping in her car seat. She loves noise! I am not kidding. We could be watching basketball and as soon as we shut off the tv she wakes up. Carly has thrown screaming fits and Emma sleeps right through it. Emma loves church. Well, she sleeps right through it!

Clothes: She is in 0-3 month clothes. I have gotten out her 3 month outfits and sleepers so she doesn't pass up wearing them. I am seriously going to get rid of a bunch of clothes because I always pick my three favorite outfits and that's what she ends up wearing all week. We do lots of laundry due to her throwing up all over.

Hair: She has dark hair on the back of her head by her neck. Her eyelashes are coming in nice and long. I love them. The hair on top of her head is a dark blonde color. .

Eyes: Emma has beautiful blue eyes.

Changes: Emma has started to coo when we talk to her. She has this cute little squeal too.

Baby things I absolutely love: Emma's hand lint, Emma's coos, Emma's gum smiles, how she is so innocent, and how I can't spoil her!

I love being Emma Jean's mommy. It is so fun to learn what she likes and dislikes. She is just so precious.

here is what Carly looked like at 2 months
  http://jkpitchforth.blogspot.com/2013/04/woot-woot-2-months-old.html

emma's blessing

Emma was blessed at church yesterday. The Keller's were able to travel from Ohio to be here for Emma's special day :)

Emma in her blessing dress.
I tried it on a few days before because I made it and wanted to make sure it was going to fit! It turned out just how I had imagined. 

Family makes every special occasion better!

daddy, mommy, carly, and emma

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Oma and Pappa with Emma.

Both girls were tired of taking pictures. Emma's yawn! :)

All four girls. Oldest to youngest. (We are missing Brielle, who would be between Katelyn and Emma).

There were many pictures taken of them, but their expressions in this one are priceless! 

With Uncle Leo and Aunt Dana.  Katelyn showing some love.

Oma and Pappa with the Iowa girls.

my sweet emma

I had to laugh because carly didn't want her picture taken until they offered her candy. haha. works every time.

daddy and his girls :) 

We went to our house after church and had sloppy joes, carrots, chips, pop, and puppy chow. It was a perfect day for baby Emma. Even though she spit up all over her blessing dress :(