Emma is one month!!!

We actually went to church today. Our cute little family of FOUR! Oh my goodness. I don't know who was more excited, me or Carly. Every Sunday I would tell Carly that she was going to church and that we needed to pick out a pretty dress to wear. She would say 'baby?!' and I would sadly have to tell her that Emma couldn't go to church yet. 

This was taken after church. I know, blurry picture. But you get the idea. We had the girls matching and it was perfect. 

Emma and her 1 Month sticker

Carly wants to always 'help' out with Emma. 

Emma in comparison with her giraffe

I flipped the picture so Emma was upright, haha, it flipped the 1 month sticker around. oh well.

I don't think I have sneezed more in my life than I have in the past month. Only because I am healing from a c section! It kills to sneeze. I try and hold it in, yeah, only makes it worse. 

Emma is a pretty good sleeper. She is usually up twice a night. Sometimes she just wants to spend some extra time with me or something because she doesn't want to go back to sleep! Sweet little Emma. She is such a sweet baby. She usually is up at 12 or 1 and up again at 3ish. And the girls wake up at about 6:30-7a.m. Then we take naps at noon. Carly is a huge fan of this nap time. Emma hasn't quite figured out this nap schedule :) Sometimes she is up a little longer, again just wanting some extra quality time with her mommy. 

Nursing is so much better the second time around. Oh my goodness. SUCH a difference. I pump and give her a bottle once a day. I made the mistake and didn't keep giving Carly bottles. So I could never leave her with a sitter for long because I had to nurse her. Emma loves the tommee tippee bottles and Nuk pacifiers. 

Emma is still in newborn clothing and newborn diapers. The clothes are getting a bit too short! Not snug at all, just short. I have found that the Huggies newborn diapers are much bigger than the Pampers newborns. 

Carly is still all about Emma. Which makes the transition to two kids much easier. I still get overwhelmed every now and then. I feel I take care of Carly, and now Emma, and then myself??!! Oh and my sweet husband. The housework is usually not top on my list of things to do before Jer gets home. :( I have been getting laundry done. I cook dinner every now and then and sometimes even do dishes. I have to remind myself, this is the time to be lazy and it totally be okay. I just had a baby! oh and I am still healing from the c section that is! 

We finally bought some pacifier clips for Emma. I love them and we haven't had them 24 hours. It is nice in the middle of the night not to go searching for the silly pacifier and that it's just clipped on her all the time. Why didn't we get these sooner?! 

Emma loves to be held. I will nurse her at night and then she likes to be held about five minutes before she is out and I can put her in her bassinet. If I am lucky she will stay asleep. Sometimes she poops and that is explosive and I get up again to change her or she gets hiccups. I'm not a fan of baby hiccups. They wake her up and keep her awake until they are gone. If I can get her to nurse again then they go away. 

Emma was a big fan of church today. She slept the whole time minus about 20 minutes. I had a bottle ready because I knew I didn't want to have to leave primary to nurse her. I kept her in the car seat. There were a few that came up to see her. When I took her out to feed her a few people came to see her after church. No one else held her though. I am just super nervous because today she is only a month old and she's not quite ready for germs! I had lots of head turns from the kids in primary though when I had her out. :) I forgot how kids are drawn to stare at babies. I love it. 

I feel Emma sleeps best when she's not in her bassinet. She loves to be held and sleep. She loves to be on her belly and sleep on our chest. She loves to sleep in her car seat. Sometimes I just keep her with me in bed because she sleeps better. I know, that's bad, but I need sleep!  

Sometimes I feel like Emma has been part of family forever. Other times I feel like a rookie and trying to figure out how to make her stop crying and make her happy. 

I love the time that Jeremy and I get with Emma after Carly goes to bed. Carly goes to bed at about eight. Emma stays up with Jeremy and I until about 9:30. I love it. I usually stay up a little longer just nursing her. Jeremy is out by this time. But at least we get a little awake time just the three of us. 

Sometimes I like to match the girls. I had been putting them in these outfits a lot. I almost didn't but then I realized they might not always fit in these so why not?! 

Look at this happy happy baby! I love my Emma Jean.