Being Green

I knew I was pretty earth conscious but, I guess I can add one more thing to my list. :)

http://www.llli.org/Release/GoGreen

Safety First

We got a bed rail yesterday! Woo hoo. I put Emerson down for 5 sec. while I went to the bathroom. She was passed out on her back. When I returned she was sleeping on her stomach. I refuse to believe my 2 month old can roll over until I see it in person. That's not possible right!?!?There has to be some other explanation.   

The many faces of Emerson

Baby Blues

Why are you taking my picture again?!?

How am I sitting up? 

Scared face when her Leaping Lily starts singing. You think it would entertain her but she doesn't trust a singing frog.

Happy girl face

If you can't tell I've got a problem with taking an obscene amount of pictures of this kid.

More Pictures!

Sweet baby feet

2 months old!

It's hard to believe little Emerson is already 2 months old! She has changed so much. I love to see the amazement in her eyes when she looks at things and you can just see the wheels turning. It's sad how fast she is growing up but I'm really trying to enjoy each stage. Now she will turn her head to follow me across the room if I walk away. Makes me feel missed. :) Emerson loves to be sung too. Her favorite song is "Hey Good Looking." Not sure why but it cracks her up. I put up last months photo so you can see the difference in growth. She noticeably has a much fuller face. Not sure about the color difference in the photos. They were taken in the same place in the house. My photography skills are still in progress. Ignore the giraffe though. It was suppose to be a size marker. But it fell down in the 2 month pic so it looks much bigger. She definitely didn't grow that much! Since she is so big now I decided to try the bumbo. Contrary to the photo she can really hold her head up quite well. But I suppose its just too early for it yet. She is too tiny!

Bumbo Failure

Milk does a body good.

Look at those muscles work!

Emerson went in for her 2 month old check-up today and she weighs a whopping 8lb 130z. Up a whole pound in three weeks. Her ped. told me she is going to be an early roller with her strong muscles and excellent neck control. Yikes! I'm going to Babies R Us tomorrow to buy a mesh bed rail. All in all the Doctor thinks she looks great. Except for a diaper rash which the solution is lots of naked time. Emerson doesn't have a problem with that! Best of all the Doctor agreed that delaying vaccines until 4 months is completely fine since she is exclusively breast fed and not in daycare. So we were spared all the tears. Now if I could just win The Vaccine Book on ebay we would be all set. I'm on my third bid so cross your fingers that I finally succeed.

Peaceful baby

This is what happens when I entertain and take pics at the same time.

With her bunny before lunch with her Dad

I never thought I would see the day where Emerson would be content or even tolerable of her bouncer and carseat. Don't get me wrong she is a very laid back baby and super easy but she screamed liked crazy in any baby contraption. I love holding her but every once in awhile I need to use the bathroom, shower, or even eat! In the past week Emerson has been content to chill in her bouncer as long as I'm close by. Allowing me to be much cleaner. :) She even will stay in her carseat for a little bit with the help of a paci. She finally started to think they are the greatest things ever. I felt guilty about using them for awhile but she really only needs them in the car or when she gets passed around a lot. We don't have to use them in the house though so its nice not to be dependent on them. She has even taken a nap in her crib twice. Although she did wake up completely lost and seemingly a little hurt I left her there. But oh how our little one has grown up. 

Duke Gardens Take 2

Here are some more pics since blogspot wouldn't let me upload them all to the same post. 

Duke Gardens

We headed to Duke Gardens on Saturday (the same place we took my maternity shots). We wanted to get some candid shots of Emerson in the flowers but she decided sleep was more important. We got some good pics and Emerson gave us her best. But we probably looked why we were torturing her to other people. (See flower shot).  Check out some of the beautiful flowers. I can't believe I've lived here for 4 years and I'm just now getting there in the springtime!?! 

All smiles if you can catch them!

Emerson has been a happy girl. She is now beginning to smile more and more. Even better she cracks herself up. Yesterday I put her in the swing (which is usually a disaster) and she looked up at the mirror on the mobile and started smiling at herself.  Apparently she thinks she is cute too. It's been tough to catch these smiles while also being the photographer. Here is our photo shoot of the day. You can see she has definitely plumped up. On a side note I went to Wal-Mart today to get gardening supplies. There was the sweetest old man working there and he had me pull up and put my massive bags of soil in my car. Made my day. 

Sassy Leg Warmers

I'm not going to smile!

Well maybe a shy smile.