One month old already...

Happy 1 month Emmy! 

Our baby girl is 1 month old today and I can't believe it! 1 month ago our lives changed for the better.  We couldn't be more thrilled with this little one, she has given us so much joy (even in the difficult, darkest hours of the night when she decides she would rather be wide awake and crying than snug in her bassinet sleeping.)  

Here are some things that we 've discovered about our pretty Emmy during the past month!

- She would rather open one eye at a time than both, little pirate.

- She loves to be swaddled, and only her daddy can do it the right way.

- She eats like nobody's business, but it's paying off because as of a few nights ago she weighed 7 pounds 5 ounces!
- Her favorite trick is to wait to poop or pee until we take her diaper off.  Surprises are not in short     supply around here.
- She has a love/hate relationship with her pacifier.  She'll be perfectly content sucking away and then she'll bat it out of her own mouth and when you try to give it back to her she'll give you heck!

- Her eyes are still a dark grey color.
- She bleats like a baby goat when she is waking up! I'm trying to record it.  It's the cutest thing ever.
- She loves to be held and rocked.  Thank goodness we just got a rocking chair today, Nathan is very thankful.  He can sit down to rock her now when she wakes up at night! I feed her, he rocks her.  Teamwork!
- She is finally beginning to fill out her newborn clothes.  Hopefully, we'll be moving up to 0-3 months soon.
- She likes baths until it's time to get out.  She's not a fan of being cold, and I don't blame her! I think Nathan loves bath time just as much as Emerson does :)

- She took her first bottle last week.

- Right now she wakes up every 3-4 hours to be fed.  We made it 5 hours two nights ago, it was heavenly!

- She loves to be outside, she is always very content on our daily walks.  We all love the fresh air.

- She studies everything around her with such intent, I wish I knew what was she was thinking. She soaks it all in :)

- She's a little wiggle worm! She moves her arms and legs all the time, and she HAS to have her hands up by her face.



Here's a few (okay a lot) of my favorite pictures from this month:

One of my favorite newborn photos, 3 days old

She's had us wrapped around her finger from day one.

Our cute little punkin at the pumpkin patch!

She was super enthused about it ;)

Silly girl! 

Emmy and Gigi

Met her first friend, sweet Selah!

Hangin out with Pops

Morning snuggles :)

Emmy's first Halloween!

This one was just too funny not to post...

1 month old with mom and dad!

Got to meet one set of her great grandparents this weekend :)

Happy one month lovey. You've made us happier than you'll ever know! 

Emerson's here!

I'm sorry I haven't posted sooner but becoming a mother has kept me pretty busy this past week! :)

In my last post I explained that I was put on bedrest due to pregnancy induced high blood pressure.  We had a follow up doctor's appointment last Tuesday to determine if bed rest was helping lower my blood pressure. Unfortunately, it was still way too high so my doctor stuck with the plan to induce me that night.

Nathan and I already had our bags packed so we headed home and took a big nap and relaxed in preparation for the busy hours that were ahead of us.  We dropped Tuck off at Nathan's parent's house and headed to our last dinner/date night for a while.  Then it was time to get things started at the hospital.  It was strange walking through the doors knowing that we would be leaving with our little one!

Last preggo pic! 

Once we arrived they gave me the medication that would slowly get the labor process started.  When I arrived at the hospital I was already having contractions (I wasn't even feeling them) that were being picked up on the monitor.  The medicine they gave me started making the contractions stronger, and at about 2:30 I was getting pretty uncomfortable.

Nathan's comfy accommodations 

We had no idea how long the process was going to take, my doctor thought that Emmy would be arriving sometime in the afternoon.  Nathan was in charge of keeping our family updated so they would  know when to come to the hospital....weeeeeell I received my epidural at 6:00 am and started pushing minutes later.

Emerson Paige Eltzholtz made her debut at 6:59 am on Wednesday, October 2! She weighed in at a tiny 5 pounds, 12 oz.  (which I was extremely surprised by, seeing as she measured 6 pounds, 5 ounces on the sonogram) and was 19 inches long.  Our little string bean!

I was overwhelmed with emotions and all of my feeling were amplified when they placed her on my chest.  Holy moly! God is good :) Nathan got to cut the umbilical cord and then they took her to the other side of the room to do all of the tests and check her vitals.  I couldn't wait to have her back! Once they gave her a bath, (which she hated) they gave her back to me and we were wheeled down the hall to our new room.

We had visitors off and on all day.  Pictures galore!

The hospital has a policy that I loved.  No guests from 2-4.  As harsh as that sounds, it was nice to just spend some time with my new little family.

We spent one more night at the hospital and then I was going stir crazy! I was so happy when we both got the go ahead to be released!

So yittle!

Headed home!

Since then we've been getting used to our lives as new parents.  It's been a whirlwind of a week! We went to her check-up on Monday and she gained a whole 3 ounces!  (That girl knows how to eat, I'm hoping she'll break 6 pounds at our next appointment on Friday)

Meeting sister for the first time

First family walk! 

Catchin some shut eye with daddy

She melts my heart!

My new normal :)

We love her so much and are beyond thankful for a quick labor, safe delivery, and beautiful little girl!

Thank you all for your prayers and support :)

Happy 1 week, Emerson! We love you to the moon and back!