Rollin' with the Homies

If you've ever seen the movie Clueless, you'll know that the above line should be sang while moving your hand like it's going up and down hills. I'm not too proud to say that Micky and I can both quote several scenes from this movie-- just don't tell him I told you! The title and that line kind of sum up how our last 3 and a half weeks have been-- somewhat clueless, and we're definitely just rolling with it! Our pastor, who recently welcomed his third child, told me that going from 2 kids to 3 wasn't near as shocking to the system as going from 1 to 2. I guess I'll have to take his word for it-- but it has been a little jarring. To keep things in perspective-- we're all healthy and happy so things are actually great! We've been tired, but we would have been crazy not to expect that! Emma is such a blessing-- sweet, beautiful, and very laid back (I think she gets that from her Daddy!). We're still trying to figure out what all of her sounds mean, but she does a good job of letting us know if we're not on the right track!
Here's a little recap. On her one week birthday, Emma woke up with the sniffles and congestion in her chest. If you know me, then you know panic immediately set in. See, one of the downsides of being a nurse is that you know of all these crazy diseases that affect like 1 in a million babies and that's where your head goes as soon as you think your child may be sick. Luckily, she didn't have a fever and was still eating and sleeping great. So, the doctor said to keep a humidifier beside her (to loosen the congestion) and if we needed to, use saline drops to loosen the "snots". By week 2 birthday, the cold was gone-- and amazingly enough her cord came off on her 2 week birthday! If you were around when Chloe was a baby, you'll remember that hers stayed on for a crazy 14 weeks. Yes, 14! She still has her pediatricians record. Week 3 has been busy-- she had a checkup and now weighs 9 lbs and is 20 1/2 inches long, and we took her to church Sunday. I think she digs the organ! Thanks to our recent heat wave (it was 78 here yesterday!) I took the girls to the zoo yesterday. We met Chloe's bestest friend Nina and her mom and brother there. It was so nice to be outside-- and it was great for Chloe to get a chance to run around and be out of this house for awhile! Emma slept the entire time we were there, so I couldn't ask her who her favorite animal was! But something tells me we'll be making a few more trips to the zoo before long!
So, there's a little of what we've been up to. Hopefully, it won't be so long before I can post again. Emma seems to have a sensor attached to her vocal cords, that anytime I get on the computer it causes her to cry! I think that's due to all the time I spent on here while pregnant-- she developed an attachment to the internet and is going through serious withdrawals! Hopefully all the Enfamil can help ease her pain! She's not shy when it comes to feeding time-- and she's a bit of a slurper at times-- I think she gets that from me! Oh, I almost forgot, last night she only woke up once!--and it was at 3am! I got so excited that it took me almost an hour to calm down and go back to sleep myself... go figure! If it happens again I'll try to act more cool about it. I think Emma was embarassed for me when I was going on and on to her about how proud I was of her for sleeping 5 hours straight. (won't be the last time I embarass her!) But hey, when you haven't slept more than 3 hours in a row for 25 days, you'll understand!
And there she is-- better go! Have I mentioned how much I love baby neck sugar? Best part is, it's still great from the 3 year old too!