Emmy is 2 months!!

Emmy is 2 months today!!  While it's hard to believe that she's two whole months, it really feels like she's been here all along!  We couldn't imagine our lives without our Wemerson!!

 Another tongue hanging out :)

 And a bit of spit up!!

 Sleepy baby, picture by John

Holding in her own paci!
So Emmy, what's up?
She weighs 11 pounds and 8 ounces, and is 23 inches long. 
She did a 9 hour stretch of sleep once, then did about a week of 7 hour stretches, and now does 1-4 all night, I'm tired and she's a tease. 
She is going to sleep at 8 pm in her own bed!!!!!! (Colin for example was 9 months when this happened:)  Once she wakes up she is in our bed for the night.  That 9 hour night was glorious!
Once she is in our bed she likes to be touched skin on skin...
She is wearing 0-3 month clothes and small fuzzibunz.
Still Tons of hair and we are attempting more bows
Still doesn't like to be wet or dirty, though she only poos every few days, it's kind of strange, or at least a lot different from her poo filled brothers.
Still nurses for comfort a lot, and usually grunts to tell me though she is crying a little more
She is awake more often, usually when she wakes (between 7-9) for about and hour then again at lunch for 1.5 hours and then in the evenings for a 2-3 hour stretch.
She is always okay being held.
She likes cheerleading practice in the evenings, unless they are super loud.
Colin is the coolest kid she knows and he can always entertain her! And usually gets a smile too
She is smiling more, but still is a bit stingy with them.

We are still so in love!! Today was a good day to turn two months, as it is the one year anniversary of gaining an angle.  I am a bit more upset than I thought I would be, but am so thankful to be blessed with our baby girl.  Without her today would be much harder.

Life's a beach!!

Yesterday we went to Boyd Lake State Park for a little R & R.  Wow did we have a great time!

 I mean really with 3 sportbrellas, a giant tent, and numerous blankets to lay any and all of the four babies one and under, who wouldn't want to drink.  I mean have fun!

 Best buddies had fun posing on the beach!

 And eating fake cheese flavored chips!

We took turns holding the baby, but both Seth and I still got too much sun :(

 Eating, was an Olympic sport for Colin, you can also see his split lip from the brother:(

 We did some boating, thanks to the Andrews family's boat!

 We played in the water,

 And in the sand,

 We creating a large levee system that may or may not be better than others built elsewhere.

 We rinsed off the sand by taking a dip.

And we had the best time! 

And for those of you near water (Hi Michigan!!!), this is huge for us!  There isn't any substantial water near us, so playing in the water or on a boat or in sand isn't something we do ever! 

The search for the perfect sibling picture...

I am on the hunt for the perfect, or at least decent picture of my three kids.   You know, one where everyone is looking at the camera, smiling or at least not grimacing, and you can see them clearly? Yes I know what you're thinking.  That picture in your header is great.  And you are right, it is, except it's photoshopped.  Yep, it's John's head from another picture.  We are just having a hard time getting a second, non-photoshopped picture of our trio.

 One day old. No one is looking

 1 week old. Closed eyes.

 2 weeks old.  Colin is crying.

 1 month old.  Em is pulling J's hair, Colin is... Something.

1 month.  Colin is kissing Em, J is doing his silly face.

So today I set out to take a picture of all of my children....  Easier said than done:

 Em is smiling, J looking, C is sucking thumb, fail.

 Weird look, C and the thumb?  What is that?

 Close, look up Colin!

 No, stop kissing your baby sister and look at the camera!

 Great picture, thanks for the help John.

 Are you gonna bite her Colin?  Oh maybe...

What's on my nose boys look at my nose, no not show me YOUR nose!! 
We're getting hair cuts this weekend, maybe that will help.  This session didn't go so well except we finally got an Emmy smile on camera.  Oh well!

The 4th of July, 17 days later

These are totally out of order, but just had to share the cuteness!  We were able to spend the very hot day with lots of people we love!

 Em all dressed up!

 My adorable husband and baby!

 Colin, Cam and James, Doo snuck into this pic, but looks quite pleased doesn't he :)

 All the babies...Except one on the way!! no not mine!  we're done!

 And the big kids!

 Popsicles!!

Em and I at the concert, it was SO hot!

 The parade to the concert!

 Sparklers!

 Super cute outfit!

 Being friendship spinner fireworks :)

 Boccie ball!

I'm not sure what they are looking at but this will be shown at their wedding, which Riley has already planned!

How we grow a baby or post 250

I can't believe this is the 250th post!  Not a ton but, really I'm just gloating about my life with the kiddos!

Staying with gloating, I just packed up all of my maternity clothes!!  They ready to go to a good home if you're interested;)

And finally the actual post...

We had Em's 2 month appointment a bit early because I was convinced she had a horrible disease.  She "probably" doesn't have it, is what my calm and wonderful doctor explained to me the hypochondriac of a mom.  He did give me a reason for the projectile vomit, that she'll grow out of :-)  A friend did a side by side comparison of her kids and I thought that was a great idea, so here's mine:

Newborn;
John:
  6 pounds 4 ounces 10% -25%
  18.25 inches 10%

Colin:
8 pounds 3 ounces 50%-75%
20.5 inches 75%-90%

Emerson:
7 pounds 10 ounces 50%-75%
 18.5 inches 10% -25%

1 Month:
John:
  8 pounds 9 ounces 5% -10%
  22 inches 25% -50%
 36 cm-head

Colin:
11 pounds 13 ounces 75%-90%
23 inches 75%

Emerson:
9 pounds 11.5 ounces 50%
 21 inches 10% -25%

2 Months:
John:
  12 pounds 8 ounces 50% HUGE JUMP!
24 inches 50% -75%
 15.29 inch-head 10% -25%

Colin:
15 pounds 2 ounces above 95% Duh!
25.5 inches 90%-95%
16.14 inch head-50% -75%

Emerson:
11 pounds 8 ounces 25%-50%
23 inches 50% -75% Big jump here too!
15inch head 10% -25%

Doing this takes a bunch of time, so I'll do it again next month. However by looking at this data we can clearly see, that I make small headed, tall and usually average (except C) babies!

Drive In Movie....

Our boys have never been to a movie before and really don't watch many movies at home, but together with our friends the Nichols' we decided that the drive in would be perfect for their first experience!! 

As with most plans involving a 2 year old, a 3 year old, a 4 year old, an 8 month old and a newborn; the dream is often much better than the reality. With minivan pack to the hilt with pizza, snacks, treats and activities we headed to the drive-in in Ft. Collins right when the box office opened t 6:45pm. It was a gorgeous night and we had a blast tailgating and pre-gaming as we waited for the movie to start.

The boys were so excited for the movie to start!! We did not anticipate how late the movie would actually start. By the time the previews were done and Cars 2 actually started, it was after 9:30pm!

John and James waiting patiently, well as well as could be expected!Daddies and boys killing time before the movie.
Even more ready for the movie to start-all changed into pajamas with popcorn!

With the movie starting well after the Haley's bedtime, the movie was a bust.  And not just because it really wasn't a very good movie...  John cried to go home for most of the film while Colin wanted to climb, run, and over all be crazy instead of watching the movie, and then cried once it was over.  (Much like at home...)

Although there are no photos of Cormac or Emerson from the drive-in, they were both dream babies. They nursed and/or slept the whole time and neither one of them made a peep the entire loooong night. I couldn't completely leave them out though, so here they are on their baby date earlier in the week when all of the big kids were at summer camp.

As you can see, Emmy is already a big fan of her first boyfriend, Macky.  I wish she wasn't as cranky as she looks, although this week she has been.  But check out her adorable outfit.  Only the second one I've purchased!!

And a HUGE thanks to Katy for writing this post, taking the pictures, and posting it to her blog so that I could steal, almost verbatim the entire thing!!

Emmy is 1 month!!

I cannot believe our baby girl is one month old!!  So what is she up to?

She's between 20 and 20.5 inches long.  She weighs 9 pounds 15 ounces!! 

She is sleeping from 10:30 until 7:30 waking 2-4 times to eat, (usually 2). 

Emmy is holding her head up really really well.

She is wearing 0-3 month clothes because of her small fuzzibunz. 

Her hair is still very much there and very brown and spiky in the back.

Her arms and legs are both showing her gerth :)

She HATES to be dirty or wet

She loves when her brothers hold her but she doesn't like when they make loud noises.

She grunts when she's hungry

Emerson is always moving when she is awake, which is 3 times a day for about an hour. 

She LOVES to nurse!!  Clearly 10 pounds isn't easy!

 The tongue hanging out kills me!

 Sweet baby Emmy!

 Diva!!