Merry Christmas 2012!

Merry Christmas from our sweet Embry Suzanne!

Embry: Ten Weeks

Embry and I spent her entire tenth week of life in Austin. Monday my mom had a double bunionectomy and some construction work was started on our house so it was the perfect excuse for us to head three hours south for the week!

Monday morning we woke to SNOW! Definitely a light dusting, but snow! All of the rooves on our house were all white and pretty!

Packed up and ready for the three hour car ride!

We drove straight to the hospital in downtown Austin where we got to see Mimi a few hours after surgery. She still had her nerve block in, so she was feeling no pain at all. Since she had to stay the night in the hospital, Embry and I spent the afternoon and evening at Grandma and Grandpa Embry's house! We dressed Embry up in Jacob's First Christmas outfit from 1985. So fun! Also, they hosted a "Sip-n-See" for Embry to meet some more "Aunties" and "Uncles". We had a great time and Embry was such a good, happy girl!

Safe to say we need a bow for her...she's looking a little boyish here!

E and part of the gang!

We spent the rest of the time at my parents house helping run the house hold while my mom is out of comission. Literally, can't walk for a few weeks! Eeekk! Embry and I planned on coming home Friday, but the work on our house was not complete (and still isn't, darn contractors!!) so we stayed until today! Here are a ton more pictures from the week.

Uncle James helping with Embry's night time bottle

Out on a chilly walk!

In her kitty outfit! Ready for Mimi to come home from the hospital!

Aunt Ruthie came to help for a day and got to bathe Em!

Happy, nakey girl!

Loving her crib at Mimi and Papa's. She LOVES the mobile there.
Thinking we need one for her crib now...

One day we took lunch up to school for Uncle James

Emmy was quite the hit!

Embry enticed by.... Mimi's painkillers!

So lucky to get to catch one of James' basketball games!

Perfect angel! Slept like an angel for the first hour, then was super content the second hour.

FaceTime with Daddy

Smiles for Mimi

Mimi's position for the next...oh four plus weeks. Feet up in the recliner!

Hanging outside!

We just love her Santa outfit from Auntie Tomi

Ready for a nap! (She was so good all week napping in her carrier)

Athena came along for the fun!

Playtime with Uncle James

As Papa said- storing up for the winter in those cheeks!

Napping on Mimi's lap

Chatting with Papa

Big gummy smile for Papa



Happy eyes!!

Someone got her Daddy's happy, squinty eyes!

And here's what we came home to today!
(We had all the paneling removed as a result of the hot water heater breaking
and tomorrow the walls all get textured and painted!)

The lovely wallpaper they found under our paneling.

I do have some videos from this week, but they aren't uploaded to YouTube yet. Maybe mid week I'll post some! We head back to Austin Friday for the holidays, so we have a lot to do before then! Hope everyone has a great week!

Embry: Nine Weeks

Meeting Great Grandpa Cockayne

This week Embry got to meet yet another great grandparent. Jacob's Grandpa Cockayne came down from Oklahoma for two nights and got to soak up Miss Embry! Here are a few pictures from his stay.

Giving Great G-Pa smiles right off the bat!

Having a good conversation

Three generations

Reading to Miss E

Great G-Pa's last night

Two Month Check Up

Embry had her Two Month Check Up with the pediatrician on Thursday December 6. She weighed 13 pounds 2.5 ounces and was 24.5 inches long. She, again, was proportionate in all three measurements (height, weight and head circumference) in the 95th percentile for all three. (At one month she was in the 97th percentile for all three).  Here's happy Embry before the shots!

Who's that pretty girl in the mirror?

Mama's diaper bag is so interesting!

Waiting on the nurse to bring in the shots... =(

She had one oral vaccine and three shots. She definitely was in pain and screamed a cry I'd only ever heard while getting shots before. Once I was allowed to pick her up and soothe her she seemed fine. Then when I laid her back down to get her dressed she did her sad cry with the lip and all. It was obvious she was no longer doing the "I'm hurt" cry, it was the "I'm sad" cry. Still pretty pitiful!

Still sad getting dressed a few minutes later.

Thursday afternoon and evening she definitely wasn't herself. I wouldn't call her fussy, just not her happy self. She was extra sleepy that afternoon and just wanted to be cuddled!

Shot induced daze.

She finished up the Amoxicillin for her ear infection. She definitely hated the medicine. I am hoping medicine won't be a battle with her in the future, but for now it is. I may have cheered when she took her last dose last night =)

Every single time! She tries to spit out each mL! No fun!

Embry's Love Affair with her Play Mat

Yes, she loves this play mat so much that it deserves it's own section on here. She squeals with delight when we lay her under this mat and turn on the lights. It's pure joy to watch her. One night this week Jacob and I were trying to catch up on a 40 minute TV show and it took us 90 minutes to watch it, just because we kept pausing the show to watch and listen to her under the mat.

 

 

Mama's Ailments

Since Embry was a few days old my wrist has been hurting off and on. I would complain to Jacob about it when it would flare up, but didn't think too much of it since I knew never "injured" it. For weeks I thought I slept on it wrong and tried icing it when I could get a spare 10 minutes here and there. Finally, last weekend when I grasped the diaper bag wrong and yelped in pain Jacob insisted I see a doctor before December was over. Since our deductible and out of pocket maximum have been met this year, why not. I called the orthopedic doctor Jacob saw 18 months ago and they were able to get me in this week.

The diagnosis... "Mommy Thumb". Yup. It's a real thing. It's technically called DeQuervain's Tendonitis. Otherwise known as "Mommy Thumb" and "Mother's Wrist" on Wikipedia. Basically it's from over use of the tendon used when holding babies. The doctor told me his daughter-in-law who has his first grandchild who is 8 months old had this as well.

I was given a brace to sleep in and told to continue icing with an ace bandage when I can. I'm glad to have an answer for the nagging pain!

On another note, I guess I never updated after my six week OBGYN check up. I was given a clean bill of health and went back two weeks later for an IUD. Because of my blood clotting disorder I can no longer be on any birth control with hormones, so the hormone free IUD was my best option. No brothers or sisters for Miss E just yet! =)

I go back to see my hematologist in two weeks and will hopefully be able to stop the twice daily blood thinner injections.

Miscellaneous Pictures and Videos

In case you haven't gotten enough Embry pictures and videos above... ;)

Lazy Sunday; Napping on the couch

Putting on a smile show for Mimi and Papa on FaceTime

Baby Blue Eyes

Happy girl ready to go to music class at the library

"Mom and Dad say I'm Santa's Favorite"
Sleeping beauty after a fun music class

Some Christmas decor

Embry and a very creepy Santa!
(At a Christmas Bazaar at a local high school near us)

Smiles for Daddy at the doctor

Getting ready for bath

Nothin cuter than a baby butt =)

Embry's first museum trip! Proud Papa!

Smiles for Mommy

Chatting with Daddy