1 Week Old!

We spent most of our day today napping together on the bed. It is so nice to be able to just lay with her and love on her!

This week we had our first pediatrician appointment and the first thing the doc's assistant said when they walked in was 'Oh she is so fat'. Emily lost 11oz since her birthday, but she is still our little chunk. The appointment went great and there are no complaints.

Instead of giving a play by play of our first week together, I thought you would like to see the person our little girl is becoming in pictures.

Sleeping with mommy on the bed today. She was probably more comfortable that I was!

Hooded towel!! John kept calling her his little Jedi. lol.

Our little chunk is eating 3 or 4 ounces most of the time. When she can't have food, she chooses her fingers.

Since I started pumping, Daddy loves being able to feed his little girl.

This is from the day we came home from the hospital. Can you believe how much she has changed?

Emily is Here

Yesterday at 9:14 am Miss Emily Elizabeth joined the Higgins family. She weighed 8lbs and 12oz and was 21 inches. The doc said I made a good choice doing the c-section because her head was 14 1/4 inches around and the cord was around her neck twice. But she is here, chunky and perfect. We have a few pictures now we would like to share and as soon as we get home, there will be plenty more!

Setting In

This morning during church I started thinking about how much my life is going to change in a few days. I can't believe that I can now say 'Emily will be here on Saturday'. My time for this event is no longer measured by weeks and I don't have to use amounts of days. I can just say 'Saturday'.

I don't think it has really sunken in what is exaclty going to happen. I say I am excited because I know I am. I say I am nervous because I know I am, but I am not entirely sure what emotion I am actually feeling. I am not sure if that makes sense. I have spent the last nine months getting ready for Emily and the last year wanting a baby. Now she will be here in a few days and I am not sure if I am ready. I have watched so many of my friends change into some of the best moms I have seen. I know I have a strong support system to help me out, but right now this is me. I have had them to focus on and see that they can do it. Now it is coming down to me and my ability to be a mom. I have to take all the advice and the answers to my inumerable questions and actually put them to the test.

I am happy to become a mom and start a new life with my family. I am ready to venture down this new path. I am ready to have the family I never had. I am also ready for the feelings to sink in. I am ready to actually experience the emotions I know I should be. Right now I feel like I am watching myself go through these things. I feel like it is too good to be true. This is too surreal to me and I want it to feel more real.

36 Week Photo Shoot

Yesterday John and I went to our last sonogram appointment and the beginning of our weekly checkups for Emily. The sonogram was to measure and see if her growth was steady and if the c-section was still a good idea. She is seven pounds now and is predicted to be 8.5. I know that this is a sure thing, but I sure don't want to underestimate her size and something go wrong in delivery. I have no doubt she is a large baby after the way I fe

el carrying her around all day! The sonogram tech kept commenting on how chubby her checks are and how round her belly is. They even showed us a fat roll on her belly. She still has her head full of hair from last time. I was born with a bunch of hair, so I guess she will follow in my footsteps. Her pics came out great for her being so far along and smushed down in the canal, ready to come out. But here is her chubby little face.

I also pretty much finished the nursery. I have a few small projects to finish (like the E that will hold her bows), but for the most part, it is complete. I can't believe where it started and where it ended up. I love to go in there and sit in the middle of the floor and just imagine how the room is going to change in 17 days.

On August 16th, the Sunday before school went back, my good friends at church threw me and Emily a baby shower. It meant so much to me that they took the time to help start me off on the right foot. I wanted to say a huge thank you to all those who came to the shower and the hostesses.

I am in my second week of school and eeking along from weekend to weekend. The kids are behaving about as well as I can expect them to and the administration is back to their old tricks from last year, so really not a lot has changed from last year. I just keep telling myself 17 days until my life changes for the better. I can't wait!