Em has had quite the 2 weeks at the base clinic. I took her last week because she seemed so congested. Of course the pedi didn't think anything was wrong with her and just told me to use the humidifier and to put her bed at a slant. I had been using the humidifier so I stuck 2 books under the one end of the crib (I chose a woman's daily bible and the daily gratitude book) and she seems much better. At that appointment she weighed 18lbs 9oz....a week later and my chunky monkey is up to 18lbs 14oz and is 27 inches long. She seems soooo heavy and her thighs look like chicken wings.
And she is funny! We've been side nursing a lot because it's nice to lay there and relax while she nurses and I like to snuggle with her. Funny gal rolls onto her back when she is full and has started smacking her lips. I guess the boobie juice is lip smacking good! It makes me laugh every time. And Em is quite the laugher as well. She giggles at everything and loves when mommy makes silly faces and kisses her neck and tickles her.
She also has a mind of her own and is quite stubborn. She had shots yesterday and had zero interest in solid foods today so to thrwart my attempts to feed her solids she would suck in her lower lip as soon as she saw the spoon. FYI you can't get the spin in when the lower lip is in the way. Another mommy friend told me her son didn't eat solids for 3 days after his shots so I feel better and am just chalking it up to her being out of sorts.
She is terrified of the vaccum cleaner and hair dryers. I knew about the vacuum cleaner, but didn't know about the hair dryer until we went to the salon today so I could get a hair cut. Another stylist turned on a blow dryer and Emma screamed like someone was coming after us with a chainsaw.
She can sit up now on her own.
I am missing Paul all the time. I love watching Em show off for him when we skype. I realized that we are almost halfway through September and 2 weeks after that we'll hit the 6 month mark of Paul's deployment. Okay, it won't be quite 6 months, but in my mind it is. I finally booked our Turks & Caicos trip and I could not be more excited! Even though it is way more money than we'd ever spend on a vacation normally it will be so worth it to have that family time together. And it will be much fun for Paul to get to take Emma swimming. Paul asked why I scheduled our vacation during the NFL play offs and requested to be allowed to watch football the Sunday we are there. I said no problem, he could stay in the room, and watch football while mommy goes to the spa! haha
Hope everyone has a good weekend!
Ha! men and their football...
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