Hurricane Emma...

Emma is growing quite big. She has outgrown her first set of clothes. She has outgrown her socks. The main problem is that she has outgrown her swaddling blankets. She really likes being swaddled, so we had to find a new solution...and here it is. She is swaddled in a large fleece blanket that I gave to Marc in college. It's about 5 ft by 5ft. And believe it or not, this is starting to be too small to reach around her. I just think it's so funny that it's such a dismal color. She looks like a little baby saved by the red cross. Like she was just pulled out of a hurricane or fire. We bought a new blanket for her. It's bigger than we thought. Stay tuned for that pic.
December 09, 2005

Skeletor

I wanted to take this picture at Halloween time, but I kept forgetting. Here is Emma and her bear Harold in matching outfits. I think it's great that she's the same size as Harold now. I also like that I can prop her sitting up between the couch cushions.
December 08, 2005

Christmas parade...

We went to the Christmas parade the other day. It was lots of fun. It was my first time seeing a parade while it was snowing. Emma hated the fire trucks. She thought they were too loud. She slept through seeing Santa. She tends to sleep through most of our activities. And of course I forgot to bring the camera to the parade. But here she is afterwards, all tuckered out:

December 05, 2005

Tofurkey Day

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Over the river and through the woods to Grandmothers house we went. Emma was a very good girl this weekend. We drove three hours, and she only cried a little bit. We visited lots of people, and kept her out kinda late, but she was very very good. Here are some 4 generation pictures:

Here's the 4 Cryans.

And here's 4 from the Sheehan side.

November 29, 2005

37 days til x-mas

Emma's all ready for christmas.
I got her some Christmas outfits, (thank you Sue) so that I could take her picture for the Christmas cards. (This is not the picture. I didn't want to ruin the suprise) I like to send out my Christmas cards the day after Thanksgiving, because I'm crazy.
I can't wait for baby's first Christmas!
Maybe I should focus on Thanksgiving first.
November 18, 2005

Mostly pictures...

We had a big weekend.
Here's Emma with her spiked hair do.

Emma got to meet Keri.

Here's Emma ready to go out.

Here she is in her boppy.

She went apple picking.

We had a picnic at the sculpture park.

And now they're all worn out.

November 13, 2005

We're famous

Hey, check out our birth story: http://www.birthsong.net/BirthStories.html
This web site belongs to the woman who taught us hypnobirthing.

And for a quick update:
Emma weighs 11 pounds 1 oz.
Her jaundice is all better, and she's starting to look quite rosie. She is sleeping a good amount, and feeding well. We saw a lactation consultant today (I finally called for help) and now she can feed without the nipple shield and without me having any pain! Hooray!
November 11, 2005

emma and deb

This is from the Halloween party. So far Deb is the only one Emma really likes to be held by other than Marc and Me. It must be the furry pants.
November 08, 2005

Cry, cry, cry...

Emma is being a jerk today, so posting this picture is my revenge. It won't effect her now, but you can all tell her you saw this when she's 18.
November 07, 2005

Being good

Emma's being good now, so I'll put up a good picture. She can be cute when she wants to. This morning, she didn't want to. This morning she wanted to scream for 4 hours, and she did. Now she's tired. Thank goodness.
November 07, 2005