Independence Day

The holiday is called "Independence Day" not "The 4th of July".  That's something that totally bugs Kory.  It doesn't bother me so much, but he has a point so I say Independence Day.  It's true--we don't go around wishing people a happy 25th of December or 14th of Februrary.  We use the names of the holidays and so it should be for Independence Day as well.

That being said, my baby girl turned 2 months old on Independence Day.  So, here's a picture (or a few) and some stats:

Weight (as of July 3): 9 lbs. 11 oz.  little porker!  I was NOT expecting her to weigh that much by any means.
Length: 22.75 inches

Favorites: Bathtime, swaddles, Big Sister Claire, being held (this is becoming somewhat of an issue...) and of course, eating! :-)

Non-favorites: being burped in the middle of eating!! (How dare I do such a thing!); spitting up (result of not being burped in the middle of a feeding) and having to wait too long to be fed. UGH!

Milestones: Smiles and coos; mommy and daddy are loving this.

She's a good baby, but very different from Claire as a baby.  I don't remember Claire crying as much as Emma does which truly isn't often but when she does cry, she CRIES! Also, I don't like that she has grown out of the majority of her newborn clothes and is into 0-3mo. clothing now. *sigh*

Snuggles with Daddy! She is so spoiled.

Giant smiles for cousin Amber who had to put forth zero effort to get smiles from Emma!

Double chin = love!

Angel girl

I find it hard to blog sometimes when I don't have pictures available on my computer. A blog is always more interesting with pictures. I have a few that others took during Christmas time. It's been so nice to have a break from work and just spend time with my angel girl. She is growing way too fast but I love watching her try to sit up and crawl. When I find the adapter cord for my camera, I will post a video of baby Claire trying to crawl. She looks like a swimming frog. :) I've been too spoiled during my break. I think it will be hard to go back to school tomorrow and start teaching my 1st graders again. *sigh* Claire and I have had so much fun together and I will miss her terribly during the day. Here are a few pictures from Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa's.

 

The Christmas Dress from Grandma

 

Claire can open her mouth really wide when she eats!

 

She ALWAYS has her hands or her finger in her mouth

Momma, look what Santa brought!

Christmas Eve night and Christmas day were spent at Meemaw and Papa's house.  We spent the night, got up and went to church, then came home and opened presents.  Unfortunately I don't have any pictures from that event because my camera battery died!  But I will take a picture of some of the loot and of her darling rocking chair that Papa got from a Reservation when he went on a recruiting trip for UVU.  It is so cute!

It was fun to have a baby around for holiday celebrations and I can't wait until next year!

Maybe my next post will be about New Year's Resolutions.