Thats It- I Have the Cutest Baby

Hey- I've got important news! I think I have the cutest baby on the planet, I am not being biast or anything:) She is so sweet and happy all of the time. I am so blessed and lucky to have her! So, I went on my Bachelorette party last weekend. This is a picture of me and the girls, Gene and Megan! We had a blast, just hung out on the beach and went out at night!!! Meanwhile, Emmalyn stayed with Gramie and Grandaddy. I dropped her off on Friday and had a mini panic attack and thought of her all weekend. I just couldn't believe that I could go out at night without having spit up on my dress or a bedtime to worry about. We both had such a good time too. I think that it is important to have that quality time apart even though it is so hard. Oh, and the boys had a great time too!

She did get her pictures taken while I was gone by Alisha Williams photography. They are so cute and sweet, I just wanted to eat her up in them. She is growing so fast! She turned four months old this week. Hard to believe; seems I just had her yesterday. Wilkins and I decided to celebrate by letting her try new things this weekend. Today she had her first taste of food other than formula. First, we tried peaches and her face turned completely sour. We realized that she wasn't a fan at all after she cried for 30 minutes. I called mom and she suggested Bananas. Emmy loved them and ate the entire container. It was so amazing watching her experience something new.
After she ate everything we went and bought one of those huge family pools where 8 people can fit. We put her super cute bathing suit on and tons of sunscreen (way too hot this summer). She absolutley loved swimming around in her floaty. She would push off the bottom of the pool and laugh! It was so adorable!!! I think she has found her new favorite thing other than bath time at night! However, I think all of the excitement of new things for the day wore on her as she passed out of exhaustion in the pool. So I woke her up and she gave me that sleepy smile, changed her into dry clothes and she took a four hour nap. Which gave Wilkins and I time to spend together cooking out and swimming in the pool because we hadn't spent anytime together due to his family coming into town for Grant's soccer game. Which was fun while they were here too but its nice having time for just the two of us since it is so rare and precious!!! Had the best weekend!

Emmalyn goes to the doctor Friday and I am so excited to see how big she has actually grown in two months. After her appointment, E and I are heading to Mobile because we have Lindsey's shower Saturday morning. Can't wait to see everyone. It has been a long time and I love every opportunity to show my baby off:) I hope everyone is doing well. Love you all!

Just Some Extra Pictures

Emmalyn is 3 Months

Hey- hope everyone is doing good. It is alot harder to update this blog the older Emmalyn gets. She stays up most of the day and when she does take a nap I'm either doing laundry or cleaning the house! However, I'll take it since she sleeps through the night. She has been going to bed between 7-7:30pm and sleeps till 6:30am or so....I love it!
Although I thought that when she started this schedule Wilkins and I would get to spend time together at night, but by the time she gets asleep we are so exhausted that we pass out:) Anyways, we have been staying busy. This picture of Wilkins and I is from Tiffany's going away weekend. We all went jet skiing at Weeks Bay and had the best day...Gramie and Grandaddy watched Emmalyn. That night we went to Ruth Cris and had so much fun with everyone- you realize how much your family means to you when one of them is leaving. Tiffany has been gone 2 weeks and I already miss her! I know she is going to do great at boot camp though!
We came back Sunday and on Monday was Emmalyn's 3 month birthday. So of course I baked her a cake and took pictures of her with it...I let her taste the icing, she is not a big fan of cream cheese yet! This next picture is her helping me in the kitchen and by the way I love the bumbo (her purple seat)- I recommend it to all new moms!

These past couple weeks have been amazing watching her grow so fast. We still haven't been to the doctor to see how much she weighs but she is getting big- we are guessing 10 1/2 pounds maybe? We measured her this week and she was 22 inches long, she has grown one inch a month so far!!! Her newest achievement has been that she is teething. I didn't even know until my grandparents and friends told me. It is rough never knowing what is going on with your own child. But she is handling it well, a little fussy at times but she gets by with gnawing on her hands. Any suggestions on how to make this process any better for her other than drugging her with Tylenol???
So this upcoming weekend is going to be my first time leaving her for longer than a couple of hours. I am going to the beach for a bacholerette party (Megan's- my future sister-in-law). It is in Orange Beach which is not to far from my parents, where she will be staying, but I am still nervous for my own sanity cause I am going to be hopeless having nothing to do. I know my parents are thrilled though...they have already planned the whole weekend! So everyone wish me luck that I won't call 900 times or start crying that I miss her:)

The boys are going away too, but to the cabin in North Carolina. They are going to go rafting at the Ocoee and do whatever it is that 15 guys with no wives or children do! It should be interesting to see how many times Wilkins calls to check in on her- cause I know he will!

Well Emmalyn is still not turning over yet but when she does ya'll will be the first to know. I promise I am going to update more often- I think I have the time to do this once a week, but we'll see:) Love ya'll and hope you have a good week!