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!

Crazy Life

I am sorry that I have not updated in awhile, we have been crazy busy! It was harder than I thought starting back work, plus we are always on the go. We literally haven't been home on the weekend in almost two months!

We decided to forgo the lake this time and relax- where we caught up on our picture taking of E. Please let me tell you that I have been taking pictures of her for the past few weeks to update the blog; so, I go to put them up Saturday and erased every picture on the camera instead! I was devastated- I should not be allowed to control any electronic devices, lol. Wilkins felt so bad for me that we changed Emmalyn's clothes like 20 times Sunday to retake pictures. E now hates the camera- its official!
We haven't been back to the doctor (she goes the beginning of August) but we are guessing she weighs a little over 9lbs now. She will be 3 months old next week and still can only fit into newborn clothes! She is so little and sweet, I love it. She is in that phase where she mimicks every sound and face you make. It is the funniest thing ever- Wilkins and I will sit on the couch for hours making crazy faces and sounds for her! No one ever tells you that when you become a parent you turn kind of goofy:)

Wilkins and I got into the hunting discussion this weekend! He thinks that when Emmalyn is old enough she should go hunting with him. His point is she needs to learn how to stand up on her own and also hold a gun. I think he is crazy- in case no one has noticed she loves being a girly-girl, bows and dresses all the time and always pink! Pink camo is so not cute! I'm trying to explain to him that I didn't hunt and I have always been independent- example, moving to Birmingham by myself! I can already tell this is going to be hilarious when she is older- if she wants to go then she can, I just hope he is not disappointed if she is girly and would rather shop, like her momma!!! I did agree on the fishing though, I love to fish so we are going to start her out young and with a pink rod! When you grow up at a lake house during summer why wouldn't you want too?

Anyways, we are going to Mobile this weekend for Tiffany's 21st birthday and going away party- she leaves for Army boot camp next Wednesday:( I am so proud of her but I am going to miss her! Both of my sisters are military girls now! Sherri is still guarding those oil booms everyday and always working. So ready for this oil spill to be fixed, but it is going to be a long road.
Emmalyn is going to have her first babysitter that is not a grandparent this weekend! We are going to Ruth Chris for Tiffany's party and apparently that is not a place for a baby. Makes me sad- I like the attention, lol!

I am working most of the week so I will update when we get back from Mobile. Love you all.

Family Pictures

Everyone has been asking to see some of the family pictures we took while at the beach. Here are some of the unedited and untouched pictures! Hope you like them! Love ya'll!

Beach trip

We had the best time at Orange Beach this past week! We left on Wednesday and didn't want to come back:) I kept expecting the beaches and the water to be so covered in oil but instead they were perfect! You could see some patches of sheen from the oil but other than that it was great. They did ban everyone from fishing, boating, or getting in the water so that part was hard! There were barely any people down at the beach because of the story of how much oil is everywhere but if you are planning a trip you should go!
Emmalyn could care less about the beach, she was spending time with all of her family! My side and Wilkins side all came down for her first trip! And thanks to her Mimi and Go-Daddy and Uncles Trent and Grant for a great job babysitting so that W and I could spend time at the pool and beach. On Thursday and Friday, she had her Gramie and Grandaddy and her aunts (Sherri and Tiffany) then both of my dads sisters (Irene and Julie) and their girls (Emma and Gabrielle) spend all day with her. Nana Sue also came to visit as well! Emmalyn was passed around more than a football at the Superbowl!
She did get in the pool at the condo and didn't want to get out, soo cute! We got her the smallest bathing suits and she rocked them!!! She finally fits into all of her newborn dresses so I kept changing her clothes every couple of hours, lol! Then I had to take a picture of every outfit, like this yellow dress she wore down there!
While we were there, Phil showed me a baby picture of Wilkins and Emmalyn looks exactly like him...crazy huh!

Friday night Wilkins and I got to go out on our first post-baby real date. It was so nice. We went to dinner at my favorite spot Tacky Jacks (and yes, for the tenth time, I know that is where the President went). We also coincidentally bought the same shirt Obama did! Afterwards, we went to Florabama and danced! It was the best night and well needed!!! However, most of our conversations revolved around Emmalyn- couldn't help it:)
Sunday was so nice being Wilkins first Father's Day. I took him to brunch at the Hangout then we made the long drive home bringing Grant with us (he has soccer camp this week). That night we cooked out and tried to make the best of the day! Happy Father's day to all the dads and granddads!!!

I start working again this week, so this vacation was not long enough. I can't believe I have to leave my sweet baby at home! Even though my job is here and there days it is still sad:(

Here is a picture of the beach from our balcony that shows how pretty the beaches really are!

Hope everyone is doing well. Love ya

Camera Broke

Sorry that I have not written in a week or so! However, as most of you know I am terrible with electronics and the camera broke. This time it was not my fault- it was the camera! So we got another one this week and just took some quick shots of her so everyone can see how big she has gotten. She will be two months old tomorrow...I can't believe it!

Last night was her first night to sleep in her own room. That was the hardest thing I have had to do yet! I was so stressed out even though I know she was just sleeping.

She is so more alert now and likes to stay up for most of the day. It is hard to get things done but I like getting to sleep through the night so I will take it!

I went to work for the first time this past week. It was so hard leaving my baby even though it is only two days a week. My grandparents kept her the first day. She adores them and never seems to cry when they are around- I guess cause they are veterans at this! Mrs. Dee kept her the next, and Emmalyn slept the whole day, which is better than crying:) She loves all of her grandparents and I am so thankful to have ya'll.

This week we are going to Orange Beach for vacation. It'll be her first time and of course there is the oil spill...so, it should be a memorable one! Hopefully we can get one picture of her in the sand without the oil. I will make sure to update as soon as we get back. Love ya