2 Months Old

Ember is 2 months old now! :) And we are loving her more and more each and every day! Amazing how that can happen. He is a brief summary about what is going on with Ember these days...

Ember is growing and changing so much. She is going down to sleep very easy and usually sleeps from 7:30/8:00ish until between 1:00-2:00, I feed her and then she gets up again around 4:00-5:00 to eat and then wakes up for the day in a few hours after that. She still eats about every 3 hours during the day. She is becoming more and more alert during her wake times. She follows you with her eyes when you walk by her and she turns toward your voice when you talk to her. She loves to break out of her swaddle more than ever and we have to reswaddle her at least once before she falls asleep for a nap. She doesn't cry while doing this - we think it is fun for her! In fact, she usually smiles a HUGE smile when we swaddle her to put her down in her crib. Since she is more alert and aware of her surroundings -she LOVES her play gym. She moves her arms, kicks her legs, grabs on to the toys, and talks to them while under it. It is a life saver during dinner as she will happily play under it while we eat. She is also becoming such a BIG girl by holding her head up. It just clicked for her one day and she can hold it up for over a minute if we help set her up with her arms in front of her. She even rolls over from this position to her side or back sometimes. She is smiling ALL the time when you talk to her or play with her. She still isn't a fan of her car seat but will be more content in it when we leave the car seat cover pulled up so she can see herself in her mirror. She does still love baths, the changing table, and that silly singing stork. I loosely tied her two month balloons to her wrist and let her move them around. She absolutely LOVED that she could make them move and would smile and laugh at them for 30-45 minutes straight. Sadly, they lost their helium so she can't play with them any more. But it will be a fun treat every month! This next month will be full of lots of changes - not only for Ember physically - but for all of us as I go back to work, Dustin gets to try "Daddy Daycare," and Ember goes to The Ark for a day and a  half each week. I know it will be a hard transition for me but hopefully Ember will fall into her new routine without missing a beat. We are so excited to have little Ember Renee as part of our lives in this new year 2013!!

Maci decided she wanted to get a picture with 2 balloons too since she is 2 YEARS old ;)

Maci was much easier to get a picture of then Ember.... :)

Little America Lights

Since we were dating, Dustin and I have had a tradition of going and walking around and looking at the Christmas lights that they put up at Little America Hotel. This year was Ember's first year going and Grandma and Grandpa Flin got to go as well :)

Evans Elf Yourself

I loved when Chris did this in Mesa so much that I did it with our little family! FUN! 

Here is the video of us elves dancing that I bought for $1 to save it! :) 

Baby's First Christmas!

Started Christmas morning off at our house with some delicious coffee drinks and a few presents for Ember and Maci from the family Christmas party we were at.

Here are the two girls excitedly waiting by the Christmas tree

Ember was very very happy this morning!

All dressed up in her Christmas dress :) I LOVE THIS PIC

Ember with some of her presents!

Then we headed to Mima and Pappy's for Christmas gifts, Christmas movies, and a delicious prime rib dinner.  Here is a picture of Ember's stocking at their house. There is a Peaker Brownie on it.

Dustin and I by the new mantle full of stockings!

It was a GREAT Christmas! Just wish ALL family could have been together!

Catching up!

Wow! I haven't posted in a LONG while... :( Mesa visit with the Brucks was AMAZING but Ally did such a GREAT job posting about it that I am not going to :) Here are a few pictures of my little darling dear as she continues to GROW WAY TOO FAST! :) 

Here is Ember all bundled up to take coffee to daddy at work :) She liked her warm cozy suit!

Ember picking her nose and wiping it on Maci :) They just get along swell... 

Ember's new first love is her play gym! She moves her arms and kicks her little feet and makes all kinds of noises when she is under it and playing!

She is just now starting to be able to KINDA fit into 0-3 month clothes and 3 month clothes! This outfit is a little big but so so cute! 

Finally, we are slowly trying to let Ember experiment with sleeping in her crib (naps only right now) without having to be swaddled. This day she took 3 naps without her swaddle. It hasn't happened since so I think she was just really tired :)

A few more firsts...

Ember started moving around in her crib. This picture (of the monitor) was the first time she turned sideways and now she does it almost every time! :) Silly little swaddle scooter.

Daddy got to feed Ember her first bottle. She ate about an ounce and then started fussing and wouldn't take any more. We tried again the next day and she ate about an ounce and a half before she didn't want any more. Hopefully she will get more and more used to it before I have to go back to work.

1 Month Old

We all made it to 1 month!! :) It has been a wonderful month! Here are her 1st month balloon pictures! Hard to take at 1 month old but I am very happy with how they turned out!

Ember is growing by leaps and bounds. It is amazing how quickly they go from being completely helpless to learning so much and being able to start doing things on their own. Ember eats about every 3 hours during the day. She is awake for about 1 1/2 hours and then takes about a 1 1/2 hour nap. She takes her naps and sleeps at night in her crib. For her naps, she falls right asleep usually when we swaddle her, lay her down, and turn on her Slumber Buddy. Around 5 pm each night is her fussy time. She cries off and on and fights sleep. We try to read her a story and rock her at bedtime. She wakes up about every 4-5 hours at night to eat and is very good at going right back to sleep. She is starting to get head control, she can turn to where a sound is, she tracks moving objects, and she is getting a strong little grasp. She is smiling, but not at us quite yet. She likes to coo and smack her lips together. She snorts alot when she cries and loves her singing stork that sits on her changing table. She loves baths, being on the changing table, and the Moby wrap. She isn't too fond of her car seat but will fall asleep in it fairly easy as long as the car keeps moving. She is a great eater and is growing quick. We cannot wait to see what will happen in this next month.