Tuesday, February 16, 2010

One week

Emma has been with us for one week now.  She is just so precious, and a great baby....so far.  She had her first check up at the Dr. on Friday and she's 6lbs 4oz...she's so tiny to me.  Macie looks like such a big girl next to her sister.  She's doing well, they are just going to have me bring her in again this Friday for a weigh in.  She spits up a lot so we want to make sure she is gaining weight.  We had to set an alarm the first few nights to feed her every three hours.  I tried without an alarm last night and she went a 4 hour stretch. 
Macie still does not show much interest in her, but she is showing her jealousy in rather subtle ways.  Breaks my heart when she cries because of something to do with Emma whether it's holding her, feeding her, etc.  I know she'll be fine, but just sad that she doesn't quite understand why she is feeling the way she's feeling.
We have had a lot of visitors over the past week, it's been so great.  I have been awful with the camera this time around so I apologize to those who came to meet Emma and I didn't get the camera out!  My Mom and Dad and Phil's Mom got to meet her right as she was born.  Due to the snow storm we got, we didn't have any visitors other than my brother at the hospital.  Thank you to Phil's mom and Gayle for taking care of Macie while we were in the hospital.  She had such a good time with you guys.  Phil's mom stayed until Thursday to help us out.  My parents came over on Thursday to visit.  Friday we just relaxed and attempted to get a bit more organized.  Saturday Mark, Gayle and Katie came over to meet Emma.  Thanks for all the Valentine's gifts- thanks to Grandma and Papa too for the V-day gifts that you sent with them!  They brought us lunch too....thanks.  Sunday Phil's Mom, Dad, Joe, Sam, Joey, my aunt Lynne, Aunt Deb and cousin Marissa all came over to meet Emma.  Thank you for all the wonderful gifts for Emma and Macie.  Thank you to Phil's family for all the food, it was so good.  Monday my parents came back to get the "baby fix" and they brought enough food to feed a family of 10 for at least a week.  Thank you so much for that.  Everyone has been so wonderful helping us out and with their generous gifts!  After my parents left, Susie, Nelson and Jaden came over to meet Emma.  Macie had a great time playing with Jaden!  Thank you guys for the cute outfit for Emma and thanks for the haircut Susie.  Thanks also to Nelson for making my laptop more safe and user friendly :-)!! 
Emma is so lucky to have such great family and friends!!!

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