A New Post!

Sorry that this post won't have any pictures. I wanted to update anyone who still checks this blog. Emery is growing up so fast. Seriously, that is why Hugh and I don't blog. We don't want to spend any time away from her; we never want to miss a thing.

Lately, that has been tough. I started school in August and Hugh just started student teaching a few weeks ago. This means, that both of us feel like we just aren't getting enough time with Em. Thankfully, we have a wonderful sitter, a friend of ours, who has been doing a great job with Emery. She is not the easiest baby. For one thing, she fights sleep. She has gotten herself on a great schedule. She wakes up (happy), eats, and then plays. Approximately 2 hours after waking, she shows signs of being tired, so we try to get her to sleep. It is quiet the scene. Because she fights sleep, we have to trick her into sleeping. First we had the white noise from the TV. Then we had the shower. Now we are just down to the sink, which we know, is a waste of water, but she needs to sleep. So, not only do we have the sink going, but we also have to sing (Somewhere Over the Rainbow), and sway while patting her back. This is the only way we can get her to sleep. I know that crying it out is an option, but we are just not ready to go there yet. This works, and we love every minute of it.

So, upcoming pictures will be of Emery's first 2 teeth. Yes, she has two. The first one came in the day before she turned 4 moths. The second one came in a week later along with an earache that we are just now getting over. Thank goodness for lots of antibiotics because she now is sleeping through the night again. For the two weeks before she got her two bottom teeth, she slept through the night. For the past 3-4 weeks, she has been waking almost every hour. Ugh! Another reason we have not blogged.

She is really growing up fast. She talks all the time and, if you look crazy and make weird sounds, she will laugh out loud for you. We are really proud parents and have had a hard time of getting out. When you both work, you just want to come home and spend time as a family. It is hard to make and keep friends when you don't feel like you have enough time. I want to apologize to everyone for not being social lately. Being a working mom is very draining physically and emotionally. We know that we want to bring Emery up among friends though, and to do that we have to be more social. So, we will try. But for now, we are content enough in being Emery's mom and dad.

I promise to write more soon.
~Amy