One Month!

Okay, okay, I know it's a little late, but you know what they say... better late than never, right?

Emmy passed the one month mark on May 20th (yay!). Here's a little bit of what she's up to these days:

She is growing like a weed these days, in size and personality. She is gaining weight like a champ (we don't have an official weight, but she's over 10 pounds!). It seems like she's growing up so fast that I don't have time to appreciate how little she is.

She loves to voice her opinion and likes to let us know if something isn't to her satisfaction. She likes to be pampered to most hours of the day. ;)

She likes her bouncy seat and her swing, but only when we can convince her that it was her idea to sit in them... She has figured out how to kick the toys on her bouncy seat to turn the music on, but I'm not sure that she knows that she's the one doing it yet.

She likes to watch her big sister, but is a little scared when Bella gets too close.


She can hold her head up with the best of them and likes to show off this talent and much as possible.

She LOVES music. If we're in the car and she's crying, most of the time I can turn on some music and Emmy with stop crying (especially if Bella and I are singing along).

She sleeps in her own bed at night (she's still getting used to sleeping in her bed during day time naps) and usually goes right back to sleep after waking up to eat. She usually wakes up two times during the night and one time early morning, but she'll usually go back to sleep after her morning feeding until 9 or later.

She loves to be snuggled up and likes to sleep wrapped up tight in her blanket. She also loves her big fluffy blanket, she likes to have it against her cheek.

She doesn't mind her car seat (in contrast to Bella who HATED being in it). It makes driving long distances (and around town) a whole lot easier.

She likes her pacifier most of the time, but when she's decided that she doesn't want it, she really doesn't want it.

She LOVES to take baths (also in contrast to Bella). If she's screaming and we can't figure out what to do I can put her in her little tub and she'll just hang out there until the water turns cold. A plus to this is that Bella also likes it when Emmy takes a bath and is highly entertained by it, so it keeps both of the girls occupied. ;)

Her eyes are still blue, but we're expecting them to change eventually, and whats left of her hair is light brown. She is losing her hair the same way that Bella did, in the front on the sides, so she has a little bit of a Donald Trump comb over right now. We put a head band on her today and it worked pretty well at hiding the bald spot (when it's combed over properly she's only "bald" on one side). :)

She was smiling a little while we were in Redding for my Grandma's 90th Birthday (May 21), but lately she's been breaking out the big grins. Here she is on June 3rd...


Overall she's been a pretty good baby (as long as we can figure out what she wants...)

Just Pictures...

These are the PJ's that Bella picked out for Emmy.

Holding Emmy.

Snuggled in her swing. This is my favorite outfit.

Helping feed Emmy.

"Would you like one?" Grandma helped Bella make some Easter cookies.

Emmy in the Easter dress Grandma made for her... she was ready to eat and not excited about taking pictures.

Bella in her Easter dress... though not quite as put together as I would like...

Decorating cupcakes with Grandma.

Finding eggs at our Easter egg hunt at Stacee's house. Thank goodness they let us come over since we don't have a yard it makes hunting eggs a little difficult.

We told her to look up high...

Ahh... she found it.

Uncle Turner was helping her find an egg... usually she's a little nervous around him... but since he was helping her find an egg it was okay.

Having an Easter egg hunt when you don't have a yard is a little difficult. But the Easter Bunny managed to make a visit while Bella was taking a tubby on Easter morning. I love at the end of the video when Bella goes to pick up her basket she says, "Wow!" :)

First doctors visit

We had our first doctors visit on Monday. Emmy weighed in at 7lbs. 7oz. She gained an ounce since birth. The doctor was pretty impressed. The doctor checked her out and said that she looked perfect (I can't agree more). She did great during the whole appointment. She didn't cry at all, even when I stripped her down to put her on the scale. I was very excited about that. All in all a pretty good check up. We get to go back in two weeks to have her second heel prick test done. Hopefully she'll be as well behaved.

Emmy's stats

Here are the short and sweet facts about Little Miss Emmy:
Official name: Emilia Milan Rogerson

time: 6:38am
weight: 7lbs. 6oz.
length: 19.5 inches

Emilia Milan Rogerson

The pictures you've all been waiting for.

Emmy moments after her big arrival.

Bella getting her first look at her new baby sister.

Our first picture as a family of four.

Bella is already taking her role as Big Sister very seriously.

She loves giving her kisses.

Her first bath (and last submerged bath until her umbilical cord falls off). She didn't seem to mind it.

She didn't like being put into her car seat, but didn't cry nearly as much as Bella did. Once we got moving she was fine.

Now for the story:

We went to the hospital on Tuesday morning for a Non-Stress Test and ended up having to stay for the long haul. Of course, since it was supposed to be a quick test, Bella and I went by ourselves. So while I was sitting there hooked up to the monitors, Bella had to keep herself entertained. About an hour into the test (the whole process was supposed to take an hour...) my blood pressure was a little high so it was decided that I would have to be monitored for a little longer. Our doctor also decided that he wanted to try some medicine to see if it would help me dilate (to see if inducing on Thursday would even be an option). After sitting there for a few more hours I started having more regular contractions (still not dilated!) so they were watching Emmy's heart rate to see how she was dealing with them. After a few LONG contractions where her heart rate dropped the nurse decided that our doctor should be called to see what he thought of the situation. Once he came and checked me (still not dilated!) he thought that I should stay the night so they could keep me monitored. At that point I called Dusty and had him come from work (until then Bella and I had been on our own). Bella was so well behaved the entire day. We had brought a backpack with a couple of toys and books in it and she kept herself entertained for the most part. Once Dusty got there it was a little easier for me since I not longer had to make sure Bella was behaving (and by that point she REALLY needed a diaper change and I couldn't get out of bed). We also made the call to my parents and let them know that Emmy would be coming sooner rather than later. After that we did a whole lot of waiting to see what was going to happen. Of course, my contractions were getting stronger and stronger (fun!). Once Kellie got off work she came down to sit with me and let Dusty and Bella go home and take a break. Around 9:30 my parents got into town and my Mom came to "sleep" at the hospital with me so that Dusty could get some real sleep at home and be ready for the morning. Finally at around 10pm they checked me and I was finally dilating. I was so excited. Well, excited that at least something was happening. And hopeful that if I would finally dilate then I wouldn't have to have a c-section (if I was still not progressing by the next morning then we would have had to have a c-section). I was only dilated to 3cm, but at least it was something. Then we got to play the waiting game again. By 2am my contractions were so strong that I could hardly stand it. That and they were three on top of each other so there were hardly any breaks. I was still only dilated to 3cms, but I asked for an epidural anyway. As far as I can remember these contractions were as strong as they were when I was 7cms dilated with Bella. Plus I was so tired that I just wanted to get some sleep. After a half an hour (and after the epidural) I was finally able to rest for an hour or so and felt so much better. Once I was relaxed I progressed from 3cms to 6cms in just over an hour. Then just after 5am, I was nearly fully dilated and I was READY to push. We called Dusty and called the doctor and let them know that they needed to come. Our doctor was a little shocked, he thought it would be late afternoon before I would have progressed as far as I had. They finally all got there and we got ready at around 6am. It was the longest hour of my life (I really wanted to get her OUT at that point). I was finally able to push, but Emmy didn't want to cooperate. She was face up (instead of face down). I was having a whole lot of fun (or not!) while the doctor tried to turn her. I kept having to turn from side to side to see if she would rotate on her own. Then once my water broke the doctor noticed that there was meconium in it so it was even more important to deliver as soon as possible. Then with one last rotation Emmy turn and FINALLY came out. It was SO painful, even with the epidural , and was much worse than Bella's delivery (though that may just be selective memory). Once she was out they had to check to make sure she hadn't breathed in any of the meconium. They also had to put a little tube down into her lungs to help her lungs inflate all the way. After a few minutes of that she had had enough and actually pulled the tube out on her own. It was funny and she had all the nurses laughing. Once all that was done (and I was done) we finally got to hold her. It was so nice to see her and hold her after carrying her for almost 41 weeks. It was also fun to see what Bella thought of the whole thing (she finally had a baby sister of her own). We had to stay at the hospital until the next afternoon, but then we got to go home. It was so nice compared to our 5 day hospital stay with Bella. I feels pretty good to be at home with our little family (we'll have to see what it's like once all our help goes home...).

Last doctors appointment...

We had what will hopefully be our last doctors appointment today. It was a doozy... I went in at 2:30 and ended up having to have blood work done before heading over to the hospital to have a Biophysical Profile (bpp) done. I didn't end up getting home until just after 6:00! At which point I was so tired that all I could do was change into my pj's and lay down. All I can say is that I am so glad that my Dad was here to watch Bella, so I didn't have to take her with me. That would have been even more insane! One good thing that came out of this appointment was that we scheduled an induction for Wednesday night (we go in on Wednesday so we can get started and then we will hopefully have her on Thursday). I am very excited that there is an end in sight! The BPP was checking to make sure that she is still thriving in the womb, which she is. So that was reassuring. We have to go have a Non-Stress Test tomorrow, so hopefully all goes well for that and we'll be right on track for Wednesday... yay!

No progress...

We had another doctors appointment today and the doc says I still haven't made any progress! I am so annoyed about this! I don't know what I was expecting, but not THAT! Anyway, I was fully expecting to go in there today and set up a date to be induced (if I hadn't made any progress), but then the doctor started throwing out dates to schedule ("Friday, Monday, you tell me") and I got a little nervous. So I didn't set a date. We did set another appointment for Monday and at that point we WILL set a date. So it could be Tuesday or Thursday, if she's not here by then. In the mean time, I guess we'll just be doing some more waiting...