Where on earth has the time gone?

It seems as though we have been carrying on in a fog these past couple of weeks...Emmy has stayed true to her "angel baby" nickname, but we have definitely had a steep learning curve since her birthday! I don't want to risk sharing too much information, but breastfeeding has been a challenge for sure. I am 100% committed to getting this right--I have seen one too many babies throw up formula. This is the first time that I am genuinely grateful to be pig-headed! I never thought that I'd be saying that my favorite Christmas present would be a fancy breast pump...but it has been clutch in getting us through this new adventure! I am just praying that we can figure this out as soon as possible and then I think we both will be much happier campers!

Since we needed to temporarily resort to feeding Emmy pumped breastmilk in a bottle, she has been quite satisfied and will actually sleep for some good long stretches! Ideally, we would be napping at this time, but unfortunately it has become our catch-up time with other non-baby responsibilities :-/. Nick has been pulling double duty...Being a rockstar of a husband, daddy and breastfeeding support person (he found a bunch of breastfeeding tutorials on you tube to help me out! :-)). He has also been finishing up his out-processing from his current unit and in-processing to the 101st Airborne Division. His change-of-command ceremony will take place next Wednesday and then he will have to jump into high gear to get his soldiers deployment-ready. So many big life changes that are all happening at once...

Emmy and I have ventured out a handful of times...It's definitely a bit trickier to get errands finished now, because I have to plan the day around her feeding schedule. So far, she LOVES her carseat and riding in the car. I have been so very lucky that she has slept through all of our errands thus far! She even let me get my hair done yesterday (I refuse to look like a shlumpadinka on Nick's big day!!) I was such a proud mama that my sweet baby girl was so well behaved at the hair salon :-D.

We also paid a visit to our pediatrician for her two-week well baby check-up yesterday! Little Miss is gaining weight well--she is officially 7 pounds 13 ounces! That news was such a relief considering how obsessed I've become with making sure she is fed! :-P She is as healthy as can be! :-D She's such a happy little baby (when she has a full belly) and it is hard not to get lost in her big eyes...So far, we have learned that she loves her pacifier, her vibrating chair and getting her hair shampooed! We are so excited to learn all that there is to know about our Emmy!

Sleeping when I can!

Happy times

Nothing like sleeping on daddy's chest