Two weeks! 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 big 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! :-P

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 all happening at once...

Emmy and I have ventured out a handful of times...It's for sure 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 the car. I have been so very lucky that she has slept through all of our errands! She even let me get my hair done yesterday (can't 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! 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