Emmie vs. the Lightning

Yesterday night we had quite the thunderstorm, bigger then I think any of us had been in before. At one point the local tornado alarm went off, so we had to take Emmie and a flashlight and head downstairs.

Despite the howling wind (which blew our door open) and the punishing rain, mostly all we heard was Emmie snoring... Needless to say, we didn't sleep too well, but Emmie was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed in the morning.
Here's a couple of screen captures from our camera. We took a few movies of the storm, so these pictures are not as high resolution:

Shopping Day

Today we went up to Keystone at the Crossing to do a little window shopping. Emmie was a real trooper, and slept through much of the shopping. She did, however, perk up the minute we went into Pottery Barn Kids... apparently she's going to have expensive tastes. She did manage to convince us to get her a cute dragonfly night light, as well as a couple of cute shirts at Carter's. Here's a shot of her "Pretty please can I have it? I'm such a good little girl..." look:

Something tells me she's going to get a lot of what she wants, hehe...

Goodbye to B-Town

We're finally all done cleaning and getting our stuff out of the old apartment in Bloomington! We've still got a lot of unpacking to do at the house (plus we'll eventually need to buy some more furniture), but hopefully we'll get that taken care of in the next few days. Here's a shot of Emmie all tuckered out after a long day of cleaning:



I have to say, Emmie was not as much help as I had expected. We let her loose in the kitchen with a sponge and a dish rag, but I came back 15 minutes later and the place wasn't any cleaner! In fact, by the time I returned, she had made a new mess in her diaper. Guess she's not cut out for the cleaning business...

Swing Time

With Emmie sick, we've been trying new and innovative techniques to calm her down and hopefully distract her from her earache. We have had this swing for Emmie before she was born, but when we first put her in it, it swung way too fast for her. Now that she has, uhmm, put on a few pounds, it's starting to work better. Emmie really liked looking straight up, as it has a mirror there. Here's a video:

Quack! Quack!

Emmie's still not feeling all that well; she's been fussier than usual, and she doesn't want to take a nap... Hopefully the medicine we've been giving her will help her feel better, so she can get back to her usual precocious self. Here's a picture of Emmie after her shower:

Ear-ly to bed, Ear-ly to rise...

Emmie has been acting a little under the weather the last few days, so we've been keeping a close eye on her... Thursday night, while she was having a light snack, she decided to reenact a scene from the Exorcist by projectile vomiting about three feet. I may not be the best person to tell this story, as at the time it happened I was trying my best to fall back asleep and pretend I didn't hear anything, but from where I was laying I heard an awfully loud noise followed by Mommy's cry of surprise! After that happened, we decided to call the doctor the next morning.

After a short hour and a half drive down to Bloomington, the doctor took a look at Emmie and determined that she had a mild ear infection. We've been given some medicine to give her, but it smells like Pepto-Bismol, is thicker than maple syrup, and pretty much looks like some unholy cross between crude oil and cotton candy sludge... not fun stuff, but hopefully it does the trick!

"Is it cold in here, or is it just me?"

Moving Day

I know it's been a couple of days since the last post, but we've been busy moving to the new house, so it's been hard to get much done. Here are a few pictures from moving day:


Here's a shot of Mommy, Emmie, and the kitties... all packed up and ready to go!












Hmm... looks like the cats have already found a place to hide in the new place!

Whatever Emmie wants...

Emmie gets! What started out as a pleasant photo shoot with Emmie and Mommy took a wild turn when Emmie figured out how to grab Mommy's hair. As her grabbing skills are still developing, Emmie managed to get a good chunk of hair but couldn't figure out how to let go, making for this wonderful picture:

As you can see from this picture, the double chin is coming in nicely... We've heard rumors of a third chin in the works, but so far Emerson has remained silent on the subject. She still has enough hair to keep the bow in place, but she's definitely getting bald in some patches. Luckily the hair she does have is quite long, probably about 2-2.5" or so. We try to get it wet and make it look pretty, but it invariably goes crazy and shoots out in all directions (kind of like Daddy's hair!)









Here's Emmie sitting up like a big girl... too bad she falls over if you leave her there for more than a minute. She seems to like being upright more than she used to, but she still loves laying in Mommy's arms!

Tummy time!

Since we're supposed to put Emmie on her back to sleep, she doesn't get a whole lot of time on her tummy, which is important for developing her neck skills. So once a day we put her on her jungle mat and make her work on her neck muscles. Cue the theme from "Rocky":

Lazy Summer Days

Emerson is now active more often during the day, rather than the night, but even still she has some lazy days, as documented below:

White T-Shirt Contest

Apparently Mommy wasn't invited...


... And I think Emmie won by a landslide!

Smile Upgrades!

Emmie's getting better at smiling every day; now we can usually count on at least a few smiles every morning when we wake up. She's even developing a couple of new smiles:





New Smile #1 - The Super Smile. She'll only show this one if she's extra-happy!













New Smile #2 - The Mischiveous Smile. We get this one from time to time, usually when Emmie's up to no good. Often the no good is happening in the diaper region.

Feline Attraction

Apparently, unbeknownst to us larger-mass beings, cats emit some kind of gravitational effect around them... Unfortunately for Emmie, she was caught in the field earlier today:

Happy Mother's Day!

I used to just view Mother's Day as a day to send a card to my Mom, but after spending just these few weeks with our little one, I've grown to appreciate all that Moms provide for their kids. While daddies can handle the baby for short periods of time, eventually they always want Mommy. Here's to all the Moms out there - hope you have a great day!

Just kickin' it

Here's Emerson hanging out with Daddy. I really like the leg shooting out to the side... We think Emmie's up to about 8.5 pounds, and she's starting to grow too big for her newborn diapers. Supposedly she's due for another growth spurt, so we'll see how that goes!

Who's Smiling?

Emerson is starting to be able to react to her surroundings, and even smile at Mommy when she sees her... I tried to catch a few pics of smiley baby, but she doesn't usually smile long enough for me to find the camera (which is always on the other floor of the house), turn it on, flip the switch to camera mode, wait for it to warm up a sec, wait for it to focus on the baby, get over to where the baby is, wait a sec to stabilize the image, make sure the light is good, etc., and then take the picture. Despite all of those obstacles, here are a couple of pics. These are Emmie's smaller smiles; she also does really big ones where she opens her mouth wide and her cheeks go up! Quite the cutey ;)

Picnic Day!!!

It was a nice day today, so we decided to take Emmie out for a quick picnic on campus. Everyone had a good time, and Emmie got a chance to hang out on the bridge for a photo shoot.

Daddy Graduated!

I'm all done with law school finally, which means more time to spend with the family! Here's a shot of Emmie at the graduation ceremony; as you can see, she's quite excited to watch me take the stage... or not...









Here's a shot of the Peabody family, silly hat and all! Even in peach, Emmie looks awfully cute :)








Dress courtesy of: G-Ma Janeen and G-Pa John

4 weeks old!

Emerson turned 4 weeks old on Friday, and she's still got everyone wrapped around her little finger. As you can see from the pics, she still sleeps all day and partys all night... someone needs to have a talk with her, hehe...



Big stretches for Emmie! Since she's usually being held by one of us, Emmie likes to be set loose once in a while... Here's a shot of her chilling on the bed.



Sleeper courtesy of: David, Susan, Kelly, Erin, and Danny

Well, Emmie got to go to one of her last law school functions, at least for the next 25 years or so, hehe... Here's a shot of the family at the law school reception - Emmie's actually got her eyes open for a change, and I think she's wondering why her daddy is wearing purple ;)

Dress Courtesy of: G-Ma Janeen and G-Pa John

Obligatory catch-up post

Sorry it's been so long since the last post; I've been busy writing papers (quite exciting, I assure you) and Melissa's been busy with the baby. Emmie is still gaining weight at an amazing rate - we think she's closing on 9 pounds pretty soon. I think at least a pound of it is being stored in her quadruple chins, hehe...


<----If she can sleep with her head like this in mommy's lap, why won't she sleep on her own?