Bath time!

Melissa and Aunt Stephanie gave Emma a bath today. She doesn't seem that happy about it.


And finally, the aftermath.

Emma at dinner!

Melissa, Stephanie and Mike took Emma to Frankenmuth and Bronner's Christmas Wonderland today. Here she is at dinner!

Hanging around

Emma is a lot more alert than she was a week or two ago. She spends way more time awake and looking around, and also a bit of time crying. Here's a picture of her hanging out in bed with Mom:



And then here she is in two of her baby outfits:





She has already gained two pounds, and is already getting to be too big for most of her newborn clothes (and newborn diapers). We can't wait for her to fit into her Illini and Spartan outfits!

Hanging around

Emma spent the whole day lounging around in her nice new outfit:


And Cassidy has been helping us keep an eye on her:

Great picture

I love this picture, and just wanted to share it. If I had to give it a title, it'd be "Deceptively calm baby." Or perhaps "It looks like I'm sleeping, but you wouldn't believe what I'm doing to my diaper!"

Today's doctor visit

Emma visited the doctor today for a quick weigh-in. According to the doctor's scale, she gained fourteen ounces in eight days! She went from 6 pounds, 9 ounces last Monday to 7 pounds, 7 ounces today. That's almost two ounces a day!

Pictures from last weekend

We had a lot of visitors this weekend! Granny, Grandpa Tim, Grandma Jean, Aunt Christie, Uncle Cort, and Emma's cousins Alexis and Dave came up from Chicago. We had a great time, and took a lot of pictures. Somewhere along the line we all seem to have turned into paparazzi...

Granny and Emma:


Granny with all three of her great-grandkids:


Grandpa Tim with the crew:


Grandma Jean and Emma:


Emma and Aunt Christie:


Alexis (3.5 years), Dave (5.5 months), and Emma (0.5 months):


We also compared head sizes. Cousin Dave wins... For now!


And, finally, Alexis holding her new cousin:


Thanks to everybody for coming to visit us!