She's here!

I know she is over two weeks old and most if not all of you are aware of her arrival, but this is really the first chance I have gotten to sit down and blog.

She is a wonderful baby and I am slowly getting used to what her needs and wants are and what she does to get them. Carter loves being a big brother and she went as his show and tell for school at one week old.

I have taken some pictures that I will post and I, of course, have already had her pictures taken professionally which I will also post. I vow to have as many pictures of her as I do of Carter...as hard as that might be...I am up to the challenge!

She is a completely different baby than Carter was. From her hair and skin to her sleep patterns. She loves her paicifier (Carter never used one), she sleeps in her crib for 3-5 hours at a time (Carter never slept in his crib, let alone for 3-5 hours at a time). She likes to be held, but doesn't have to be (Carter had to be held constantly). She rarely cries (Carter didn't cry much either, he was just much more demanding). She nurses like a champ (Carter nursed well, but couldn't make a proper seal so he lost much of the milk down the side of his face)

It sounds like Scott will be coming home around April 21st to meet her. It will be a very busy time and I am sure it will go by all too fast. We are planning to have her baptized during that time and then just letting Scott get to know her before he heads back. I am sure this visit will be really hard on Carter as he is starting to understand that daddy is gone and he won't get to see him every night. We will see how it goes!

For those of you who may not know, Emilyn weighed 7lbs, 4oz and was 20.5 inches long. She was born at 4:09am after just a few pushes (lucky I know). My water broke at 12:10am so everything went extremely fast! There were two epidurals on board but unfortunately neither of them worked so I was feeling everything (good thing it went quick)!

We are blessed that both of our children are happy and healthy!! I will post the pictures as soon as I have a chance as she is needing to be fed right now! Stay tuned for all the updates! I will be sending out announcements as soon as they arrive!