Perhaps the biggest event we’ve been dealing with the past couple weeks is Emmy attending her new school, and mommy going back to school (or, uh, work). It hasn’t been easy, but I think we’re all adjusting pretty well. Emmy’s teachers at Wieuca seem wonderful and very experienced – Ms. Brenda has been in the infant room for 13 years and Ms. Catherine has 9 children! So it isn’t that I feel nervous about our little baby’s care, I just miss her terribly! By the time we get home, have tubby time and a bottle, June Bug can hardly keep her eyes open and it’s time for bed. So needless to say, we now live for the weekends, and savor every minute we all get to spend together.
Emmy has gotten to be so much fun and is so happy all (or at least most) of the time. There are a few things she doesn’t like – getting dressed for the day, being strapped into her car seat, or any gadget for that matter. Our little one is definitely a morning person. Could it be she sleeps 11-12 hours a night and is well rested? Like I said, she is most happy in the morning, but has started giving us smiles all day long, when prompted. She even let out a few belly laughs yesterday while on the changing table – which yes, is her favorite place to hang out.
We also had another momentous happening occur yesterday, at least we thought it was – Emmy got in the pool and didn’t cry! She actually seemed to like it. We’ve been trying since she was about 2 months old, so it only took a month and a half for her to adjust. We’re so excited, I think we may make a trip back tomorrow to try it out again.
Emmy also made her first trip to church this morning. We sat in the back with several other babies and their families. Em made it the whole time without a tear. The bottle I brought certainly helped. One of the families we sat with was the Hood’s. Their daughter, Amelia, is a few weeks older than Emmy. It’s pretty funny, but the company Meggan works for is one of our Agency’s clients, so while I didn’t know her, I had been made aware of her daughter’s blog and had been following it so that I could see what I could expect out of Emmy in the coming weeks.
Emmy also started The Music Class this week. She attends the class with all infants under 10 months. It’s so funny to see the babies’ faces light up when the music is on and they are able to play with the instruments.
We've also taken a couple road trips. First was for Aunt Heidi's bday up to her parents' lake house and then also to Asheville last weekend. Junebug did wonderfully and just slept in the baby bjorn during the Biltmore tour. It was nice to get away for a couple days.
So on to the not so fun update…Daddy leaves on Tuesday for corporate training in Connecticut…for 3 ½ weeks and he isn’t allowed to come home! We’re all feeling very sad. Em and I may make a trip up to see daddy if we just can’t take it, and if it fits into the rigorous schedule he’ll be put through. We’re going to set up the webcams on both of our computers so that we can have several webcam calls. Emmy grows so quickly, and we don’t want daddy to miss it!
Sugar Gram will be headed to Destin with June Bug and me for Brandi and Nate’s wedding in a couple weeks. Sadly, Daddy will still be at training, so he can’t attend. I’ll be sure and post some pics from that weekend! But in the meantime, check out some of my favorite photos from the past few weeks. The Nantucket onesie was a gift from her uncles Kyle and Willis...she just loves it! :)
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