This and That

It's been a few days so I have a bit of catching up to do. Emma Kathryn is doing well. For the past several nights she has decided to be awake and fussy from11:00 pm - 3:00 am. This is a rough time to be up but I am surviving.

I got my flowers planted and they look great. I hope they survive. I tend to have a black instead of green thumb. I have also been working in a garden. My grandparents plant a garden every year and I decided to help them this year. We have planted corn, green beans, butter beans, cucumbers, turnip greens, okra and squash. We still have tomatoes, peppers, watermelons and cantaloupes left to plant. I have enjoyed spending time with Granny and Papaw. Most of the time Papaw and I work in the garden and Granny keeps the baby. I am guilty of not spending as much time with them as I should have in the past but am determined to remedy that since I'm no longer working. More often than not their generation gets kicked under the rug but if we would spend time with them and learn from them we would be much better off.

Emma Kathryn attended her first baseball game today. Ethan's team played Levi's team and Houston had a game also. We decided it would be a good time to go watch so we could kill 3 birds with 1 stone. She really enjoyed it. She took in all of her surroundings. We have been outside a good bit but every time she has been asleep. This was the first time she was awake and she loved it. I'm glad she did because now we have yo watch Caleb, Hayden, Sydney and Mackenzie play. Hopefully we can go to their games before the weather is to hot.

It's time to get munchkin to bed so farewell for the night.

1 Month

I can't believe my baby is a month old today. We took her for her one month Dr. visit on Thursday. Everything went well. She weighs 8lb and 15 oz and was 21 3/4 in long. She is sleeping a bit better at night but we still have a way to go. She has been fussy between 8:00-1:00 lately but maybe we will be through this stage soon. When she sleeps, she sleeps better and longer now so that helps.

After our Dr. visit Thursday we went to Browns and bought flowers to plant. I got 2 pretty hibiscus trees I can't wait to plant. I am going to put them in my pots on the porch. I hope to plant them tomorrow.

Emma Kathryn is getting fussy so I better go for the night.

Easter

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Easter. We have had a busy day. The Lord blessed us with beautiful weather and a wonderful Sunday morning service. We had a church full of people. It was great. Emma Kathryn woke up during church this morning and I was so afraid she would start screaming but she didn't. Thankfully I had a bottle ready and she ate and then went back to sleep.

After church we all came home to eat lunch. Aunt Dana, Jimmy, Anna Lee, Ethan, Abby, Aunt Kristi, Zac, MawMaw, Uncle Phillip and Aunt Lindsey ate lunch with us. It was yummy.

I decided last night that I would no longer nurse Emma Kathryn. I can't handle her vomiting after feedings and feeling that it is my fault. We gave her a formula bottle twice last night and twice thus far today and so far no severe vomiting. Maybe my milk and her just doesn't agree. I pray this will help her to feel better and sleep better. I will miss the bonding time it gave us but the bonding isn't worth it if she is going to scream and vomit for hours following feedings.

We have our Easter program at church tonight so everyone is busy getting ready for it today. It is always wonderful. If you have no plans for the night you should consider attending. It starts at 6:00 pm @ Berry Freewill Baptist Church. Hope to see you there.

My New Best Friend

As a new mother, next to lack of sleep, the hardest thing for me to adjust to is that it now takes double the time to prepare to go somewhere. For example, today I was going to take Emma Kathryn to the store to see Micah and the people he works with. I fed her and got her to sleep thinking I would have time to get ready while she slept. She had other things in mind. She slept long enough for me to shower and dry half of my hair but that was it. She started getting fussy and so I stopped getting ready and tried to calm her down, with no luck. I knew Micah was waiting on us and if we were going to get to Cordova before closing time I had to come up with a solution fast. That's when I remembered my Snuggle. If you have a baby and haven't used one I highly recommend it. I put her in that thing and she was asleep in about 2 min. I then was hands free to dry my hair and get my makeup done. Why hadn't I thought of that thing earlier I don't know but I will never forget it.

I had always seen parents using these but had never been a fan. To me it always looked uncomfortable for the baby because they were just hanging there. Boy was I wrong. I will be using the Snuggle while I do laundry, cleaning, getting ready and so forth. Now I no longer have to try to hold her with one hand and fix hair with another.

Well I guess I will stop blogging for tonight. My baby is sleeping soundly for now and hopefully we will have another good night.

God is so good!! Last night we had a wonderful church service with wonderful news. We had someone near and dear saved yesterday and is to be baptized on Sunday. Then there was no screaming last night, praise God. Emma Kathryn slept so much better. We were up every couple of hours for her to eat because she still vomited every feeding but she didn't scream between them. She even let me put her in her bed to sleep. I think I had forgot how good it felt to sleep in a bed.

Since it is such a beautiful day we are going to meet Aunt Lindsey and Maryalice at Berry to walk. I can't wait to get back to a normal schedule with some outdoor time and exercise. I didn't realize how boring sitting in the house could be. Maybe the pretty, warm weather will hang around for a while.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day. Take time to enjoy God's wonderful creation.

Our visit to the clinic went great. It was nice to see the people I worked with and to let them meet Emma Kathryn. Her US was good. No Pyloric Stenosis praise God. She wasn't a happy camper though. I couldn't feed her after 4 am and when she ate at 3:30 she threw it all up. Needless to say I have been awake with a screaming, starving infant since 3:30 this morning. Once we got to the clinic at 8:00 and they did her scan I got to feed her and she ate like a pig. She is back asleep now so I am about to go to my Granny Wallace's house and let her tend to the baby while I nap. She has been dying to get her hands on her but we have both been to busy to get our schedules together. I know she is excited we are coming so I better quit blogging and hit the road. Thanks to everyone for you prayers. Please continue to pray for us because even though she doesn't have stenosis she obviously has a serious case of reflux. Hope everyone has a great day.

NOW THAT I HAVE SOMETHING TO BLOG ABOUT I HAVE DECIDED TO HOP BACK ON THE BLOGGER TRAIN. MICAH AND I ARE STAYING BUSY WITH OUR BABY GIRL. SHE IS SUCH A BLESSING!!

FOR AN UPDATE ON EMMA KATHRYN:

SHE WEIGHS 8 LBS AND 6 OZ AND IS 20 INCHES LONG. I LOVE TO WATCH HER SLEEP BECAUSE SHE MAKES THE CUTEST FACIAL EXPRESSIONS. SHE STILL IS AWAKE FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT (I BELIEVE DUE TO STOMACH ISSUES) SO WHEN SHE IS SLEEPING IT IS USUALLY ON MY CHEST IN THE RECLINER. SHE HAS STARTED CRYING TEARS NOW WHICH MELTS MY HEART.

I TOOK HER FOR OUR FIRST WALK TODAY AND SHE DID GREAT. WE EVEN LET ZEKE GO AND HE DID GREAT TOO. I BELIEVE HE IS GOING TO BE VERY PROTECTIVE OF HER. EVERY TIME SHE CRIES HE RUNS TO THE WINDOW AND CRIES TOO UNTIL SHE STOPS. THE FIRST TIME HE DID IT WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT HE WAS DOING. ITS HILARIOUS TO SEE MY HUGE DOG WITH HIS NOSE STUCK UP TO THE WINDOW CRYING.

SHE HAS HAD MANY STOMACH ISSUES. SHE VOMITS EVERY FEEDING USUALLY ABOUT HALF OF WHAT SHE EATS. WE HAVE BEEN TO THE DOC TWICE IN A WEEK TO TRY TO GET HER ISSUES FIGURED OUT BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE FIRST VISIT HE PUT HER ON ZANTAC BUT IT MADE NO DIFFERENCE. TODAY HE SAID STOP THE ZANTAC AND GIVE HER A RICE BOTTLE PER DAY. WE GAVE HER THE FIRST RICE BOTTLE TODAY AND SHE VOMITED IT TOO. IN THE MORNING WE ARE TAKING HER TO HAVE AN ULTRASOUND TO MAKE SURE SHE DOESN'T HAVE PYLORIC STENOSIS. THE THOUGHT THAT MY BABY COULD HAVE THIS SCARES ME TO DEATH. THE DOC DOESN'T THINK SHE WILL HAVE IT BECAUSE SHE IS GAINING WEIGHT BUT HE IS STILL A BIT UNSURE. THAT BEING SAID, EVERYONE PLEASE KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS.

I GUESS I HAVE RAMBLED ENOUGH FOR ONE NIGHT, PLUS I AM HOLDING MY SLEEPING BEAUTY THUS TYPING WITH ONE HAND WHICH ISN'T EASY.

HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT NIGHT AND I WILL BE BACK TOMORROW WITH ANOTHER UPDATE.

LOVE,
THE BOZEMANS