1 year!!!

Whew now time is really flying...I cannot believe my baby girl is 1! We had a fabulous birthday party with lots of your friends and family, and you enjoyed yourself big time! Here's what you are up to these days:
Size: 19 lbs, 12 oz 29 inches long, still in size 3 diapers and in most 12 month outfits! Doctor said you are in 50th percentile for everything which is great!
Developments: You took 12 whole steps on your buddy Colt's 1 year birthday, so I know the date was November 14th.  From there you just kept getting stronger and taking more, and now you are everywhere walking! You still crawl some, but you are walking more than crawling.  You will tell us when it's time to eat by signing and saying EAATTTT...it's very cute! You are climbing on things now and also starting to throw little tantrums, which are currently being ignored, we may deal with these different later :).  Still lots of mamas, dadas, daaaa(dog), heys, and thank yous!!
Eating: You are a great eater, except you have fallen back a little this past week because of you having an ear infection (your first one ever and first round of antibiotics ever).  You love bananas, bread, basically anything we are eating!! You are on whole milk now and are doing great so far, but mommy confesses, we have to get rid of the nighttime bottle sooner rather than later! It pains me to do it also, but I have to think of you and your little teethies!! We also need to move from the bottle to sippy cup, and make sure to brush those teeth after and before bed! This bottle is going to be no easy task to get rid of :(.
Likes: Still loves baby einsteins, watching Kingston, riding on your new Minnie Mouse train, climbing up and down into chairs, blowing everyone kisses(as you ride on your train...it's cute buy oh boy are we in trouble!), waving bye-bye, and you still LOVE to clap!
Dislikes: Again, still getting ready for bed and your car seat, we hope the car seat will get better if Santa brings DVD players for the car and a new seat to turn you forward to see everyone!!
Sleeping: Sleeping has still been great, except for this whole past week due to an ear infection...we hope this clears up soon!!!
You are the light of our lives and I love spending every second of mine with you and your daddy!

1 more month til the big ONE!!!

OMG next month you are one year old...please time slow down!! I cannot wait until your party, but I wish you would stay this age forever you are so much fun, but I know there is even more fun to come as you grow older.  I pray every night that God will help your daddy and I to raise you to be a wonderful young lady!
Size: You are around 19 pounds and wearing more 12 month outfits. The pants are still a little long because you are a shorty, but you can wear a lot of your 12 month stuff now.  You are still in size 3 diapers and they still fit great!
Developments: You took ONE whole step yesterday, and that was it....no more still crawling up a storm :).  You say HEYYYYY and it's the cutest hey I've ever heard.  Still lots of Dadas, some mamas, daaaas (dog), and hmmm I think that's about it for now.  8 teeth total, and a major step crawler, you can up all of them all by yourself now...yikes!
Eating: Still 4 bottles a day, 6 ounces each.  You love cheese, crackers, peaches, bananas, squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, turkey, cheese ravioli, basically anything that's NOT pureed!
Likes: LOVE baby einstein dvds, love watching your cousin, love watching doggies and cat at aunties, being tickled under the neck, patty cake, climbing the stairs, walking with your toys, you are just such a joy!!!
Dislikes: I don't know if you will ever not scream at bedtime when it's time for pjs, you have also started to get worse about getting into your car seat, throwing your head back and not wanting to sit down, you are quite the drama queen actually. 
Sleeping: Oh we love our sleep, and that's exactly what we are still getting.  There will be some nights that you will wake up when you haven't been feeling well, or teething, but other than that WHEW it's great!
I can't believe this is the last post before your big birthday.  Your pictures didn't turn out so well, try getting a baby trying to walk to sit still for a picture! Also, you were sick hence the red bumpy cheeks :(

10 months

Well baby girl, I cannot believe it's time to start planning your first birthday party.  I wish time would slow down, but you are so amazing and show me and your daddy something new and fun everyday you are learning!!
Size: You are around 19 pounds and we won't get your length again until your 1 year appointment.  You are in mainly 9 month clothes and some 12 month, except for pants of course because you are a little shorty like your momma! Still in size 3 diapers!
Developments: You have your 4 top teeth, 2 bottom teeth, and a new one that just poked through last week on the bottom, so 7 teethies total now! You have learned to Patty cake and know exactly when to "roll them over" too! You have learned the doggy says Woof Woof, you say mamamamaa daddaadada, and granddad has been teaching you granddad.  You are not walking yet but it's coming soon, you stand up for longer periods by yourself now and do a lot of furniture cruising.  You have learned to play peek a boo yourself and you seem to mimic us a lot more now when something is funny to you.  You are so cute in your car seat when you talk to yourself in your mirror it's the funniest thing! You are doing a lot now-a-days so I'm sure I'm missing something!!
Eating: 4 bottles a day still, 6 ounces in each.  3 meals a day and you are becoming one picky eater! I think you have self-weaned yourself from baby food and just want anything off our plates, bread, crackers, whole pieces of fruit, pasta, ham, turkey, cheese, etc.  You have also begun throwing the food on the floor that you are not interested in...you little monster!
Likes: Still loves Mickey Mouse, Baby Einstein, watching your daddy throw the football/basketball, driving the car (well pretending), you LOVE both your granddads no one else can hold you when they are around!, doggies, loves bike riding with mommy and daddy, and lots more!!
Dislikes: Still hates getting pjs on at bedtime, and HATESSSS getting in your carseat! And pretty much now all veggies :).
Sleeping: YOU SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT haha YAYYY finally...some nights are rough and are normally now only when you don't feel good or if a toothie is popping through! Most nights you go down around 8:00 and sleep til 7:00 straight...shew mommy and daddy really appreciate it baby girl!
These are some 10 month pics....your 10 month photo shoot didn't go so well haha

9 months

9 months...wow only 3 more months til you're 1!! Cannot believe it!
Size: You were 18 pounds exactly at your 9 month appointment, 27 3/4 inches long and average on each growth chart.  You wear mostly 9 month clothing and still in 6 month sleepers so they don't slide off your feet since you are a shorty :).  You are still in size 3 diapers and probably will for a while.
Developments: You have gotten 2 more teeth, so now you have all four in the front, top and bottom.  You have had croup this month which took a VERY long time to get over, but overall you have always been a pretty healthy baby.  You are waving, clapping, and because of your auntie, you can do sign language.  You mainly just sign more while you are eating, it's so cute!  Still crawling and pulling up on everything...I really think walking is right around the corner as strong as your legs are!  Your personality has really come around, you love to be tickled under your neck, and have started to laugh at the babies on the baby einstein dvds....it's so cute!  We are currently working on getting your butt to sleep through the night, it's getting better we are having to let you cry it out some though...mommy HATES that!!!
Eating: You eat about 4 bottles each day, 5/6 ounces in each.  You love sweet potatoes and carrots which we have quit mashing and let you take these in soft chunks.  You love real bananas and peaches, still loooove apples, and of course your puffs and yogurt for snacks.
Likes: You still love baby einstein, you have started laughing out loud at it haha, you love being tickled under your neck, this makes you laugh so loud too.  You are getting the most personality, loving watching tyson, loving trying to walk, and just loving to learn really!
Dislikes: You hate peas still, I keep trying, and you keep gagging haha.  You still hate to ride in the carseat, but only at night if you are super sleepy, you will basically scream until we get home from wherever we are. 
We love you so much baby girl, you are such a blessing to us!

8 months!

This last month has been the most eventful one thus far! I cannot believe in 4 short months we will have a 1 year old...:(, makes me very sad seeing the time fly so fast.
Developments: Let's see, where do I begin....crawling for 2 weeks now, standing up and pulling up on everything, I'm pretty sure you will be walking before too long you want to so bad!! Your first word was Ma-Ma, unfortunately the day before Father's Day..in front of your daddy :(.  Now we get a lot of ba-bas, da-das, ma-mas, it's all so cute when you get going.  And finally you had your 2 front bottom teeth pop through at the end of June, whew, seems like the sleeping has gotten slightly better since this! Fingers crossed!!! You are such a joy, you jump all around on the bed with me and your daddy being such a ham, you love to dance to music, and you still love your baths (even more now that you have the whole tub to splash in!).
Eating: You still eat 6 bottles a day, with one being a midnight feeding...we are going to try and shake this one soon, but the sleeping is good so we are afraid to chance it.  You are just one of those babies that will not eat a lot during the day and I feel like you were waking up at night a lot because of hunger, so we'll see if we can get rid of this one in the next few months, but no rush :).  You eat 3 times a day, oatmeal twice, veggies twice, and fruits twice.  You Love sweet potatoes, and looove apples that mommy bakes for you and purees.  You love peaches and bananas too, you are now getting peaches cut up so you can start feeding yourself which you are very good at.  Recently we have started you on some blueberry yogurt which you also love!!! You are not loving any veggie but sweet potatoes unfortunately, but you will eat peas, carrots, and squash if I mix with oatmeal. 
Likes: You still love watching Mickey Mouse, baby einstein, and now you can add Yo Gabba to that thanks to our last visit to Unkie Brad and Coopers house :).  You still love watching Kingston, jumping up and down, love getting tickled under your chin on your neck, flipping upside down with daddy, and watching Tyson.  You are such a joy!!
Dislikes: You still hate bedtime there's lots of screaming, I just don't think this will EVER change!!You also get fussy at bottle-time, but we are used to all this now so you don't bother us, we just have to plan our dinners out around this time or else we will run the whole restaurant out!
Sleeping: You are sleeping better still, some nights great, some nights not as much.  You go down around 7:30, bottle around midnight, sometimes you try and wake around 3:30 or 4:00 but mommy tries hard and you will go back to sleep until around 7am.
I think you weigh around 17 1/2 pounds, you don't have another appointment until 9 months, but this is what you weighed when you had hand, foot, mouth week before last :(.  That was a rough week! you were only down and out about 2 days, then mommy got it and was down and out 2-3 days, no fun!!
I love you will all my heart, I cannot imagine my life without you!

 She's working on her fitness...look at that cute thang!

She doesn't seem to want to sit still for her glamour shots anymore :(...

Very late 7 month post!:)

The Asby household is a very busy one trying to be full-time parents, one in school, and raising a sweet little active 7 month old! So, my blogging has definitely taken a backseat to the priorities in our lives! Speaking of the biggest priority, Emmy B! Here's what she is doing these days:
Weight: I think you are somewhere around 17 pounds and a few ounces, you are in size 3 diapers and in mostly 6 months clothes and getting into some of your 9 month clothes.  Mommy is excited about these clothes, they are mostly the realllyyyy cute ones she bought before you were even born :).


Developments: You are sitting, rolling front to back and back to front, you are also spending much more time on your belly lifting up and scooting back and forth(watch out crawling is in our near future!!!), laughing up a storm recently and mommy loves it...oh and sorry daddy but first word was MA-MA on June 16th-yes the day before father's day :(.  This was the first word and have not heard it since, but hey I'll take it!! Still no teeth, but still lots of drool and chewing.  PULLING up on everything, we are getting ready to move your pack and play down while you play in it because one of these days you are going to pull to a stand up and do a nose dive!
Eating-You eat 5 bottles a day, 5 ounces each with one dreamfeed around midnight.  Breakfast you eat oatmeal and fruit, lunch fruit and veggie, and supper veggie and oatmeal.  You love apples, sweet potatoes, and puffs! Peas hurt your tummy so we'll try these again at a later date!
Likes- Mickey Mouse still gets smiles and arms swinging when he comes on, it's the cutest thing ever.  You also loooove baby einstein, I think i'm turning you into mommy's tv buddy :(.  You love your cousin, he gets the most laughs, you love jumping in our laps, watching any dog especially Tyson, bathtime, your first pool date with your buddy Colt was last Saturday and I think you highly enjoyed yourself!

Dislikes: You still get fussy right around bottle time, but we try and hurry the best we can :).  You also still really dislike bedtime, getting dressed for bedtime is a lot of crying, but we are used to this now too and try to get you dressed before you get too tired.
Sleeping: We can FINALLY say, muchhhhh better.  Still not a great sleeper, but we are doing a lot better.  You go down around 7:30 and take a bottle around midnight, daddy has a secret potion for this bottle haha maybe a little cereal??? I don't care because you normally sleep til 7am, some nights you wake around 3:30, but mommy comes and rocks you a minute and you go back to sleep.  If you have a bad night you will sometimes try to wake for the day at 5:00, but we try our hardest to not let this happen too often :).

1/2 year birthday!

I cannot believe we are halfway through your first year, mommy gets teary when I think how fast you are growing up.  BUT, you are such a joy...everyone is right when they kept saying just wait until 6 months she gets even better!!
Developments: You are sitting pretty like a big girl and you love it...you hate laying your back a lot now haha.  You also still get mad after  you are on your tummy for a few minutes but we gotta let you, this is how you are supposed to learn to crawl!! You still looove Mickey Mouse and you talk to him a lot on tv.  You are saying many syllables, mainly MAAAA which I'm really hoping will turn into mama before Dada, but I've been told it's normally Dada first.  Still teething like crazy, we are hoping for a tooth soon so we can see the finished product of the fussiness we know is coming from teething.
Eating:  You still eat about 6 bottles a day, but have cut back to about 5 ounces each, I believe your reflux has made a reappearance and so we have increased your zantac doseage and hope this will help.  You are eating cereal morning and lunch, and then you either get sweet potatoes, carrots, or bananas at lunch and supper.  You love puffs and mum mums!
Likes: Mickey mouse, paci, dogs, exerciser, watching other kids and babies especially kingston, sitting up, you love your auntie (You smile really big when she comes around), your lovey, any kind of water, bath or pool, anything cold on your gums!
Dislikes: You still hate flipping to your belly, this has been known to wake you up early in the mornings :(.  You hate anything painful, it seems teething is sooo bad for you, and if you poke yourself wrong or anything you scream loud haha, this came from mommy.  You still hate being hungry, but we know when that's coming so normally this isn't bad anymore.  You hate getting dressed before bed, I guess it's because you are so tired but this is your worst time of day!
Sleeping: Let's not go there. :)

You took your first ride in the jogging stroller on 5/20, you so enjoyed it!

5 months...I cannot believe it!

I can't believe you are 5 months already, you are growing way too fast!!
Size: You seem to be weighing in right at about 15 pounds, you are getting to be a big girl! You are in mainly 6 month outfits and most 3 month clothes are very snug :).  Still in size 2 diapers.
Developments: You are rolling from back to tummy like crazy, then you just get stuck and get mad because you can't get back over yet haha.  You are eating cereal twice a day, noon and dinner and we will probably try to re-introduce sweet potatoes this weekend during the day.  We did that one night and it gave you a terrible tummy ache :(.  You are almost sitting up, this should be anyday now! You are talking like crazy and can get pretty loud at times when you get excited about what you are trying to say haha.  Your tummy seems to be getting better and better, you are getting much less fussy and I think this is you growing out of your newborn tummy issues.  We think you may be getting a tooth, but we've been saying this for a while so we shall see!
Eating:  You eat 6 bottles a day, most days it's 4 formula bottles and 2 breastmilk bottles, sometimes 3 breastmilk just depends.  You eat about 6 ounces each bottle and then your 2 feedings of cereal each day.  You take 4 naps a day, normally one long one somewhere in there.  You are also snacking on mum-mum rice cakes, you love these!
Likes: Your feet, you think they are the most fun! Still love Mickey Mouse, your paci, cuddle time with mommy in the middle of the night(mommy loves you too but would love to sleep haha), your exer-saucer, being outdoors, watching the doggies (you have really started noticing tyson and wanting to touch him all the time, poor tyson haha).
Dislikes: Flipping to your belly and not being able to get back, you still hate being hungry but you are actually going much longer in between now, still hate being in your carseat when you are sleepy but this is getting much better. 
The sleeping is getting a little better, we have had 2 super nights this week, and one really bad one...we are going to have to play some tough love again I fear :(.

A little late 4 month post :)

Size: You are now weighing in at 13 lbs., 8 oz, 24 inches long which are both right at average(50th percentile) for little girls.  You are in 3-6 months clothing, most Carter's outfits you can wear 6 months and you can still squeeze in some 3 month clothes.  You are just recently in size 2 diapers, growing perfectly on track the dr. says :).
Developments: You laughed at your daddy and me the first time on March 12th, you have done a few more chuckles since then so I know we are getting closer to the full on giggles, can't wait!!! You are trying your very best to sit up, every time we lay you on the changing table you lift your head up and your legs trying, we say you are working on your abs hehe.  You have had some tummy troubles since you were born and so we have changed formulas several times, we hope this is something you will outgrow VERY soon! You have had some rice cereal by spoon a few times and seem to like it ok, we also let you try a little sweet potatoes when we made them for you the other night and these seemed to interest you! You love to copy mommy when I look at you and open my mouth wide you seem to do the same its so stinking cute!
Eating: You eat 3 breastmilk bottles and 3 formula bottles each day, 5 oz each!  We have been feeding you similac sensitive but think that you are starting up again showing signs that you may need to try the nutramigen, we were trying to avoid this so much but we might as well try it, can't hurt!! We give you rice cereal in your bottles in the morning and at night and are going to increase this after visiting the dr. today!
Likes: You love Mickey Mouse still, exerciser is becoming more popular to you, strolling around with mommy after work you just look up and smile so big, you love your cousin you think he is so funny, you loveeee your paci, you love when I sing to you even though it's the worst sounding vocals ever!!
Dislikes: Being hungry, you have recently become a difficult sleeper and daddy and I have been informed by the doctor a little tough love may be needed instead of running to you and putting paci in every time you cry! You don't really like riding in the car you basically scream the whole ride for whatever reason, you also do NOT like having gas it makes you very angry.
Hopefully I can update next blog post that you have become a wonderful sleeper again because for the past 2-3 weeks your daddy and I go to work on basically 3 or 4 hours of sleep at night and it's ROUGH.  So, we are going to stop running to you at night when you cry and try to teach you how to soothe yourself back to sleep, we'll let you know how this goes within the next week or so, wish us much luck!!!!
How can you not just love this little darling? I love baby summer clothes they are just the best and I'm so excited I've been able to put some on her lately!

First Baseball Game

You attended your first ECU baseball game on 2/18/2012.  Daddy was pretty excited you came!!

3 months old

Size: Based on our scales at home, you are somewhere around 12 pounds, you have definitely hit your 3 month growth spurt and are growing like crazy!!  You are still in size 1 diapers, which are actually starting to get a little snug and this is bad because we have lots of this size haha.  You are now in mainly all 3 month clothes, and honestly I don't think you will be in these very long because you are growing so fast! 
Developments: Nana and Granddad still call you a "mess". You have gotten to be such a good, predictable baby now and that makes for a happy baby, and in turn, a happy mommy and daddy.  You are definitely sleeping through the night now and will go to bed anytime between 8:00-9:00, and you will sleep until about 6:00 or 6:30 to eat, play a few minutes and go back to bed for another 2 or so hours around 7:30.  You still can be laid sleepy, but awake, in your rocker and will fall asleep on your own staring at your gloworm.  Your schedule has been mastered by you, and your mommy and daddy now! Wake at 6:45 to eat, go back to sleep around 7:30 until about 10:00, eat again, play an hour, back to nap around 11:30, eat again around 12:30-1:00, sleep again around 1:30-2:00, eat again around 3:00-3:30, then down for a 2 hour nap around 3:45 or so.  Mommy usually has to wake you up around 5:45 after I get home from work.  You are smiling like crazy and I know you will be laughing anyday now.  You are getting better about tummy time, but you still don't really like it.  You still get very fussy during Jeopardy(around 7:30 each night), but this is just you telling us it's time for you to get a bath, get your bottle, and GET to bed before we have a breakdown!!!! 
Eating: You are growing like a weed!!! Mommy couldn't quite keep up anymore after your 3 month growth spurt hit, so you now get 6 bottles a day, 2 formula, 4 breastmilk, cereal in the morning and night bottles, and you are now drinking 5 ounces each time, WOAH.  
Likes: Vibrating seat, mobile in crib, activity mat, being swaddled, having your butt pat, your paci, bathtime, mommy and daddy playing with you, sleeping in the car, your buddy Colt, looking in the mirror, laying on your changing table with us talking to you(this is when we get the most smiles), you love Mickey Mouse and Jake and the Neverland pirates on Disney.

Dislikes: Being hungry, sleepy, being put in your carseat, cold baby wipes.
It has been a huge adjustment with mommy going back to work and Daddy staying home with you, and yet another adjustment with your auntie starting to keep you starting this Thursday. I'm so glad to know we will be leaving you with someone who loves you, but I still miss you terribly every day :(. We love you so much you cannot even imagine and can't believe how fast you are growing!!!

Maternity Leave Days

I wanted a way to remember how my little princess and I spent our 1st 3 months together so I decided to blog about my maternity leave time.  First of all, it wasn't always easy I will start out with that, but I am so grateful I got this time to spend with her.  In the beginning, I would watch the clock until 5:00 came because I knew Steven would be pulling up any minute to give me a breather!!! As the weeks went by, this need for 5:00 disappeared, I think a mother and her new baby just have to have time to figure each other out.  Emery eventually started getting on a good schedule and I learned her cries, her wants, etc. 
You started sleeping through the night around 8-9 weeks, of course, there are still great nights, and sometimes still bad nights but overall you are a great sleeper! After you started sleeping through the night, you get up around 6:30-7:00 and we will have your first bottle in bed.  Then, we would play about 30 minutes or so and you would want to go right back to sleep until about 9:30, then time for another bottle and after that you would sit in your vibrating seat and watch Mickey Mouse, I really think you enjoyed this a lot but it could also have been the colors and music haha. 

This picture has made me notice how bad our cords look behind the tv, hmmm, this could be on the honey-do list soon.

After some play time we would go upstairs and change clothes out of our pjs, and it's time for a quick nap in your crib(yes we are still trying to transform you into your crib)! Around lunchtime we would either stay in and play some more, or a lot of times we would venture out to run errands, or we would go eat lunch with Kristen and your boyfriend Colt, or a lot of times your Granddad would come visit during the day.  This gave mommy a chance to clean up, get a shower, etc. 

You would then go down for another long, swaddled nap late in the afternoon and after this it was time for daddy to come home! After 12 wonderful weeks, I think we are finally getting your cute little self on a schedule.  Wake at 6:45, bottle around 7:00, back to sleep by 8:00 until maybe 9:30 or so.  Bottle #2, then Mickey Mouse and quick nap around 10:30.  Bottle #3 anywhere around 12:00-1:00, then play upstairs on your playmat, mobile in crib, tummy time, etc.  Then time for one more quick cat nap around 2:00.  Wake and Bottle #4 around 3:00, then play some more and time for your swaddled afternoon nap around 3:30-4:00.  We are trying to get your last nap a little earlier and not let you sleep longer than 5:30 so you are ready for your bedtime at 8:00-8:30 :).

Your schedule has been hard to come by especially since we had everything going great until our not so good friend RSV hit and you were a sick little baby.  I have never felt so helpless and am so glad you are back to normal.  This hit the week before I went back to work and took a good 10 days to leave.  You had trouble eating, sleeping, etc. it was a rough week and a half to say the least!!! When RSV decided to leave though, your appetite picked up times TEN! You have hit your 3-month growth spurt and you are eating like a little pig! More to come on this subject in your 3-month blog post :). 

The 12 weeks we spent just me and you were the best days of my life, but it is time for mommy to go back to work, it was the hardest day of my life to leave you, but it makes our nights and weekends so much more special.  Your daddy has taken over and is keeping you until March 1st when your Aunt Lindsay will start keeping you, I'm so glad yall are getting to spend these days together.  Mommy feels so much better about knowing you are with people who love you, I'm sure this is the best option for you besides mommy of course :).  We love you so much and I love rushing home in the afternoons to see your sweet face!!!!

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day from the Asbys! We hope everyone has had a great day, we had a great Valentines day with our little girl, but this is my last day of maternity leave and I have been one sad momma all day :(.  I know it's the right thing for our family though and thank God I have such a wonderful job to get back to with a wonderful group of people!
We have been doing well and I will be posting about our days as Emery and I have spent them over the last 12 weeks hopefully tonight so that I can look back on our time together. 
I just wanted to post our little surprise we gave daddy today, I think he loved it! Who wouldn't???