Emma- 6 weeks old

I could go back and enter posts for the last 6 weeks, but I'll put them all together into one instead. Wow! The last 6 weeks has flew by. Emma surprised us by coming early. We had planned a C-section for April 8, so when contractions began on the evening of April 1, I was shocked. I actually tried to convince myself that I was not having contractions. By the middle of the night, however, I could no longer talk myself out of the contractions.

Emma was born at 9:12 A.M. by C-section. Seeing her for the first time was a moment I will never forget. Especially because Jason was there with me. Jason got to walk her back to the hospital room and spent the first hour of her life with her. She is destined to be a daddy's girl. Alex lost his third tooth at school too, I'm not sure which excited him more, Emma or the tooth! Life at the hospital was great. The nurses and staff took great care of Emma and me. And the food was decent, imagine that!

We took Emma home on April 5. It was raining, but warm. We had to take Alex to a birthday party and shop at Target for all those things we needed but haven't gotten yet. She seemed so small. Being born at 6lbs, 11oz, she had lost some weight and was only 6lbs, 2oz when we went home. The 0-3 month clothes didn't fit. She grew quickly and the clothes began to fit within a week.

We discovered all too quickly that she does not sleep well on her back. The gorgeous bassinet we bought cannot be used. So she sleeps in a papasian bouncer. Man, that thing looks cozy. She does not sleep through the night. She can go about 3 hours before she is ready to eat again. But she sleeps well during the day. We are still working on getting her into a normal circadian cycle. On the day of her being 6 weeks we had two firsts...she cooed at Jason while he changed her diaper (that's right, Jason changes diapers!!!!). She also found her thumb for the first time. How cute!