Many firsts!

This week has been quite the busy week for Emily full of new things!

• She has successfully slept in her crib in her room across the hall rather than in our room for the past few nights.
  
• She has been doing a good job taking one bottle per night from Dad so Mom gets a little break. Although she tends to be a bit more fussy after that feeding than others, so we tried a different kind of bottle and that might be helping. Our next hope is that she gets better at not spitting up every single time she is burped! We can not believe how much laundry we are doing just because of Emily spitting up on herself, us, or the burp cloths! Megan knew that breastfeeding would be hard, but had no idea it would feel like so much work! With the frequency and scheduling of it alone, that's hard enough, but then add in that it isn't exactly comfortable, and Emily spits up every time, that's draining!
  
• She had some friends come and visit and even bring yummy food for Mom and Dad! Thanks so much to Krista & Emily, Erica & Cristi, and Kara! We are so appreciative of the dinners, you can't even imagine! And Emily loved meeting new friends and behaved pretty well for all of them! Krista & Emily even got to see Tom do the SHHHHH technique from Happiest Baby on the Block and were quite impressed!
  
• We were able to take two walks around the neighborhood in the stroller and she slept both times. She also has been in the Moby sling wrap a couple times with Mom outside as we supervise Dad working on cleaning up the yard. Great work Dad! We have had our first few warm days (85 degrees currently) so we all have enjoyed getting out of the house.
  
• She has also used the pacifier a few times when she gets overtired and needs help calming down and it works well. She tends to be the most fussy around dinner time. But it has been only occasionally that she is difficult to get to calm down.
  

• Last night she slept for three hours straight from putting her down after one feeding to waking up for the next. So that meant she was able to go a little longer between feedings at night, which is our next goal! Here's hoping she continues that trend, especially since Tom is going back to work tomorrow...

• Today Emily (and Mom) also had our first real outing to somewhere besides the doctor's office! We went to Target and to Menards and Mom did all the loading and unloading of baby, carseat, and gear as Dad supervised so Mom could get a little more used to it since she will be on her own starting tomorrow! Emily did great and slept the whole time!