Happy Baby!

We just had a great week-long visit with Megan's Mom (aka Nana Ellen), and we are all sad to see her leave! Luckily we get to see her again in about 2 weeks up at Great Grandpa's cabin in Northern Wisconsin. Emily had a great time with Nana Ellen and Mommy and Daddy really loved having the extra help and support! We can't thank her enough!Megan and Nana Ellen had a great time shopping at the outlet mall on Sunday (thanks for the new clothes Mom!). Megan is super excited to be back at her pre-pregnancy weight (even if her stomach still looks and feels a bit different). Plus Nana Ellen is an excellent cook and our freezer is stocked up again! We also celebrated our 3 year wedding anniversary and are amazed at how different our lives are now! Thanks to Nana Ellen for babysitting while we had a nice dinner out at Red's Alehouse!

At 12 weeks old, Emily is SO smiley now and very responsive when we walk into the room and talk to her. She loves to kick here legs and wave her arms around. She had her first laugh for Nana Ellen on the first day of her visit!

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Emily continues to sleep through the night from around 9 or 9:30 until about 5:30 or 6:00. Some nights she wakes up around 4:00, but Tom just changes her diaper and rocks her a bit and usually she goes back to sleep without too much fussing. Her fussy time is still in the early evening, but not every night, and doesn't last too long when she does have an episode. Emily is still eating 6 times a day, and taking about 1 hour naps in between. She loves playing on her playmat and batting the dangling toys around. She also is very responsive to singing and blowing raspberries! She only uses a pacifier when she wakes up early from a nap or sometimes in the evenings when she can be more fussy and just has a harder time calming down or napping.

Mommy and Daddy continue to alternate days at home with Emily, each of us are working two or three days a week until the end of July when Nana Ellen comes to visit again for a week and then she will start daycare the first week of August.

We are excited for a visit from Grandpa Joe and Aunt Julia and Aunt Rachel this weekend!