With the holidays, things have flown by and Emme is already a month old. Nothing crazy to report except she is a sweet baby and she’s changing so much already. She is fussiest around 11pm when we are ready for bed and it lasts a few hours. While I don’t wish these newborn days away, they certainly are tiring. A good newborn snuggle is wonderful but there are times I long to put her down for a bit. We are thankful for all the love she has been showered with already. I promise more blog updates and some past photos that I have not yet shared. For now, here is a favorite of our sweet little girl.

With just a few days left before the big man arrives, we needed to make one more trip to the Enchanted Village. And it was extra special to have Emme with us this year. Lucy and Jack really enjoy the walk through and the laser show. They sing along and really make it magical. We lucked out and Santa stayed late this night and we were able to sneak in a few pictures.

Hoping to not falling short on photos of child number three, here are some highlights from her first few days with us. In five short days she has changed so much, I think she is a combo of both Jack and Lucy but more and more I see Lucy in her. Emme is doing really great, still sleepy for the most part aside from a few hours last night that were rough. She was discharged from the hospital weighing 6lbs 6oz and Saturday morning rocked her weight check at 6lbs 10oz. Her routine is that typical of a newborn, poop-eat-sleep-repeat. Looking forward to sharing out adventures with her as we adjust to life as a family of five. So far so good on the big brother and sister front. They both seem to love her. Lucy is so helpful and wants to hold her all the time. Jack seems genuinely happy to have her here but has taken the opportunity to be a little tougher on us than usual. It all doesn’t seem quite real just yet.

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Our sweet little girl came into the world fast and furious last night! She decided at 39w2days that it was time to come let her momma get to wrapping without a giant belly in the way.

I put Jack down for a rest around and decided to lay down myself. I had not slept the night before and was exhausted. About an hour later, Jack came in and I had to get up to go get Lucy from school. Well when I stood up I had a small gush and thought it may be my water. I had no contractions to speak of and figured I’d see where things went. So after using the bathroom and realizing I had not just peed my pants, we went and picked Lucy up from school. I think I was in denial.

Then because I was feeling fine, I decided to drop off a box of books I had to donate in my car. We were home about 3:30 and I thought that things may be starting. No real timable contractions but I was feeling crampy. So I decided to touch base with Tom to come home. Since he works 45 minutes away and longer with traffic, this was probably not the best idea to have waited on doing in hind sight. So at 4:30 I told him he should come home and he bolted out of the office. I also asked Stacie to come over to stay with Lucy and Jack since the on call dr said to come in to labor and deliver. My doctor was sadly on vacation this week. After getting everything settled and the dishwasher loaded, off we went. It was so strange to experience things this way since my other two had been early morning elective inductions.

On the way to the hospital at 6pm, I was contracting about 3 minutes apart and getting uncomfortable but really thought I had a long night ahead. By 6:45 the contractions were really intense, I wasn’t even admitted yet. That all happened after she was born! Imagine the nurses giggle as they hand me a consent form for them to deliver my baby that I was holding.

The nurses checked me at 7:00 and I was 8cm. There was a ton of pressure and I knew there was no time for any pain meds. That’s when I turned into an alternate personality. The swearing and screaming was out of control. But somehow I was myself in between, Tom thought it wsa quite amusing. I was begging to push and asking for the doctor. He literally walked in and in two pushes out she was. It was pretty awesome.

Emme Grace weighed in at 6lbs 12oz, 19.5 inches. Her apgars were 8 and 9. Just like her brother, she was smurf blue with the cord around her neck at birth but she pinked right up. She has the same dark hair that Lucy had when she was born. I see a bit of both of them in her. It was amazing to see how alert she was right away and through the night. I guess she is getting ready to be on the alert with her two older siblings. We are in love!

With Emme’s pending arrival, I went digging for some of the first photos of Lucy and Jack. It’s hard to imagine them this little ever. They have changed so much. I am amazed how different the two of them look from one another. Now I really am dying to know what this little one will look like when she joins us.