3 times the joy

Monday, July 12, 2010

Emma Grace is 3 months old!

Time is flying!!

Our little gal is 3 months old this week and is discovering so many new things!

Emma continues to be an AMAZING baby – I don’t want to toot her horn – but she is seriously SO LOW KEY. Just goes along with whatever we are doing, let’s me know when she is hungry (eating 5 oz about every 2 1/2 hours now), rubs her eyes when she is tired (taking 3-4 45min/1hour naps a day) and watches what is going on! I was telling Katie this morning that my jaw is sore from gritting my teeth from just loving on her so much this weekend – such a cutie!

She had a great first week with Katie – ate well from the bottle, slept like a champ, and started to laugh at Katie and the boys. They are getting used to having her around and it is good practice for Dylan w/ his new sibling to arrive in September.

Below are some of Emma G’s favorite things and happenings at 3 months old!

loves her sophie giraffe – starting to grab onto things and put them INSTANTLY in her mouth!

She also likes playing with her froggy lovie – likes to nibble on her face!

crazy hair – let’s hope this goes down in the next few years…but it is turning blonder…

Rolling over! She thinks it is so funny and does it whenever you put her on her belly – still really enjoys “tummy time”

Starting to kick and interact with her hanging toys – loves this monkey one

Our kids love the toys from the ‘70s! Thanks, Ama!

Having fun during bathtime!

Sibling Love!!

Happy 3 month Birthday, Sweet Girl!!

Friday, July 9, 2010

Working Mom Guilt

My first week back to work is in the books! We have started to get our morning routine down and the kids did great! It is ALL ABOUT BEING ORGANIZED!!! Jack actually did not throw one fit about waking up at 7:00 (he is used to 8:30am for the past 3 months) and has been great with showing Emmy the ropes. I think he is actually excited to be back on a schedule with Katie and loves having his little sis by his side. We are going to split the days between the Korbmacher’s and our home, so our kids will actually just be at our house for 2-3 of the days each week for the rest of the summer until we figure it all out, which will be GREAT!

Emma is doing super! She has really taken to Katie and is taking the bottle well – I am REALLY hoping that I can pump enough to not need to supplement, but we’ll see how my body responds to the change. She loves to nurse, so I feel guilty about not being there, but I guess she’s got to learn about disappointment sometime, right? :-) I think all Mommies (working, SAHM, or WAHM) experience some kind of guilt – are we there enough, do they “need us”, are we doing the right things, teaching the right things, feeding the right things, etc…I try to remember that I personally feel that I am able to give more to them when we are together BECAUSE I am also satisfied professionally. It works for our family and I know they are in great hands and are happy during the day, which makes it SO MUCH EASIER.

Scott and Jack are leaving tonight for our family’s PA lakehouse for all of next week – AHHH! What will we do without our boys? Shopping, manicures, “Bethenny’s Getting Married” episodes… Ha! I will miss them, but glad that they get to do this father/son adventure!

I will leave you with a pretty pic of our smiley gal! Love her!