Two months

Emmalyn sure has grown this month! And has started making the cutest expressions. We went to the doctor on Thursday and she was 9 lbs, 14 oz and was 22.5 inches long! She is definitely on track to be a tall, lean girl just like her big sister. She is still eating between 2-4 ounces every 3 hours or so. She sleeps well, but wakes frequently :) We are hoping she will start sleeping a little longer at night now that I have gone back to work. But most nights it's not too bad.

One month

I can't believe it but Emmalyn Elise is a month old today! She is a great baby! She weighs about 8 pounds and is about 21 inches long. I think she is going to be tall and skinny like her sister. Em usually eats 3 ounces about every three hours and is getting up two to three times during the night. Really the only time she is fussy is when she wants to eat. I witnessed her first real smile yesterday. I was on the phone with Chris and I put him on speaker. He told Em hello and she lit up and got a huge grin on her face! It was so sweet! And can I tell you? This girl has an amazing big sister. We are so blessed with these two beautiful girls!

Emmalyn Elise is here!

Emmalyn Elise was born on Tuesday April 3, 2012 at 12:12 p.m. She was 6 lbs 14 oz and 19 3/4 inches. She is a great baby! And her sweet sister has been pretty amazing with her too.

Newborn Emmalyn

Meeting big sister for the first time!

Headed home!

Dad and his beautiful girls

1 week old

New family pictures

Several weeks ago, Ryan, a friend of ours, took some great pics of our family. Here are a few of my favorites.

So many choices

You've heard of Pinterest right? Seriously, if you haven't, you really need to check it out.

I've been working on a board for Emmalyn's room, but it has so many ideas I'm having trouble paring it down. So to help myself, here are a few of my absolute favorites. What do you think?

For wall color and wainscotting (although ours will be higher up, more like 3/4's the height of the room)

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Love the yellow dresser. We currently have an old highboy dresser that is green. I think it is time for a new color and new handles.

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Love this free printable as a mobile

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Gorgeous hand lettered chalk sign for Emmalyn's name and birth date

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Love the tissue poms!

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Wall art options

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Two rug options:

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wallpaper behind the crib?

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OK I think that's enough for now :). Hopefully we will get started on the room over the holidays. I am ready to see it start to come together! We can't wait for Miss Emmalyn to be here!

Out of the mouths of babes

So, I just had to record my conversation with Lilli yesterday for posterity.

Lilli: Mommy, I don't know what I'm getting you yet for Christmas. I'm getting Daddy a new computer.

Me: You are?

Lilli: Yep, a blue one, not a white one.

Me: Who's going to pay for that.

Lilli: I don't know, but they are. And when they buy it, I'm going to download it.

Me: Oh really? Baby what does download mean?

Lilli: It's when they put it all in a package. I'm going to get it for Daddy and then download it!

Me: OK baby. <laughing inside and wishing I had recorded this conversation> I know your Daddy will love it!

Introducing....

Emmalyn Elise Cornwell