Fur Brothers and Sister

Emme Claire with Bella (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel)


EC with Asher (Bichon Frise)


EC with Brody (Bichon Frise)


My poor pups never get their picture taken anymore so I decided to get a pic of EC with each of them the other day because they had just gotten beautified at the groomer. (yes we still take good care of them haha!)

The new formula seems to be working great! Not nearly as much spitting up! Yay!
EC loves to "talk" and loves to be talked to. She is starting to notice more and more of her surroundings. She can sit in her Bumbo seat so good now and doesn't even need it to be stuffed with a blanket for support. She slept in her crib for the last three nights! Yay!! We didn't even have to put the Nap Nanny in the crib, she slept right on the mattress itself. We are still using the little sleep positioner though.
Right now she is laying on the floor on her activity mat looking up at all the pretty things dangling above her and listening to the music. She seems to be enjoying it a lot. I've been reading her little board books to her for a few weeks now and she really likes them. We sit in the rocking chair in her room and I slowly flip the pages while reading it to her and she just stares at the pictures. I think she likes the pictures but she also likes listening to my voice. She loves attention!! And she can't stand to be ignored. We are going to have our hands full! Who am I kidding... we already do!

We had to take Brody to the vet Saturday morning and so while we were there we laid EC on the exam table (it is also a scale) and it said she weighs 11 lbs and 5 oz. I'm not sure how accurate it was though.

I had to clean out some of the clothes in her armoire the other day. Some of her newborn stuff still fits, like the dresses and gowns. But the onesies are all too short for her, they fit in the waist but she has gotten too long and they won't snap.
For now I'm just folding the clothes and putting them in one of her dresser drawers. Luckily she still has some empty drawers and some closet space but I'm sure everything will be full before she is even a year old. I'm already thinking that we may have to turn the guest bedroom into a playroom for her because this house is so small. We never have any guests anyway. Plus she is gonna need somewhere to put things like little play kitchens and mini tables and chairs for her tea parties. :) I love having a little girl! So much fun!

The Night Owl

Emme Claire absolutely loves this owl shaped night light I got her in Houston. I blogged about it in the previous post. Now I'm going to post some pics of it. It is so cool! I took the pics in the dark but it looks like the light is on due to the flash, so you can't see how brightly it shines. I couldn't figure out how to take the picture to where you could see the colors better. Sorry...

Mesmerized by the owl!






Keeping a close eye on the owl.


Fast asleep thanks to the owl.

12 weeks

Emme Claire will be 12 weeks old tomorrow, Thursday. But I won't be able to blog tomorrow because EC and I are going with Nonna to Shreveport. Or should I say Nonna is going with us? Nonna never drives when she is with someone else who will drive. Especially in bigger unfamiliar cities like Shreveport or Bossier. So I'll be doing the driving as usual but this time I'll be driving her car instead of mine. She needs to take it for an oil change and then we will do a little shopping. I'm hoping we can leave early enough to stop somewhere for lunch and then tomorrow evening we are going to meet my friend Bridget (aka Aunt Bridget to EC) for dinner when she gets off work.

Okay so let me fill you in on what little miss priss has been up to. Just in the last 48 hrs she has started not sleeping well at night. And she has been very gassy. Poor thing is having a lot of tummy problems. She isn't taking her bottle very well. She just kinda naws at it. Sometimes she will drink it good but then the next time I feed her she just cries and cries. I'm even beginning to wonder if she might be teething. It's probably too early for that though. Her pediatrician had called us while we were out of town and left a message checking on how EC was doing. And then Tuesday she called us back to see how she was doing. I told her what was going on and so she switched us from the Enfamil Gentle Ease to Similac Alimentum. It is supposed to help with colic and be easier on her tummy. We just started it last night so we haven't had long for it to start working. I hope she does okay on our trip to Shreveport tomorrow.

We got EC's newborn pics back from Baby Blues yesterday and they are so cute! I've never gotten anything bigger than an 8x10 before in my life but this time I got a 16x20, two 11x14's and a 10x20! And let me just say "Bigger is Better"! These big prints are so awesome! They might be more expensive (a lot more expensive) but they are soooo worth it! I'm in the process of ordering frames for them now from my friend Sarah. She has a blog that shows her products, you should check it out. www.customdistresseddesigns/blogspot.com. Distressed Designs is the name of the business. She and her sister-in-law make some really pretty frames, signs and magnet boards. They also have a booth set up in Bayou Crafters for those of you reading the blog who live near West Monroe.

We are going to have 3 month pictures taken this Tuesday by Mary Dawson Photography and then we go back to Baby Blues Photography on Friday. I'm so excited! I've been trying to decide what outfits to take for her to wear for the pics. Glenda Smith gave EC a really pretty blue smocking dress that I think would be perfect with her blue eyes. Which by the way have gotten a lot lighter and are so pretty and her eyelashes are getting much longer now. And then I also have the red tu-tu and the pink tu-tu that fit her now so I'll probably bring those too. There is one other dress that is sort of a champagne color and is kinda dressy that I think I'll take too.

I got EC a really cool night light from Pottery Barn Kids in Houston. It is shaped like an owl and it's white rubber but looks ceramic. It has a charging base that you sit it on when it needs charging but then when you want to use it you just pick it up and put it whereever you want. And the coolest thing about it is that it glows different colors. It constantly changes from red to blue to purple to green... you get the picture. I think it turns every color in the rainbow, literally. And she LOVES it! She just stares and stares at it. I'll try to take a pic of it at night when it's glowing and post it for y'all.

EC is actually taking a nap right now and so I'm getting a chance to sit back and relax and blog a little. Brian just made it home and he is fixing us some homemade pizza that he cooks on the Big Green Egg (it's like the pizza that Darcy cooks) and it is so good!!! I can't wait to eat it! I never even had time to eat lunch today so I'm starving.

Okay, time for some pictures!!! I know thats what everyone wants to see. :)
I took these pics today after I gave EC a bath and she was in a good mood.
I was needing to try some clothes on her that I've been wondering if they would fit or not and everything that I put on her today fit great! I think I'm gonna let her wear the pink bubble suit tomorrow.

My silly goose! She can make some funny faces.


Simply perfection! (at least in this momma's eyes)


This is the champagne colored dress that I'm going to have her picture made in. It is kind of a shimmery material.








EC's Nonna (my mom) got her this pink bubble suit. It has a matching hat but I forgot to put it on her. Maybe I'll remember next time.




Brian and I got her this elephant at FAO Schwartz when we went to NYC on our babymoon vacation at Thanksgiving while I was pregnant. EC has been to New York, she just couldn't see anything! ha!

We're Back!!!

This is going to be a long one. It's been a week since I've posted on here. I never even used a computer while we were gone. Brian had to because he was working but I took a vacation from the laptop. But of course I still got on Facebook with my Blackberry, I'm addicted to it.

We got home last night around 7pm. We were glad to be out of the car. We picked the pups up from the pet hotel on the way home and they were so glad to see us. We unloaded and started unpacking last night. I also began the house cleaning and laundry process last night with hopes of finishing today. I washed a load FULL of EC's stuff! Let me tell you she can go through some bibs and burp cloths. You would think I have too many bibs and burp cloths if you looked in her dresser drawers but believe me we use them ALL!

We had a great time on our trip. Brian got some work done and had some meetings, we also got to visit with friends, ate some good food and of course I shopped!

We had dinner with our friends Anna and Darcy one night. They cooked a wonderful meal for us. Darcy has a Big Green Egg, he is the reason Brian knew about them and decided to get one for himself. So Darcy cooked us homemade pizza for an appetizer and then pork chops for our entree both on the BGE. Anna fixed some roasted potatoes and a salad. Everything was so good! And we both enjoy getting to spend time with them because they are very interesting people.

Here is a pic of one of the pizzas. I had to take it with my Blackberry because we had forgotten the camera in the car. Brian went down and got it later so this is the only pic that isn't of good quality.
This pizza is so good! I could eat it once a week! Who am I kidding I could probably eat it three times a week! ha!


There were three pizzas and we wiped them all out!






Darcy, me, EC and Anna


Brian brought in the "babysitter" to make EC happy. She loves her bouncer.


We went to the Galleria Mall to do some shopping and while there we ate at the Rainforest Cafe. We've been to the one in Katy, TX before. It is a cool place and great for kids but the food isn't that great. Good atmosphere though. I got EC a cute tie dyed t-shirt that says My first Rainforest Cafe t-shirt. It's a 12 month size so it will be awhile before she can wear it.








EC was taking it easy in the hotel room. Livin' the good life. ha! We stayed in a very nice hotel downtown. I've been in downtown Houston before several times but I've never actually stayed there, it was neat. The hotel restaurant was fabulous!





Getting ready to head out for the day. She's my little monkey!!!!









EC discovered her left fist (only the left one so far) on Thursday and she has found it everyday since. She gets just a little frustrated when she can't stuff the whole thing into her mouth. ha!









Our last night in town we met Craig and Dana Kornreich and their baby Colin for dinner at Jasper's in The Woodlands. We had a great time visiting with them and the food was excellent. This restaurants baby back ribs were featured on a show on the Food Network. They were so tender and delicious!











I got to spend one day shopping in The Woodlands at the mall and market street where I used to spend so much time before we moved back to Louisiana. I miss that area so much! I went to two Pottery Barn Kids stores and got a lot of great stuff for EC's room. I'll post pics of that stuff later after I get it all hung and put out. We rode down to the Kemah Boardwalk one afternoon and strolled it. That is a really cool place. I know EC will love it when she gets bigger. We went to visit with Delane and Gary Pullig one afternoon and had a nice time catching up with them. EC slept pretty much the whole time. Delane held her and I guess EC was just too comfy to wake up. :) We ate at some great restaurants, shopped at some great stores, visited with good friends... it was a great trip!