Ok, I think I successfully fixed the slide show on the previous post. Please let me know if it is still showing old pictures. We are still hanging in there. Riley is proving to be a bit more of a challenge than Emerson was, but we're still going to keep him :). He is a sweetheart, but he cries a lot. He cries when he yawns, he cries when he sneezes, he cries when you put him down, he cries when you don't hold him in the appropriate position, he cries in the car...I think you get the point. I did have a breakthrough today when he accepted a paci for the first time and kept it for nearly 20 minutes of peaceful silence before dozing off! It will be such a relief when he finally develops a social smile in a few weeks to reassure me that he doesn't hate life entirely. He also still doesn't sleep for more than 3 hours at a time max. Is that a breast milk thing? I had to start Emerson on formula at 2 weeks and he was sleeping through the night by 2 months. I plan to breastfeed Riley until about 2 months and then I will slowly transition him to formula before I go back to work at the 12 week mark. There's no way I can pump enough when I spend 11 hours a day away from him during a work week. Anywho...he's grown into a big healthy boy! At his two week check up he had gained over a pound since leaving the hospital which is about twice the rate they consider to be adequate. He had also grown over an inch. Now he is wearing 3 month size clothes already!
Emerson seems huge all of the sudden! He is doing really well and has adjusted to this new family dynamic better than we ever expected. He does not seem to harbor any jealousy towards Riley. He is talking up a storm. Scott has really enjoyed getting to spend so much extra time with him. They have been building ramps inside and outside for his monster truck and cars and he has also been spending a lot of time on his new bicycle.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Welcome Riley Scott!
Sorry it's been so long! As you know, a lot has been going on. We made it through Thanksgiving and then welcomed Riley Scott Merrick to the family on Dec 14th at 10:30 am after about 3 hours of labor (and thank goodness because my epidural was almost completely ineffective on the left side!). He weighed in at 7 lbs 13 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. Emerson has been such a great big brother. Aside from being a little more sensitive, he seems mostly unaffected by it. He loves to give Riley big slobbery kisses on his head. My mom has been here to help for most of the first two weeks which has been wonderful. I have not had a chance to upload Christmas pictures yet, but it was great! Those will be coming soon along with an update after Riley's two week check up which is scheduled tomorrow. Hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday and please have a safe New Year!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
The dog door and more
Today Emerson learned what the dog door can really do for him. He has always enjoyed playing with it and sticking objects through it, or just his head out of it, but we never had to worry about him actually using it. So, early this morning he was playing in the laundry room brushing Bodie with a paint brush...the usual :)...I didn't notice how quiet it had gotten until I heard a faint "A, B, C, D....". I look out the back window and there he is, half way across the yard in nothing but a short sleeved T-shirt, sweats, and socks...50 degrees outside, dewy dirt and grass up to his ankles, heading right for the slide and singing all the way. I opened the door right as he was situating himself on the platform for his descent. I was trying my hardest not to look as amused as I was when I hollered "What on earth do you think you're doing?", but apparently I wasn't very convincing. He grinned from ear to ear and proudly exclaimed "Emerson outside!". We haven't been able to keep him inside all day. He got up from his afternoon nap on the couch and barely acknowledged me...right out the dog door. We got home from the grocery store and he walked straight inside...and right out the dog door. Needless to say, we're going to have to do something about the dog door. :)
Baby Merrick is still doing well. They continue to say that he feels like a pretty petite little guy, but nothing outside of normal. We'll probably schedule an induction for December 14th which means we have just about 7 and 1/2 weeks to go! Still no name and now nowhere for him to sleep as has Emerson decided to take up residence in the crib again (he had been doing well in the toddler bed for over a month and then just changed his mind), but for some reason we're really not that worried about it. I'm sure we'll pull something off at the last minute.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
19 months/23 weeks
Everyone is happy and healthy! Emerson is really starting to push his limits to see what he can get away with, but he still seems pretty easy. I haven't had to leave a public place because of his behavior...yet :). Actually, he's really on his best behavior in public. There are people to say 'Hi" to and the scenery changes so he's perfectly content. He starts trying to push our buttons when he's stuck inside because of the sweltering heat and bored to death. He's using 2 and 3 word sentences, but a lot of it is something only his mother would understand right now. He did something the other day that gave us a good laugh. He picked up the TV remote and held it to his ear and said "Hel-Lo"...he really puts emphasis on the "Lo" almost like he's getting a diva attitude with whoever is calling... he made some gibberish noises, then turned and looked at me and said "It's YaYa" so matter-of-fact-ly like, who else would it be Mom?? Then he turned his head away again, there was some more gibberish into the remote, then turned back to me and said "And CiCi".
We had a follow up ultrasound today because they weren't able to adequately assess baby Merrick's stomach the first time, but everything looked perfect this time. I put a hilarious ultrasound picture in the slide show. It's a frontal view of his face and that is his mouth wide open and almost smiling...he looks like a mardi gras mask or a little old cartoon man. He's just a little smaller than Emerson was in the womb and seems to be staying that way. He was actually measuring for a due date of Dec 19th today, instead of the 17th, but that is not a big enough difference for them to change the actual due date. He's still right on track. Emerson's due date was moved a whole week closer because of his initial size and then he kept measuring a little larger by a day or two as it progressed. Momma was eating too much and not exercising lol. I'm happy to say I have only gained 10lbs so far this time, woohoo!
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