How Fast A Month Goes By

At 12:18 pm today, Emma was officially one month old! I can't believe how fast it has gone. Even harder to believe is that she is one month old and hasn't come home yet. Hopefully, that will change in a few days! Home or not, it's been an amazing month. Very hard at times, but all the changes we've seen in her are amazing. We've enjoyed watching her grow, develop and begin to show her personality!

Today, Grandpa Birnie came to visit. We don't have a nickname for him yet, but we're trying out Mac. That's what his grandpa was called and he's always liked it. We think GiGi and Mac are kinda cute. We still need to figure out Grandma and Grandpa Leghorn's nicknames. What we choose may not matter though. Once she learns to speak, I'm sure she'll have her own way of greeting them. Emma was a little sleepy when my dad got there which made him sleepy, but everyone rallied later in the afternoon.


I braved Tummy Time on my own today! At first, she just stuck her butt up in the air, but when I took away her binkie she got pissed and turned her head from one side to the other! If you don't have a newborn, especially a preemie with the hospital course that Emma has had, you may not understand how exciting this is, but it makes us very proud! I also tried giving her some toys to touch because one of her nurses was teaching Jeremy that we should give her differnt textures to feel. We've tried having her touch my hair, face and shirt. We actually think she smiles on purpose when she touches my face. We know it is early, but she does it at very appropriate times. Anyway, today I tried to give her a plastic ring with bumps on it, among other things, to feel, but as you can see, she fell asleep. Oh well, we'll try another day.




Tomorrow, we have to finish a few things around the house that we keep putting off, but this may actually be our last chance to get everything perfect for her so we need to get our butts in gear. We're praying that we aren't finishing things up for nothing!