One Week Old

Emma is officially one week old, and we are getting acquainted with this new little personality... and boy, does she have personality!

Little Emma all the time LOVES to be held, especially by her daddy who is particularly warm and comfortable. If Daddy is not around, she settles by nuzzling a very fuzzy pastel colored blanket that used to be her brother's. I'm sure if she has anything to say about it, it will not be his anymore. Such a little sister already.

Emma sometimes enjoys eating. The "sometimes" is required because this is a puzzle that mom still hasn't quite figured out. Sometimes she eats readily and cooperatively... an angel of a child... peaceful... easy... birds chirp in the background. But it's not these times that are really noteworthy. It's the OTHER times. In order to adequately describe these "other" times, I first must ask if you've seen The Incredibles. If you have, you are familiar with the little baby of the family. Jack-Jack is his name, I think? Anyway he seems, at first, just your average, happy, ordinary, sweet baby. But then... at the climax of the movie he reveals his unique superpower-- a superpower that involves turning into the crazy monster idget child who spontaneously burst into flames, right? It's quite unnerving, really. Well... in connection to Emma's "other" feeding behaviors, I sometimes wonder if she'll burst into flames right in my lap. Pig noises, occasional screaming, and a frantically waving head are involved. Yeah, try to feed that. It's quite unnerving.

Emma never enjoys bathing or getting her diaper changed. Never.

Yes, we are enjoying her little idiosyncracies that make our new little one special. We are in love with Emma.

The standard Emma "burping face." Gotta love that.