Wrap it up!

Emma is three weeks old as of yesterday and I'm just starting to do things around the house. It's tricky figuring out what, how and when in between feedings and diaper changed every two hours. With 15 minutes for feeding and burping and another 5-10 minutes for diaper changes (depending on the blow-out factor), that leaves me with maybe and hour to an hour and a half until the next food/poop session. And that's all based on IF she sleeps in between sessions.

So, if she does sleep, being the angelic princess that she is, she wants to be held. Some may say I'm spoiling her by not putting her down, but that means you haven't read Dr. Karp's 'Happiest Baby on the Block'. She's in her 4th trimester and I couldn't spoil her if I tried right now (so there).

Well, holding her and getting anything productive done is near impossible. So, I tried using the Bjorn. It worked, but her legs haven't extended all the way yet, so, the position isn't natural for her and her sleep doesn't last long. Still determined to find a way to have a few hours during the day, I splurged two days ago and bought the Moby wrap.

My prayers were answered!!

It's a natural fit for Emma right now and I folded and put away my first load of laundry in record time!

For any first time mom's, I would recommend getting both - the Moby and Bjorn. The Bjorn is going to be great when she gets older (and its something dads will use) and the Moby is perfect for Emma's froggie hold in these first few months.

Here's a picture of my success and her cuteness!

That's all for now, I'm going to go make the bed...I've never been more excited for house work! :)

Bath Time!

Emma's cord fell off on Sunday night and we were able to give her a real bath! She loved being sponged down so I knew she would love a real bath...and I was right!  I can't wait until she starts smiling and laughing because I know bath time will be such a riot.

Here are a few pics of her first bath along with some others from the week.

She had another doctor's appt this week and she is up to 10.5lbs.  Milk does her body good!

Munchin Munchkin

Little Miss Emma is already showing off her skills--her survival skills. At one week old, she is back up past her birth weight (a whopping 9.7 lbs now) and pooping up a storm. She's also sleeping in 3 to 5 hour spurts (dare I write that and jinx it...).

She just absolutely amazing. I love her to pieces and I'm just trying to cherish every day, hour, minute and moment as I feel like she's already changed so much.

Here are some pictures of the last few days in heaven. More to come soon!

Drumroll please.....

Introducing Emma Louise Cavicchi, psyched to be going home today after spending the last three days at the hospital. 9.5 pounds and 21.25 inches -- she couldn't be more perfect and I can't get over how wonderful she smells!

One more picture to go...

Donnie and I have been taking a picture every 4 weeks starting at 12 weeks to see the progress. It's so funny to see the outcome because I thought I had such a huge bump at 12 weeks and now I would die to have that body back! HA! Enjoy looking through my adventure through pregnancy and hopefully we'll get a 40 week photo before I pop!

Place your bets!

My colleagues at work have started taking bets on the baby's birthday and weight. What's your guess?

Making Room!

We have just about finished with the nursery - YAY! Here are a few pictures of what we have so far. We are just waiting on a chair that Donnie's family got us and then we should be all set. I think we will put it next to the changing table -- hopefully it fits! I really love the colors and the way everything turned out in this room. It's so calming and peaceful and I think she is going to LOVE IT!

Four weeks away and everything is still going well and I feel great! I went to the doctor's yesterday (I am now going every week) and, as luck would have it, the baby decided to start her morning exercises and bounce around all over the place right before the doctor came in. So, of course, when we listened to her heart rate, it was a little higher than it should be. Just to be on the safe side, they had me take a non-stress test (NST). For this, they have you recline in a very comfortable chair with your legs up (to which I told them that we should be on the safe side and do this test everyday) and they hook your belly up to a heart monitor. You then are given a hand buzzer and have to push the buzzer every time you feel movement. You sit there for 20 - 30 minutes while they measure the baby's heart rate and match it up to the movements you feel to make sure that the heart rate is at a slow, healthy pace when the baby is not moving around. Well, she moved for 29 minutes and 15 seconds of the 30 minute test and for 45 seconds she was calm (and her heart rate was fine). I couldn't believe how active she was, she was bouncing all over the place and then she got the hiccups on top of everything! The monitor volume was up so the nurses could hear the test while they were coming in and out and in the hallway and they could hear the blips of hiccups throughout the office--she's going to be a firecracker that's for sure! The doctor took a look at the results, laughed at the fact that I had the hand buzzer down for most of the time and sent me on my way! I knew she was fine, but I'm glad they like to double check.

Here's hoping for a great four weeks ahead and then it's the moment we've all been waiting for!!! AHHH!!