Blaine had to go out of town this past weekend so Emily and I went to my parents house in Henderson. We first went to visit my office in Durham so that everyone could meet Miss Emily. She did great, as always, in the car and while we were there. Then we headed on to Henderson from there. She started going every 3 hours between feedings all of a sudden and that was a blessing since it allowed us some freedom to do some things. And we took advantage of the time for sure!
My sister is engaged to be married and wanted us to check out some venue's around Henderson for her so we packed Emily up and went scouting. First was Purpleberry Plantation in Louisburg on Thursday afternoon where we toured the grounds and house. It was all very pretty.
On Friday I took Emily to visit my MaMa and PaPa which was just so neat. MaMa was the lady that kept my sister and I when we were little at her in home daycare. She is so special to me and I have so many wonderful memories of my time with her. She and PaPa have had some health scares recently and I haven't been home long enough to go visit them so I took advantage of the free day. It was so special to be there with them. MaMa actually surprised me by coming to my baby shower and it was so touching. She thinks Emily looks like my dad!
Later that afternoon we visited another venue for the wedding, Magnolia Manor in Warrenton. Allyson and Matt ultimately decided to have the wedding here and i know it will be beautiful and everything they want it to be.
We went out to dinner on Friday night (a first for Emily, she's only been to lunch and breakfast). She was such a good girl!
My mom worked with Emily on doing tummy time. We're working on 15 minutes a day but only get about 3-5 minutes at a time before she screams, but she's doing better.
Emily was so exhausted from her weekend that she slept from 10pm-6:30am on Sunday night! That's 8 1/2 hours folks-the longest she's slept EVER! Of course I'm not expecting that every night but she's still a good sleeper (for which I'm very grateful).
I have to also add that last Wednesday was the first time we left Emily with someone during the evening. Blaine's mom was so sweet to come over and watch her while I went out with some girlfriends for a much needed girls night out and Blaine went to a work dinner. It was a little nerve racking but we survived and she apparently did great. It was nice to have a few adult hours out too. Maybe we'll go on a date next! :) Thanks Nancy!!
Next thing for us to work on will be nap time...she doesn't like to sleep in her crib during naps. We also need to perfect our schedule, but we'll get there eventually-sigh.
XOXO
