Tummy Time

Yep!  Another video.  I can’t help but take photos and record videos of my little man, and if I’ve got him on camera, I may as well share right?!  Right.

More Videos!

This first video shows how much fun Emmett has on his Ocean Activity Mat!  He was so wiggly that I just had to get some video of him!  He LOVES to stare into the eyes of the octopus and he loves to kick – and when positioned like this, he can kick the activity mat to make all the toys wiggle and change the music!

In the last couple of weeks, Emmett has successfully sucked his thumb 3 times (that we’ve seen)!  Here he is attempting number 4 – with a little help from Mum.

He’s really quite cute!!  Obviously, when he can’t get just the thumb, the whole fist goes in and the whole thing becomes one big slobbery mess!

2 Months

Happy 2 months, baby Emmett!

At 2 months, Emmett loves to hold his head up like a champ, kick like crazy, talk up a storm, smile like he knows he’s loved, blow bubbles with the best of them, stare like he’s never seen something so interesting, and fart like he’s one of the boys!

Seriously, his smiles are so cute and make me smile and laugh every time, and our conversations are the best – he has such a sweet little voice and talks so much! He is getting pretty good at telling the difference between day and night and is sleeping really well, and he is obviously eating just fine and now goes about 3-4 hours between feedings.

As of the 7th of October (8 weeks), Emmett weighs 14.4 lbs / 6.5 kgs, and when we last tried to measure him on the 15th September, he was 62.2cms / 24.5in. His next doctor’s appointment is on the 19th of October.

He is growing so quickly!! Here are some photos to see how far he’s come:

At 2 days….and at 7 weeks

At 4 days….and at 5 weeks

3 days….6 weeks

These next lot of photos date from the 30th August to the 11th of October…

4 weeks

5 weeks

6 weeks

7 weeks

8 weeks

The time has almost come for me to go back to work – I only have 2 weeks left at home with my baby. We have decided that Emmett will not be coming with me to work for now, and Kay – Emmett’s Ouma – will be taking care of him until I can work out being home with him myself. In preparation for my return to work, we have been replacing one of Emmett’s regular feedings each day with a bottle feeding, which Chris gets to give to him, and I have been trying to store up some extra breast milk. Thankfully, Emmett has no problems drinking from his bottle, so hopefully feedings won’t be too hard for him during the day with me not there.

I am so thankful that Kay is able to help us out for a bit – since I really didn’t want Emmett to have to go to daycare so young. Obviously, I would stay home with him myself if I could – but that can’t happen until I find different employment (somehow working from home!!) or we get green cards.

Anyway, I’ll go back to work for now, Emmett will stay as cute as ever and probably get even cuter, my parents will come to visit us in December (Emmett is their 6th grandchild, with their 7th arriving while they’re over here in December), and we’ll continue to try to figure things out!! And I think that’s about all for now!

And, as I said before, happy 2 months Emmett! It has been absolutely wonderful! You are such a beautiful boy, and we love you so much. xx

7 Weeks

I’m hoping to edit this later to describe what Emmett is up to these days, but I’m in a rush and I really wanted to post this video before it gets out-dated! 

I’m sorry to make you listen to me, but it’s the only way you’re going to listen to him!!  :)  He’s a sweet kid with a sweet little voice!!  Enjoy.