Last Week

It was great to have Matt back home. Both Emmy and I had missed him. She was excited to show him some of the new things she learned while he was away - like how to grab her feet.

(Playing with her feet)

 It was my last week at home before I had to go back to work. I decided to take advantage of it. I spent all the time I could just snuggling my little lady. We also took some naps.

(Just Chilling in her bed)

 We were able to go and visit my Grandma Wilson in the rehab hospital.  She was doing a lot better and was able to sit and stand and move from her chair to the bed. While she was in bed she could prop up her legs and spend some time with Emmy.

(Grandma, Great Grandma, and Emmy at the Rehab Center)

 Wednesday I went down to Layton to have school lunch. Well - not really. I ate lunch at the school, but I took Wendy's .  It my my minion's "Lunch with someone Grand" day. Carson had wanted to invite his dad, but he couldn't get out of work that day, so I went. Natalie ended up wanting to have lunch with me too. So Dawn and I traded kids for a minute. She watched Emmy while I at lunch with her littles. They don't have very much time to eat! But it was fun to listen to them talk about fun Elementary School things.  Then they had to hurry off to recess.

(snuggling with Puppy)

On Thursday I dropped Emmy off with her Grandma and headed out to Salt Lake to get my hair cut. I still drive out to Murray to get my hair cut because I really like the girl that does it. 

(Napping in the bouncy chair)

Emmy is getting bigger and smarter every day. She also started sleeping through the night this week. We put her to bed right around 9:00pm and can sleep until about 5:00-6:00am.  I am loving it!

Here are some more random picture we took during the week.

(Hanging on to Zebra)

 (Wearing her "Refuse to Sink" shirt in honor of her cousin Brynn who was having surgery)

(Sleeping with the Elephant) 

(Passed out on Mommy's shoulder)

Fam-I-Ly

Tuesday I had the opportunity to babysit my niece Cora. She was too young to go skiing with the rest of her family. We put together puzzles and played with Emmy until my dad got off of work and came to pick her up. We first went to McDonald's for some lunch and playland (mostly the playland).

Matt went out of town on Wednesday for a conference in Denver. He had fun walking the 16th street mall and going to a Nuggets game. Since I was home with Emmy alone during this time we spent a lot of our days with my parent's . It was nice to have someone else around to hold the baby and to talk to. It was also good to have dinner made for me (my mom make some good dinners).  My mom spent a lot of time with her mom in the hospital and then rehab center during the week, so we didn't see her as much as we wanted to, but it was fun to spend the time that we did.

Saturday we celebrated my Grandma Haun's 90th Birthday. A dinner had been set up at Maddox (in the lodge). Matt was on a plane ride home from Denver, so I took a ride over with my parent's and BJ. Josh wasn't feeling well, so Val came over with us. Most of the family was there. It is always nice to get together, even if I usually end up just catching up with my brother and sisters.  We even called Dan up on Skype to say hi to him and his family. That didn't work too well because it was too loud to hear them on the phone, but it was nice to see them anyway.

 Getting ready to go to Grandma's house

 Nap time!

 Sitting up on Grandpa's Couch - Look at those Cheeks!

 sleeping in the swing

 Playing with the Tiger

 Dressed in a fancy hat

 With Great Grandma Haun

Hanging out with her 2nd Cousin Emmett

Middle of January

The middle of January is probably one of the less exciting times of the year. The weather is yucky - the air is yucky - the days are short - the nights are long - and it is COLD!

It was a pretty routine week around the Clark house also. Matt was at work and I spend most of my days just cuddling with Emmy. We went to Costco one day - with the help of my friend Dawn. 

Emmy has been growing every day. She had her first giggle fit on Wednesday during a bath. She hasn't laughed again since then, but it was so cute. She has began "talking" all the time. She smiles and goos at her toys or her mom. She is sleeping better at night - usually only waking up one time between one and three. 

Matt was busy this week with the end of term work. He had to stay late on Friday, so I took Emmy up to my Mom and Dad's house and we hung out for the evening.

We decided to go up to the cabin at Bear Lake on the weekend. It was cold outside, but sunny and the cabin was cozy warm. Emmy was happy to have Grandma there to snuggle her and I was able to get some work done on some photobooks. My Grandma was having some trouble and ended up in the hospital. My mom had to leave quickly in the middle of the night to go down and help on Sunday night. Monday we cleaned up got ready to go home. I couldn't leave until the puzzle was put together! I have a little too much OCD for that.  But we finished it and were able to
leave in peace.

A Week in the Life

Last week was a pretty typical week here in our new normal. Matt went back to work on Monday and had to work all week. He works out in Magna, so traffic is always a factor in how our days go. He will typically try to miss the bulk of traffic in his commute, so he either has to leave work right when they get out, at about 4:00, or stay until around 6:00. For the last month or so, he had been getting home early. Emmy was having a hard time, and I would be pretty worn out before he got here, so he didn't want to stay late.  Since she is doing so much better, and he was getting a little behind at work, he has started staying late again. So Emmy and I get to entertain each other  until about 7:00 when he gets home and gives us both a little break from playing with each other.

My Birthday was Monday. I am now 35. I think 35 used to sound old, I guess everything is relative.

We were able to go spend some time at Grandma Haun's (my mom) house to get a break one day. It was nice to have someone to talk to. She watched Emmy for me while I walked over to the Wal-Mart and deposited some checks at the Credit Union. It was surprisingly warm outside, and I wasn't even wearing a jacket. Strange for the beginning of January.

Friday was Emmy's 2 month appointment at the doctor. I was stressed out for the little girl since she was going to be getting her first round of shots. She was a champion though. First they weighed and measured her.  She is 12 pounds 10 oz and 24 inches long. That puts her in the 98th percentile for height.  I guess it was inevitable that she was going to be tall. But she is so dang cute. All the nurses were loving her.  She did have to get three shots in her legs, and it made her really sad. But she recovered quickly.  I brought her tiger friend and her binki, and she fell asleep on the car ride home.

Saturday Matt wanted to take me on a date to celebrate my birthday. His mom came up to babysit and we went to the MovieGrille and saw Interstellar.  Now I know what everyone was talking about! The movie came out the weekend Emmy was born, so we hadn't had a chance to see it. It was really nice to go relax and watch a movie, in a nice recliner and some great fries!

Here is this week in pictures (mostly pictures of Emmy)

Emmy and her Tiger Friend

Pippy likes Emmy's chair

Emmy likes ladybugs just like her Great Grandma

She has started eating her hand

She loves the swing

2 month old with her bears

Pretty girl

Not always happy to get her picture taken

Loves to watch her Monkey mobile

A little bit milk drunk

Grandma playing on the floor with Emmy

Sleeping in her swing - it was a busy week

Happy New Year 2015

Since Matt and I are both off work right now, we decided to spend some time up at the cabin. We were going to go up the weekend after Christmas, but it was snowing and we determined it wasn't worth the risk. Instead we went up to celebrate "Happy New Year's" Eve and day with the family up at the cabin. I have to admit that I had ulterior motives in going up. I was really looking forward to having so many people around to snuggle with Emmy while I caught up on some sleep.

We came up on Tuesday, the 30th. It was set to be Emmy's first overnight trip, and her longest car ride ever. We had no idea what to expect. We loaded the car full and set out, keeping our fingers crossed that she would sleep the whole way up. Unfortunately we had to stop for gas. Emmy does not like being in her car seat if the car isn't moving. We thought she would calm back down and tried to just keep driving. She flipped her crying into a higher gear and we pulled over. I climbed into the back seat next to her and fed her a little and we made it the rest of the way to the lake. I was surprised by the snow that was still on the road. I guess it had been windy and blew some of the fresh snow that had fallen the previous few days. It was also really cold. The thermometer in the car showed -1 on our drive up.

It was just about dinner time when we arrived at the cabin. Chrystie and her family had just returned from sledding. We brought in all our stuff (and we had lots of stuff) and then it was time for dinner. Chrystie had made tacos for everyone (TACO TUESDAY). Preston offered to hold Emmy while we ate, and it was great to finally be able to sit at a table and eat with both hands. We played games and watched movies after dinner and then went to bed.

Wednesday was a cold day at the cabin. Chrystie, Preston, and their two oldest kids went skiing. Cora stayed at the cabin with us and was a very enthusiastic helper with Emmy. She liked to help her swing in her swing, and to play with her on the jungle gym mat. She was also happy to help feed her and surprisingly enthusiastic to help with diaper changes. Grandma and Grandpa were great and took turns holding Emmy and giving me and Matt some time to relax.  I put some potatoes in the oven for dinner and they were done just when the other's returned from skiing. We had a great potato bar for dinner. Yum.

It was New Year's eve (or Happy New Year's Eve as the kids said). We again played games. The kids liked playing Apples to Apples and Uno Attack. After a game or two we decided it was time to celebrate Happy New Year (it was about 8:30). We pulled out the noise makers, streamers, hats, and some poppers, went out on the deck (where it was like 4 degrees) and celebrated. Then the kids went to bed. Preston had rented Guardians of the Galaxy and we started to watch that.  I bailed and went to bed when Emmy fell asleep about 10:30. Happy new year.

New Year's Day was another cold one. This time it was foggy too. That made it harder to spend any time outside. My mom took Emmy in the morning and I went back to bed, since the baby woke up at 5:00am and didn't want to go back to sleep.  I really did! So it was great to have Grandma there to help.  I woke up and played games with the kids again. It was a pretty mellow day. We had planned on going home that day, but I was totally loving all the help with Emmy and all the rest I was getting, so we decided to stick around another day.  The sun finally came out right before it set and the kids went out to go sledding. I bundled Emmy up and we went out to watch for a while. It was still super cold, so we didn't last long. My mom made some yummy chicken for dinner and we played more games - then headed to bed again.

We had to go home the next day (Friday). We were running out of formula for the baby and couldn't put our return trip off any more. We spend some of the morning binge watching Scooby Doo with Arden, but then packed up the car and said good-bye to everyone.

It was a fun to spend time with family and to celebrate the New Year.