A little bit of both of us

We get a lot of mixed responses whenever someone sees Emmalee. Sometimes they say "She looks just like Kylie," or "She has her daddy's smile," or things like that. I've actually had several people say she looks like my dad. So yesterday we got baby pictures of William and I to compare with pictures of Emmalee. Now you be the judge - who does she look like?

Here is William at one day old...


Kylie at one day old.....


Emmalee at one day old....

Disowned?

I distinctly heard William tell his family yesterday that he would disown them if the picture of him bathing in the cooler in Yellowstone showed up on anyone's blog. Do you really think he would disown his own wife?



Isn't he cute? We love you William!

Introducing.....

Hello! My name is Emmalee, but you can call me Emmalee, Emma, Pumpkin, Sweet Pea, or Sweet Potata. I love to sleep during the day and play all night, except last night I tried sleeping during the night for once. It's amazing how my momma doesn't look nearly as tired when i let her sleep. i heard her tell Daddy something about it being an answer to prayers.
My mom and dad were pretty worried about me last Saturday because I hadn't had any wet or messy diapers in more than 24 hours, and the lactation consultant said i wasn't getting enough to eat. Although I weighed 7 pounds when i was born, by Friday I was down to 6 lbs 10 ounces, fussy, and throwing up everything mom and dad tried to feed me. The pediatrician recommended pedialyte for 12 hours, and that, combined with a blessing from Daddy had me much much better by Sunday morning. In fact, at my appointment Monday I had put on half a pound!!! Daddy says it all went to my cheeks and chin and that i'm even cuter today than I was yesterday.
Anyway, I just thought I'd introduce myself and give a shout out "hello" to friends and family!






This last picture is especially for my Aunt Jill... Mom calls it "suffering for fashion...." Do you think it's as fashionable now as it was in the early 90's? Wait...headbands on the forehead weren't fashionable then either!

Emmalee Jean Mobley

Emmalee Jean Mobley born June 9, 2009 at 10:26 pm. 20-1/2" long and 7lbs even. I must say that she is the most beautiful little girl ever to enter this world.

The Countdown Begins

I decided this morning that the official countdown to Emmalee needed to begin, so before our bundle of joy arrives (if she were to arrive at this time, 12:48 on her due date)I have.....

SIX shifts of work (which is 72 hours)
THREE Weeks and TWO days
TWENTY THREE days
FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO hours
THIRTY THREE THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY minutes
ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED seconds....

Not that we're keeping track or anything. I made the comment to William yesterday that I think we're as ready as we're going to ever be for her arrival. Somedays I'm anxious for her to get here sooner, other days I want to add a couple more months. I guess it just depends on if I'm thinking with my heart or my brain. I'm anxious for her arrival and already love her, but the nurse side of me is afraid of all the things that could go wrong. I'm used to seeing sick babies and hearing about the bad things that happen. I rarely see or remember all the good things (like having a normal, healthy child) so I tend to expect something bad to happen or go wrong. Sometimes I have to remind myself that MOST babies are healthy and MOST pregnancies and labors are uncomplicated. I have to admit that I love being pregnant and have been extremely blessed with an easy pregnancy. There is something magical about feeling life moving inside of you and knowing that it is your own flesh and blood being nurtured and protected. William and I are taking predictions as to what she will look like (hair or no hair, color if she has hair, eye color, length, weight, etc.) so if you'd like to guess, feel free to let us know what you think!

Nursery time!

Our project over the last couple of weeks has been to clean out our spare room which has been acting as our storage room since we moved in. It's been quite a job, but it's now relatively empty, except for some very exciting additions - nursery stuff!
In addition to our computer which has to stay there because it's where our internet connection is, we now have a dresser, bookcase, crib, carseat, and my almost finished rocking chair that William made me. He made it for me for Christmas a few years ago, but we haven't ever put the runners on it because we haven't had room. (the seat isn't finished either, but we at least have the foam for it!) We're going to stain it to match our crib, which we assembled last night for FHE. I absolutely love the crib set with it's baby farm animals. You can't really tell from the picture, but each piece is made from a different kind of material....the sheep is fleece, the horse is corduroy, the cow is suede, etc. I'm getting anxious for Emmalee to arrive, but I don't want her here too early....and I'm still pretty nervous to. But at least she'll have an adorable nursery to come home to!

Time's Fun When You're Having Flies

The older I get, the more I understand the truthfulness of the statement that "time flies when you're having fun." I can't believe it was the first week of February when we posted last, and here it is the end of April. It's been a busy couple of months with little time for diversion, but here's a brief update on what we've been up to lately.....school, work, planning for Emmalee, and working on our house!

We've been trying to bank up a plethora of extra hours on our house so that I don't have to go work on the house for a while after we have our baby. This month alone we banked up an additional 18 hours in addition to our required 30 per week. There has been great progress on our house since we posted last. We now have windows, doors, siding, plumbing, furnace vents, a roof, and (hopefully) the mason was supposed to be out today to start brick on our house. It's so wonderful to see the progress and feel like we're getting a little bit closer every week.






I've been learning lots of new skills, and I've decided that I like doing siding, and I like hanging soffit under the eaves of the roof. I can't do any heavy lifting anymore, nor am I supposed to get up high on ladders or scaffolding, so I'm a little limited in what I can do, but I appreciate the opportunities i do get to learn new skills.

We ran out of metal to finish the eaves of our roof and had to leave some open areas at the corners.....the perfect place for a nest. It only took 24 hours for the birds to try to move in and build a nest inside the soffit....we had to remove several pieces of metal to pull out the sticks and weeds that were packed in there. I took a picture because it was a pretty impressive sight.

I realize this is only a small representation of the last several months, but William and I have a crib to set up for Family Home Evening tonight, so the rest will have to wait for another day!