Sunday, January 18, 2009

Emily Moves to Her Own Room!

As new parents we weren't really sure what to do and how to handle Emily's sleeping arrangements when she arrived. When we first came home (almost 3 weeks ago!) we had borrowed a co-sleeper (almost like a pack-n-play) and put it at the foot of our bed and hooked our monitor up to work with it! It worked great, especially as I have been recovering from the c-section and having her close and not having to walk very far has been nice for both Micah and I the past 2 and a half weeks.
But we decided that we should probably try to move Emily into her own room now before she gets older and realizes what is going on. So, we moved her monitor, prepared her crib, gave her a cozy bath (although Emily might not agree about the cozy part), fed her, swaddled her, and laid her down to sleep in her crib in her very own room!
She was still pretty awake when we put her in, so she looked all around and wimpered a little bit and she was out! Sleeping like a little princess on her butterfly sheets! And she slept like a champ too! We put her down around 10:30pm and she didn't wake up until about 3:45am when she got hungry and needed a diaper change and then we got her all taken care of put her back in her bed all cozy and warm and she was out again until I went in to wake her up around 8am so that we could get ready for church!
Micah and I were so impressed with her. She likes her space, and we like for her to have it too! So the first night in her bed was a success and she is taking a nap in their now, and I hear her stirring so I need to go check on her.
One other thing to mention was that we took her to church for the first time today too! And that went really well. Everyone was so happy to see her and so full of compliments and praise on how beautiful she is! And speaking of how beautiful she is, here are a few pictures to display her cuteness!!!

Too cute to pass up....sitting with daddy at the start of bath time ~ love the eyes! (Oh and Micah is not choking her, we promise! That was the position she was most comfortable with.)

How we found her this morning in her crib!! Snug as a bug in a rug!


2 comments:

Kaylyn Meador said...

It was so good to see you guys today! Emily is precious and you looked great! Seriously! That is so good that she is sleeping so well! Sounds like you guys got a good one!

Emily said...

So Cute!! Clara slept in our room for the first 3 months due to not having another room to put her in! I am glad she likes it! It is a miracle she sleeps so long! It took Clara a long time to figure that out (like 5 months). Her eyes are so beautiful!