Almost Christmas

Hi Everyone,

This week started out like a lion and out like a lamb. We went to a surprise baby shower for a good friend here last Sunday and then on Monday I took Emmett for his 4 month shots. I had a crappy sleep the night before wide awake in bed fretting over the pain Iwas going to have to put him through again, as you may recall the last time I took him at 2 months was very unpleasant. They did go better than last time though.. thank God! First we had a much nicer nurse and also Tyler came too. Emmett did cry but it wasn't too bad and he settled quickly once I nursed him in the waiting area......that is until later... after dinner he just got more and more irritated and crabby and very clingy so I gave him a small shot of baby Tylenol and that helped a bit. He had a fitful sleep and the whole next day was more of the same. He had sore red lumps where the three needles were given in his thighs and would not let me put him down for more than 5 min...it was a long Tuesday. Finally the next day he was getting back to his smiley self. I didn't get to weigh him this week at my usual place and day but the nurses weighed him at around 16 lbs.

We got an unusual amount of snow this week, in fact more than they've seen in years. It meant being stuck inside for a few days and so boring. I couldn't even go for a walk as they didn't plow our street till last, there was no way to take the stroller out . Last year we had two snows and this week we've had at least 4 with more to come. I guess everyone across the country will be in for a white Christmas ...i just hope our flight to Calgary on Wednesday goes as planned..this should be interesting. We will be there from the 24th to the 30th and Emmett will be meeting his Opa (Frank) , his cousins, his Great Grandma Lee , Great Auntie Joy and quite a few of the Madsen clan in Calgary too for the first time. It's going to be a packed week but I'm really looking forward to it. It's going to be so nice to see everyone. To those we won't see, Merry Christmas & have a safe and fun holiday!

Silly Emmett

Almost Christmas...and so excited to come to Calgary!! I'm already thinking about what to pack and no matter how I cut it....there is so much baby stuff to bring! Packing for a baby warrants hiring assistants to carry it all...kid could have his own entourage.

The giggles rolled in this past week big time!! Finally I get to hear them everyday..mostly on the change table and definitely when I tickle his feet. Further evidence that those feet are from me cause Tyler isn't ticklish there at all. I'm pretty sure the teething has begun. The drool is on the rise, we can easily soak 2 to 3 bibs in a day now and the fist chewing can go on and on. Who knows how long until that first tooth pops, 1 month? 2 maybe even 3 or four. Depends on the baby so we will see I guess.

I recently watched a documentary on CBC called The Disappearing Male about the use of petro-chemicals in things like baby teethers, toys also in shampoos and diaper ointments and the terrible effects it's having on male babies, toddlers and adults. (If you are interested, you can watch it for your selves here http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2008/disappearingmale/ click on the video box that says View the Entire Film on the right hand side of the page)

Learning about scary stuff like this as well as the seeing on the news the numerous times toys made in China have been pulled from store shelves for lead makes us wary parents. I hope no one can fault us for wanting to keep Emmett as much out of harms way as possible. In light of that, we will be doing our best in the future to buy toys and baby products as natural as possible and definitely not from China. I can tell this is going to cost us. ; p

Emmett has his second round of shots tomorrow... really, really not looking forward to it. Wish me luck.

Two Weeks In One Post

LOL I just can't get enough of his cute little derrière.... his future girlfriends are gonna love these pics!

Week of Nov 20th -26th & Nov 27-Dec 4

Hi Everyone,

Sorry about the tardiness on the posting, the last week just kind of got away on me. Emmett is doing great, he's a happy guy and smiles lots. The only time he's really cranky is when we are trying to get him to sleep in his crib....and so far we are still working on that. He was 14. 10 lbs last week and now this week he is 15.2 . ..which makes him officially to heavy for his playpen bassinet. Oh well, he hated sleeping in there too. On the 9th he will be 4 months old and I say it every month..where did the time go? He has to go for round two of his immunizations on the 15th ..not looking forward to it.

My cousin Tracey Chala came out from Victoria to visit us last weekend, it was nice to see her as I don't get much chances to see that side of the family these days. I also took Emmett to his first Christmas parade last weekend and even though it was so noisy, he slept right through it...must have been tired.

He hasn't got much this week for new stuff, just perfecting what he has already learned, mostly putting his fingers together to grab things and rolling over. Really makes you appreciate how hard those things must be to master for the first time when you watch him do it with all of his concentration.

His neck control is better than I thought for his age though. I got together with a few of the ladies from my Mom's group last week and 3 of them have babies Emmett's age and they couldn't believe when he was on his tummy, how well he held his head up. Their babies are still working on holding up their heads for more than half a min; Emmett can go at least 4 or 5 min. I hadn't realized he was so good at it until then. Ahh, the little things that make his mommy proud..lol. I guess I can't help it : )