6 months

Here are Susie's 6 month photos. She's growing too fast and time is flying by.

Susie

Susie is changing so much each day. She makes everyone smile, and she's very adventurous. I think we're in for some trouble once she can keep up with Emmett. Here are some random Susie pics.

She's a thumb sucker - but only in her sleep.

All ready for winter weather!

Her first trip to Red Mango - Aunt Jenn is teaching her early!

She takes little catnaps at the most random times. I dressed her for church, laid her in her crib to go get Emmett dressed, and two minutes later she was like this:

She loves to get her toes. She HATES having socks on! This one really shows her blue eyes.

She thinks she's all grown up and holds her own bottle now. She's also loving real food!

Two Months

Susie is two months old. Time is flying by! She is the sweetest little baby and her smiles brighten our days.

Guilt

It's that time again - back to school. Ever since I had Emmett, I've experienced guilt and some dread at this time of year. This year, it's been really bad. Susie is younger than Emmett when I started back to work. I feel like I need more time. Add on top of that the fact that my great third grade partner won't be coming back, and I have no clue who I'm working with. And Susie wouldn't take a bottle. And I want to potty train Emmett but I need time to do that. My method of dealing with these feelings has been to avoid all thoughts of school and just cram as much fun into each day as we can handle.

Last night, my principal called. He started the conversation with "I'm surprised you haven't called me about the third grade situation." Oops. Honesty is the best policy, right? So I told him that I was moping and trying not to think about it. We laughed, but I really wasn't kidding. Now I have to face reality that I'm going back to work. (I need to say that Gigi is the most amazing person. I have no worries at all about leaving my kids with her. She keeps me sane!)

So I've been getting ready. I worked with a few people to get Susie to take a bottle. It was horrible and emotional, but we finally found a bottle she'd take (Thanks Cam and Gigi). I've started a pile of things to take to Gigi's house. I've started thinking about my back to school bulletin board. I've given myself a pep talk that my new partner will be great and it's going to be a great year.

Change isn't easy, and we're about to be hit with a big dose of it.

Birthday Party

E's best little buddy had his birthday party - and it was a tractor/farm theme. I was excited because I had the perfect outfit for Baby S! E loved the tractors, and the highlight was a tractor hayride! E also entertained everyone by eating popcorn with a fork and stealing the tractors from the table centerpieces. Silly boy!

One Month

Susie is one month old! She's such a happy, smiling baby and we love her so much!

Pictures of Baby Susannah

I am so blessed to have such a talented friend! Here are some shots from when S was 3 weeks old. Thank you Tina Farmer!