Life of an Imperfect Mama: January 2010

First Tastes

Emory's first experience with Rice Cereal!

I have decided that going back and trying to update every moment since Emory's arrival would be too time consuming! We are going to start from the present and move forward. No looking back! You will have to use your imagination to connect the dots from Sept 8 until now.

Emory is now 4.5 months old. We just had his 4 month doctor's visit on Monday. He is 25.75 inches long and weighs 12lbs, 3oz. He is a but on the small side but his doctor was not concerned. He is just SUPER LONG like Nick! We have gotten the go ahead to keep giving cereal and 1st stage foods. He loves eating from a spoon and I have no doubt that this will help him put on weight.

He is super active and loves playing. He keeps us entertained with all of his new developments. Overall, he is a happy baby and pretty easy going.

Here are some more recent pictures!

Two become Three!

Our son Emory Abram Kiernan was born on September 8, 2009 at 3:58 AM. He weighed 7lbs, 2 oz and was 20.5 inches long.

I went into to labor on Labor Day. We definitely had no idea he was coming! I had a busy weekend attending a wedding, helping with a baby shower, and generally wearing myself out. At 8 pm on Monday night, Nick and I finally sat down for dinner. My meal of choice was a chili cheese onion hot dog and orange soda ( I know). Nick was making nachos. Just as he had his chips perfectly toasted and everything in place...I looked at him and said as calm as could be "My water just broke." Needless to say he never ate those nachos. We took our time leaving the house. I felt fine and was not having any contractions. We arrived at Fair Oaks Hospital around 10:00 pm. After some concerns over the baby's hear rate, my doctor opted for a C-section. Nick accompanied me into the operating room and about 20 mins later Emory was born! The rest as the say is history!

Like most things that have happened with Nick and I, Emory's arrival took us by surprise. Of course we knew he was coming but not that early and not that night! Looking back it was the perfect experience for all of us...we just have to jump in and figure it out!