And Maggie makes four....

Hello Hello!!! It's been very busy in the Rodford household these days. We added a new little girl to our family on 6/6... Her name is Maggie and she is a beautiful 2 month old chocolate lab. Emma just loves her and Maggie is learning the ropes of our house. As far as Emma goes, she is crawling all over the place. She just loves to go! She is attempting to pull herself up on things and this is how we got our first boo boo. She wacked her head off of the hard wood floors trying to pull herself up. Nice bruise, and she's had another since then. We went to Opening Day at the Valley Cats on Friday. She seemed to enjoy it. She slept for about an hour towards the end but woke up in time for the last inning, even though they lost. Eric and I no longer work weekends this summer so we enjoyed our first full weekend together. It was wonderful having full family days! I guess that's it for now. I will post some pics soon.

6 Months!!!

Well, it's very hard for me to believe this but my little peanut is 6 months old already! Where did the time go? At her six month check she is weighing in at 15.05 pounds and she is 25 1/4 inches long. Her doctor says she's a little on the skinny side but nothing to worry about, trust me, this girl eats. We started her on rice cereal and applesauce, which she loved! Then we moved to oatmeal cereal and peaches, again loved it. Today we will do bananas, that's if Eric doesn't get to them first. she's rolling all over the place. Still hasn't sat up on her own yet but she tries. Emma is sleeping from 7-7:30 at night to anywhere from 6-6:30 in the morning. It seems as though the later she goes down at night the earlier she's up. Weird! Anyways, she's wonderful and I"m having so much fun watching her grow and learn.

As for me that's a different story. I spent the entire day yesterday running to different doctors for this ungodly pain in my abdomen. At first the docs thought it was my gall bladder so off to ultrasound I went. Then back to the docs for them to tell me it's not my gall bladder. Then I had to go get a cat scan done. If you've never had one, let me fill you in. You have to drink this disgusting stuff and then wait an hour for it to get into your system. Then they give you and IV of some other stuff and they do the cat scan. so after that I was exhausted and went home. Mind you, the only thing I can put in my body without it hurting is water so I have had nothing to drink. The doctor said it should be a very strong out brake of indigestion but this doesn't seem right. She gave me nexium and hydrocodone to help with the pain. So i took the nexium which did nothing and then I took 2 hyrdo's and was in lala land but the pain was still there. It wasn't coming in the jabs as much but it was still there. The doctor called me back and said that I have a cyst on my ovary which is about the size of a golf ball but that's all that the cat scan revealed. I guess the cyst will burst whenever my left ovary ovulates so it's nothing to worry about. But still nothing as to why I am in this pain. she took me out of work until at least Wednesday, or until the pain is gone. Hopefully it will be gone soon cus this sucks!

I guess that's all for now. I will keep you posted.

Rolling Machine!!!

Well, Emma is now rolling all over. Her sitter said she has done it their but Eric and I had yet to witness her rolling over. Last night we had put her on the floor to play like always and she was trying to get a toy that was just out of reach. We sat and watched her for a minute and before we knew it she was on her belly. She got her toy and rolled back to her back. She is still not a fan of tummy time but is staying on her belly for longer periods of time. Now she just finds it fun I guess. Eric says she's growing up too fast and he can't believe how big she is getting. We go for her 6 month check soon and it's amazing to me that it has been that long since she was born already. Anyways, that's the latest with Emma.

A few more.....

As promised..............

5 months 11 days......

I know I am such a horrible blogger. I need to put up current pics of Emma but when I am home I just want to spend time with her. It will get done, maybe this weekend I will put some up.

Emma is weighing in at 14 lbs. 14 oz. the other day when we went to see mom. She is still only on formula. We go to the doctors on April 29 for her 6 month, yes 6month, check. We will start giving her food then. Her daddy gave her a little taste of Snowman's vanilla soft ice cream the other day. She liked that. And her Uncle Mike gave her a little taste of frosting last month and she liked that too. Hopefully she will also enjoy fruits and veggies! Emma is totally in love with her jolly jumper! She thinks it's the best invention in the world! She spends hours in it. She is trying really really hard to sit up on her own. now that it has been nice out we have been going for walks and she seems to enjoy them for a little while and then gets bored and falls asleep. She's such a wonderful baby. She normally goes to bed around 7ish and I wake her at 5:30. she's happy all the time. I just love being a mom. It's such an amazing feeling!

Not too much else really going on. We are looking forward to Myrtle Beach in September. That's about it. Same old same old.

Hopefully I will get a chance to post pics this weekend. Until then.................

Recent Events

Well, it has been a crazy, sad, exhausting few weeks here. I posted a few blogs about Eric's dad, as you all know. I think I just needed to get everything out at the moment. Anyways, we are all holding up pretty good. We got his ashes yesterday so now we have a little bit of him with us at the house. Rosie has the bulk of him. Not that he was a big man by any means but he weighs a lot in ashes! Rosie said here box is really heavy. I guess we are trying to make light of the situation. We just keep reminiscing about him and how much he was in love with Emma. I know if he has any say in it our next baby will be a boy. And Eric has a name picked out already if it is....by the way we are NOT pregnant! We are just hoping for a boy when the time comes, when Emma is 1 1/2 years old or so.

So we were trying to find a place for Rosie because she wasn't very fond of staying in her and Ron's apartment. She wanted us to add on to our house, which would be fine if we had the room, but there really isn't any room to add on. Rosie had mentioned when all of this happened that she would like to find a nice trailer and buy that. So yesterday we got the penny saver in the mail and Eric found two for sale in the little trailer park in Brunswick. So we called on them and the same guy owns both. We went and looked at one of them last night and it would be perfect for Rosie. She currently lives in Rensselaer so moving to Brunswick would make her closer to us in Lansingburgh and closer to my parents. Eric and I are hoping she decides to buy it. It needs some TLC inside like painting and things like that but what doesn't these days. It's a 1970 trailer. It has brand new windows and doors and a brand new roof. It has a huge deck and a shed in the back. It's just perfect for her. We would have to show her how to get around because she doesn't know the area but that would be easy! So, keep your fingers crossed and I will keep you posted.

Emma is doing some new and improved things lately. She almost rolls over from back to belly. She tries sooo hard she gets mad. It's so funny. Her newest thing is to try and blow raspberries. It's the cutest thing ever. We got her picture taken with the Easter bunny on Friday. She didn't cry or anything but she wasn't in the smiling mood either. I think it's because she had just woken up. Either way, they turned out really cute. Emma is still sleeping through the night. Last night we were at mom and dad's so her schedule was a little off. she ate at 8:30 at their house and we left there are 9pm and she was already sleeping. she stayed asleep in the car and I just put her to bed as soon as we got home and she got up at 7:30 this morning. We had one night last week where she got up at 1am to eat but went right back to bed afterwords. She really is a wonderful baby. Eric and I are afraid the next on will be a terror. Which it probably will but we will love it just the same!

I can't believe Easter is next weekend! We are very excited to be going to my cousin Kari's. We had such a great time last year!

I guess that's all for now. I am at work and had some down time so I can't post any pics here. I will though, I promise!