A few weekends ago, I had an interesting experience at Quiznos with Emme. It really is a very funny story, but also kind of sad for Emme. We had ordered our food and Emme and I were sitting at the table waiting while Dustin and Eli got everyone's drinks. So these two young college guys came into the restaurant and were waiting to order. One of them looks back at our table and stares at Emme in her car seat. The proud mama that I am I expect him to smile at her, like what a cute kid, and then look away. Instead he turns to his friend and says "dude, that little baby looks pissed." His friend turns around looks at Emme and says with a chuckle "yeah, she does." Then they both finally notice me sitting there and realize that I heard them talking about my baby, and they immediately looked at their shoes and turned around! I realize that I probably should have felt angry, but instead when I looked over at her, I realized that she did looked extremely angry! The sad thing is that I know that she wasn't really upset, in fact she was very peacefully sleeping! My poor scowly baby, I guess we need to teach her to smile more!
Yesterday Emme had her two month doctor appointment and we were able to find out how big she is. Emme is now 11lb 2oz and she is 23 1/4in long. She is right at the middle of the percentiles for her weight and the size of her head. She is on the long side for length. Dustin and I are so used to how long and SKINNY Elijah was as a baby, and still is, that we think Emme is positively chubby (in a good baby way of course). So when the doctor told me yesterday that she is very long and skinny for a baby her age, I realized how warped our perception of what a normal baby looks like is. LOL We think Emme is beautiful and we are so happy everyday that she joined our family 9 weeks ago.
