My Chubby Little Chipmunk

Embry had a doctor appointment on Monday to check her weight, because the doctor was concerned about how much weight she had lost. She was 8lb 11oz when she was born, and then she was 8lb 7oz when she left the hospital on Friday. On Sunday at her weight check she was 8lb 1oz, meaning she lost 10oz in 4 days. Luckily on Monday she had gained 2oz back. so she now weighs 8lb 3oz. She still has some pudgy cheeks despite her weight loss. I think she looks like a chubby little chipmunk. The bruising and swelling in her face has gone down considerably since she was born. I felt really bad for her with all the bruises she had on her face, so I am glad they have mostly gone away.

Elijah Loves Being a Big Brother

Elijah loves being a big brother! He gets very concerned when Embry gets upset and does his very best to try to make her happy. He calls Embry his baby and always says that he loves her. Dustin and I are both very happy and relieved that Elijah has taken to Embry so well.

Embry Elizabeth Coffman born 7/22/2010

Embry is here!!!

Waiting for Embry to arrive...

Embry joined us at 4:02pm. She was 8lbs 11oz, 20.5"long (I originally misunderstood, and told everyone she was 21.5"), with a head circumference of 36cm, a few bruises, and a good head of hair. Liz was VERY excited to hold her little girl.

Eli seemed to embrace his role as "Big Brother" very quickly. He just watched her, held her hand, and petted her head. For her part, Embry was very content to just look up at her big brother. Hopefully this will last...

Mother and daughter are doing extremely well, and will be headed home by 4pm today.

I will then relinquish my posting duties back to Liz--she does a MUCH better job anyway!

We love you all!!!

p.s. check back soon for some cute video of Eli holding Emme.

Elijah's Big Boy Bed

The last four days/nights Elijah has been sleeping in his big boy bed. He has done really well with it so far. He still tries to sneak out of his bed when we first put him in there, but it hasn't taken more than a few times of telling him to get back in bed for him to stay there. I have to say that it is pretty funny to wake up because I hear him running from his room to ours in the morning as oppossed to him calling for me from his crib. He has been coming into our room all proud of himself in the morning, and saying "morning mama, I got you!" It is funny! I also think it is amazing that he can take up so much room in a full size bed!

Oneida Nation Pow Wow

This fourth of July weekend my parents came up and we went to a Pow Wow that was held on the reservation that is nearby our house. Tribes came from five states to participate in the Pow Wow. It was really neat to see all of the traditional costumes and to see all of the dancers. This weekend we also spent some time at the park, and we went and got ice cream cones. It was a nice relaxing weekend. My mom also made us a bunch of food to leave so that I don't have to worry about cooking for the next few weeks. AWESOME! I have not really felt like cooking at all for the last couple of weeks, except for quick fix things, so it is nice to have good food to eat again! LOL

Toy Story 3

On Saturday Dustin and I took Elijah to see the new Toy Story movie. Elijah loves Toy Story, so he was thrilled to go see the new movie. This was Eli's first time seeing a movie since he has been old enough to remember. We got Elijah the little kiddie combo box as a snack to help keep him occupied during the movie. It came with a small Icee, popcorn and a candy treat. Elijah sat and sipped his Icee the whole movie, but he was so into the movie that he did not even eat the popcorn or the candy. He was so great during the movie, Dustin and I had a great time just watching him enjoy the show! I can't wait for the next Disney movie to come out so we can take him to see that one too.

Grandma and Grandpa Tuggle

Last week Elijah and I went down to my parents house for a week. I did not have my camera with me, so I don't have a lot of pictures from our week there, but Erin was able to email me these pictures from the park. Grandma, Grandpa and I took Eli to the playground at the school by their house. It was kind of fun because it is the school that I went to from 3rd grade to 5th grade. They certainly did not have such a fancy playground when I went there, they remodeled the jungle gym a few years ago and made it really nice. The whole jungle gym is connected by ramps instead of stairs, so Elijah had a great time running from slide to slide without any help getting up on tall stairs. It was funny because Elijah started calling himself Peter Pan and me Captain Hook while he was running on the jungle gym. I have no idea where that came from. He has only read Peter Pan once or twice. Kind of funny! Elijah had several firsts while we were there visiting. Grandma and Grandpa got Elijah his first tricycle. He loves it! It really is the coolest tricycle I have ever seen. It has a high handle that can attach to the back of it so that an adult can walk with the trike and steer it while the kid can still pedal it. Elijah and Grandpa went on lots of walks together using the trike. Elijah also had his first real ice cream cone. He has had ice cream in the little cup before, but Grandma and Grandpa bought him one of those little baby cones. I was worried that he would not know how to eat the cone, but he dove right in and did an awesome job. He did not even make a mess on his shirt or anything! Also Elijah decided to show us that he can count to 10! I asked him where he learned to count to 10 and he told me he learned from Sesame Street. Got to love PBS!