The Big Move

So during the month of September quite a bit happened.  The first was on September 10th.  We finally reunited with Nick after a long 7 weeks of him being in basic training.  We hit the road Wednesday night the 8th with grandmommy and started our voyage to Great Lakes IL.  Thank goodness I had a GPS, because that is a trip I never want to drive again.  Emma did great!  She slept just about any time the car started to move, and really only got fussy when she was hungry.  We got there on Thursday and graduation was Friday.  I will never forget the first time I saw Nick at graduation, and the look on his face when he held Emma.  Unfortunately the weekend didn't last long, and it was back on the road for us.  When we got back home I packed up the rest of the house except for things we needed daily.

HAPPY FAMILY

GOODBYE IS ALWAYS HARD

READY FOR GRADUATION

HI DAD!

Shortly after graduation Nick was in Goose Creek finding us a house on base, and it wasn't long before we had a date to move.   My mom kept Emma and Susie and I drove down to SC to pick up Nick and bring him home for the first time since he left in July.  It wasn't a long visit, we had to get a moving truck loaded in one day so that we could head back and get things unpacked, because he had to start school the following week.  We had a get together the day before we left, and it was hard to say goodbye to everybody, but at the same time we were happy to be reunited as a family.  We got to the house in Goose Creek and Adam and his brother came down to help Nick unload the truck.  Before I knew it the empty house we were moving into was full of stuff to unpack.  Emma adjusted well, and we were very happy to all be back together.

GOODBYE NC

And the journey continues

During the second month of Emma's life not much exciting happened.  We basically hung around the house and tried to keep busy until daddy graduated on September 10th.  I was starting to pack the house and get it cleaned so when we had our new place in Charleston we would be ready to go.  We walked Lake Junaluska about every evening and Emma started to smile and really enjoyed being talked to.  Grandmommy normally got Emma each evening when she got home so that I could take a shower and just have some time to myself.  We also spent days at Tenya's house.  That was always fun.

LEGS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE HARNESS!!

She slept through the night on August 6th for the first time.  However she still does not sleep through the night, but we are working on that.

On September 1st we went back to Greenville for another ultrasound and it was good news.  The harness had worked the way it should, and they would be giving me a different brace that I would be able to take off and on for baths and playtime.  I was so excited, and wished Nick could have been there, but believe me, he got a nice long letter about the appointment.  So at the appointment I finally got to see my baby girls legs again!  She started kicking as soon as that harness was off.  The next brace she got was the rhino cruiser, and it only went from around her waist and hips, but restricted her movement more.  She didn't seem to mind it much at all though. 

RHINO CRUISER

She had to wear this brace as much as possible.  At Emma's second month checkup on September 7th, she weighed 11 lbs 1 oz and was 22 inches tall.  She also got her first big round of shots.  She did very well.  And the best part was, we were leaving the next day to go watch daddy graduate from basic training.  I will be making a blog with these stories as well :)