Emmersen Faith!

I know a lot of you have been waiting to see pictures of the newest member of the Melhus clan.. Sorry it has taken me a little longer than I thought. Since last winter when Matt decided to buy a professional camera, we have switched to using his camera for everything. But with doing that, I now have to wait on him to get the pictures uploaded to the computer and he has the edit them. So that is why it has taken me a while to get the blog updated on some things.
Now on to more important things... Emmersen!!
Emmersen decided to join us on September 26 (her due date!) at 12:09 PM. She was a whopping 5 pounds 15 ounces and 17 3/4 inches long. She is so petite and perfect! She has light brown/blonde hair in the back and a little bit of blonde hair on the top.
Avree is such a PROUD big sister! She seriously can't get enough of Emmersen. She is always asking to hold her, is always kissing her and likes to get close to her face to say HI. She has been a big help and always bringing us stuff for Emmersen (but doesn't quite get the fact that Emmersen doesn't need those things and is too little for them.) :-)
The 1st night Matt's parents brought Avree in to meet her little sister, she had a big smile on her face when she walked into the room. She was happy to see momma and came and sat down with me on the bed (I was holding Emmersen). We told her to say hi to the baby and she didn't think twice about it. (we thought she would be a little shy at first). She then wanted to hold her. So we washed her hands and got the boppy pillow and put Emmersen on her "lap". She was smiling ear to ear. Matt grabbed his camera and Avree was so cute. We kept telling her to be careful and don't move, so when Matt was getting pictures of the two of them she smiled but had the goofiest smile and would only move her eyes. She was so afraid to move her head (since we kept telling her to be careful and not to move). It was hilarious and adorable.. :-)


Everything has been going great since we got home Tuesday. Avree hasn't really acted out or been any different (and I hope she doesn't go through that). Emmersen is a great baby (just like big sis was) and hardly cries. I think I have only heard her cry 7 or 8 times. She sleeps great (atleast 4 hour stretches at night, sometimes longer if I don't wake up). I actually have been waking her up at night to feed her!
She can't even fit into newborn clothes yet and is still in preemie!! Such a little peanut. I can't believe how small the preemie clothes/socks are. They could seriously fit on Avree's baby dolls.
We think Emmersen and Avree look a lot like sisters, but we think Emmersen looks like mommy's baby pictures (and lots of people thought Avree looked a lot like Matt) So a good mix of all 3 of us :)

Enjoy the pictures:
Nana and Emmersen at the hospital-

Proud big sister and proud grandparents-







Grandma Hansch came to stay with us a night...


Big sister holding little sister..

Avree giving "the look"..

Avree "reading" to Emmersen..



Such a rough life.. :-)


Comparison photos:
Avree:

Emmersen:


I also am going to be changing our blog to private so please email me if you want me to add your email address to the list so you can still view/read our blog. (There are people who follow my blog and I don't have any idea who they are, and there are lots of pictures up here of the girls', and I don't want random people (who I don't know) viewing/reading this stuff. So I am going to change that and only allow family and friends to read the blog.

All for now!