Well now Emma is just over four months old and I am finally getting back to the blog. She is growing so fast and I do not know where the last 4 months has gone. Emma is now 26 inches long and a little over 19 pounds. She is a healthy happy baby.
Here are some more pictures taken over the last 2 months.
Holy Cow! I can not believe it has already been two months since I last updated this site. I see it everyday but for some reason everything else has kept me from updating.
I can not believe Emma will be two months old tomorrow (Nov. 27). It seems as though it was just yesterday we were bringing her home for the very first time. Now that I look back at those pictures I can’t believe how much she has grown. At her one month doctors appointment she was 12 pounds 6 ounces and 22 inches long. Tomorrow she has her next doctors appointment where we will find how much she grew this month. She will receive the first round of her vaccinations as well.
Being a Dad has been so much fun. I really love nothing more than curling up on the couch with her and either talking to her and watching all the funny faces she makes or enjoying the precious naps she takes on my chest.
Overall she has been a great baby thus far. She is starting to sleep longer through the night. Last night she slept from about 9:30 pm till about 5 am. The only time she really cries is when she is wet, hungry, or overly tired. We are really lucky to have a child like her, especially after all the horror stories you hear of other children who are not as content.
Today Emma visited with Santa for the very first time. She seemed to enjoy her time with the jolly bearded man dressed in red and had her picture taken. I wonder what she asked for?
Do you ever wish that you could go back and sleep without a care in the world? Here is a short video of Emma sleeping in the hospital.
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What a week it has been. While I try and play catch up here is some information of Emma’s first few days on this wacky planet.
I just wanted to introduce you all to Emmalyn Lucia Becker. We were
scheduled for a C-Section at 7:15 am on September 27, however Beth’s
water broke around midnight and they decided to do the C-Section right
away. So Emmalyn Lucia Becker was born at 1:34 am on September 27,
2007. She weighs 10 pounds 6 ounces and is 20 inches long. Both
Mother and Baby are doing well.
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Our little girl is just about ready to finally come into our lives. We had an Ultrasound on Wednesday and they are estimating that Emma will be around 9-10 pounds. With my little girl being so big we are opting for a planned C-Section to avoid any major issues that come from trying to birth a large baby naturally. This really is the best option for both Mom and baby. So on Thursday, September 27, 2007 at 7:15 am, Mom and Dad will head into the operating room to greet the most anticipated member of our family. We are extremely excited to finally meet the little girl that we have been fussing over for the last nine months.
Check back later this week for pictures and other things announcing the birth of Emmalyn Lucia!
Well we are just a mere five and a half weeks away from Emmalyn coming into our lives and her mommy is ready for that day to come. I can not imagine how uncomfortable it has to be in the extreme heat of this summer. I am very proud and appreciative of my wife for enduring this situation with such poise and grace.
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For a while we have wanted to get a 3D ultrasound picture of Emma. We know a few people that have had this done. They all said it was absolutely amazing the level of detail that you can make out on the face of the baby weeks before you will meet them for the first time.
We were afraid of being charged for a bunch of ultrasound appointments without getting a picture, so last week we decided to try one last time to get a great look at Emma in 3D. In our previous attempts the umbilical cord was in front of her face. The Ultrasound Technician said that if there is anything in front of her face it will be mapped as part of the face and create a distorted view of the baby. Well on our last attempt Emma decided to cooperate and at least give us a profile picture of her face.
We have found that when people view these pictures, it is a lot like those 3D pictures that you always saw in the mall. People stare at it for a few seconds looking puzzled and then something suddenly click and they see the image they are looking for. So I decided I should probably include a hint to help you make out the pictures better. The 3 pictures below are of the left side of Emma’s face. You will see her left cheek, her nose, her closed eyes, and it appears that she has both hands in front of her mouth.
Ok so I blink and almost two months have gone by since I have given you an update. We are now less than 12 weeks away from the arrival of the baby. Didn’t we just have like six whole months to go?
During our doctors appointment in June the doctor said that he was fairly confidant that the baby was going to be a girl but not to paint any rooms. However, at yesterdays doctors appointment, we found out that the child my beautiful wife is carrying is definitely going to be an adorable baby girl. Her name is going to be Emmalyn Lucia (loo-cee-ah). A lot of people have asked where we came up with her name, so here is the background on that descision. Well we have always liked the name Emma, so we decided pretty early on that if we had a girl her name would be Emma. We also wanted to honor both sides of our families. So we added alyn to Emma’s first name to honor Beth’s Mother and we chose the middle name Lucia to honor both my Aunt Lucy and My Grandmother Becker.
Both Mom and baby are doing well. During the ultrasound at yesterdays doctors appointment, they said that Emma already weighs three pounds. We also saw that she already has lots of hair on her head. We were going to try and get the 3D image of her face but the Umbilical cord was in the way of getting a clear picture.
Here are the ultrasound pictures from yesterday.
Another picture of Emma’s Face
“Look Mom and Dad, I’m Definitely a Girl!”
Emma Punching Mom during the Ultrasound
Well here are the latest ultrasound pictures from our Doctors appointment on May 15th. We have to views from the side and one where the baby is looking right at us and taunting us that it would not give up its secret just yet.
Only 12 more days until the next appointment and the next chance to find out if the baby is a boy or a girl!
Oh look it is already sucking its thumb.
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Well it appears that the baby was not quite ready to let us know whether it is a girl or a boy. The doctors appointment went great. The heartbeat was strong and constant and the baby looked great. However, when the Ultrasound lady tried to check the gender, the baby decided to keep its secret for another month by keeping both of its heels firmly in front of its privates. So now we have to wait another month (June 12th) until we find out whether it is going to be a boy or a girl.
I do have some new ultrasound pictures and I will scan them and post them to this blog soon.