First Snow Day

Bo and Daddy playing out in the snow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9nZTR_RAPY

and Emily napping while the boys play outside
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0fjxjcanW0

Breakfast with Santa

Over the weekend, the family and Grammie went to breakfast with Santa. Here is Bo ready to eat some french toast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gl-qA6Tr4v8


Here is Miss Emily in here dress. Isn't she just gorgeous


While we were eating, several animals and characters came by to see us including Bo's favorite Elmo


Here is the merry family all dressed up to go see Santa


While waiting in line, we stopped to see Rudolph


Then there was Santa



We promised Bo a sucker after sitting on Santa's lap so of course he was good. Now, he reaps his reward.

St. Nicks

Here is a short video of Bo saying nite-nite to the Christmas Tree and train.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT6d3oQNYtw

On the 6th, St. Nick came to the house. The kids must have been good
St. Nick also came to the house last weekend. I guess the kids were behaving.


Here is a picture of Bo watching his new movie. It is hard to grab his attention sometimes once he zones in



Here is a short video of that morning
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NChqqnvuI2E

Christmas Decorations

Last weekend, the clan went to pick out our Christmas tree.

Bo really enjoyed this, watching the worker cut the bottom and strap to the roof. Then when we were home Bo & Daddy put the stand on it and decorated it with lights. Bo is a great helper.

For the final touches we put up the train to go around the tree. Here is a video of us playing with the train before we went to pick out the tree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpKrDN1F10s

Bo wanted his sister to help but she was sleeping as usual so he decided to pick her up


We also went to look at Christmas lights with the cousins. Bo had a blast eating popcorn, donuts, and hot chocolate

and amazingly enough Emily slept through all the craziness


Here is a funny picture of Mommy and Bo at the Christmas store



Also that weekend Saturday the 4th, Mommy took Emily back to the doctor. They gave her the clear on her Jaundice. She weighed in at 8lbs. 4 ounces which is almost 2 ounces a day since the last time. This is good news. I think Emily is still having trouble sucking or swallowing so we have an appointment to see a physical therapist. It just seems that the milk flow from nursing and the bottle is coming too fast for her and she keeps becoming choked up. We will see what they have to say. Mommy was very excited because she continues to nurse Miss Emily.

Happy Thanksgiving

Here are a couple photos from the new Woodworth family on Thanksgiving. We were pretty boring and did not do too much given our new edition. That night the 24 flu hit Mommy hard and then just as Mommy was feeling better Daddy picked it up so the long weekend was not fun at all. Luckily, the little ones did not catch anything.




Emily is doing ok. She still is not fully battled off the jaundice and just today was back to her birth weight of 7lbs. 13ounces. The doctor wants her to be gaining weight faster. We will go back to the doctor on Saturday morning to check both of these.

Jaundice

Poor Miss Emily was home for not even two days and back to the hospital we went. The doctor was concerned with her jaundice and bilirubin levels. When we were released from the hospital on Thursday afternoon, she was at a medium risk. We had to take her to be tested Friday and Saturday morning. Since her levels kept creeping up each day and she was very near the border for high risk, the doctor thought it best to take her back to the hospital to be under the lights. The UV rays help reduce this faster. Here is a picture of her in her first tanning booth with her goggles (really blind folds).

Needless to say, this is not what Mommy and Daddy had planned. After all day Saturday and most of Sunday, they let us go home. Her jaundice (yellow coloring of the skin) has almost gone away but now we are concerned with her weight. When she was born, she weighed 7lbs 13 ounces and when we left the hospital she weighed 7lbs 7 ounces. Then on Monday at the doctor she still only weighed 7lbs. 8ounces. By that time, she should at least be back to her birth weight if not higher.

We have had to give her the bottle a little in between nursing to make sure she is feeding enough. Mommy's milk is definitely in and Emily is definitely nursing enough but somehow she is not gaining weight. It all does not add up. We went to the doctor again on Friday after Thanksgiving and Emily was up a little 7lbs. 11 ounces but still not enough. She does sleep a lot but I guess most babies do.

She is still just precious and her is a good picture awake.

Presenting Emily Rae

On November 16th at 4:41pm, Emily Rae was born. She weight in at 7lbs. 12.5ounces and was 20.25 inches long.


Mommy did a great job and we are all so proud of her


Emily is just gorgeous


Bo has a new little sister


Emily gave Bo a present for coming to visit her and for being a new big brother. It was a build-a-dinosaur called Bo-asourus


Here is a picture of all 4 of us at the hospital


And another one of the four of us arriving home on Thursday night.

Still no baby yet

Mommy took Bo to the doc yesterday because of a really bad diaper rash he was experiencing. It was very painful to even look at. The doc says that Bo has Strep on his throat and his bottom. We had never heard of it on your bottom before but I guess it is very common because the nerves are connected. He was running a really high fever the past 24hrs so hopefully he can break that soon.

Mommy then went to her own doc for a baby check and the doc says Mommy is about 3cm dilated. She still isn't feeling any contractions but the doc thinks it could start any time now. We hope that Bo can feel better before everything starts to happen. There was talk of an induction this Friday but with everything seeming to be happening naturally and no medical emergency, there is no need to rush things. Until then, we will just be waiting to meet Emily and hope that Bo gets better.

Here is a pic of Bo learning even as he sleeps

Halloween

The Saturday before Halloween Mommy & Daddy took me to Boo at the Zoo. For this I dressed up as a Frog


Daddy went down the big slide with me at the Children's zoo where I petted the goats and guinea pigs


Then I rode the Carousel all by mysel as it went up and down


For actual Halloween, I dressed up as a dinosaur


My cousins Will and Kinley came over to show me how to trick or treat


Daddy pulls us around in a wagon so we could keep up with Kinley


Here is a pic of the family after a long day of trick-or-treating and eating candy

Bed time now I think.

Bo's First Sleep Over with Cousin Will

Last week Mommy and Daddy let me have my first sleep over at my house. It was with cousin Will of course.
We played soccer outside, ate milk shakes (see video), took a bath, and watched movies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGChJjto3Ss

Happy 90th Birthday Nanny

Last week was my great-grandmother aka Nanny's 90th birthday. Here are a couple of pictures of me celebrating




Also, here I am celebrating a Touchdown by Mizzou and doing a touchdown dance.

36 weeks for Baby Woodster #2

Mommy had her 36 week check-up for Baby Woodster #2 today. She will be going every week from here on out. They will do a physical exam each time as well. Today she was only 0.5cm dilated so she has a ways to go. The baby's head was still facing up. She has not dropped yet but the doc said this could happen at the very last minute so do not read anything in to it.
I know Mommy is starting to be exhausted very quickly caring around my sister but we all cannot wait to meet you.

Here is a picture of me ready to go to school. I had my lunchbox but I dropped that to grab the keys for the car. I'm obsessed with car keys right now.

Pumpkin Patch

Last weekend, the Woodworth's went to the Pumpkin Patch

Bo picked out his pumpkin

Went on a tractor/hay ride

Posed for a picture on the hay


Baby Woodster #2 is due in a little over 4 weeks. Can you tell?