My Mother's Day Gift

My old sewing machine finally bit the dust after 9 years of mediocre sewing. The timing was perfect, it died for good just a day or two before Emily was born. When Steve asked what I wanted for Mother's Day (besides the obvious--extra sleep, time to myself, a shower, not to have to cook or clean that day) I told him I wanted to start shopping for a new machine. I did some research this week and found a great deal on a machine that more than fit my needs and should hopefully last a long time. Here she is, my brand new Viking Sapphire 835!! Now all I need is a whole lot of free time to use it, it might be a while before that happens, but one day I will create lots of fun things with this machine!

More Emily Pics

I think I'm caught up now. Here are the highlights of the last 3 weeks. She's 3 days old in the pictures of her first sponge bath at home and the last pictures in this post, were taken yesterday. She'll be 4 weeks old tomorrow.

1 week old

Grandpa/Papa Brian came to visit

First real bath-2 weeks old

Grandma and Granddad Hurt came to visit

D-Backs Baseball

Brian takes his sister to the park for the first time, she's almost 3 weeks old

Singing Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi"

Tummy time, taken just after her first time rolling over

Big Brother cheering Emily on to roll over, he even supplies her with numerous demostrations and lectures on timing and technique

First Couple Days with Emily

She's almost a month old, gotta get caught up!!

Emily's 5-day-old Photoshoot

Here are some pictures from Emily's photoshoot when she was 5 days old. The pictures were taken by our photographer friend, Jackie McHenry. She did an amazing job, I love so many of them, I'm going to have a hard time narrowing down what to order!