Coming up on 4 weeks old

The last four weeks has been quite an adventure. As most of you know, after the first week at home, I (Sarah) had to go back into the hospital for six days to fight off an infection. It was a very trying time as this will be the third time this year that I have spent nights in the hospital but all is well now. Our parents were able to be here to help to which we are so thankful. We had a wonderful visit with Grandma and Grandpa Stagge and Grandma and Grandpa Pell and now are spending our first week as a family of three.

Emma has already seemed to change a lot. She is awake a lot more than she was at first and is beginning to get a mind of her own.....

The Grandparents







Emma's first 4 weeks...

My First Week in the World

Here are some pictures of Emma's first week in the world. We are really enjoying being parents and so far she has been a very good baby. Life is good!

She Has Arrived!

Emma Diane Pell

Born on July 13th, 2007 at 5:00 p.m.

7 lbs 8 oz and 20 inches long.

Baby Room

After many weeks of John's hard work at scraping the ceilings and painting and my mom's hard work at sewing the crib bedding and quilt, the room is ready!!

Before...



After....

Getting Closer!

Week 35


Week 37

Tea Time

This weekend, some friends threw Emma and I a baby shower / tea at a posh hotel, complete with scones and cucumber sandwiches. It was a wonderful Saturday afternoon.

Guess the Date!!

I have a great pregancy book that I am filling out and one of the pages is to guess the date and weight of little Emma's birth. If any of you are interested in making it into the baby book, just add a comment to this blog and list the date you think she will be born (She is due July 19th) and the weight...(please don't guess too much, I don't want to push out a 10 lb baby :)

Shower at Work

On June 14th my work threw us a baby shower. We played name that nursery rhyme and the all embarrasing, "guess the girth". It was great fun!

The Expectant Parents

Baby Shower

This weekend, my friends Emily and Whitley threw me a baby shower.



We played guess the celebrity baby name, ate great food (including pink cupcakes and pink punch, and I got to open lots of thoughtful gifts for Emma. I feel very blessed to have met such great friends here in North Carolina.







I still can't believe that we are going to have a baby! And in 6 weeks!!