The Strasser's

  Emma had her two week appointment this morning. Both boys came with me to the appointment, and did really well.         Emma's weight has went up which was really exciting.     Birth Weight: 5lbs 5oz Leaving Hospital weight: 5lbs 1oz 1 week appointment: 5lbs 3oz 2 week appointment: 5lbs 10oz trying to take her picture on the beanbag, she kept sinking in.       We have to go back in 2 weeks. The doctor just want's to make sure she is gaining weight because she is small. For these first two week's we have gone through about 75+ diapers, I think that is what I have calculated. She doesn't like her diaper dirty, and in one feeding we can go through 3 diapers. She has been only getting up basically twice during the night, which I am very grateful for, especially since I get up around 6:30 every morning to help get Cory and Alyssa out the door. She is alert a lot and looks aroun...

  Well I have finally taken some pictures of the place we are living in. But these are just the downstairs right now. I still need to figure out how I want to hang pictures in the stairs area. And I will eventually get some of the upstairs. Hopefully this week!         This is our office space

Cory went fishing this morning, and he caught these two fish

      Wanting to eat   I couldn't just put one picture, because I think she is pretty cute, so I want to share them all that I took this morning. So funny when she goes cross eyed for a second     Well Emma had her one week appointment this morning:   Weight: 5lbs 3oz (When we checked out of the hospital she was 5lbs 1 oz.)   Length: 19 inches  (The nurse couldn't figure out how to really measure, she was a getting a smaller length also so she just went with the 19 inches) She also has some jaundice, but should eventually go away.

  I know a lot of the pictures are close to the same but I Trying to eat her blanket    

Well it has almost been a week since little Emma has been born. So weird to have 4 kids. My mother in law came to town to help out for this week. I have been doing pretty good, I have been sore but not to bad. Tomorrow I get my staples removed and Emma get's to see her doctor on Wednesday. Alyssa is very excited to have her sister, and loves to hold her every chance she gets. Evan has finally realized that there is a baby. Not to sure about it. Owen loves helping with Emma, just like Alyssa he is excited for Emma. Cory is trying to caught up with all the school stuff, Since he took Thursday and Friday off.

  Alyssa wore this same outfit from the hospital (which was from aunt kimber), but it's pretty big on Emma.   Emma in a preemie outfit, it is a little big on her     Well I was able to come home on Friday. I took some pictures of Miss Emma, she is such a cutie!

Well yesterday we got a new addition to our family. Last week I was diagnosed with mild preclampsia. So this week I was suppose to take it easy as much as possible and drink lots of water. The past couple of days my blood pressure was starting to go higher. Yesterday when I went in and they took my blood pressure and it was 160/107, and after that reading they had my lay on my left side for 4 minutes and than they took another reading which I can't remember what the reading was but it was lower. Than the doctor came in and did the ultrasound and saw the the fluid level was low. Basically the placenta had stopped working. So that's when he decided to do the c-section. I ended up calling the middle school and I told them it's an emergency, and they let Cory go, he only missed one class, and took today and yesterday off.  So glad the people he works with are really nice. Cory went home and figured out a babysitter for the kids, and the neighbor picked up Alyssa from schoo...