There Can be Miracles: Pumpkin Patch Emma

I figured out how Emma poked her eyeball out- she is working diligently on perfecting her thumb-sucking skills. However, she's still not quite there yet and hasn't realized that it's much more effective to curl the rest of her fingers into a fist. Instead, she elects to have her fingers straight and can't fully keep her hand steady yet, so she ends up looking like a hot mess trying to suck on her thumb. And in the process of doing so, her little fingers go here, there, and everywhere and eventually end up in her eye. I watched her do it today on her changing pad... crying and eye watering ensued, but not as bad as the first time. Her right eye will be lucky if it survives to see (pun intended) her first birthday.

We downgraded her to gowns with fold-down sleeves (dubbed the "Mitt Romneys." Not that I like Mitt Romney. But I figured it was an appropriate name during election time), as she still somehow fits into her 0-3 month size gowns, so that we could cover that mischievous right hand to prevent further corneal abrasions. I think she's going to be right-handed. That hand is seriously out of control, and her left hand is pretty docile these days. She also seems to kick more wildly with her right leg when she's excited.

I'm starting to see bits of her little personality starting to show through. She seems to be a little goofball, just like her mommy and daddy. I put her eye drops in her eye this morning which prompted her to immediately shut her eyes. She started blinking with all of her might, then smiled as a mixture of eye drops and tears streamed from her right eye. I don't know how she was so amused by it, but apparently she was. What a weirdo.

Within the last few days, she has discovered that she can splash in her bath. It started with some kicks, and the other night (the night before last) it escalated to an all-out splash fest. It's quite hilarious- she starts kicking her legs and getting the water to really get moving, then she gets so tickled by the fact that she's splashing that she starts flailing her little arms and eventually her whole body starts wiggling and bouncing from kicking so hard. She then stops and rests for a bit, then does it all over again. I need to start wearing a rain poncho during bath time.

Today was the first of our holiday fun times. We took her to the pumpkin patch and picked out an Emma pumpkin and a mommy and daddy pumpkin. In fact, this was the first time hubby and I have been to a pumpkin patch together... so it was a pretty special day. It was surprisingly chilly (ok, chilly for Florida. It was probably about 75 degrees) and windy so Emma got to wear her special pumpkin hat made by her Great Aunt Linda. We got a few pictures of our sleepy little girl then picked our gourds and headed home. Mission accomplished- pick pumpkins, take pictures of her in ridiculously cute hat. There was another little kid there with a pumpkin hat but... well... Emma's was way cuter! ;)

I'm trying to get as much life out of her three month sized clothes as possible, but I think I need to start putting them away and replacing them with her 3-6 and 6 month sized clothes. Yep. My 4lb 5oz preemie is just about ready for her 6 month sized clothes and she's only 3 1/2 months old. Actual age. My God.

PUMPKIN PICTURES! But first, some non-pumpkin pictures of my pumpkin. Then pumpkin pumpkin pictures.