Emma Rocks Hard Advance Screening

We have made a video of the Hunter family for Hard Rock tomorrow to let everyone know we love them and decided we'd give all our loyal blog watchers a pre-screening of the video.

So here it is for your enjoyment.  A pre-screening of "Emma Rocks Hard" before it releases to a KCC wide audience tomorrow.

Baby Bjorn

We have been out for an adventure today already.

We found an almost new Baby Bjorn baby carrier/front pack thingie on craigslist and yesterday and headed off to pick it up today.  I tried a tiny but to get Kristen and Emma to stay home and let me run an errand but they would have none of it.  As everyone was happy and feeling good we all decided to trek over to Federal Way for the exchange.  

And the sunshine today was glorious.  You forget about things like the sun when you're hanging out in the house in an in between haze of sleep/dark/light/awake/food/repeat that doesn't follow any of the usual cues your used to.

Well we picked up the Bjorn which even now is washing, and which I am super excited about because theoretically it means I can attach her to myself and then continue to live life like almost normal but just have a baby buddy which makes things way cooler.  We'll see how that goes.

And then because everyone was still doing awesome, we decided to poke our heads into Target for some goodies we need in her room that we forgot about.  She is now the proud owner of her very own hamper and a pink trash can with butterflies.

I'm catching onto this dad of a girl thing.  Just buy anything with gentle colors, "cute" insect like ladybugs and butterflies, and fluff and you're good to go.  And you know.  With Kristen helping to put it all together her room really does look like a put together girly but not too girly haven for Emma.  The pink trash can with butterflies somehow even fits without being obnoxious.  

Well the ladies are sleeping so I'm off to do something manly for a little bit while I can.  

I'm thinking video games.

Quiet video games.

Poppa

7 HOURS!!!!!!!!

I am the King of the World!!!!!

Last night was super rough from about 10pm to 2am but we worked through and were still a happy family at the end of four hours of a lot of yelling (from Emma) and crying (from everybody). 

But after 2am we all crashed on the couch and from 2am to 2pm today, I have slept over 7 hours.  

Does it get any better than this?  A beautiful little girl, a gorgeous wife, and enough sleep to feel like a human being.  

She's a sleeper and that's just one more really great thing about this really great girl.

I promise I'm working on photos

Poppa

The Middle Name Unveiled

The name has been decided.

And it's predictable for me to say this, but it's amazing.  Which is fitting.  Amazing kid, amazing name, amazing experience.

Poppa

Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig

Check it out!  

The homecoming and it is good to be here.  We've got a tour done, a first home feeding, and a changing on her very own Pooh Bear pack 'n' play changing table.  

We've left the cave of baby birth and aren't looking back.

And we just ate dinner, which was a lovely, lovely thing.

Poppa Hunter

P.S. To the "us" that raided our house and made everything beautiful while we were hiding in the cave of baby birth, thank you.  Thank you a million times over.  Really, a million.  

And They're Off

This one's just a short little bonus post for ya, but I thought you might like to know that we're packing up the last of our goodies and getting ready to put the computer in the bag and the Kristen in a wheel chair and Emma in a car seat and make our pilgrimage home.

Pretty cool, eh?

Homeward Bound!

We have jumped our hoops and said the right things and made it through the tests and now we are almost ready to get in our car and head to the house.

Emma can hear beautifully, she can breastfeed, she let them prick her heel and bleed on paper circles, she has been immunized, she's been antibiotic-ized, she has had her first portrait pictures taken, she has successfully pooped little (and big) tar poops, she has---------

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Kristen Hunter has just put on her socks entirely by herself with no help from anybody

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wet herself and her bed when Poppa was late on the new diaper, she has made it through her first night, and she has thoroughly endeared her self to her parents and and whole ton of other peoples. 

Emma has been busy.

So she's sleeping right now and we're waiting for discharge and all is well with the world.  At least with our little part of it.  

We're still really hoping to get a bunch of photos up on the web for your enjoyment, but Jeff has been slacking and lately falling asleep anytime he gets a chance to do anything that's not take care of Emma or take care of Kristen.  In fact it's not uncommon that both Jeff and Emma fall asleep when Jeff is supposed to be taking care of Emma.  But, and this is an important but, we both have been taking pictures and the pictures almost do Emma justice.  

I'm going to head back to waiting but stay tuned...

We have a video of Jeff and Emma blogging to get up and we have the unveiling of the middle name coming.

Poppa Hunter