Out and About

We've gone on several outings this week with Emerson. He had his first sampling of Kansas City barbecue...

 At his two-week checkup, he weighed 8 pounds, 14 ounces. Way to grow!

We've had a couple of unseasonably warm days, so we took advantage of the weather and headed out to Loose Park. 

The park has a memorial for the Civil War Battle of Westport (the relevant part of the linked video starts at 7:20. Or you can watch the whole...awesome...thing.). We were only a day late for the battle's 147th anniversary.

 Some lovely fall scenery.

We also ate at one of our favorite spots, Mama's 39th St. Diner. Emerson will have to wait to try their deep-fried cinnamon rolls, however.

The new dad takes a nap on top of folded baby laundry--with his faithful companion, of course.

 Visiting grandma can't get enough!

 Emerson also had his first "real" bath...

...and he was wide awake afterwards!

 

An exclusive look at the making of this blog:

Life with Emerson

Emerson is 10 days old today. We've been keeping busy and enjoying getting to know our boy!

Thursday he turned one week old. He was not terribly interested in birthday donuts, but very interested in birthday milk.



This Saturday he rooted for BYU in their football game against Oregon State. Brisquette helped.




A friend knitted him this adorable pumpkin hat. He was not super excited about modeling it, however.

We've had gorgeous weather, so we've gone for a couple of walks. Emerson slept through both. Mom had to learn how to navigate the stroller over the curb.




I (Alison) wrote up Emerson's birth story. I wanted to remember the details of the day, plus I always enjoy reading other people's birth stories, so I thought I would add to the genre. It's quite long and has words like "cervix" and "stitches." If you still want to read, it's here: Birth Story

Baby's First Day (Emerson)

Emerson Scott Roberg was born Thursday, October 6th at 6:38 p.m. He weighed 8 lbs. 9 oz. and was 20 in. long.

Here are a few shots documenting the exciting day(s):

On the way to the hospital Wednesday night to start the induction.

About 13 hours in the hospital, but only around 3 hours into the labor. Things were getting less fun.

Grandma's visit during early labor.

Emerson's first picture after birth. Mom was looking...uh, great.

Grandmas take pictures.

Big baby.

Daddy and his boy.

Relaxing in our room in the mother-baby unit.

16 hours old.

More pictures to come soon!