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Great Week!

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Emma at her check-up Sami excited about her award It was a pretty sweet week. I wrapped up shooting a short-comedy, Sami is on summer break and Emma is officially caught up with her age bracket! This is great news! I mean, everything that happened was pretty sweet but Emma finally being where's she suppose to be is quite amazing. Most of my close family and friends--and people who read my blogs--know that Emma came early. She has been pretty tiny for the most part. The difference was pretty obvious when she was around babies her age. I remember whispering to my mom once when I saw a baby at a family party, "that baby is huge!" The reality of that though is the baby was quite normal for her age, as a matter of fact, I think Sami was bigger than her at that age. I was just so use to having a tiny baby. Emma's baby clothes were always one to two months behind her actual age. For example: Emma was six months, wearing three months. When Emma turned one she b...

Emma

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Emma 3 Months Old Our newest addition decided to surprise us by coming a month earlier than expected. True it wasn't by choice, but she's here and we are thrilled. It has been a bit difficult this past week. Being told that I was getting induced because it was safer for the baby outside the womb, rather than inside, having to leave the hospital without my baby, trying to keep a happy face for Sami and having to wonder when Emma will be coming home. It's hard trying to keep it together, for Mr. Andrade and myself. I've broken down a few times and keep getting paranoid about falling into a depression. I'm grateful my baby is ok, I just wish she was home with us already. She'll be a week old tomorrow and it doesn't feel like it at all. I still feel like she's a day old; I think because she's still at the hospital. I miss being pregnant so bad and I think it's because my baby is not home. I'm sure she'll be home soon it's just gettin...