Emery is seven weeks old today. I can't believe it! And a lot has happened in those seven weeks. In our lives, in this city and around the world. If there's one thing that you have a lot of time to do when on maternity leave, it's watch TV and I've certainly watched a lot of it. Here are some things that I will always remember about the first few weeks of her life as viewed on our television set...
The Grizzlies made it into the playoffs and the electricity in this city was amazing and so so exciting. We watched them night after night triumph over the #1 Spurs in the first series and then on to their eventual fall to the Thunder. But they made us proud til the very end. And it was such a great distraction from our screaming baby. James would just zone into the game while bouncing Emery in his arms as she just wailed and wailed. I'm not even sure James noticed her blood curdling screams! And we really looked forward to the late games because we knew we'd be up anyway! Go
Grizz!
The city of Memphis endured
unprecedented flooding (Photo: Joe Spake). Being at home with little "E", it felt like I practically watched the Mighty Muddy rise inch by inch over a two week time period. The news comes on five times a day...six if you count the national news and I saw just about every minute of every newscast and it was ALL about the flooding.
The world watched the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. And I watched right along with the world beginning at 3:30 AM CST. It was great to have something to look forward to watching at that time of the morning while feeding little e. It was sure better than infomercials.
Bin Laden was brought to justice. It's weird to think that by the time Case and Emery are in school, they will probably learn about 9-11 in their history classes. And their Uncle Tyler will be able to tell them all the details that the text books leave out since he was there that day and lived through one of the most horrific days in our nations history.
The President of the United States came to Memphis to speak at Booker T. Washington High School's graduation. It was exciting. I was glued to the TV from the moment Air Force One landed at the airport until the time it took off again. How exciting for this city and for that school! I couldn't help but wonder what was going through those kid's heads as they walked across the stage and shook hands with the President. So.
Freakin'. Cool.
And finally, I watched the last 25 episodes of the Oprah Winfrey Show every afternoon at 4:00 while laying on the couch with Emery snoozing on my chest. The best hour of my day! I've grown up watching that show and although I don't watch it much anymore since I work until 5 or later, I'm still going to miss it.
The Grizzlies made it into the playoffs and the electricity in this city was amazing and so so exciting. We watched them night after night triumph over the #1 Spurs in the first series and then on to their eventual fall to the Thunder. But they made us proud til the very end. And it was such a great distraction from our screaming baby. James would just zone into the game while bouncing Emery in his arms as she just wailed and wailed. I'm not even sure James noticed her blood curdling screams! And we really looked forward to the late games because we knew we'd be up anyway! Go Grizz!
The city of Memphis endured unprecedented flooding (Photo: Joe Spake). Being at home with little "E", it felt like I practically watched the Mighty Muddy rise inch by inch over a two week time period. The news comes on five times a day...six if you count the national news and I saw just about every minute of every newscast and it was ALL about the flooding.
The world watched the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. And I watched right along with the world beginning at 3:30 AM CST. It was great to have something to look forward to watching at that time of the morning while feeding little e. It was sure better than infomercials.
Bin Laden was brought to justice. It's weird to think that by the time Case and Emery are in school, they will probably learn about 9-11 in their history classes. And their Uncle Tyler will be able to tell them all the details that the text books leave out since he was there that day and lived through one of the most horrific days in our nations history.
And finally, I watched the last 25 episodes of the Oprah Winfrey Show every afternoon at 4:00 while laying on the couch with Emery snoozing on my chest. The best hour of my day! I've grown up watching that show and although I don't watch it much anymore since I work until 5 or later, I'm still going to miss it.
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