5 Weeks

These pics are from my last "photoshoot". This sweet little dress was actually mine. We have a lot of fun playing dress up with my little doll! :)

I thought this one actually had some sort of a smile - which made me happy. Then, I realized that she was flipping me off! Little stinker!!

Let's see, this week's activities included beginning an infant massage class. Lila was the youngest one there. She likes most of the things we do to her - also pretty relaxing for us! Some of the other moms in the class talked about their babies having colic and crying for 5 hours straight. Holy crap - I have no idea how they kept their sanity. Wow.

Last night Lila slept for over 7 hours! Then she ate, and went back to sleep for another 2! Whoohoo!! Mama felt very good today! :)

Today Lila met her other grandparents. They have been in Gulf Shores for the winter and they came here first before going home - they have been anxious to meet their newest grandchild (Lila is number 8 for them).

Last weekend my mom really messed up her back and since my dad was in Kentucky on a golf trip, she and Ellie came and moved in with us. It was nice to have her around - Lila got some extra Grammy time this week. :)

Sunday is Lila's christening. She will be wearing the gown that my great-grandma wore in 1890 and I wore in 1977. It's quite fragile and we had to have her baptism sooner rather than later so that it would still fit her. It fits her great and it should be a nice little party for my baby girl. :)

One Month Old

The 1 month birthday girl with her awesome hat Grammy made for her!


This face just melts my heart and look at those beautiful blue eyes! :)


Mommy's little Spartan!

One month! We have certainly learned a lot in these last 4 weeks:

-We have learned that sometimes we can go to bed at 10:30 and sometimes we can go to bed at 2am! I'm really getting to know late night tv as well as staying current on my tivo'ed shows! So far, her longest sleep stretch has been 6 hours - but usually it's around 4 or 5.

-Lila likes her car seat and seems to fall asleep soon after the car starts - just like her mama!

-She has been able to lift up her head quite well since she was born - now she's really good at it and can sit up (while being held) and support her own head for quite some time.

-We're still waiting on a real smile - not a sleeping one. Soon!

-She likes to sleep all swaddled up - but with her arms left out. She often flails her arms around at night and usually they end up in a 'touchdown' pose.

-We've learned that when she's hungry - she's HUNGRY! And she will show it by very loudly telling us so! She seems to also have inherited her mama's lungs. :)

-She loves to be held and cuddled and rocked. She also likes being carried around in the Baby Bjorn.

We can't wait to see what the next month will bring! :)

Three Weeks!

My baby girl is 3 weeks old today! How is that possible?!? It seems like just the other day we came home with her. Now we seem to be on some type of a schedule - usually she's in bed asleep around 10:30 or 11pm and will sleep until around 3 or 4am. Although as I type this, it's after 11pm already and she's WIDE awake - it may be a short night for Mama!

We seem to really be more onto this whole breastfeeding thing. In fact, she hasn't had any supplemental formula in like 4 days. Yay! She's latching on well and she's even nursing in a different position than she was initially which allows me to sit back and doesn't totally kill my back like the football hold was doing. :)

I know that she's going to smile ANY DAY! So many times she's been so close. On Monday she cried real tears! They weren't streaming down her face or anything, but her eyes were wet. Her hair is growing lots too! It's not like I'll be able to braid it soon or anything - but it's definitely noticeable! :) She loves being held and cuddled and rocked - it's total therapy! You feel like there's nothing that could possibly be wrong in the world when you're holding a sweet baby. She's getting better about letting me take a shower. I put her in a bouncy seat outside the shower so I can still talk to her. Yesterday she let me get about half way done before she started fussing and crying. The day before, every time I would go to get in, she'd start to scream (that was the day she started crying real tears). Needless to say, it took me about 20 minutes to actually get into the shower. The water ran for a very long time!!

Today, my dad called and said he was going to the store and wondered if I needed anything. I told him thanks, but T had just been grocery shopping a few days ago. Then he asked if I needed him to come out to watch Lila while I took a nap or got something done - I had a feeling that he needed to get a "Lila fix" but just didn't want to admit it. So I told him it would be great if he came out to watch her while I took a shower (spare her the trauma for a day!) and did a few things around the house. He said, "Great! I'll be right there!" and he was! :) Very cute.

I made my first outing alone with Lila on Monday. It took FOREVER to get us both around and ready and loaded into the truck. I', sure we'll get better, but I know that at least for now, there are no more quick trips into town.

I know you're all dying to read it, but just an FYI, I finally finished Lila's birth story - it's not particularly eloquent, but all the facts and feelings are there. It's down a couple posts since I started it a while ago and kept adding to it as I had time/energy.

Here are a few more pics for you!

We actually had some decent weather last week - this was her first trip down the road in the jogging stroller. I got the okay from my doctor to do some walking so off we went. Although, I think I overdid it a bit. Hopefully more signs of spring will be here soon so we can take more walks.

Lila and Grandpa watching the MSU game on Sunday. Here she is in her spartans bib. She has several more MSU outfits to wear just in time for March Madness! :)

She certainly is...

Still here!

Some new pics for you to enjoy! :)


Hi Smokey! You're my buddy!


Lila during her first stroller ride - we went all the way down the driveway to get the mail. Big trip!



Sweet sleeper

More sleeping - she does that a lot. :)

Yes, we're still here! Somehow the days just melt away around here.

Lila turned 2 weeks old yesterday! :) Seems like she's been with us forever - what did we ever do or talk about before 2 weeks ago?!?

Today my mom took Lila and I to Lila's 2 week checkup. She had gained 11oz. since last week Monday! She said she looked just perfect and everything was great. We go back again in 3 weeks.

After our appointment, we headed into GR to get me a breastpump (covered 100% by my awesome insurance), get an adjustment at the chiropractor, and then we took Lila on her first trip to the mall! :) She loved it - she slept in the stroller the entire time.

Tomorrow T is taking me to my post-op appointment. I'm hoping to learn that I can drive again. I'm also hoping to hear that my feet will eventually go back to normal. So far, I've lost my cankles and some of my added width - but my feet are still thicker than normal. I have approximately 2 pairs of shoes that I can wear. Today was actually the first day in I don't know how long that I wore socks and real shoes - not just my slip on wintery shoes in bare feet! Fun!