Merry Christmas from our family to yours...
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
One Month
Hadley is one month old today and I can not believe how fast this month has gone by. This next part might be a little long, but I want to remember every minute of my sweet punkin's first month! Hadley, you are the light of our lives and this month has been the best of my life!
Sleep: Right now you still sleep best if you are being held. I went a bought a Hot Sling this week so I could still snuggle with you and have my hands to do things! You take pretty good naps during the day and will fall asleep about an hour after your start eating. You loving sleeping in your swing and on your soft spot during the day. When you sleep during the day I either nap or do things around the house or go on "adventures". We usually just go to Target or Buy Buy Baby but this last week we went to Nanny's house and to our friend Amanda's house for a playdate! You slept the whole time at both places! At night you have been sleeping in bed with me (so bad I know!) and that is where we both sleep best! You sleep for about 3 1/2- 4 hours on your first stretch and 3 hours on your second stretch. You love to be tightly swaddled and you sleep on your side with your paci. If it falls out you get very mad and I try to plop it back in before you notice so you will stay asleep. Once you are in a deep sleep it falls out because you sleep with your mouth wide open! I love waking up right before you do and watch you start getting hungry. You start sucking and twitching your nose- so precious! I keep you swaddled during your middle of the night feedings and when I finally unswaddle you in the morning it is so sweet to watch you stretch!
Eating: You love eating and eat about 3 oz. every 3 hours. Sometimes you will want to eat every 2 hours during the day but will go up to 4 hours at night!
Sizes: You have grown out of the preemie size clothes and are starting to fill out the newborn size! You grew out of your first outfit this week and I was so sad! You grew from P diapers to newborn and are on your way to 1s. You are wearing Carter's newborn, BabyGap "up to 7 lbs" and Janie and Jack preemie.
Things you love: You love your paci and you love being on mommy's chest (daddy's too!)
Activities: You don't do too many activities but you are starting to like tummy time and playing on your activity mat!
New things you do: Everything you do is new right now!
Schedule: There is no such thing as a schedule for a newborn, but you do have some routines... especially at night. I go to bed early around 9, but first I change you and put your PJs on and swaddle you and daddy is in charge until your midnight feeding. After you eat he brings you to bed and you sleep with me until you wake up at about 3. I feed you and then you go right back to sleep until about 7! In the mornings we lay in bed and cuddle and I usually take a shower (you love sitting in your bouncy seat in the bathroom while the bath water is running!). You take a bath after your lunch time feeding and we run our errands after that! Evenings can be rough and sometime I'm counting down the seconds until daddy gets home! You love it when daddy comes home and I know its the best part of his day. I just love my time I spend with you!
Sleep: Right now you still sleep best if you are being held. I went a bought a Hot Sling this week so I could still snuggle with you and have my hands to do things! You take pretty good naps during the day and will fall asleep about an hour after your start eating. You loving sleeping in your swing and on your soft spot during the day. When you sleep during the day I either nap or do things around the house or go on "adventures". We usually just go to Target or Buy Buy Baby but this last week we went to Nanny's house and to our friend Amanda's house for a playdate! You slept the whole time at both places! At night you have been sleeping in bed with me (so bad I know!) and that is where we both sleep best! You sleep for about 3 1/2- 4 hours on your first stretch and 3 hours on your second stretch. You love to be tightly swaddled and you sleep on your side with your paci. If it falls out you get very mad and I try to plop it back in before you notice so you will stay asleep. Once you are in a deep sleep it falls out because you sleep with your mouth wide open! I love waking up right before you do and watch you start getting hungry. You start sucking and twitching your nose- so precious! I keep you swaddled during your middle of the night feedings and when I finally unswaddle you in the morning it is so sweet to watch you stretch!
Eating: You love eating and eat about 3 oz. every 3 hours. Sometimes you will want to eat every 2 hours during the day but will go up to 4 hours at night!
Sizes: You have grown out of the preemie size clothes and are starting to fill out the newborn size! You grew out of your first outfit this week and I was so sad! You grew from P diapers to newborn and are on your way to 1s. You are wearing Carter's newborn, BabyGap "up to 7 lbs" and Janie and Jack preemie.
Things you love: You love your paci and you love being on mommy's chest (daddy's too!)
Activities: You don't do too many activities but you are starting to like tummy time and playing on your activity mat!
New things you do: Everything you do is new right now!
Schedule: There is no such thing as a schedule for a newborn, but you do have some routines... especially at night. I go to bed early around 9, but first I change you and put your PJs on and swaddle you and daddy is in charge until your midnight feeding. After you eat he brings you to bed and you sleep with me until you wake up at about 3. I feed you and then you go right back to sleep until about 7! In the mornings we lay in bed and cuddle and I usually take a shower (you love sitting in your bouncy seat in the bathroom while the bath water is running!). You take a bath after your lunch time feeding and we run our errands after that! Evenings can be rough and sometime I'm counting down the seconds until daddy gets home! You love it when daddy comes home and I know its the best part of his day. I just love my time I spend with you!
Hads on her chair and I love how Mav is trying to comfort her!
Happy Birthday, sweet Hadley.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Playing
This week we've started playing with some of our toys and doing tummy time. Tummy time is so she can excersise and work out her head and neck muscles. Hadley is a little bit of a lazy girl and falls asleep everytime I put her on her belly! She spends a lot of time on her tummy laying on Derek and me and she is getting so good at lifting her little head. I also started putting her on her activity mat and she loves it! She will look and stare at all the toys for about 10 minutes before she wants to be picked up. Maverick is hilarious when Hadley is on the ground. She stares at her and then looks up at me and then lays there and watches her play. Maverick is doing so good with her, she is very gentle and doesn't lick too much!
Here are some pictures of Hads playing, and a short video at the end!
Tummy time or nap time?
Yesterday we had a cookie exchange with our mom's group at Amanda and Kennedy's house. Kennedy was sweet enough to share her toys with all the babies and Hadley loved sitting in her newborn lounger...In fact, we loved it so much that I went and bought one today. I was going to wrap it and put it under the tree...but we opened it a little early so that mommy could have a little break!
"Playing" in Kennedy's play room
Big yawn
Emily had fun too! Thanks for having us over Amanda!
Santa Claus is coming to town
He's making a list and checking it twice.
Going to find out who's
Going to find out who's
Naughty
Or
Nice
Santa Claus is coming to town!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Newborn Pictures
We had Hadley's newborn pictures taken at our house when she was 4 days old. Here are some of our favorites...
Friday, December 10, 2010
Three Weeks!
Today is Hadley's three week birthday! Derek and I have had so much fun these last three weeks and its true when people say you won't be able to remember life without her! She has already changed so much and is growing before my eyes. We have had lots of firsts these last three weeks.
We had our first real bath. Caroline was over here and helped me and took some pictures. I was glad she was here because I made her check the water temperature 3 times to make sure it wasn't too hot and she helped me hold her slippery little body in the tub. We used the tub the hospital sent us home with, and she has almost out-grown that! She loved the bath- I couldn't believe it! She doesn't like being cold, but as soon as she was submerged in the water she was so calm. We love bath time!
We had our first real bath. Caroline was over here and helped me and took some pictures. I was glad she was here because I made her check the water temperature 3 times to make sure it wasn't too hot and she helped me hold her slippery little body in the tub. We used the tub the hospital sent us home with, and she has almost out-grown that! She loved the bath- I couldn't believe it! She doesn't like being cold, but as soon as she was submerged in the water she was so calm. We love bath time!
November 30th, 1 week 5 days old
We went on our first walk with Maverick. It didn't go so great...Mav got a little too excited and was pulling too hard on the leash. We only made it for a few minutes, but we'll try again! Maverick loves her walks and I hate that she doesn't get to take too many now!
December 3rd, 2 weeks 1 day
We went to our first Christmas party together! Caroline had an First Christmas Ornament Exchange for all the babies in our mom's group. It was also Hadley's first visit to her cousin's house. Emily was sweet and shared her toys!
December 8th, 2 weeks 6 days
I know we have many more firsts to come, especially during this Holiday season. Derek and I can't wait to continue our family's traditions and even begin some new ones of our own.
Here are a few pictures from her third week:
Watching football looks a little different in our house now...
Her first of many monogrammed outifts!
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Sunday Photo Shoot
We had a mini photo shoot in between naps today and I wanted to share with you all! She gets prettier every day!
2 weeks, 3 days
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