Sleeping Baby

I LOVE sleeping babies- especially mine!! Sometimes I could just sit in there and watch her sleep :)

Baby Shower

My friend Sharon and I threw a baby shower for our friend Mejken on Saturday. Sharon, Mejken, and I all teach on the same team and always have way to much fun together! Mejken is due in about 2 1/2 weeks, so her little boy and Hadley will only be about 8 weeks apart. We are both excited about that! There was tons of people from school there and it was so fun to be able to chat and catch up with everyone (that's is the only thing that I miss about not being at school, the socializing :) ). She got lots of adorable things and is just about ready for that little one to come.

We really just could not seem to get a picture where we were all looking at the same camera!

Of course Sharon wanted to lay across our laps!

Life Lately

We are throughly enjoying ourselves over here! Hadley is a bundle of joy and fun and I can't imagine my days without her!

Let me just start by bragging a little (I'm sorry but I must)! Hadley has slept from 8-6ish (sometimes 6:15 or 6:20) for the last 6 nights!! I am so proud- now we are working toward 7:30 to 7:30 :)

She is doing lots of new things. She moves her eyes and head

to people's voices, to people moving around her and to the sound of the tv (not necessarily a good thing). She is starting to make these noises. I think it sounds like a loud bird so I like to call her my little birdy :)

We sing alot of songs and even read a book each day (I want her to start young to love books). Sadly she doesn't get to spend much time with Steve during the week since he is always at work or school and most nights she is in bed when he gets home. So time with dad is precious and he loves the weekends to be with her!

We get bundled up as often as the weather permits to go on walks. She loves the stroller!!

We take alot of pictures! Relaxing in her bouncer on St. Patrick's Day.

We have some tummy time each day! This is usually what it turns into :)

She doesn't really like to be made to sit up!

She is starting to grab at things (kind of). Like yesterday she kept grabbing the zipper on her vest and wouldn't let go. She grabs my shirt and doesn't let go. Yesterday while laying on her play mat she really grabbed this all by herself and held on for like 20 minutes!


She always makes these big eyes! I love it!

One Month

I can't believe that my little baby is one month already!! She is just a good little baby, we are very blessed and very grateful!! Yesterday I took her to get some pictures taken- and to say the least, it was interesting! She either wouldn't stay awake and if she was she was crying (which she never does!).

Here is a little bit about our cute girl:

- At her two week appointment she only weighed 7 lb. 14 oz. Which means she wasn't even back up to her birth weight yet. The doctor was a little concerned so we have to go back tomorrow to make sure she is gaining weight. But she does have acid reflux (which is the one thing that has not been fun) so she went through a period of time that she was spitting up everything she ate. So that's why she weighed so little. Hopefully she's back up to normal tomorrow!

- She has her daddy's head... small. I don't remember the exact measurement, but its only in the 30 percentile.

- She loves to have her legs rubbed! It will always calm her down!

- She loves to take baths and have her hair washed. Even though she is quite wiggly and slippery, so it's hard for me!

- She loves the sound of the shower! Sometimes I set her in her bouncer seat while I take a shower and she just sits there looking around and listening.

-She is incredibly strong. She has such a strong neck... when she is supposed to be burping she likes to lift her head and look around. She also has such strong arms and legs. Sometimes I feel like I'm going to hurt her when I have to move her arms to get her strapped into her car seat because I have to pull them.

- She is a good little sleeper. She takes 3 good solid naps a day. A morning nap from 9-11, an afternoon nap from 12:45ish - 4, and then an evening nap from about 5 to 6 or so. Then she just stays awake all by herself until she goes to bed. She goes to bed at 8:30 and only gets up once between 4 and 5. But last night she slept all the way until 6:30- we'll see if that was luck or real!

- She has such a calm personality. She just likes to sit in her bouncer or lay on a blanket and look around. Last night she sat and looked around for an hour last night while a cooked dinner. I never even heard a peep from her!

Here are a few of the pictures that were taken yesterday- I get the rest next week!

This is one of my favorites!

This is when she was supposed to by laying on her hands. She had no interest in doing that- she just wanted to hold her head up and look around!

She was wanting to do this the whole time!!