Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Playtime

Payton has become quite the little active girl lately. She is usually in a really good mood in the afternoons when I pick her up. Her new favorite place is her playmat. She loves holding onto toys and waving them around, as well as looking at all of her hanging toys. She has also recently discovered the mirror, which she loves. She is so much fun to play with and hear her sweet coos. I was so worried I was going to miss the sweet newborn cuddling (which I do), but she is becoming more fun by the day. Several people have told me that each stage gets better and better.


Her congestion has gotten a little better. We went to the doctor last week (twice actually). The dr. said that her ears were clear and that it didn't seem to be anything to be worried about. However I feel like the past two days it may have gone from a head cold to down in her chest. Her eyes were getting lots of gunk in them, but she gave us some drops that cleared it right up. Hopefully she will continue to bounce back. Although I have to admit it really hasn't seemed to phase her. Jonathan and I are the ones who have had a hard time with it.

Did I mention that she now weighs a whopping 10 lbs 6 oz? She actually gained 4 oz just last week! I thought that seemed a bit much, but actually the dr. said that at this age they do normally gain about an ounce a day. That just seems like an awful lot! She got all of her two month shots, and she is actually free of shots for the next months.

As for me, I have 19 school days until I get the spend the entire summer with her!!! Although I did anticipate how hard it would be to go back to work, I am absolutely exhausted. My sweet mom told me she would keep her a little longer this afternoon so I could go home and rest. Thank goodness for the telemarketer calling, or I might have slpet all night. I was also able to indulge in a pedicure yesterday afternoon. Mom, thanks for letting me have some down time. It was wonderful!!

Monday, April 20, 2009

Happy 6th Birthday Mollie!

8 Wonderful Weeks

Our precious girl turned 8 weeks on Saturday. She has blessed our lives beyond anything we could ever imagine. We are getting more smiles and coos each day. I love that she is now interacting with us. Her sweet smile makes all the hard work, 3 am wake up calls, and exhaustion well worth it. Speaking of sleeping, she has teased us several nights. Easter weekend she slept about 7 hours Friday and Saturday night. One day last week she slept 8 hours straight! However, the following night we were back to our 3:30 feeding. She has been a little congested and I am hoping that when that clears up and she is feeling better, she will start sleeping more consistently. But for now we'll take what we can get!


Saturday, April 18, 2009

Easter weekend part 2

Sorry it has taken so long to get the rest of the Easter pictures from Jonathan's camera.

Payton has been smiling for a few weeks now but we haven't been able to capture it on camera. That was my goal for the weekend, and here is the result.


That smile melts my heart and can make my day instantly better. Here are pictures from the rest of the weekend. Enjoy!
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Monday, April 13, 2009

Easter Weekend Part 1






Patyon had a great first Easter! We went to church in Waverly with Bamama and then headed back to Auburn for the rest of the day. Here are a few pictures from Sunday morning. More to come...

Friday, April 10, 2009

My sweet husband


I just wanted to take a minute to brag on how sweet and wonderful my husband is. Let's just start by saying it was quite a week! Yesterday afternoon Payton attended her very first Easter egg hunt. I had to go to Target and Wal-Mart after that to get things needed for school on Friday. I wasn't feeling well, and needless to say was absolutely exhausted when I got home at 7:00. I came home to freshly cut grass, a picked up house, and dinner cooking!! After dinner, Jonathan then took a shower and took over with Payton until 6:00 the next morning! Don't get me wrong, my husband would gladly do any of these things for me any day of the week. It was just that it had been one of those days and it was such a nice surprise to get without me even asking him!! Thanks for being such a wonderful husband and daddy. We love you!

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Daddy's in trouble....


and he tried to use Payton to make it better :)