3rd Monthly Picture

Third Month Of Life and First Christmas

Random pictures from her third month of life.

First picture with Santa

Ward Christmas Party

Christmas Day

This little girl rolled over from her tummy to her back this month. :)

Daddy Daughter Conversations :)

(Taken from family personal blog)
     

  
Every night when Danny comes home from work or school they have these moments together, of course I have to try and capture some of them :)

These two are my world :)

Roll Baby Roll

(Taken from family personal blog)

Once again Addie is asleep snuggled up in my arms as I reflect on how perfect she is. I can’t believe my baby girl is now ten weeks old. Her smiles are to die for and so is her baby talk. Last night she rolled over for the first time from tummy to back . . . and I missed it! ;(  I literally missed it by a second (saddest second of my life). She was on the ground with Danny laying by her while I was getting dinner in the oven when it happened. I know there will be a next time but it will never be the first time. Oh well. It’s weird because I never imagined that I would be so sentimental over things like her newborn clothes getting too short for her growing body. Danny laughs that I got sad when she transitioned into size 1 diapers. When I was pregnant I would always look at other babies during church and obsess over how tiny they looked, now I find myself trying to guess how many months old they are and thinking how they all look so huge to me.

I do love how more alert Addie is getting now that she’s two and a half months old. It’s an amazing feeling to walk into a room and notice her eyes follow me wherever I go. She still has so much to learn but one thing that she already knows is that I’m her mother. She also seems to know that Danny is her daddy because she always saves the cutest happiest squeals for him. Sometimes when she is fussy because she is tired she’ll be handed over to him and within a few short minutes he’ll have her passed out. A couple minutes after that and he's also fast asleep.. ;)

In the past I’ve been guilty of asking people if their baby is a good baby and now I get asked the same question. Of course I say yes but really is there such a thing as a bad baby? Nope, not that I know of. Addie loves tummy time, is very calm (unless tired), and started completely sleeping through the whole night at eight weeks old, but I’ve been thinking that IF she were to be a super colicky baby I would still consider her to be a good baby. No infant purposefully cries with the intention to make someone’s day harder for them; so I’ve come to the realization that asking “is your baby a good baby?” is kind of a silly question. I’ll have to remember that if any of my future kids tend to have more fussy moments compared to happy smiley moments.

It’s crazy to think that two years ago from today I first laid eyes on Danny and now here I am with our precious baby girl in my arms. Who would have thought that two years later I would get to be the mother of Danny’s baby? Too blessed to be stressed.

            . . . . Well baby girl is waking up now so I’m going to go see if she’ll roll over for her mama! Roll baby roll but then go back to staying little.

2nd Monthly Picture

Instead of doing pictures of her in a chair and the sticker on her I decided to lay her down with the sticker off to the side. I also added her stuffed monkey in the picture so I can see how her size changes in the coming months. Danny decided to name the monkey Alfie.

Stats: 10.1 lbs (23.26%) 22.5 in (55.92%)

Second Month Of Life

Random pictures from her second month of life.

Addie and Samian

This picture was actually taken on Thanksgiving, her Aunt Marie wanted to see if the outfit would fit. :)

One of my favorite milestones happened this month. Addie started consistently sleeping through the night at eight weeks old! Hallelujah! 

Cuddle Bug

Once I found out that I was pregnant I started to pray for a baby that liked to snuggle. I definitely got what I wished for because Addie LOVES to snuggle. It does feel nice to know that she wants to always be held close to me. Occasionally she’ll let me put her down long enough to eat a quick snack or run to the bathroom but then I have to hurry back to her if I want to avoid listening to her sad cry. Letting her cry it out works and even though it doesn’t last long it feels like a never ending torture for me as her mom so we don’t do that very often.

Of course there are things that I don't particularly love about her being such a cuddle bug but today I'm going to mention the things that I do love.

I have to say I do love holding her. Sometimes it can get hard when it's in the middle of the night and she doesn't want to be put down; but I also love watching her drift off to sleep in my arms. I love watching her stare into my eyes. I also love the smiles she gives me as she's being held. It's only been a month and a half but when I look at her I feel like I've known her for longer than that. Technically I did carry her for nine months before that but there is something indescribable about being able to physically carry her in my arms. She's starting to baby talk more and more and it's the cutest thing ever. I would pay money to understand and know what she has to say. I understand that she won't want to be a snuggle bug forever so instead of complaining about all the things I can't do with her in my arms I'm going to choose to take advantage of this time right now. I'm going to snuggle and hold her even closer to me because when it comes down to it there really isn't anything more important that I could be doing anyway. After all they DO grow up quickly and I do not want to blink for fear of missing out on anything.

First sleepy smile caught on camera

Snoozing at church

 And of course this is exactly what she's doing as I'm typing up this post. :)

Fall Family Pictures

We had some family pictures taken in late October right before Addie turned a month old. Here's just a few of my favorites.