Little Smiles

Here are a couple videos of Kaydence giving us some smiles. Unfortunately, I got the camera a little too late -- the majority of the smiles were "off the record" -- but I thought some of you might enjoy these videos anyway.

7 Weeks

Kaydence is 7 weeks old today. She has started to smile a lot more. Although, I still haven't been able to capture it on camera yet. She was giving daddy lots of smiles in bed this morning as he was singing Beatles songs to her...it was so cute. By the time I got the video camera out, she was all smiled out, but I did get a couple half smiles on video. I will upload that video later today.

Yesterday, we took a trip to Madison to visit my friends at Foley. She slept through the whole thing, but everyone seemed to enjoy her anyway.

She is starting to enjoy some of her toys and looking at books during tummy time (see picture below). Earlier in the week I thought she was coming down with my cold, but now I just think she is trying to fight it off. She never got a full blown cold, but she has been sneezing more than usual and her nose has been a little stuffy. I'm hoping it doesn't turn into anything more than it is right now.

Kaydence has been burping a lot better after she eats, but she still complains when she burps and spits up. Not sure if it's gas or reflux, but at least we haven't had many meltdowns. I think there were just two this week after she ate. She has also been a lot happier during her awake times, giving us smiles and such.

This past week we got into a great bedtime routine that resulted in our entire family getting about 6.5 hours of sleep in a row at night. It was wonderful! I've been feeding her around 8:30 p.m., change diaper, bath, lotion and pj's, crying from the lotion, doze off, then dream feed at 10:30 p.m., swaddle, and put to bed. She had been sleeping from 11:00/11:30 p.m. to 5:30/6:30 a.m. this entire week, until last night. Last night she woke up again at 2:00 a.m. to eat. Oh well. I associated it to the fact that she hadn't pooped for an entire day and I think she was struggling to do so. Hopefully, she'll get her poop out and then get back into the routine tonight. We'll see, I guess.

There is a sweet sleepy daddy/daughter picture below that I love. It's also proof to how much she looks like her daddy. It's so cute -- I love it!

Our Sleeping Beauty

Easter

Kaydence spent her very first Easter in Marshfield this past weekend. We all had a great time.

Before I forget, I should mention that Kaydence had her one month appointment last Friday. She is growing! She is 8 lbs (25%), 20.25 inches (25%), and her head measures 35.5 cm (10%). She is still tiny, but we're so proud of her growth. Good job, Kaydence! We love you!

Here are some pictures to highlight the weekend.

A visit to daddy's office...

Last week Wednesday Kaydence made her first visit to daddy's office. She wore the perfect outfit pictured below. :-)

P.S. Yes, she is losing her hair and going bald. Although, she is sporting a mullet in the back.

I'm One Month Old Today!

Happy one month birthday to me!!! Look at how expressive I am. I even held my head up and turned it from side to side for 2 straight minutes yesterday. Mommy and daddy are very proud of me. I go to the doctor on Friday and they will tell me how much I've grown. Sometimes I look very confused in my pictures -- I'm just trying to figure out why these strange people are staring at me and blinding me with a bright light.

Well, here are my one month pictures! Enjoy!

I'm officially a mean mommy...

I tried several different outfits on Kaydence today to see if they fit. The first two were still too big and by the time I got the third outfit on, she was crying hysterically, so we just went with it. It's still a little big, but not too bad (she'll be able to wear it for awhile). The dress is from my friend Amy -- thanks, Amy! I would have put tights on her, if I had some. I didn't want her little legs to get cold so I put some Baby Legs on her, which are also too big so she looks kind of frumpy, but at least she's still cute.

After she screamed from being changed she just wanted me to snuggle her, so I did and she fell fast asleep. I love that she loves to snuggle. Then, the mean mommy that I am, I put her in her swing since she was sleeping and when I was buckling her in her foot got caught underneath the tray and it pinched her leg and she woke up and started screaming. I felt so bad for her...poor thing. She fell right back asleep, but you should have seen the look on her face, it was so sad.

Here is a picture of her after she had been snuggled and before she got pinched.



Here are some more pictures of our sweet baby girl during playtime yesterday. She lasted for quite awhile, I was so proud of her. I think I actually got an "on purpose" smile from her yesterday. I was burping her and talking to her and she smiled...it looked like she was responding to me anyway.







Teirney's parents are coming tonight and staying all next week because they are on spring break. She'll get to have some fun bonding time with Grandma and Grandpa. I'm sure we'll get lots of pictures to post.