We are still alive

I don't even know where to begin. HC will be 8 weeks tomorrow. The time has flown by. I have almost rewritten our birth story which was so amazing. The short story is...It was a LONG labor and beautiful birth. Just what I hoped for. (not the long part) La was wonderful! I could not have done it with out her. She rubbed my back until I thought her arms would fall off. I spent almost the entire labor in the tub. We planned to deliver there, but ended up getting out the last hour before she was born. The experience made me love what I do even more. More details later.

A short list summary

At 8 wks this we know:

*HC laughs and coos all the time

*Her best time is the morning

*She is a little funky between 6-9pm

*Her favorite thing is still to nurse. In fact she just about does that non stop from 6-9pm.

*She hates her car seat

*She loves her bath

*She is a cat napper and a very light sleeper. Sleeps for the longest on our chest or in her sling. Otherwise it is lay her down, five minutes later pick her up, back to sleep, lay her down, five minutes later etc... you get the picture. Needless to say, I have not gotten anything on my list done that I was going to do on my maternity leave. Big dreams I had.

*She loves to talk with her mama

*LOVES the sound of running water. Hard heavy water

*Falls asleep to the sound of the vacuum

*Loves for us to bounce on the exercise ball and hold her

*Has the strongest eyebrow muscles and furrowed brow you ever did see (except for mine of course) as demonstrated below in her Halloween costume.

*Is the most beautiful, sweetest baby girl and the love of our lives! :-)

A peapod for Halloween

Walking in the Turkey Trot Thanksgiving morning

Trying on her Santa hat

Silly Bean

Winter jammies

Getting ready for bath time