Update Finally!

We have been all smiles lately! She's 10 weeks old today and growing fast! She's already fully fitting into her 3 month clothes. She's just so happy all the time now and cooing and giggling and trying to talk to us.

She has such a great personality. She's not high maintenance at all, just dramatic. She'll start smiling and then go into her version of crying. She starts to almost cough and then just lets out a whine. She's doing pretty good at night. She goes to sleep at 8 30 or 9 and then wakes up usually around 1 to eat and then will wake up at 5 or 6 to eat again then clonks back out until 10 and is all smiles and coos and happy for a couple hours until she gets tired. I know they say not to let your baby fall asleep while eating since they depend on that later on to get back to sleep, but I cannot wake this child up for anything...I've tried tickling her nose, undressing her, changing her diaper, playing with her ears...all she does is make some goofy noises and stretch and then is quiet again....I think we're doomed. Mom, WHAT IS THAT!!!

I love when mommy makes silly faces!

Blessing Day and family wedding

Ashlyn was blessed yesterday by G-pa bowler and it was so amazing! My dad made it for the blessing and it was so nice to have him. I hadn't seen him since Enoch and I got married!! We went to Enoch's parents ward and it was cool too see some of his old family friends. It just made it more real that we're parents...Funny story...she starting fussing while she was up there and everyone is the congregation snickered because she was making the funniest noises. She doesn't like to cry much so she'll just belt out one good waaaaa and that's it....and then it was silent for 10 seconds and then another waaaaaaa.

Grandpa Steve!! This is his first time seeing his granddaughter and he was so so happy!

My cousin Breanne got married on Saturday to Addison and they make such a cute couple!!!
Brings me back to my wedding day and just everyone is all smiles! I love her colors of red and cream. The reception was so fun at the Salt Palace. Good food too! It was a mini thanksgiving dinner complete with pumpkin pie!

Oh the day I got married! I almost want to do it all over again. With the same man of course!

I love the happy auora that floats around weddings. Maybe that's why I love to go to them.

Advice please!

I want to buy a sling for Ashlyn so it makes shopping and stuff easier...any favorites from people??

Also, what games did you play with your 6 week old to further her development??

Look at me go! I'm 6 weeks old!

Look at me! I'm 6 weeks old and love to do squats on daddy's lap to work my little bum!

Hollywood here I come!!

She's getting so big! I can't believe all she can do now. She coos at us and loves to spit. She's discovering her hands are great things to suck on instead of a pacifier. She can scoot herself around the floor with her legs if she can get something under her feet or get a grip on her playmat. She can push herself up daddy's chest when he's laying down. She LOVES bath time. She loves starting at the sky and being outside and loves being social, even when it's bedtime and she's so tired. She fights sleep because she wants to explore the world.

Schedule

Ok so I've been looking all over trying to find tips and hints on setting a schedule for the little one for eating, sleeping, playing and whatnot. Any suggestions from you "veteran" moms? I need HELP!

Her first photo shoot!

We procrastinated a bit with Ashlyns newborn pictures. I'm a moron and didn't schudule them for a week after she was born. So 4 weeks is ok right? My friend at work has a sister in law who takes amazing pictures. She's a natural light photographer, so no flash ever. If you're around Rexburg, have Tracie Howard take your pictures. She is amazing! Can you believe these were taken without a flash and with just sunlight??

This is the picture where I got peed on..

1 month full of naps

She's sleeping less and less. I am starting to miss the times when she slept, ate, then went back to sleep. Now she's getting colic at night and it can be very very long nights lately. Survival mode for sure. She gets really upset when she can't hold her head up and see what's going on.

She gave me a smile today. Must've been a good dream. We can't wait until she starts smiling back

She is all tuckered out after her photoshoot yesterday.

She really likes sleeping like this. She was zonked as soon as I put her like this.

She's getting bigger!

All tuckered out after eating. She always falls asleep. Then shes wakes up mad because she's still hungry.

She was wide awake when we went on a little drive. She loves being outside and looking around. She gets really mad when she can't see what's going on. When we brought her home from the hospital she only came halfway up the little head bumper thing in the car seat. Now we are about a week away from moving it up.

Update! Almost 4 weeks

Well we are now settled into Rigby but still no internet there :( So we stole the inlaws computer again. There isnt too much that's new. She's getting even bigger. I can't believe how fast she's growing and I can't believe she's almost a month old.... Enoch's sister had a baby girl 9-9-09. Francesca Torres. She was 7lbs 4 oz and 20 inches, so bigger than Ashlyn but look at the size difference! She's 3 weeks behind Ashlyn. I can't believe Ashlyn was that tiny but she has a good 3 inches it lookes like on her cousin. But I'm a first time Auntie!!

Ashlyn and cousin Francesca

She just looked too darn cute in her carseat. Her wakeup routine started after the flash went off. 15 min of stretching, grunting, yawning and cooing and her eyes finally open. At least we have a 15 min warning before she gets cranky when it's time to eat.

She was totally passed out on my chest and looked like a little gangster in her hoodie. She's starting to fight sleep a lot more....so about 9 at night she just howls and we just can't keep her awake during the day.

Here she is today passed out on daddy after an oh so hard Sunday. Her socks are huge on here. They are for a 3 month old.

Mommy and daugter!! My little gangsta

My grandma had her 90th birthday party at Maddox and everyone turned out for it. She's already a great great grandma but now with our side of the family she's a great grandma. She couldn't get enough of Ashlyn. It was so so cute. Ashlyn was a hit! And she was so good the whole time. She was passed around like the treat bowl in Relief Society but she was such a trooper. She slept the whole way to Brigham City and the whole way back.

We hope to have internet sometime this week so no one has to wait until next Sunday!

We moved!

Sorry we haven't posted in a while. On Thursday last week we sold the contract to our apartment in Rexburg and started moving down to Rigby into a house that Enoch's grandpa grew up in. Rent is $150 a month instead of the $575 we were paying so it was a fast and furious move since we had to have everything moved out by the 31st. You really don't realize how much junk you have until you have to pack it all. The move went as well as it could've gone with a new baby you have to haul around with you. My mom helped out so so so much. I took care of Ashlyn and she would pack and then we would switch off so grandma could have some alone time with her.

We had a doctor's visit on Wednesday and here are her stats:

Birth 3 days old 2 weeks old
7lbs 6lbs 10 oz 7lbs 15 oz
19 inches 20 inches long 20 3/4 inces long

We don't have internet at the house in Rigby yet so I can't update too much :( Can't find the cord for the camera either so can't get any pix up here...