1 Month Old

Hallie turned 1 month old yesterday. I've been thinking that I've been a horrible mother, cause I've hardly taken any pictures of her since her birth. So I turned the front room into a studio and have taken picture overload the last couple days. But before we get to the overload of pictures, here are a few things about Hallie at 1 month. She has been a pretty good little baby so far. She is still sleeping really well. (Knock on wood.) She is usually down for the night between 10 and 11, up sometime in the 4 o'clock hour and then not again until sometime between 6 and 8. She has more and more awake times during the day, and is starting to develop a better routine to her sleeping patterns. Hallie's weight was finally up at our last weight check. She was 8 lbs. 4 oz. Still not quite back up to birth weight, but at least she's gaining. We have to continue the supplementing so that she keeps gaining weight and not maintaining. My milk supply isn't very much right now either. They want me to breastfeed, then bottle feed, and then pump. It's just gotten to be too much, especially with Grant's needs and Mikkele's busy schedule. So I am breastfeeding a few times a day, and bottle feeding the other times, and no pumping. Maybe if life slows down a bit I can try pumping to get my milk supply up again, but for right now I'm ok with what we are doing. She hasn't really loved car rides and bath time so much yet, but she is starting to come around a bit. It helps if she has a full belly before both. Jeremy was holding her yesterday and got a smile out of her. Maybe it was just gas, but it made him pretty happy. It was a pretty good Father's Day present for him from his baby girl. She hasn't done it again yet, but I'm sure it's not too far off that she'll be doing it all the time. Now on to the overload of pictures. ENJOY!

A little mischevious pose

She looks thoughful in this one.

Sorry Aunt Lisha...I peed on the cute blanket you made for me.

These last two were taken before church yesterday. I think she looks like she's winking in the last one.

Cristi's Creations

I came across this website today. It has a bunch of FREE cute backgrounds. Thought I'd pass on the info for those that are interested. You can just click on the above image and you'll be taken to her site.

Cheer Clinic

Mikkele has been participating in a cheer leading clinic the last couple weeks. They put on a performance last night to showcase what they have been learning. She learned a few cheers and a dance. She did a good job and looked really cute. She's kinda hard to see in the pics/video because she's on the back row. She's the cute one in the blue shorts. :)

2 Weeks Old

Hallie turned 2 weeks yesterday. I can't believe that it's been 2 weeks already. She had her 2 week appointment yesterday. She weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz. and is 21 inches long. She has grown one inch and is down exactly one pound. The doctor isn't too worried right now about the weight loss, but he does want to see her back next week for a weight check to make sure she is gaining and not losing more or staying the same. He said that she should gain an ounce per day, so we are shooting for low 8 lbs next week. As long as she is gaining we won't have to worry about it, if she's not then I'll have to start supplementing. Hopefully everything will go well and she will gain some weight. She is staying awake more during the day and sleeping pretty good at night. She usually goes to bed around 9 or 10 and sleeps until 1 or 2, eats and then goes back down until sometime between 6 and 8. Not too bad. Hopefully a sign of a good sleeper in the future. My mom left to go back home this morning, so now starts the real test of how to manage this on my own while Jeremy is at work. It's not going to be easy filling the big shoes that my mom has left. She was such a HUGE help! We miss you mom, thanks for all your help. We couldn't have done it without you these first 2 weeks!