If you're happy and you know it!

We have been enjoying Blair's smiles from the first moment we saw them even knowing they were just gas bubbles.  Papa caught this one in the hospital!

I have been waiting and waiting for the time when she would smile at me and have been trying to capture her smiles.  She is finally social smiling and the other night (Sunday January 23rd) when Grammy and I were changing her, we were being very goofy and I said "smile at the crazy ladies" and she gave us the biggest happiest smile!  I got teary it was so precious.

Finally Monday (January 24th) morning I was able to capture a bunch of pictures in a row of a big smile she gave me.  It is happening more and more now and it just melts my heart every time.  I also love when she smiles in her sleep.  They are little coy smiles like she is up to no good.

Hopefully soon I can catch some with my camera instead of just the iphone since they aren't good quality.  My goal in life right now is to get the money shot... oh and to be a good mommy and blah blah blah.  I mean I would never have such a superficial goal of just getting a picture :)



Scrub a dub dub...

... Blair's in the tub!

My favorite activity with Blair is to give her a bath.  She is just so cute all naked with her little rolls and she usually really likes it and is happy; that is until she is finished and has to be dried off and dressed, she doesn't like that. 

These are pictures from her first sponge bath before her cord fell off. 

Here are some other pictures from some sponge baths... she is so cute in her little hooded towel, the second picture is one of my favorites.

Her cord fell off a little after two weeks but the inside of her belly button was still gooey so we had to still wait to give her a real bath.  FINALLY on her 1 month birthday 1-11-11 we were able to get her into the tub and it was SO MUCH FUN!  She loved it and was all happy and warm.  I want to give her a bath everyday now but don't want to dry out her skin so sometimes we just bath without soap because it is so cute anyway. 

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 old crazy eyes

 I love this one!

On her next bath we got out her ducky robe.  She looks super cute in it but she was not happy until she got dressed (ironic since she hates actually being dressed but I guess she is cold).  So really infant robes are adorable but useless... good thing we have 2!



J-E-L-L-O

Today was our first walk on a nice enough day to have the stroller open for Blair to look around. She only lasted about 5 minutes before it lulled her to sleep but it was fun to watch her.  I noticed that over all the bumps her cheeks shake like jello!  Here is a picture:

I wish I could have gotten a video of all the shaking, those cheeks have their own zip code!

1 month pictures

Here are Blair's 1 month photos!  Thanks to aunties Nicole and Jen for her month stickers for her onesie, it will be so cute to have the twelve matching photos (but no rush!)

1 month!

This is a little bit late (what is new) but on Blair's one month birthday I wrote a list of all the things I wanted to remember from her first month.  This will be cool for her to see things about her life as she grows up to so some of this may be boring but I hope she enjoys it someday.

1. I have LOVED watching you sleep and eat, it is my favorite thing.  Mom is a bit high strung (hey no comments from the peanut gallery out there) but when I see you so peaceful it relaxes me like nothing else can. There have been many moments where I get teary watching either of these things as I am just so amazed at you and how beautiful you are and that we made you. 

Here is a picture from your first night.  You sleep in the bassinet by our bedside.  I would love you have you sleep with us (sometimes you do on mom or dad's chest in the morning so we can get some more sleep) but mom and dad are both very active sleepers and we are afraid dad might use you as a cannonball in a dream or something.  The other picture is of you all swaddled up to sleep.  This really helps you to keep sleeping though out the night!

2. I guess this is similar to number 1 but you are the cutest sleeper because you make all these noises all the time.  You started out wheezing a lot and dad likes to say you are out little 90 year old smoker.  Then you started making little cries or coos.  It is so funny!  Here is a video in the car on Christmas.

3. I love watching dad with you.  He gets so excited when you do new things and is your biggest cheerleader during tummy time when you lift your head up. 

He also bounces you which is what can always make you happy.  Then one day in your second week he made your first music video with you.  This makes me laugh every time I watch it!

4. When you get upset or mommy needs to have some hands free I use a "Moby Wrap" to hold you and you just love it.  I do too!  You get to be all snuggled up against me and usually within 5 minutes you are sleeping tight against your mama.  Maybe you feel like you are back warm in my tummy or something.

5. People LOVE you!  We had so many people come to see you in your first month and they just think you are perfect (and that many people couldn't be wrong right?)  It was nice to have so many people around and you are such a special girl to have such great family and friends.  I didn't get everyone but here are some pictures with your fans.

6. Everyone loves little girl clothes and mommy is no exception.  I have loved dressing you up in such cute little outfits.  Almost everyday I send a photo of you to your fan club so they can see how you are changing and what you are wearing.  Here are a few...

 7. You are so adorable when you smile.  Papa and I have both caught a smile on camera (they are blurry but still adorable) but of course most of your smiles were just  from gas.  However, dad was holding you on January 10th and we both think it was your first real smile and it was at ME!  I said, "Blair look at mommy" and you looked over at me and gave me a big smile.  Dad and I both got so excited and at least I know I was a bit teary, thank you!

your smile in the hospital                                                  Sitting with mom

I can't believe how big you are getting and how time flies but I will always remember this first month when you were so tiny.

Oh Happy Day!

Today was such a wonderful day.  Blair has been cranky the last few days but today was glorious.  She woke up at 8:30 which is a new record for her.  She had a happy morning.  When we heard that dad was awake, we went to say hello and I realized that she smelled poopy (I know, more poop talk... its all new parents have ok!) When I went to change her I realized she had blown out all over the place and had to call in reinforcements to get the bath ready.  I love bathing her because she looks so cute all naked and smells so good afterwards.

Blair is trying out all her new 3 month wardrobe this week so here is her outfit today.  Yes, her cheeks seem to keep growing.  Jason and I laugh that her face is kind of pear shaped (ok a lot pear shaped).  In person her cheeks look adorably chunky but for some reason in pictures it is magnified times 10!

The whole morning she was so happy and we sang and played.  Here she is having some tummy time on her playmat where she laid for almost an hour completely content.  I even got a few smiles from her during this time and she did so good looking up at the little animals hanging above her.  Her tracking is really getting better and she is really focusing on things now.  Her eyes are just so beautiful all big and open looking around.

She was still happy after that and in the afternoon she took a long nap cuddling with me.  We are still having a problem with her taking naps laying on her own.  I kind of like it because nothing is more precious then holding a sleeping baby but I also want her to take naps on her own because daddy will need to work when I go back to work. 

Grammy came to watch Blair while mommy and daddy got to go on a quick dinner date to Red Robin.  We even managed to talk about things other than baby... kind of... for a few minutes!  Grammy sent us this funny picture of Blair while we were there to say she was happy and awake.  She makes this face a lot and it makes us laugh every time!

Tonight, daddy left to go play basketball and it was just me and Blair.  While I was rocking her to sleep I was thinking about what a fun day we have and how much I just adore and love her.  Fussy days can be tough but these days make it worth it and I am so lucky to have such a precious little angel.  Here we are cuddling for bedtime.  Happy mommy and happy baby!