10 weeks old and Happy Thanksgiving

Leah was able to experience her first Thanksgiving day this week. She got to meet all of her cousins and her great grandmommie. She did very well for the 2 hour trip down and back. She was so good while we were there. I thought she may be fussy since she was not used to being around that many people at once, but she was just happy as can be. She actually slept most of the time. On Saturday, she rooted for Alabama during her first AL/AU game experience. I know Greg will make sure she gets to watch many more AL games.

She is smiling more often now. I finally was able to get a picture of her smiling. Most of the time she is just so captivated by the camera that I can't get her to smile, but she was just so happy that AL won the game she could not contain herself.

Go Bama!

Thanksgiving Day

Getting to meet her great aunt and cousins.

2 months old

Really? Two months has already passed? It does not seem like it has been 2 months since Leah was born. When I was waiting for her, 2 months seemed to go by so slowly, and now time flies by. Leah got her vaccinations on Wednesday. It was pretty pitiful to watch. She screamed through it, but once the last injection was complete she fell asleep. She was so deep in sleep that it concerned me a little, but by the time we made it home she was awake. The doctor gave us a prescription for prilosec because the zantac just did not do the job for her reflux. So Wednesday night we started the new medicine, and then the night turned out to be awful. At about 7pm she started screaming and could not be calmed down. I have no clue what was wrong. Thursday and Friday night were almost the same except she wasn't screaming it was more just really fussy. I'm thinking it's colic, but who knows. She has been okay the past 2 nights, but she just wants to be awake. I don't know when my child is ever going to go to sleep before 11pm. I guess she just likes being a night owl.


Even though the nights might not be what I would like, we are still enjoying having her so much. It's so fun to watch her follow Greg when he walks in and out of the room. She it so cute when she smiles that big gummy, open mouth smile. She makes the cutest little noises when she sees something that excites her. What a joy to watch her grow even though I wish she would stay little.


I have not been very good at taking pictures this week, but I did get one of her chillin' on her boppy.

Eight Weeks Old

We had a challenging but good week last week. Leah and I made out first trip out to Walmart. I used my baby bjorn to carry her, and it was a great trip. She slept most of the time and was very content when she wasn't asleep. The challenging part came on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights. For some reason, she did not want to go to sleep until midnight. I didn't realize it was a pattern until Thursday night. Tuesday night I thought she slept too much during the day, Wednesday night I thought it was just gas/acid reflux issues, and then Thursday I realized we were making a habit out of this. So Friday I spent the day keeping her awake when she needed to be awake and setting up nap time when she needed to nap. Friday night she slept about 7 hours. It was great.

My mom came here early Saturday morning to spend the weekend with us. My dad and Greg were both going to be out of town Saturday night. We had a great time. Mom had not seen Leah smiling yet so she was thrilled to be able to see that. My brother and his wife spent some time with us Saturday. That afternoon we went to Hobby Lobby to get Leah a Christmas tree for her room. I'll post pictures when I get it decorated. She loves to look at lights so I think she will enjoy it.

My heart is so full of joy. God has blessed me with a beautiful baby girl, a wonderful husband and loving family. I have more than I deserve!

Here are a few pictures from this week.

This dress was made by Mrs. Herron (Dana's mom).
Leah and her Gran.
They talked for hours this weekend.

Sleeping with her dad. I took this picture and then

woke Greg up because I was afraid he would drop her.

Seven weeks old

Leah is really starting to have a little personality now. She is smiling more and beginning to make some cooing sounds. We went for our first shopping experience to the Summit with Dana and Addie Grace. Let's just say it did not go as well as I had wished. She decided that riding in the stroller was not her style and wanted to be held the whole time. So I pushed the stroller and held her. We also seemed to spend most of our time feeding the girls. We did venture out for another shopping trip at the end of the week which was much more successful thanks to Baby Bjorn. I love that thing. We had a great time! Leah got her first real bath this week. We had been bathing her with her lying on the countertop because she was so little and wiggly in the little tub. Her face at first was hilarious. She did not know what to think, but she loved it after the initial shock. Well, I must run now. She is waking and demanding to be fed!

Leah and Addie Grace

Six weeks old

Leah is growing too fast for me. She weighs a little over 8 pounds now. She is much more attentive when we talk to her. She has started smiling occasionally in response to the goofy things we do to try to get her to smile. She doesn't seem to know how much joy we get from her smiles or she would do it much more often I'm sure. Greg and I had our first night out Friday night. Mom and dad came over to keep her. She did very well and only had a little trouble figuring out the bottle. Actually, it just took time to figure out which bottle she liked. Seems she likes the really cheap ones better than the pricey ones. I had more trouble than she did. I hated being away from her. I kept calling mom and dad to make sure everything was okay. I'm sure they got tired of me calling, but appeased me each time.

We had some fun this week trying on some hats that my mom's friend had made. Leah also sported her halloween bib and "costume" while passing out candy. The skeleton on the onesie glows in the dark, but I couldn't get a picture of it.