tummy time.

here's some pictures of me today when i did tummy time. mommy says i sure am getting strong and should be mobile in the next couple months. she better watch out, pretty soon, they'll be no stopping me!

nene time

little B is growing up so fast. this past week she has started putting herself to sleep during her naptimes. i have to admit that even though it's great because it's freed up my arms and hands for other things, it's also a bit sad not rocking her to sleep. thankfully it's only been a few times and not ALL the time....YET.

today was priceless though, as i put her in her swing (in the kitchen of course, so she could see what i was doing), put her binky in her mouth and tucked her nene blanket around her. within a few minutes, i turned around and found this: 

so, so precious!

a day with mommy.

every day mommy has fun activities (or stations as she likes to call it) for me to do. i don't like all of them, and i let her know when i don't. what can i say, i like what i like.

 yesterday we did bumbo time to help strengthen my neck and back muscles. mommy says i'm very strong and getting better and better at sitting up straight even though i like to lean to my right

mommy says i look like the tower of pisa and daddy says i always look a little stoney when it's bumbo time...whatever that means.

after bumbo time, mommy decided it was time for a self-portrait. sometimes mommy is so full of herself but hey, at least i look good!!

everyone says i look like mommy, but we don't see it!

and finally came time for mommy to cook dinner. i like to be in the kitchen where all the action is, so this is my favorite time to get fussy. mommy tries all different ways to occupy my time but to no avail because im always coming up new ways to get myself in that kitchen with mommy. 

here i am, thinking of my plan of action for today:

what can i say? i know what i want. :)

3 months.

little b is almost THREE months old. where has the time gone to? while i'm sad about this BIG milestone, each day is a joy as i watch her continue to watch and learn new things. her newest thing to bring a smile to our faces is pulling herself up! she loves when you take her little hands to pull her up so she can sit and watch what's going on. and if you don't grab her hands, she does this little half sit-up to try and get up herself. it's only a matter of time before she's sitting up.

in addition to the sitting up, she also is getting louder and fiestier by the day! she loves to sit and chat up a storm to anyone who will let her. they are the cutest, most precious conversations and she has the softest, cutest little voice and i love imagining what she's saying. she's also her daddy's little water baby already. she splashes and kicks in the tub and loves when we let her float. and the minute we start to take her out, she lets us know she is NOT happy. it makes us laugh. we can't wait to take her to the pool! (which will hopefully be in the next month or so!) 

life goes by so fast & you really don't realize it until you want it to slow down!!

vitamin D

since little B is exclusively breastfed and will be for (hopefully!) the rest of the year, she started taking her vitamin D supplement this week to help prevent rickets and the face when i give her the daily 1mL dose is CLASSIC. because she's very food/taste motivated (she has loved the taste of Mylicon and Infant Tylenol), the face can only be translated into a "MMM theres some kind of new thing in my mouth and 

11 wk well check

today i took the little one to her pediatrician for her 11-wk baby well check. i was shocked to find out that she now weighs 13.8 lbs and is 25 inches long!!! she is in the 97th percentile for her height and the 92nd for her weight. i almost fell on the floor. everything is perfect with her and doctor says she looks at least 4 months old already...so sad. she's only 2 and a half!! she's holding her head up great (bumbo time is much more enjoyable for her now!) and she even starting to scoot during tummy time. AHH! they really do grow up TOO fast!

the baby video

so i finally finished little B's baby video and i must say, i love it! so here it is...

vacation #1: vegas

last weekend we took family trip #1 for 2009 and what fun it was! we packed everything up and got out on the road friday morning to head to VEGAS for the weekend! it was so much fun seeing blake & usf play at the new orleans arena and getting to visit with our dearest friends. and little B was such an angel on the car rides, sleeping the entire way there and almost the entire way home! it was amazing, we are so lucky to have such a good little baby!

i didn't take many pictures & when i did, they were mostly of baby (such a typical first time mommy!) but here are some cute ones :)

the car ride pooped her out!

go uncle blakey!

his stats: 

his cheering squad! :) 

(husband looks happy doesn't he? hehehe)

then the next morning i caught this picture of baby and daddy talking and smiling after she woke up. isn't it precious?

she's definitely attached to mommy

but is a BIG daddy's girl at heart :)

overall, the perfect little getaway!

two and a half months later.

during one of those rare moments of silence today, i have decided it's time to blog. yes, i should be doing laundry or cleaning my house. but instead, i have decided to plop down on my couch, listen to some good music, work on mini B's baby video and post a quick blog. if it weren't barely noon, i'd add in a nice full glass of wine, but i don't want to push my luck.

little B is doing well and growing oh, so big. and mommy and daddy are doing pretty darn good too! we're full of projects right now...the husband's working on the little one's custom made baby record book (it is seriously the cutest thing i have ever seen!) and i am trying to finish up her baby video. i definitely bawled my eyes out all last night as i compiled the music and pictures. where has the time gone?! i'm always a bit melodramatic, crying to the husband that i should just start packing her bags for college already...but seriously!

mommyhood has continued to be so rewarding and life altering. i wake up every morning to the most beautiful smiles of the happiest little baby at the recognition of my voice and face. it is amazing. she loves to sit and look at me all the time while babbling on in the cutest, softest girly voice. i love it. and staying at home with her gets easier with each day. don't get me wrong, it's awesome to be a stay at home mommy, but seriously, you think you'll have all this time to do everything when in fact, you are grateful for five minutes to eat a quick lunch!

life has completely changed. i mean seriously, i never would have thought a year ago, that today i would be singing lullabys & silly children songs to entertain my little one. but at the same time, i definitely can't remember life without her. she is amazing and the love for her is overwhelming. it's priceless.

and then she was DONE!

i keep telling the husband he better be careful, because look at those beautiful eyes.

we're definitely in for a roller coaster ride in about fifteen years :)

yummy:

and then...she was DONE!

ten weeks.

my little girl is ten weeks old today. 

*sigh* 

when did this happen...i really do not know. 

i live everything about being a mommy.

i love how each morning i wake up to beautiful smiles & coos.

hello

sleeping beauty

what are you looking at?!