A fun day with mama

        These are just a few pictures I took one day because I wanted to document how much fun we were having. You are always a great baby, and mellow most of the time but lately you have added super happy to the list. There are days when you are smiling at me all the time and wanting to play and talk and on those days my love for you is hard to put into words. One of my favorite new things is your smile. You smile most when I go in for kisses and you get excited with anticipation when I get a few inches away. I obviously love you during all of your moods, when you are sad, sleepy, or restless but when you are smiley it’s just beyond fun! Thanks for sharing this wonderful day with me baby girl.

Sleepy Girl

                You are pretty darn cute all the time but I really can’t get enough of you when you are asleep. That sort of sounds awful…but it’s not because of what you might think. You have the most peaceful look on your face and you have great expressions when you are snoozing away. Whether it’s your afternoon sleepy smiles, morning snuggles on my chest, or your evening mouth-wide-open look, they are all adorable. I know I should be trying to sleep when you sleep or getting chores around the house done, but it’s just too hard to not capture these moments or put you down, or stop simply staring at you. And it’s not just ME…at night when I finally put you in your bassinet and you are snoozing away I will go to the bathroom and brush my teeth or grab a glass of water and I come back in the room to find your dad sprawled across the bed on all fours peering over your crib staring at his baby girl. As I type this now I have stopped several times to catch a glimpse of your beautiful self, snoozing away in your chair. Snooze away little one…snooze away.

Tummy Time

       You have been itching for tummy time I think from the moment we brought you home. I'm not an expert by any means on babies and haven't been around a whole lot so I tend to just go by what other people say, and all I have heard from almost everyone that has been around you is, "wow look at that neck strength". I assumed all babies were like that but apparently you are ahead of your peers when it comes to neck control...yay!?! All kidding aside it's very obvious that you want to see all you can see and will move around to prove it. It makes it difficult to hold you at times cause you are squirming this way and that and always pushing off and stretching your long body as far as it can go. So even though from what I've read it's a little early for you to be starting so much tummy time but what our girl wants...our girl gets...okay within reason :). Here are a few snap shots of you working on your moves.

A few nights away from Dad

Sleepy smiles

We spent some time in the car while Grammy was at the drs

Stuck in Portland traffic

Snuggles with my baby

Snoozing

       

         Another first was our first trip away from your daddy overnight. We headed down and surprised your Papa and Grandma. They were so excited to see you and we had a great time sleeping in, running errands, and Papa even had story time with you. It was great to have a little getaway but it was good to get back to your daddy, who missed you like crazy. 

Lake Stevens

Two adorable cuties

Giving loves

Besties

Uncle Roland snuggles

Leah's sharing her snacks with Uncle D

You and Daddy

I’ve been majorly slacking on the blog posts. Mainly because I’m soaking up as much time with you as possible and that means things like blogs, laundry, dishes, etc. get pushed to the back burner and I’m okay with that. However I do want to keep you updated along with everyone else so I’ll try and be better about getting some blog time in J. 

                A few weeks ago we took you to one of our very favorite places, Lake Stevens. It’s high up on the list of places we love to go because of three pretty amazing people that live there. Your Aunt Trish, Uncle Roland and BFF Leah were sweet enough to invite us up for the weekend and we jumped at the chance to spend some time with them. It’s not the easiest thing in the world to travel with a newborn but if it’s going to be done one person that makes it a million times easier is your Aunt Trish. I don’t think I’ve ever met someone who is as selfless, caring, thoughtful and helpful as her. She always goes all out to make us feel comfortable, her and Roland both do. I constantly think how lucky I am to have such a wonderfully incredible friend in my life. They had a bassinet all set up in the room we usually sleep in, along with a sound machine, a chair to feed you along with a boppy pillow. Besides just making us feel so comfortable we just have a blast with them. Leah was very fascinated with you and the snaps I got were her cuddling with you on the couch which was pretty darn adorable. She’s just waiting for you to hurry up and grow up a little more so you two can cause some ruckus together.  Every time we leave their house we are so sad that we don’t live closer to the three of them but we just try and remember that it makes spending the weekend with them, when we get to, that much more special. Cheers to amazing people and fantastic friends.

A Few Pictures Just Because

Your doggy is a little big for you now but you'll grow into him

What this isn't your "happy" face?!?

Smiles for mama

A little tummy time because you keep insisting on working on your neck

       Not much to say here except you are continuing to amaze us with your beauty and overall awesomeness .  You seem to get more beautiful everyday and also more fun.  You and I spend a lot of our days just snuggling.  I hate hate hate the idea of leaving you to go back to work so I'm soaking up as much snoozing/cuddling in bed with you as possible.  You have started to really focus on things and people and my most favorite thing you do right now is smile at me when I go in for a few kisses.  I could do it for hours on end but you do it for maybe ten minutes and then you are done but that's okay I'll take as many smiles from you as I can get.  We even started to do a little tummy time because especially at night you do everything you can to work on your neck muscles.  We are amazed at how strong it is already and you are kicking your feet and moving your body like you are just itching to start crawling...slow down sweet girl.  Thank you for amazing us everyday with something new.  Love you honey!! xxoo

Another Gorgeous Weekend At The Beach

You got lots of Auntie Abbie snuggles in

Loved capturing your kissable cheeks as you slept

Long Legs McClain

Yep that's you under that blanket eating away

Snoozing with dad

Another snooze session with dad

Grandma Sandi even came up too

One of your favorite spots..Papa Bruce's arms

       We spent another relaxing weekend at the beach house last weekend and it didn't disappoint.  The weather was stunning and it was quiet and peaceful.  Grandma Sandi drove up from BG and joined us as well which was an extra treat.  You spent lots of the weekend snuggled up with your Auntie Abbie which she loved and also your Papa Bruce who has the magic touch.  You fall right asleep in his arms and always look so content in whatever position he decides to place you in.  It was the perfect weekend and we were sad to have it end.