Accumulation at Light Speed

It's amazing how much baby crap accumulated in my house in the blink of an eye.  I never thought my kids would have so many toys and books everywhere, especially at 8 weeks.  Ha...I know!!  But the books and playyards, and hangings toys and rattles etc. are everywhere and she loves playing with them, she loves to look at books with us and reach for the hanging toys.  But this is the newest addition.  Sydney the kangaroo...and she has a baby too, Sandy, who is in her joey pouch.  I have been looking everywhere for her at the stores here in town with no luck...so yes, I ordered her today for baby!   I am turning into a sucker!!!

You Tube Movies

I purposed last week to try to find a way to export movie clips of the baby on the net.  I tried blogger but after it's progress bar never moved while I left he computer alone all day (!!!), I gave up and decided to try different options.  I ended up going with YouTube after much debate and posted a video for my family of the baby's bath that day.  She was so cute!!  But I am taking that one off of the public net, for naked reasons, and have made it private for only members of Youtube that I approve.  I have posted these a new public one in it's place for this week. 

The video is of her talking...she talks alot these days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5qQNv8awpw

6 weeks

So if anyone is wondering...Today is my baby girl's 6 week milestone.  Man!  She has changed so much.  And to celebrate this milestone, she pushed her body and head up a few times today during tummy time.  I was so proud of her.  But we see this face alot more lately since her sight and hearing is better.  She gets excited so easily!  We are almost sleeping through the night and we definitely have our routine down.  

What a Week!

Like the title says...WHAT A WEEK!!!  As if one life change isn't enough (and yes, I mean the baby) we are going to through a few more in the next few months.  Why?  Because that's the Bailey way we do things.  Let's make a list, shall we?

1.) baby

2.)quit job

3.)sell house extremely fast

4.)move to Washington DC for a year

5.)E goes BACK to school...yes...Again!!!

Numbers 3-5 were all introduced to us on Thursday of last week.  So my realtor is coming over today to go through the house with me and I have been breaking my back to get things ready...Why?  Oh yeah...did I mention that E had to go out of town for a week?  Yes, that's me and baby all by ourselves.  Luckily I have a friend coming into town to stay with me for the rest of the week but regardless, there's still alot of work left to be done at home.  I am feeling a bit overwhelmed.  

Well, here is Rachel this week.  She turned 4 weeks.  It's amazing how so much has changed already.  She can hold her head up and loves to do it, she held on to a rattle and shook it, we have seen several grins but can't figure out what she is so excited about (a window, the ceiling fan, gas...you never know), she is running errands with mom nicely, she is taking formula when I need her to if we are out in public on the go, ...lots of strides are being made.

She went to Ladies Lunch this week with me and a few friends so she got 2 new dresses and this is one of them. 
I always forget to do tummy time with her and when I remember, she always does something different.  This time, she laid on her belly and hum-sighed for about 2 minutes until she was ready to move onto something else.

E was nice enough to rock the sad and tired baby while I finished folding the laundry.

The rest of these pictures are just a few that I snapped of her when she was in a good mood yesterday!

The wakeup stretch!!

Lazy Sundays

E created his own way of keeping the baby happy...by creating a race track through the house.  He carries Rach and they walk fast through the house until she is asleep.  Whatever works for him!!

Yesterday was her first walk.  Mom got some much needed sunlight, exercise, and time outside of the house.  Maggie got a walk and E got to spend quality time with all of us.  He's a lucky guy!!

My baby is learning to go to sleep on her own in her own bed.  She takes naps in her room but sleeps with us at night.  

Hello Out There to Dairy Cows Everywhere!

If I said that I felt like a dairy cow yesterday, I was wrong!!  I am officially the spokesperson for dairy cows worldwide today.  OMG!  I lost count of how many times I fed the baby today.  I know it was 7 before 2pm.  And TRUST ME...there were many more after 2pm.  I think she is hitting a growth spurt though so she is sleeping hard and eating harder.  There are no words to describe what a long day it was...so I will let these pictures say the thousand words that are escaping me due to exhaustion.  But HEY!  At least we are all sleeping ok.

The End of a DeJuVue-ish Day

Well, I only have a few things to say today:

1.)Thank God for Swaddle Me wraps because I can't fold a tight blanket to save my life!

2.)Thank God for housekeepers, especially those that call an hour before they come to remind you of what day it is!!

3.)I am starting to feel like a dairy cow...Is that a good thing?

4.)Maggie ate my coveted end of the day piece of chocolate cake...luckily there was more BUT STILL!!!  

5.)I think my daughter is starting to look like her Daddy more and more each day.  We compared her to my baby pictures yesterday and she looked like me and today is a whole new ballgame.  As she gains weight, she looks more and more like E.  But thats ok cause I have a FINE looking husband!

With the grandparents gone, we decided today would be a good day to start implementing our schedule ("Babywise").  So here is Rachel who was woke up from her nap after an hour and 45 minutes when she normally takes a 3 hour nap at lunch.  So sleepy still and just wants to cuddle.
I just rarely get pictures of her with her eyes open and she's super alert until we started this schedule today and all of the sudden, I had several opportunities.
Here is E burping her evidently with Maggie's help.  She got up there to kiss E and the way I saw it, it turned out to be 3 kisses for E, one quick kiss for Rachel and the circle continued until E noticed she was licking the baby too.

Our Last Day with My Parents/First Day Alone

Long sleepless nights equal pajamas all day.  We tried using the carrier so I could warm up dinner...good idea right?  Bad idea to turn her facing out...she was ticked because she could hear me but not see me.

The guard pooch stationed at her door.

Her last nap with KK before she left to go home.

Rach sporting the shirt that I made her when she went on her first outing to dinner last night.

Sleepless nights, jaundice scares requiring bloodwork, blocked tear ducts, visiting dads office (unintentionally) and saying goodbye to KK and PawPat (My parents)  ...  It was a long day!  I don't know if I am an emotional mess because my hormones are changing or the lack of sleep.

1 Week

Naptime with PawPat

Tummy Time turned into "Hey, I've been looking for those fingers!!"  The only way that I knew she was still breathing was the loud sucking sound she was making with her whole hand in her mouth!
KK finally got her to go to sleep which wasn't hard since all of the hard stuff was already done...dry, fed and cleaned.

***In case you are wondering, I am dong a picture documentary these days and WAY less commentary.  I am doing good to load the pictures.

Bath Day

We're Home!!

After a long couples of days, we are finally home.  Nothing went according to plan but the end result was more beautiful than I could have ever imagined.  Lots of circumstances led to the decision to finally have a C-section at the send of a long day of contractions.  But I am grateful for the care that I received and the friends that were made and the family that was by my side.  There are lots of stories to tell and pictures to share but that can all be saved for another day.  Until then, here is my sweet little bundle of joy, Rachel Leigh, born at 6:20 Monday night, 8 pounds, 5 ounces, black hair and deep blue eyes, 21 inches long.