I realize these are not all that exciting, as we have been somewhat homebound since Bella was born. Nevertheless I wanted to have these on record and show how Bella is growing.
Little cutie gets some serious gas.
Little gas smiles. So cute.
2 weeks old.
Look at those lips!
Getting some energy out outside.
Hanging out with cousins Garrett and Sadie.
Playing freeze tag in the back yard.
Cutie pie Sadie.
Our sweet niece and nephew- such great kids.
My son's very favorite thing to do. He would live in the dirt if we let him.
She looks so old with her hair pulled back.
Good ole tummy time. 3 weeks old. And a very good case of baby acne.
Helping out with tummy time.
Pucker up! 4 weeks.
That last pic has got some exposure issues, but I had to grab the camera and shoot fast while she was still puckering. I love that face.
She is 5 weeks old now. Everyone is getting along well here. (Despite the fighting amongst older siblings that has gone on since Asher’s birth.) Bella is still sleeping pretty well. Occasionally we get a five hour stretch at night, and can usually at least count on 3 or 4 solid hours between feedings. If we were really smart we’d go to sleep the minute we put her down at night. But call me crazy, I still crave some time to myself after the big kids are in bed. And a few seconds with my hubby.
stats at her 1 month checkup:
10 lbs. 10 ozs. : 79%
22 inches : 93%
big girl!
Better go run and start taking more pics. And maybe some video. 5 weeks and still no video footage of baby #3… oops.
Ok, so I forgot a few pics of that first weekend in the hospital. Here goes:
My friend Christy made us this awesome cake. It's shaped like a little dress and was soooo good. Thanks Christy!
Bella meeting her cousin Secily for the first time.
Secily was really great with her and got to hold her for a little while.
Knox and Boone, checking out the view from the hospital room.
Aunt Patti and Meredith, talking about how soft newborn hair is. So true...
I'm so happy. (And so thankful I'm not pregnant any more.)
And just look at that fresh little face.
Aunt Patti hanging out with the kids while I was somewhere inside recovering. Thank God for Aunt Patti.
Playing in the back yard.
Her first bath.
Giving her her first bath.
Now I need to go upload more pics off our camera.
Ok, so here’s the rest of Bella’s delivery weekend in pics. I’m short on words and time this morning.
Nanny and Pawpaw brought the big kids up to see their little sister again.
Amai saying, "She's this long."
My sweet boy, taking it all in.
Nanny with the girls.
You can't see his face very well at all, but I gave him a bite of the hospital food. He made a horrible face- it was hilarious.
Opa, meeting his new grandaughter.
First family portrait with our complete family.
After a few more visits from dear friends that I forgot to take pics of, and waiting on endless paperwork, we geared up to go home.
She didn't like her first introduction to the carseat.
Finally in the car going home.
It’s hard to believe this was over a month ago. Time has really flown by and Bella has turned out to be fairly mellow baby. People keep asking me if it’s been hard to go from 2 kids to 3 kids. Well, I have to say that for us, going from 1 to 2 was the hardest. Everyone is so different though, and a lot of it has to do with the temperment of each kid. When we went from 1 to 2, Amai hated the transition. She was super jealous of the attention her new little brother got and would quite literally try to get rid of him any chance she got. On top of that, Asher had acid reflux really bad and didn’t sleep more than 45 minutes at one time until we got him on meds at 11 weeks. This time around has been refreshingly different. Amai has matured into quite the little mommy to her new sibling, and Asher has been super sweet as well. Apart from the sleep deprivation that comes with all newborns, it’s been a fairly easy transition and we are immensely thankful.
Thank you to everyone who has been helping us with food and with the older kids- you’ve saved me my sanity (for the most part- most of it was already gone.) A huge thank you to Aunt Patti for coming and putting in a solid week of HARD work with us the first week after we got home from the hospital. I will post some more pictures of the first five weeks very soon.
ps- there are probably loads of typos in this post. Despite that being one of my biggest annoyances, I will live them because I’m too tired to re-read. Happy reading through the errors.
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