A whole new life

So, I am about to begin my last full week with my daughter before I go back to work. I cannot believe that almost three months have passed. How our life has changed is amazing. I have a whole new set of priorities, one's that never even existed in my life before. I have mixed emotions about going back to work. Most of me is sad because I don't want to be away from her. I want to be the one to comfort her when she is sad, make her laugh and most importantly witness all of her "first's". At the same time, there is a part of me that is glad. Although she pretty much is my whole world now, I truly believe in my heart that it is good for both of us to not be together every minute of every day. It will be good for her because she will learn that there are other people that love her and can make her happy. She won't become overly attached to only me, she will learn socialization, etc. It will be good for me because I will think of something other than how much she is eating, how much she is pooping, and how much she is sleeping. I am definately the type of person that needs adult interaction and I have always believed that it is good for kids to be taken care of by others. While I am sure there will be first's that I miss, there will always be seconds, and thirds, and forths, etc. Many of my working mom friends tell me that the best part of working is that it makes every second that you are with your child precious and you give them your undivided attention in the time that you are with them. I think mostly it is hard because for the past three months I have been with her almost constantly. It will be an adjustment, just like every change is, and I will get used to it. I think in the end, like I said above, it will be really good for both of us, once we get used to it.

Pictures from Anna

More pics of our girl...

Here are some more of the pictures that Anna took while she was here!

One of the pics our friendAnna took

Our friends from Atlanta

We had our friends Josh and Anna here this week from Atlanta. They left today and all three of us are very sad. We had a fantastic time with them and hope that they come back to visit very soon. We took them on a brewery tour, to a Brewer's game, and much much more. Mike and I hardly took any pictures while they were here because Anna is a photographer and took amazing pictures. She is going to get us copies of them when she gets home and has a chance. I will be sure to post them when I get them. In the mean time, I did take a couple of Hadley with her new friends and also of her today having tummy time! We miss you Josh and Anna!

Two months old

Hadley is two months old today, I feel like I say this all the time, but time flies! She had her check up with Dr. Chatton this morning and is doing really well. She is in the 90th percentile for weight and head circumference and the 95th percentile for height. She is 13 lbs already and 23 and 3/4 inches long. She got her shots and that killed her mom and dad. Thank God dad was holding her as mom had tears in her eyes since she was wailing so bad. Other than that she is doing great. We get to start giving her a little rice cereal since she is so hungry after nursing. The doctor said since she is a big baby, she is ready and that is why she is crying when she is done nursing. He said that there are some people that believe now that you should only give a baby breastmilk until they are 6 months, but that doesn't make sense to him. If a baby needs something more to feel full, why deny them of that, he said. Mike and I couldn't agree more. So, we'll see how this goes!!!

Happy Easter!!!

Our little easter bunny

Had to get a shot with her matching bunny slippers!

Mom and Hadley in their P.J.'s easter morning

Clearly Hadley has had enough of the hat pictures at this point. (:

The family shot

Hadley in her pretty Easter dress.

Hadley made it through her first holiday successfully. She was great and slept right up until it was time for us to eat, it was then she decided to air out her lungs. Perfect timing as usual! (: It was really fun to have her be a part of the holiday though and we already are looking forward to next year when she can actually look for a basket with us!

Proof that Hadley doesn't smile all the time...

For all those who meet her and tell me I am crazy when I say that she isn't always sleeping or happy, here's some proof! (: This is her "mom, pick me up, I am bored here scream" (:

An ode to my husband...

I’ve always known that I wanted to be a mom. Ever since I was a little girl I dreamed of having children of my own. Because of that desire I knew that when I was choosing to marry someone I was choosing him not only for myself, but also for my children that would come someday. I always knew in my heart that Mike would be a good dad, but I never, never realized how simply amazing he would be. I never knew what it would do to my heart when I watched him with our little girl. There really are no words to describe how amazing he is. It all started when I was in labor, actually no, it started when I was pregnant. He would talk to my stomach every single day, he would tell our he/she child how proud he already was of him or her, how much he loved him or her, and how excited he was to meet him or her. Then while I was in labor he was so supportive and so not annoying. (:

The minute Hadley was born I looked at Mike and I saw him fall in love with her. I always thought for some reason that he would want a boy, he never said that, in fact he always said that he would be excited for either, but for some reason, probably just because he was a man, I thought he would prefer a son. I was wrong. I am sure that he would love a son just as much, but there is no question that he is madly in love with our little girl. Right away at the hospital he jumped right in to taking care of her. He changed all her diapers, calmed her when she was upset, and was the first one to want her back from the nursery when they took her so we could get some rest or because she had to have a test or something.

When we got home from the hospital I seriously don’t think that I could have made it through the first two weeks without him. When I would start crying for no reason because my hormones were out of control he would reassure me. When I had to get up to breastfeed Hadley in the middle of the night, he got up every time to talk to me so I wasn’t alone. When I wanted to quit breastfeeding a million times because it was so hard and I was in so much pain, he talked me through it. He was always there, right in the middle of things, never once leaving our side.
I could never imagine doing this alone, or without a husband that is so supportive. I am brought to tears so many times when I watch him with her. When I hear him say to her how much he loves her. When he comes home from work and takes her from me the minute he walks in the door because he missed her so much. When he looks at me and says how incredibly thankful he is that we have such a beautiful daughter. He is an amazing man, I always knew it, and now I am so thrilled that my daughter will know it too…

Baptism

Mom and Hadley

Daddy's little girl

Hadley with her sponsors

Hadley was baptized yesterday. She did so good, mommy and daddy were so proud. She cried for a brief moment when the pastor was carrying her around to meet the congregation, but after that, she slept through the WHOLE service, we couldn't believe it! Apparently Jill's little talk with her sunday morning about what was going to happen and how she needed to be a good girl worked! (:

It was quite emotional for us as parents to see our little girl baptized. We already cannot believe the love that we have for her and could not imagine our lives without her. The congregation sang a song after her baptism about how God will be there from her from birth to death and it brought both of us to tears. We want so much for this little girl. We want to give her the world, she surely has given the world to us in the short time we have known her.