What A Busy Weekend!!

Wow! We had a busy weekend! Here's how it all went down...

Friday I took Keira to get her 2 month pictures done. I fed her right before we left and she napped in the car on the way there. So, you would think she'd be pretty content right? Um, no. I put her in her dress and put her down on the pillow for the first pose. She did great! Then we flipped her over and apparently ruined her world. Let me tell you the screams could peel paint. I felt bad for the photographer. We almost gave up after the first pose. I went ahead and changed her into Daddy'd outfit and she let us get a few more pictures. About halfway through this, Aunt Delana came in to help out. It was nice having another person there to help me calm her down and get cute smiles. We managed to get another pose done, but that was it. She was done! I'm kinda sad that we didn't get any with the angel wings or in her diaper or in the basket, but those can be done at her 6 month. Here are a few of the shots.

Saturday was her 2 month birthday. Oh and the Fourth of July! Understand the dress now? :) We hung out at the house until Stephen got off work and then went and watched fireworks shot off by the city. We ended up having a pretty good spot to watch and Keira loved them. She never fussed once!

Sunday Keira and I drove down to my parents house to see my Papa. He was at my parents for the afternoon. I am so glad that he got to meet Keira and that Keira got to meet him. I am reaaly glad that I got to see him. Now that he lives in Rockport, its harder to see him. It was nice hearing him say the usual lunch prayer. The only thing I missed was getting my hand squeezed by Kevin (we always fought to see who could squeeze harder during the prayer) and having Nannie rub my othe hand with her thumb. I wish Nannie could have met Keira; she would have loved her.

This week we go to the doctor for Keira's 2 month well-check and her immunizations. Hopefully she doesn't have any bad reactions. The last time she was weighed was on June 26th and she was 9 pounds 9 ounces. I wonder what she's up to now!!

Happy 4th of July!!

Hope you all have a great 4th of July!! Oh, and Happy 2 Month Birthday Sweet Girl!!

We'll See How Long This Lasts....

Okay, now that it has happened several days in a row I feel like I can tell people about it. Keira's sleeping has GREATLY improved over the last week. She has jumped from sleeping in 2-3 hour stretches to sleeping through the night. It is MARVELOUS! Here's how it all has gone...

Last Thursday, Keira was SO fussy. Wasn't eating much and cried for the most of the day. Friday I noticed that her mouth was completely white and she had white spots in her cheeks. I called the Pediatrician and got her in that afternoon and got her medicine, which smells terrible by the way. I feel bad for her. This also started the bottle feeding. I decided that it would be best to give her and I some heal time while she was on the meds and just pump and feed her with the bottles. Friday night she was up every four hours.

Saturday we went to visit the Lemley clan. We played with cousins Nathan and Madelyn, hung out with Aunt Nana and Uncle Aaron, and went to Hobby Lobby. We were busy. We got home and went for a walk around 830 then took a bath (which she LOVES), got swaddled up, and had a bottle and fell asleep around 10:00 in the swing. She stayed there until 4:00. Longest stretch ever at that point. She ate and then went back to sleep in her pack n play until 8:00.

Sunday we tried to stay busy again. I started noticing that she was eating about every three hours on the dot. We went up to my school and took a walk again in the evening followed by a bath, swaddle, and bottle. Fell asleep in her bed around 10:00 and slept until 3:30, ate then slept until 7:00.

Monday we went to a jewelry party in the evening and then followed the nightly routine. She fell asleep around 10:30 and slept until 6:00. EIGHT HOURS STRAIGHT!!! Woo hoo!!

Tuesday, we all went to Target and followed the routine . Again she slept another eight hours straight in her own bed.

Wednesday she didn't get out of the house because Grandma was here watching her while Stephen and I went and had an "us" day. She slept from 10-4 and then from 4:30-8:00.

Yesterday we went to Austin to pick up some paper work. We went for our walk, had a bath, and followed the rest of our new routine. She fell asleep around 10:30 and slept until 7:00.

I'm wondering if its the bottle feeding, the new eating schedule, the medicine, or the routine that has us going so good. I'm afraid to stop bottle feeding her now!! I told myself that we would start nursing again today, but we are taking pictures this afternoon and I want her as "on schedule" as possible. Same with tomorrow. So I guess Sunday we will start nursing again.

So that's her new thing. Today we are taking her 2 month pictures at 4:30. Hopefully she is in a good mood!! I cant believe she will be 2 months old tomorrow! Time has flown by!

Eeee!!

I am in LOVE with the new look of the blog!! Louise really got what I like! Thank you SO much! She put a linky at the bottom of the page to her blog if you like her work.

On another Eeee! note, Keira has been smiling on purpose for about a week now. I am loving it. All you have to do is talk really sweet to her and call her 'puddin' and she smiles away! I've even gotten her to giggle! I'm still trying to get a photo of her. I have taken a few videos with my phone.

She has her good nights and her bad nights sleeping. We have gotten a few nights of 5 hours straight, and lately its been about 4 hours straight. Getting her to go to sleep is the hard part. She screams and screams! Hopefully we will get past that soon!!

Keira and I went to the lake this past Saturday to my parents condo. It was nice to get Keira and Madelyn together again to see how much each has changed. I hadn't seen Delana, Nathan, and Madelyn in a month and Aaron since the day Keira was born.

Sunday was Father's Day. We got up and made breakfast for Stephen, yes Keira helped. Well she supervised from her bouncer. That night we took Stephen to dinner and Keira was a good girl and let us eat in quiet!

Here are a few pictures of her lately! She is getting SO big!! Enjoy!

Hanging out in her swing

Keira and Daddy

There's a little smile!

Madelyn and Keira. I love how Maddie is so calm and Keira is CrAzY!!! Stephen's child....

new new new!!

The blog will have a new look soon!! I am getting a custom blog layout made by Louise at adori graphics. She is one of my followers if you are interested. I am VERY excited to see what she has come up with!! It should be up sometime tomorrow evening! :)

Happy Father's Day Boy!

Happy First Father's Day Stephen! Thank you for taking care of us like you do.

We love you bunches!

6 Weeks Update

Wow! Its been awhile! I have been busy here at the house trying to catch up on as much sleep as possible when Keira is sleeping and there is no way that I would be able to update when she isn't sleeping!

We went to the Dr for her 1 month on the 3rd. She was 8 pounds 2 ounces and 20 1/4 inches.

Here are a few of the new things that have happened in the last three weeks.


* Went to her first Motif Party on May 30th
* Started losing the hair on top of her head
* Went to the Doctor for her 1 Month Check up on June 3rd
* Turned 1 Month on June 4th
* Had a small fever on June 4th
* Screamed for 5 hours straight on June 6th making us late to her first Graduation Party
* Started cooing on June 7th
* Found her tongue on June 8th
* Met Uncle Mike, Aunt Gayle, and Cousins Ethan and Ava at Ava's dance recital on June 13th

Tomorrow I go back to the doctor for my check-up at 2:15. Should be an interesting adventure taking her with me. Cross your fingers she behaves! :) I also NEED to go up to my school this week and pack my classroom!

Well thats all for now! Screaming baby calling my name!