week 9 & 10 what one does at 6 in the morning

on a typical day before sadie, aaron and i would be sawing logs at 6:00 am
now i use it as quiet time
time to read e-mail, do homework, yup school starts this week
can not believe our little sadie utopia of sleeping and eating whenever is changing to an actual schedule and adult responsibilities.
since i could just sit here for the next twenty years and write about ALL of sadie's wonderful achievements i thought i would add in few other fun facts
we are still working on the house
aaron and paul just built some pantry doors we used chalk board and magnetic paint so we can leave notes to each other ie: baby laundry in wash needs to go into dryer and of course the new vocabulary words we have created to describe sadie:
hippolicous
cutiepotomus
gigglocity
if you can think of any let us know
the update on sadie:
she is 13lbs 1 oz and 24 inches long. she just got her vaccinations and was a trooper! i think mom had a harder time than her. she cried a little than wanted to snuggle ALL day which was not a problem for either aaron or i
mom is working two full days so she spends her day with mimi playing and talking to herself.
she loves the mirror and has surprised herself several times by watching the little girl in the mirror stare back at her.
she is becoming a pro at sucking her thumb, her hand, her shirt, and of course our arms, shirts, anything and everything, she has started drooling LOTS! and making bubbles.
so what are we doing now grandpa b is in town this weekend and we are taking walks and enjoy the last days of summer.
sadie slept her first night for 7 hours on august 23, how quickly things change!
the odd thing is none of us can actually remember what we did before her.
heres a movie of her nursing her in sleep
enjoy!

week 7 & 8....back to work

we started back to work last week
UGH!
lets say that trying to function on a "normal" persons schedule is hard
i am only working part time till october but poor aaron is working 40 hours a week
not sure what is making him tired perhaps waking up at 5:00 every morning or spending 9 hours a day away from his little sweet heart
the big question is how is sadie doing with all of this:
well grandma "mimi" is watching her and loving her every day
grandma stops by at the house every morning kisses her and hugs her as sadie watches her daddy get ready for work
i guess the second day aaron left she just cried and cried not wanting to see her daddy go bye bye
she has decided eating with a bottle is bad but is getting better
so our new routine : (old routine consisted of waking up when sadie wanted to wake up, take naps when sadie wanted to take a nap, go to bed when sadie wanted to go to bed) (we liked this routine)
we wake up at 5:00 bec feeds and changes diaper
aaron makes breakfast
6:00 aaron is on sadie duty bec showers
6:50 bec takes sadie back for second feeding or snuggle
7:00 aaron makes lunches
7:30 bec leaves for work and who knows what happens after that
but sadie is really happy when grandma mimi arrives at 8:30
one of aaron's and sadie's favorite things to do in the morning is exercise
aaron sits her down at her exercise mat and she kicks and screams with delight well aaron does sits ups and stretches!
(aaron tries to focus on exercise but gets a little side tracked at the giggling squeals from his baby girl so usually he just lays down next to her and plays!)
the first week back we have survived.....barely but we did it!
so now we are on week 2 and sadie is 8 weeks old!
she laughs and plays she tries to roll over completely she can hold her head up, grab aaron's glasses, spit her binky out across the room, make lots of new little sounds, tell stories about the things that grumble in her tummy and EAT a lot!
until next week enjoy the pictures!
love to all

week 5 & 6...baby containers!

the one thing i never expected to learn about was how many ways one can contain a baby!
for example:
we have a bassinet to contain in the bedroom, a crib for her nursery, a pack-n-play for the living room, a bouncy chair for the dining room, and a cradle for the study, (so mom or dad can sit on the computer with one leg rocking the cradle....otherwise it is the fine art of typing with one hand which i have gotten really good at!), a stroller for walks (she's not a big fan of the stroller though), a car seat to contain her in the car, and baby bondage otherwise known as her baby backpack which she loves!
oh i forgot a baby bathtub for water containment!

anyways sadie's development at 5/6 weeks....
time does go quickly it is hard to believe how much she has grown in just a few weeks.
she has started saying goo and aaaaa, she loves kicking in her crib and has added a new sound a scream of delight!
she took a swimming bath with mom last night and loved it!
she went shopping at IKEA and picked herself out a little rug for the nursery
aside from that she is wonderful she is sleeping about three hours at night so mom is getting a little more sleep, she can lift her head up real high and keep it up for a LONG time, which stills scares us.....she is super strong
she has started launching herself off of bellies by getting her toe into the belly button and pushing which is great fun for her
she loves napping with mom and dad any chance she can get
our napping days are almost over though
it is time to think about work and school once again (bec is trying to put off the home improvement for a little longer...though we did start to go through the basement, the study, and the garage in attempts to get organized once again)
that is all for now!
sadie goes back to the doc's august 18 and bec goes back the august 2 to find out if she is allowed to go back to work...
if sadie starts walking and doing our taxes in the next week i will let you all know
otherwise we are on parental time which means i have no idea when i will update it again
until than
love!