Growing Strong

It is funny how the smallest things can give you a thrill. Andi has started cooing and squealing. She has also started smiling now when she is awake. Sometimes she responds to you. We get the biggest kick out of her when she is on her mat for tummy time. She gets her legs to bicycling and lets out loud squeals! You can't help but talk back. She likes to look in the mirror and  will get excited! The fun is beginning and we can't wait for more:-)

She has started holding her rattle and can lift her head 90 degrees, just doesn't keep it up very long. She is now over 10 lbs!

She has started liking bath time as well. When we first started bathing her she protested but now she enjoys it! We have started giving her nightly baths since she has a blowout between 4 and 6pm. 

This was her very first bath at home!

And now....see how she has grown:-)

So many of her onezies are ruined now. Thank goodness we are out of the newborn diapers, that was the main problem. The size one diapers are really big on her but at least it keeps it in A LOT better!! Earlier this week, her blowout was the worst we had seen yet and Matt was helping me hold her over the trash can so we could get the diaper and onezie off. There wasn't a place you could put your hand and not get poop on you. Matt freaked out and had to immediately go wash his hands so needless to say I got poop all over me holding her. I don't know what he is going to do when I am working nights and he is home alone with her.  The other day he was taking her clothes off for bath time and when he brought her to me he said he was worried. I asked him why and he said because she enjoys being naked!

Matt still isn't very confident in feeding her simply because she choked once with him. So when he gets home he volunteers to change her diaper as long as I feed and burp her. She is a really good burper. She had a really, really loud burp which made Matt proud. We still get tickled over her loud noises. The other night I was holding her and lifted my leg on the couch and at the same time she let it rip. Matt thought it was me and said I shouldn't blame it on the baby...lol

These past two days I haven't really gotten much done, I have basically been holding her all-the-time since her swing went out. We have only used it 6 weeks and the motor all ready quit. I ordered a different one, one that has a plug in and is bigger. It came yesterday and hallelujah she likes it!! The only bad thing is that it is too big to move into the bedroom so I guess we are going to have to train her to sleep in her bassinet and soon her crib. Night time doesn't go very well and I am still swaddling her. She has been sleeping good in her swing but she sleeps the best on me. She will go to sleep around 11 and wake at 3 and then at 7:30. It is just getting her to sleep. She sleeps great during the day but she has to throw a crying fit between 8 and 9 where all you can do is bounce her. She will fall asleep but soon as you stop she is crying again. I have to start rocking her hard and quick  while singing to her. She does a lot of fake outs. She will be asleep for a good 15 minutes and I get up with her and move her to her swing and as soon as I place her in it she is awake. When she wakes in the middle of the night and I am changing her she starts cooing and wanting to play....that is not the time to play! She really is a good baby but I still dread night time, especially when I go back to work in 3 weeks. 

A couple of weeks ago we had her 1 month pics taken. It went alright. She had to have her paci. We had to remove it quick to get a pic without her crying. The funny thing is when we would sit her up, she would stay as long as she had her paci in her mouth. Once you took it out she would fall over. It was her balance apparently.  I have posted our favorites below....

I wish we could have gotten a better pic of her in this dress. It is really pretty but this was her last dress change and she wasn't having it!

We will probably have pics taken every 3 months...I can't believe she is almost 2 months. Time has gone by quick.

Andi Faye is 1 Month

Time has passed quickly. I will be heading back to work in 4 weeks. I don't know if I will be ready. It is hard to believe she is already a month old. She is growing like a weed, already over 9 lbs! The older she gets, the more she looks like me as a baby. The only thing she has of Matt's is the Maness nose and hair color. We still can't get over how big her hands and how long her fingers are. She has already outgrown newborns in the length and foot part. She has outgrown newborn shoes as well. 

Yesterday we had pictures made by Michelle, Matt's step-mom. We are excited to see them when they are finished. Of course I dressed her up in all the frills and she was adorable!!! She didn't like it much. We had to console her with her paci and pull it out quick to get a pic. We also had some family ones taken as well. I'm not liking my hair very much right now. It has gotten really long and I usually just wear it up. Andi has gotten a hold of it and it is fight to get her to let go. I don't know how much longer I am going to have it...lol. 

The funniest thing she does is giggle in her sleep. She will have a big smile and just laugh. She has started cooing some and definitely locks eyes for a long time. We have gotten a better night routine down, thank goodness!!! She finally got big enough where we could use an actual swaddler on her and that knocks her out. I always feel like I am putting her in a straight jacket. She doesn't like it at first and it is difficult keeping her hands down but once she is a burrito she is fine.That is the only way we can get her to sleep in her bassinet. Sometimes we have to start out in the swing. She has been going to bed between 10-11p and has been sleeping until 3a. At night I have started feeding her rice and formula because it keeps her satisfied longer.

She likes to sleep like this in her swing

Poor Sam hasn't gotten use to her crying yet. She will let out blood curdling screams when her diaper is wet. Mainly because we are fighting diaper rash. The bassinet is at the end of the bed and that is where Sam sleeps. She will be screaming when I change her and Sam starts choking and just looking at me with a "help me" look. Sometimes when we sleep on the couch, she will be in her swing and Sam will be lying on the edge by it. When she screams he will fall off the couch. He has been quite amusing. He and JuJu have been great though. They always have to check on her and make sure she is ok.

I have to share a funny incident. One morning I was feeding her and she was grunting, filling her diaper. It went on for about 5 minutes and she stopped so I thought it was safe to change her.  While I was changing her I noticed her butt hole was open and puckering. I thought that was weird because it had never done that before. I immediately thought of the scene in the movie Change-Up with the twins and as soon as I thought of it, it was too late. She shot poop like a water hose. It went up and landed on the dresser and continued down. Of course the drawers were open because I never close mine all the way and it went in all three drawers and into the open door in the middle of the dresser. So a lot of my clothes got hit. I ended up getting sprayed with it and poor Sam was standing beneath me. My reaction time was a little slow because I was half asleep and later that day I was finding dried poop on my feet and in Sam's hair. She definitely keeps us entertained and we can't wait for her to be older because it is just going to get even better!!

Next month she will be getting her shots, which I am not looking forward too. I had to change pediatricians because the one she was seeing doesn't accept Matt's insurance. He was really good, and I liked him a lot. The new has high recommendations, so hopefully she is good too! 

Until next time.....