Our baby girl is ONE month old!!!

Wow! How is it possible that my itty bitty baby girl is one month old already?!? This past month has gone by in a flash, sleepless nights and all. Can you tell that I'm not sleeping? I manage to mention the sleepless nights every week! OK Amie let's move on...

This past weekend I started working on the nursery, adding girlie touches here and there and making it all about Rian. However, it is taking me way longer than I thought it would, so I'm nowhere near close to being done. Let's just say that it took me ALL DAY on Sunday to hang four letters. I guess it's a good thing we decided to spell Rian's name R-I-A-N, instead of the way I wanted to, R-I-Y-N-N. I probably would've had a three-year-old-style meltdown if I had to hang one more letter. I'm just hoping that I will be done with the room by the time Rian outgrows the bassinet. Fingers crossed!

I'm completely obsessed with the brotherly love that Rory showers Rian with. Things around here are starting to shift a little as Rory (and the dogs for that matter) get use to Rian. I try and capture as many of these moments as I can and remember that we're all going through a time of adjustment.

Showing Rian his Batman toy and helicopter

Watching a little morning TV together

He does such a good job feeding her and watching the Dodger game together

Rory

I took a nap the other day and when I woke up I found these pics on my phone. My silly boy!

I love this little guy so much <3

Rian

Sleeping Beauty

I love watching her sleep. Her tiny little lashes are so precious.

A close up, since she's looking at the chalkboard

One month old!!!

How old: 1 month

Weight: 7 lbs 14 oz (one ounce more than Rory weighed when he was born)
Height: 20 1/4 ins 

Clothing size: Newborn, but she sleeps in 0-3 months  
Sleep: Awful! I have no idea what time she wakes up anymore. Randy takes over at night when he gets home and I get up when he goes to bed. At this point, does it matter?!? One of these days she'll sleep through the night.

Food: Formula, formula, and more formula. She's still eating 2+ oz each feeding. Rian's my little milk monster!!!

Activities: We're starting to put her in all the baby gear. She sits in her bobby pillow and the bouncy chair. And skypes with my parents! 

Likes: She loves her boppy pillow and being naked <------ still! 

Dislikes: Waiting for her bottle. 

Mood: Happy! 
Best moment this week: Combatting the massive diaper rash!!! Finally after all these weeks we managed to cure it! I think she's allergic to baby wipes. Boo Hoo. It's not so easy when we're out and about trying to wipe with a washcloth. It would be so much easier with the wipes. Oh well, what are you gonna do?!?

Looking forward to: Having my Tia Jackie and family in town. I can't wait for them to see Rian and Rory.

So the chalkboard has been kinda dull lately, so I'm gonna try a few new things. I hope you like this week's board. It was inspired by this board design on etsy. :0)

Three weeks old and Happy 4th of July

Hi Everyone!

I hope you all are staying cool out there. Remember way back, oh like, March-ish when I was so excited that we were experiencing warmer weather??? Yeah and remember when I said that I would soon be complaining that it was too hot outside??? Well guess what? Yup it's beyond hot here in Vegas. But can you blame me for complaining when it's 117 outside and 105 at 11 o'clock at night? No matter how much you love the warm weather, each and every one of you would be complaining about the heat when it's that hot!!! OK enough of that, I get it, I live in the desert. 

Before I go any further, a huge thank you to all that have sent Rian a gift! She is SO spoiled with love (and adorable gifts, too) from everyone. So again, thank you, thank you, thank you!

And one last bigger than big THANK YOU to my wonderful friend Ashley for capturing some amazing moments for Rian's newborn photos! If you're in the Vegas area and are looking for an incredible photographer... she's the one!!! Here's a sneak peek...

Beautiful... just beautiful!

Rory

Rory has been so anti-picture-taking lately. I have so many pics of Rian from the last few weeks and just a handful of what I like to call "sneak attack" pics of him. I feel kinda bad, but what can I do?!?

So with Despicable Me 2 coming out today, Rory is minion crazy right now. He's obsessed with the little yellow guys. We even bought him neon yellow shoes because they're "minion shoes". What a crazy little boy he is!

A sneak attack pic of him with his new minion backpack

This is what happens we you mix a three-year-old, a slip n' slide, and 110+ degree weather

Rian

My mom sent me this pic of me as a baby...

Me and Rian

Here are a handful of my favorite pics of my beautiful Rian...

Such a little lady even when she sleeps

And no I don't pose her... I promise

But she does pose, that's for sure

Showing off one of her many new outfits

Big eyes and chubby cheeks

I can't get enough of this little girl!

How old: 3 weeks

Weight: 6 lbs 7 oz (at her 2 week wellness check-up)
Height: 19 ins (at her 2 week wellness check-up)

Clothing size: Newborn, but I've been putting 0-3 months size onesies on her so that her diaper isn't squished against her tush and irritating her massive diaper rash. 
Sleep: Awful! She sleeps ok during the day, but not at night. She's only sleeping in 2 hour stretches from 12-6 am and it's taking me close to an hour to get her back to sleep. She's awake from 6:00-9:00 in the morning and as soon as I get her back down at nine, guess who wakes up??? That's right, Rory!!!

Food: Formula, formula, and more formula. This week she is eating easily 2+ oz of formula at a time. She's had horrible gas the last couple of days, so I'm trying the sensitive formula to see if it helps her. It seems to be better on her stomach so far. 

Activities: A lot of eating, burping, farting (sorry sweetie, but you fart like a 300 pound grown man), pooping and of course looking as cute as could be! And I love her reaction when she recognizes a voice. It's like, "Where have I heard that voice before?" 

Likes: She loves her boppy pillow and being naked

Dislikes: She HATES to have her diaper changed. We're still trying to combat her diaper rash. And she doesn't like to be put into her carrier. Probably because she's so small her head sorta falls to one side.

Mood: Happy! 
Best moment this week: Having her photos taken! My heart melts every time I see the photos!

Looking forward to: Having her on a better sleep schedule. I'm no longer looking forward to the sleepless nights. I'm done with those! Thank goodness for coffee!!!

The kids were suppose to be in the pic, but Rory is asleep and Rian is about to take a bath. Oh well maybe tomorrow.

Well since Rian really can't be around a whole lot of people right now, we didn't make any plans to go see any firework shows tomorrow. So while Randy is at work, I'm flying solo tomorrow night at the house with the two munchkins and the two very stressed dogs. Our dogs get so stressed when they hear fireworks. I feel so bad for them. 

I hope everyone has a very safe Fourth of July! Happy Fourth of July from our family to yours!!!

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