My, How Time Flies

Naomi had her 2 month (2 MONTH!!!) checkup today. TWO MONTHS. Wow, that really flew by... She's over 10 lbs now too. Sheesh. 10 lbs 7 oz which puts her in the 50th percentile for weight. She was 23 inches long, putting her in the 90th percentile for height. She's a tall one. Seriously though, I'd love to know just how significant all these "percentile" statistics are when these kids are adults. Just because she's in the 90th percentile for height NOW does that necessarily mean she'll be tall? I don't think so...I'm wondering what the big deal is with the percentile thing, and yet each time I take her to the doctor, I am surprisingly interested in this information. Strange.

Rain rain go away. I went to get groceries today, and when I was finished shopping it was pouring outside. Nothing like a 33 degree downpour that you have load and unload groceries in. Yippee. Then, being the genius that I am, I opened the driver's door to put my purse in...left the door OPEN, and went to the backseat on the other side of the car to load groceries. I had to sit in a puddle the whole way home thanks to that move.

Alright, here are some pictures of the little cutie:

Naomi waving "bye-bye"!

We're Baaack

We are back in business here on Blogspot. I stopped posting here for a while and locked this blog up...things were busy with a new baby and to be honest, I wanted to check over this blog and remove the personal info that any creepy internet stalker could access. You'll notice that anywhere our last name used to appear now says "H----".

Anyways, now that we have that cleared up...

Things here are going great. Naomi is getting so big. She weighs around 10 lbs. now and is getting cuter by the day (I do realize that I might be biased, being her mom and all). We are having so much fun with her. She turned 7 weeks old yesterday, time seems to be flying and I wish it would SLOW DOWN! I can't believe she's almost two months old already. She is really starting to respond to us a lot more now. She smiles and coos when we talk to her and she loves looking at (studying) faces. She is such a good baby, and I love, LOOOOVE being her mother.

The only real difficulty so far (if I even dare call it that) is that she and I have the same "bewitching hour" as they call it. She and I are both terribly crabby at the same time! How's that for a mother daughter coincidence. She seems to fall apart at bedtime, sometimes from 10pm - 1am. This is when I am a.) trying to get warm in a cold bed (which is pretty impossible when I have to keep getting in and out of it to comfort my child) or b.) just drifting off into a cozy, sound sleep (only to be awoken by a baby that I thought was finally, FINALLY asleep!). I feel lame even writing that, but I'm just trying to be real. It's crazy just how nutty a crying baby can make a sleep deprived woman feel!

Happily, we eventually all fall asleep, and once that happens, Naomi sleeps a good 6-7 hours on a good night (which means she is already going 7-8 hours from her night time feeding to her early morning feeding. One time she went 10 hours!). I would have to say we have it pretty darn good if she is sleeping that well at 7 weeks of age!

Sister's Got Talent!

You saw it here first folks, Naomi holding her own bottle at only 6 weeks of age! 

(Should I notify the Guinness Book of World Records or something?!)

Last week Wednesday we were feeding her before bed.  I was holding the bottle and noticed she had both of her little hands around it too, so I let go...and what do you know, she really was holding it up all by her little self!

Anyways, she probably won't do it again until she's like 6 months old so I thought I'd share just for fun.

2 Weeks 5 Days

I am amazed at how S-L-O-W-L-Y the last few days of pregnancy seemed to drag, and at how fast the first couple of weeks of Naomi's life have flown by! It seems like we JUST had her and now she is almost three weeks old. Just like that.

She is doing SO WELL. We just love having her. I can't even describe the tremendous amount of love I have for this precious little person!

She went for her check up at the Dr. today. She was 7lbs 11oz and 21 3/4 inches long. They said she was in the 45th percentile for weight and head circumference, and in the 90th percentile for height. She's a tall little girl and quickly growing out of her newborn size clothing!

The antique baby scale that has been in my family for years.
My dad was weighed on this as a baby (not that he's old or anything).

Our family of three!

Mother and Daughter

The cutest teddy bear on EARTH.

Ok, so I'm a big dork, but I thought she looked so darn cute in this!!!

And the winner is...

We had a fun little game going before Naomi was born. Friends and family went onto a website to place their guesses as to our baby's birth statistics. The results were pretty funny I thought...

Grandma H. came in first place...and Grandpa H. came in dead last!

http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyH----

Baby Girl has a cold...

After asking everyone to wash their hands before holding her, somehow Naomi still managed to get a cold. She started coming down with it at about 10 days old. Poor little girl! I think I feel worse for her than she actually feels though. She's still sleeping well and acting fine. I hope this one passes quicky for her sake (and mine). She's too little to be getting sick already!

She's Amazing!

We are so in love with our baby girl. She is such a sweetie. So far, she really only cries when she is hungry or when we change her. She spends most of the day sleeping or looking around contentedly. She can already lift her head when on her tummy and turn to face the other way, she has a strong little neck! She eats like a champ and poops like one too.

Having a baby has been the most amazing experience of my life, and I feel so incredibly blessed to have her. Adam and I are in complete awe of this little miracle and thank the Lord for her every day. She is truely amazing.

Now for some more pictures:

Nap time at the hospital

Going Home!

Already a Daddy's Girl...