Rub-a-dub-dub Hadley's in the Tub!

Bath time has become part of her bedtime routine. Scott has diligently been teaching her to splash! Which she loves doing and will occasionally do it herself! He knows he'll regret teaching her that one day but for now it really cute and fun. It's usually all business when we bathe her but we randomly put a rubber ducky in one night and she was loving it! The pictures speak for themselves.

My favorite one! Having a stare down with ducky.

Trying to eat ducky

Happy Easter!

So we decided that the Easter bunny at the mall is pretty creepy looking. Bunnies don't need glasses! They eat too many carrots to have bad eye sight. So for Easter I broke out our investment of a camera and did a little mini photo shoot with my favorite model! It had to be broken up into two different days because my model refused to work longer than one hour at a time. And yes, I was considered a slacker mom by some whom I will not name. But I think the wait was worth it! I got some pretty adorable pictures despite how tricky it is getting pictures of her, because she can't quite balance when sitting up and just rolls back over when I try to put her on her tummy.

She was fascinated with her tutu and I'm pretty sure it ended up in a giant knot for me to undo at the end.

I took this picture intending to crop Scott's hand out but seeing him hold her little hand and her looking up at him has kinda become my favorite part of this picture.

I had to distract her with an egg so she would stop playing with her tutu

She wasn't interested in smiling... at all. So this is the happiest face I got from her. 

My little Easter bunny.

4 Month Well Baby Check

Scott wasn't able to go to this check up because he had a test in one of his classes he couldn't risk missing so that's why I didn't get to be the mamarazzi this time and get any pictures. So apparently the grumpy baby we have been experiencing is due to her trying to get her first tooth. My baby can't be teething yet right?! It still hasn't made it's debut yet but it sure is throwing our sleeping for a loop, along with a few other things that hit at the same time. But that's another story. She weighed 12 pounds 11 ounces and was 25 inches long. She is 75% in height and is probably going to be a tall little girl. The doctor was asking about her rolling over and I told him that she does it but her main interest is in sitting up. He kinda dismissed what I said and went on to give her an exam. When he went to listen to her heart she did one of her baby crunches/ trying to sit up and he was taken aback. He chuckled and said wow she will be sitting up before we know it. She was really cute with her doctor and wanted to talk to him and examine all of his tools. She as good and you can when getting shots and after I had settled her down she yelled at the cute little nurse when she saw her. It was pretty funny.
So we were prepared for a cranky baby again after the shots. However, we weren't really prepared for the hunger strike she gave us the next couple of days. The day after her shots she refused to eat anything and spit out the few cc's my husband tried to put in her mouth with a syringe. She didn't eat for 10 hours straight which for Hadley has never happened before. Even when she had a cold and couldn't breathe when eating she would still eat every two hours like clockwork and is still at every 2 hours. We called the doc on call and she was no help and just told Scott if he couldn't handled the inconsolable crying and no eating to take her to a kids care/instacare. So after a few more hours he did and the doc wanted to get a bunch of blood work and an X-ray. Scott didn't feel good about it so he left to come pick me up from work. Luckily she ate from me but was then up every hour on the hour that night hungry and trying to make up for what she hadn't eaten that day. The next day she was the same way so I called the on call doc this time and this one was much more helpful and was willing to sit and find everything out that we had been doing and how Hadley was acting and was very helpful telling us the possible things it could be but that it probably wasn't urgent to do anything that night but to go to the office the next morning. So we did and we didn't see her regular pediatrician because he wasn't quite in yet. However, I was very impressed with the doctor we saw instead. She said Hadley was fine on exam but that if she didn't get better that night then she would be worried about intussusception and we would need to do a barium x-ray the next day at Primary Children's Hospital. She said that the rotovirus vaccine can cause a pretty bad upset tummy for 3 days and that's what she was hoping was going on but it does have this rare side effect of intussusception (causes bowel obstructions). Luckily Hadley started doing better that night and weekend. The doctor had the on call doctor call us on Sunday to check in a make sure Hadley was ok and then she called on Monday to follow up. I was really impressed with her going above and beyond to help us and her sincerity in caring about how our baby was doing. So apparently I can expect up to three days of a really cranky baby and even hunger strikes after shots. Good thing they happen about every two months so when we get her back in a schedule she'll be knocked right out again!

Happy Valentines Day!

This Valentines Day we didn't do anything extravagant because it was during my last week of maternity leave and I just wanted to spend time together. I spent my Valentines Day in tears... Not because I was sad or because Scott messed up ;) I'm blaming it on the post pregnancy hormones but I just cried at every happy thing that happened to those I know. There was too much love going around that day for my hormones to handle!

Hadley and I heart attacked our front door for Scott when he came home from school. I forgot to take a picture of the beautiful flowers Scott got me. 

Big milestone happened on Valentines day too! Hadley giggled for the first time! It happened when Scott was playing pat-a-cake. It was adorable but of course when we tried to get it on video she wouldn't perform.

2 Month Well Baby Check and Shots :(

I can't believe how fast time has gone. Hadley went for her 2 month well baby check and her first round of shots! She weighed 10 pounds 8 ounces and was 23 inches long. We got Hadley smiling and all happy and then the nurse poked her and the look she gave us before screaming her head off was of pure betrayal. It was heart wrenching for both Scott and I. She settled down pretty quickly after I could pick her up. She was just a little cranky and needed a lot of cuddle time but otherwise did really well with her shots this time.

He did them all in one leg because he figured the one would make her leg sore anyway so better to have one sore leg than two. I don't think it really mattered to her at this age but oh well. PS look at those rolls she is starting to get :)

Baby Toms

Yes! This outfit just happened! My good friend that I worked with came back into town and I was able to go to her baby shower!! It was so good to see her and she is just an adorable pregnant girl! So Hadley and I dressed up and had a girls night. She was on her best behavior and we had such a good night! I'm obsessed with these little leggings since her legs are getting chubbier and actually fitting in them. Love her ruffle-y pink polka dot tunic! 

I found THIS tutorial on pinterest and decided to give it a try. I just used some of my white material scraps first to see if they would work out. I'm obsessed with how they turned out!! I'm pretty sure I need to make her a pair for every outfit!

Checking out her new kicks

These are a few of my favorite things!

I have always heard about how fast babies grow but it's hard to comprehend until you look back one day and suddenly think "Where did my baby go?" I'm so glad I remembered to take pictures of all the little details while she was still a newborn. I spent hours upon hours in awe of the tiny little human that Scott and I created! The gift of life truly is a miracle. 

This little dancer did 5th position all by herself and I was so glad I had the camera ready to capture it!

Born with a little rattail

A double chin has never looked so cute!