Are you sick of pictures of my baby? I'm not!!!

Today was Sailyr's first day to church!  Her tights are still a little big, but better than having her feet cold, right?!?  She is wearing one of the dresses I made her, but as you can see it might be the first and last time wearing it.  My baby is now a whopping 9LBS!


She has actually ventured out with us a few times this week. She went to the basketball game to watch the girls dance, and also went out to dinner with a few of our friends.  Sailyr was so content and happy.  She was wide awake and dev just held her as she just looked around.  I was a proud mama!


She has also started smiling!  She smiles a little more each day!  But she sure makes us work for those smiles, she does not hand them out for free.  I tried to post the cutest video of her, but it was taking forever so I gave up... but she has the strongest little neck,

Sailyr got her first Ups package today!!!!

THANK YOU AUNT SHAUNA!

1 Month Old

The past month has gone so fast, but at the same time I feel like we have known Sailyr forever.  If I would have known how amazing having her around was going to be I would not have waited 3 years to have her.  Everyone told me that once they are here you will wonder what you did without them, and I did not believe it.  But they were telling the truth, life has so much more meaning now that she is here! 

Family Pictures

i figure 95% of this blogs pictures can be of sailyr, because 95% of it readers are her grandparents!

So, I know I take a ridiculous amount of pictures of my baby.  But I am trying to get enough of her in her first month to make a book.  So that's my excuse.... and she gets cuter and older every day (this breaks my heart).  My solution to keeping her a newborn is just to take millions of picture. So that when she is 18 and moving out I can pull out these pictures and wonder where the time has gone. And I will miss holding her and hope she CTRs out there in the evil world.  Then cry in my room until Devin finds me and then hopefully he will make me spaghetti (with garlic bread) to dry the tears.

But really....
these pictures are for her book :)

oh and, despite the evidence in the pictures, she is still not smiling.

Day 21

Three weeks old, and look at those neck muscles! Anyone else agree that she is looking more like Devin everyday? 

On Thursday we gave her her first real bath, and she loved it!  Poor girl, every new thing she does involves me clicking the camera in her face and Devin with the video camera.  We don't want to miss a thing- this baby's life will be well documented!  It has been pretty warm the past few days so we have gone on a few walks.  Yesterday I took her to walk down the road I used to run everyday on... lets just say I am very out of shape and have a lot of work to do if I want to get to where I was. I look like a parade going by, pushing a stroller and Lucy on a leash leading the way!

 (Sailyr mid-sneeze)

Last night around 1a.m. I thought Devin's arm was the baby and tried to pick it up.  He thinks I'm Crazy.

Sailyr has been quite fussy today, the first of many I am sure.

When she is screaming I often wonder if I even know what I am doing, but eventually I get her quieted down and she goes to sleep.  And all is well again.  She is finally fitting into her jammies!  She looks so cute in them, I cant help but kiss her face off every evening!    She has decided she loves her blanket that Grandma E made for her, She snuggles her face so far into the softness, I have to dig her out to make sure she is breathing! 

Putting in my order!

Ok, its time to get serious about 2011.  I debated whether or not to make a goal list this year but then I remembered something I read in Jack Canfield's Law of Attraction.

It says...

When you go into your local Starbucks and place your order, do you say "I don't want tea," or "I don't want an espresso?"  Of course not! You place your order for a tall, non fat mocha, easy chocolate, extra whipped cream with total clarity and specificity- and the absolute confidence that you will get exactly what you ordered.

You must place your order for life in much the same way.  You need to clarify your goals and be specific.  Stop settling for whatever just happens to come your way in life, and take ownership of the fact that you can actively participate in the creation of your own future by clearly stating your desires.

So here is my order-

11 in 2011

1. Slow down and enjoy my time at home being a mommy
2. Take Sailyr camping this summer (Yosemite?)
3. Start running again (1/2 marathon?)
4. take a writing or photography class
5. Family vaca to the beach
6. go on at least 1 date a month with Devin (without Sailyr)
7.  make jam with the food processor
8. Camping Trip in Oregon (it has made the list for the past 3 years and has not happened yet... maybe 2011 is the year!)
9. Learn something new!
10. Spend a night at the Cabin
11. Don't get lost in being a wife/mother that I forget who I am

Ok - I will shut up now and give you a picture :)

100% Organic Baby

We went in for our 2 week Dr. appointment today and Sailyr has gained more than a pound in her 2 short weeks.  Her birth weight was 6lbs. 11oz , when we left the hospital she was 6lbs 5oz. , and today she weighed in at 7lbs. 10oz.  The Dr. could not believe that she had never had formula.  She is finally fitting into some pj's.  The pants are still a bit big... but at her growing rate they will be to small in a week.

the fastest 2 weeks of my life.

14 days old

In the past 14 days I have felt more love in my little home than ever in my life.

This just makes sense...

Day 13

I am so happy to report that for the past 4 nights Sailyr has decided she likes sleeping at night!

Day 12

Black and whites make me feel like a better photographer than I really am!

 Day 11....

We are still alive over here. Sailyr still cant make up her mind about whether she would rather sleep at night or stay up all night. I am not complaining - at least I get sleep every other night!  She also thinks its fun to poop right when I get her diaper off.  Dev thinks its funny too.  We have taken up 'Oprah' and 'Ellen'- and we are considering watching 'Days of our Lives'.  Seeing how we are currently stay at home parents it only seems right.

Day 10

I am changing my word for the year- instead of "Grow"- (click o read)-It is going to be "Slow." 

I still hope for all the the reasons I had first picked Grow...  but since Sailyr has been born I think Slow fits me more.  I have never lived slowly, and now suddenly I am staying at home, on a 2-3 hour feeding schedule.  Life is slowing down.  I need to embrace it.

At the same time - Life is speeding by, Sailyr is almost 2 weeks old.  I need to remember to slow down and live in the moment.  Enjoy each day as it comes and try not to rush it by.

Maybe I should combine the two words and Make it the year of "Glow!"

Anyway... this may sound like crazy talk, but it makes perfect sense in my sleep deprived brain! 

Sailyr Joy

Day 9

Day 8