Most Days...

So we are still adjusting to most days...I am getting better at multitasking so that helps! This week has gone pretty good...we went and got weighed on Wednesday and we are defiantly growing!!  She weighed 7 lb 13 oz!. She gained 12 oz in a week!  Newborn clothes are quickly going out for us because she is so long.  3 month clothes are still pretty big though! Silly girl!

Tues pic:

Post bath time bundle!

Wed pic:

Favorite day time Nap spot!

Thurs pic

Look almost there!!  Only missing 3 letters! (one not hung due to repairing)  

Fri pic

Daddy time!! Our favorite!

Mondays...

We are still adjusting to Mondays.  After having Dad home all weekend and then hanging out with friends on Easter, we are still trying to figure Mondays out.  Little Miss fought naps all day long.  She barely slept at all during the day.  That being said, I didn't take any pictures yesterday!  So I will post a picture from this morning to make up for yesterday and then later will post today's picture.

Its hard work watching mom clean the kitchen.

Easter Sunday

Today was Penelope's first Easter.  It was also her first trip to church!  She was a little trooper.  She slept through Sunday School and then was loved on by the ladies in the nursery during the service.  They asked if they could keep her.  She is quite wonderful, if I do say so myself...

After church we went to Allison's parents house for lunch and some fun times.  We watched baseball then watched Bubba Watson win the Masters. Penelope visited with almost everyone there but found herself napping with Mel, she does that quite well.

For Easter Penelope had a super cute outfit!  Her little tights had silver mary jane looking shoes on them.  Since she has some long legs the tights were a little short, but she looked so cute!!


Here are our Easter pictures:

Family Time! 

Sweet baby girl...ignore that Chris didn't crop me out of the picture. 

Picture of the day:

Haha!  This makes me smile!  I was trying to wake her up and she was making all kinds of faces at me so I caught this one!

Sorry...

I promise I have not just turned into a total slacker after only starting my blog for 3 days.  I have a valid excuse for not posting the last two days...I have been sick.  Sometime Thursday late afternoon I started to not feel well.  That night I threw up and ended up taking some meds that didn't allow me to nurse for 24 hours. It was a good thing we had a supply of milk already stored up because we needed it!  I spent most of that night actually sleeping and Chris got the night shift.  Then Friday afternoon a friend of ours, Mel, who actually works at Phoenix Children's Hospital, came over and watched Penelope while I slept.  After another pretty good night last night I woke up this morning feeling much more like a normal person!

Thursday Penelope had her second doctor's appointment.  She weighed in at 7 lb 1oz putting her at the 15th percentile.  Dr. Alexander said he would like her to have gained just a little more weight, but it could be that she is just going to be on the thinner side.  We go back in two weeks to check that again. Penelope has been having a lot of "wake" time in that she hasn't been sleeping too much during the day, some, but not really good naps or anything and a few nights had a few cry/screaming fits.  We now believe she wasn't quite getting enough to eat. She would eat then about 30 min to an hour later acting hungry again.  Since we are trying to put her on some-what of a schedule, I wasn't sure if I should feed her again or if she was even really hungry. After talking with the doctor he said that she might really be hungry and that after her food had settled she realized she wanted more so to supplement with a bottle of about an ounce and see what she does.  Since then she has been much sleepier!  We are glad to have that issue solved and Chris is also very glad that Dr. Alexander suggested us using a bottle so now he can feed her with a bottle easily.  That appointment came just in time for me to get sick because he got to feed her a lot on Thursday and Friday!  She has also done really well going between nursing and the bottle, which was a concern of mine.  She is our little trooper!

Today my amazing Aunt Carol posted on her blog some of the pictures she took of Penelope while she was out here.  They are beautiful.  Her blog is ladyinashoe.blogspot.com but I will post a couple of them too.  I will also post my pictures of the day for the last couple of days...

Thursday Picture of the day:

She likes her Daddy...and I'm pretty sure he likes her a little too...

So Friday I didn't actually take any pictures of her...I was sick remember?  So this is her Lorax picture from today and then a few pictures from Aunt Carol to make up for no Friday picture...

Lorax Day 19!

This was an idea we got off Pinterest and the verse she is beside is Psalm 119.  This picture is extra special because the big Bible she is on is the Wagner family Bible.

I always see sweet pictures of babies on the internet and stuff but its completely different when I see the sweet picture and my heart jumps because I realize its my baby!

I think I need to submit this one to Similiac because the first time I saw it I seriously thought Aunt Carol was showing me a picture from one of their ads..then I realized I knew that little face...

This is her Pops wearing his bunker jacket and her in his helmet...the one he actually fights fires wearing.

Yep, thats my baby!

April 4

There is a cute little store in Glendale called Healthy Baby Happy Earth and on Wednesdays they do free baby weighing. Today we went to see how much we have gained. Little Miss Penelope is now back at her birth weight! 7lb 1oz! The lactation consultant we saw before said she would like to see her gain just a little more.  Tomorrow we start our more structured schedule so hopefully that will help out with our weight gain.  We also go see her doctor tomorrow and we will see what he says about her weight gain. Here is her picture from today...

Its a rough life going out on the town!

2 Weeks Old

Well little miss is 2 weeks old today!!  Its hard to believe!  We are learning to adjust to our new life.  Last night was rough but we made it through. Today has been a pretty good day.  We took a good nap this afternoon together so I feel all rested.  Chris made it home and he and Penelope are spending some quality time together.

Right now they are in the same position but in the recliner both sleeping.  Its quite sweet. Penelope has decided she likes white noises so Chris downloaded and app on his phone and thats why he has his phone in his hand.  She really likes running water, but seeing has how that will only increase our water bill...phone app it is.  Jet engines make her sleep apparently!  Now we have some friends bringing us dinner and coming to meet our little one.  Should be a good evening.

Please pray for us as we continue this adventure. My biggest struggle is knowing for sure if she has gotten enough food. She is a sweet baby and we are very excited to have her!

Penelope Kay

We are now a family of three!  Yay!  I am hoping to take a picture each day and post it on here with a little bit of how we are doing!  Since I'm almost two weeks in I will post a few pictures today to catch up! 

Yesterday was our first day to just be three of us at home.  Chris took Penelope most of the day so I could get some rest. Today is a lazy day filled with movies and laziness while Chris works! :)  

Each day we are taking a picture of Penelope with a stuffed Lorax so I will post those about once a week so you can see how she has grown in comparison to her Lorax.  

Here is her picture of the day:

Its hard stuff being this cute...this is our nap area while we watch movies!

Here are a few other pictures worth seeing!

 Proud...just a little

 First Family Moment

 So Sweet!!

 I just love the little legs and big bow!

 Sporting her Thing 1 and Thing 2 outfit with her cute bow!

 He likes her a little...

 First time he got to feed her!

 They had some good conversations that night!!

This would have been yesterday's pic of the day had I gotten to setting this up.

 Here is her with her Lorax on Day 2

And here is yesterday!

Over the next few days I'll post a few more pics of family and friends too along with the pic of the day.  

Enjoy!