Our Heber Home

Monday, May 28, 2012

Two Months Old

Our Little Girl is 2 months old today!

Weight: 8 Pounds 15.5 Ounces

Height: 21.75 Inches

She loves to smile

She wakes up happy.

She only cries when starving.

She's drinking 3 ounces every 3 hours.

She's only waking up twice a night now and goes right back to sleep.

She's fitting into her prettier clothes.

She's still an Angel.

Loves her Daddy and her Mom

Eating is currently her favorite thing.

Talks to her Pug.

We enjoy every moment with her

and will be Blessing her next week here in Heber.

(Written by Daddy, edited by Mommy)

Sunday, April 29, 2012

One Month Old

My darling girl hit the one month mark yesterday!
Weight: 7 pounds 15 ounces
Height: 20.25 inches

She's starting to smile, especially for her daddy.

She's cooing and loves trying out new sounds.

She loves to stick out her tongue.

She is gaining control of her neck.

She's hungry every 2 hours and downs about 2-2 1/2 oz.

She sleeps very well at night, wanting to eat at 11ish, 2ish, and 5ish, but goes right back to bed.

She wakes me up at 7 every morning with eyes wide open.

She is very content to just lay in her playpen or her bouncer.

She loves to be held and will fall asleep in almost any one's arms.

She is just starting to fit into her 0-3 month clothes.
She rarely fusses and only cries when she's hungry.

We are so lucky to have such an angel baby!

Russell is done with his paternity leave and goes back to work tomorrow. I'm excited to start our new routine and my new job as a stay at home mommy.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Where on Earth does the time go? I can't believe we have had our sweet baby girl for a whole week! Kel (So far...knock on wood) has been such a good baby. At night she is able to self sooth so we can get some much needed sleep. She even gave us a good 4 hour stretch between feedings last night. (Okayed by her Dr. of course!)

We had some problems with breast feeding and jaundice...she wasn't getting enough to eat. Per the suggestion of her Dr I switched to pumping and now she is finally caught up on her messy diapers and her wet diapers are no longer dark concentrated urine. (Who knew a messy diaper could make a mommy so happy?) Her jaundice is going away, too. I haven't given up on b/fing yet, she'll finally try to latch instead of screaming but she still doesn't get much milk when she does. (She doesn't swallow while she nurses.) I plan on working with a lactation specialist to give it one more good try.

If you follow Russell on Facebook, you have seen the bazillion pictures that he has posted. Here are a few of my favorites!

Saturday, March 31, 2012

People Who Love me

Thanks for coming to see me while I was in the Hospital

It was nice to see everyone, you are welcome to come see us in Heber if you are willing to make the drive. Just call first and give us a heads up.

Thursday, March 29, 2012

DADDY

(on a side note I think the mark on her head looks like the emblem for Cobra)

You may have already heard mommy side, Well it’s time to hear Daddy’s. I will start off by saying that I am in trouble. I’m writing because I feel compelled to tell you. For some time now, I have been what I call “missing a soul”. This started back when I was 12/13 Life was rough for me back then, but that is not the point of this story. Since that time in my life I have been missing my feelers. Not much shocks me, not much makes me mad, because of my “I do not care” attitude. There have been small instances in my life that have sparked this feeling of a soul. To list some; meeting my wife, some of my temple experiences, and moments of clarity. And yesterday my daughter Keladry was born. Now people had told me that this will change your life and yada yada yada. So I kept waiting for something. Well nothing happened. Then not ten minutes ago I was sitting in the glider here in our hospital room, comforting my new child. She was being quite fussy, after a bit she settled right down, and lifted her head up and “kissed my neck”(this is my story and I will call it a kiss) and something inside my well-built Fortress of not caring broke, And it appears I still have a soul. Albeit a little soul, so far it is not reaching much past my little family. And I don’t think it will anytime soon. (baby steps) Earlier I stated that I am in trouble. This is due to the fact that I will never be able to tell her No. This is not to say I will not stop her from doing the things that will hurt her, but when the time comes when she starts to play the mommy against daddy game, she might just get her way with daddy. To quote one of liana friends Leif “Now, Russ, please understand that you will soon have significant chiropractor bills as little girls know how to tightly wrap their dads around their little fingers.....” I am looking forward to the things to come, and it has been a long time since I have had this feeling.

She is my Hope.

Signed,

Daddy