I never knew what exhausted was before having a baby. . .
Our little girl has kind of put herself on her own schedule, and it's not one that mom and dad like so much. She sleeps from about 3 am to noon. . . waking up only when hungry or needing to be changed. But then she's super fussy and impossible from a little after twelve to about five. And from five to two she goes in and out of little naps. So when does dad sleep? Never. And when does mom sleep? From three to noon, which is not a schedule I can stay on. We need to find a way to get this baby our schedule, ASAP.
Baby is not a breast feeder, she refuses to latch and it's a bummer 'cause I hate to pump, but formula is so dang expensive. Arrrrrgg. . . .
. . . But isn't the way she holds her hands when she eats from a bottle adorable? I love it!
We go through about 12 diapers a day. . . there's at least one time every day when she goes through three diapers in five minutes. You'd think we'd know and be able to tell when she's finished doing the deed, but nope. She surprises us every time!
She makes eye contact with us now, and it's pretty cute and I love it!
Val is still a snuggler, and we can't get enough of it!
She got to meet great grandma Hermansen for the first time on Father's day, they loved each other!
I hate to admit because co-sleeping is one thing I said I would never ever do, but every morning after her 4am feeding, I let her sleep in my arms, mostly because if I try putting her back in her bassinet, she cries for an hour. But I do love her snuggling with me when she sleeps! The hardest thing about this though is that after 4am she wakes up around 7am to eat, and then she sleeps laaaaaate. Well, I don't get up at 7am so I let her go back to sleep in my arms, and then I find myself stuck in bed with a sleeping baby when I want to be up doing things. But how in the world can I move away from such a sweet little girl? I mean seriously, just look how cute she is sleeping! SO content!
So we got her newborn photos done when she was one week old at Fotofly. . . they were cute, but we weren't impressed and probably won't be going back. The most frustrating thing about it was that it was a timed session, so the more she fussed and cried, (like all newborns do,) the less time we had to get shots. So in the end we didn't get much. But we did love the one with the flower on her head, that one was great!
Anyway, we weren't happy with them, I was really bummed. So my mom surprised us by getting her photos done by Raspberry Branch Photography when she was two weeks old. Not only were these pictures cheaper than the Fotofly session, but they turned out ten times more amazing! We haven't gotten the cd yet, but we got to see a sneak peek, and holy crap, I made a gorgeous baby.
I'm not kidding, if you need photos done, not just newborns, any photos, go to Raspberry Branch Photography. Danielle is amazing and her pictures turn out perfect! I have the fussiest baby who never has her eyes open, and Danielle not only got a picture of her eyes open, but she got one of her smiling! And her prices are super affordable, I can't believe she doesn't charge more! Really, I cannot say this enough, Raspberry Branch Photography is for sure the place to go, and I will never go anywhere else for photos!
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