a note to my munchkin.

dear vegas,

how can it be that you are 33 days old already?!? people comment on how much of a gorgeous baby you are, and i may be biased, but i believe every last one of them. you definitely have your momma's nose and mouth and on certain days your daddy's eyes. i just want to throw this out to the universe [and so you have documented proof] that just because we live in the south, and you are absolutely frickin' gorgeous, does not mean that your momma will subject you to the baby pageant circuit, no matter how many stacked haired, vera bradley wearing southern belles try to convince me otherwise.



like most every new mom says, i am slowly forgetting what my life without you was like. you melt my heart more and more everyday, and i cannot believe i have lived without you for over twenty four years. you are a bit challenging at times, i will admit, however; i don't know a baby that is not, and the mothers that say they have a perfect baby must be living in some fantasy world that i have yet to discover. you are such a snuggle bunny and your dad and i love that. just today you smiled a real smile twice at your daddy. not a gassy smile, a real one that had him on cloud nine.



here are some milestones/memories that i don't want to forget during your first month:
1. you hold your head up like a champ. you have done this since day one.

2. you make your legs lock up in a standing position when i try to stand you up. i have never seen a newborn do this. sloooooow down girl.

3. you actually "see" me and your dad and you turn your head [most times] when you hear our voices.

4. you [just today] smiled when your daddy was singing a crazy song to you.

5. you love to be swaddled, however we keep that for bedtime only.

6. you love to ride in the car. it puts you to sleep instantly.

7. you have gas 10x worse than your dad on some days. ::barfs::

8. mommy got you spoiled with warm bottles, and you don't prefer them any other way now.

9. you HATE, hate, HATE to be naked.

10. you are still nursing and on the bottle, and mommy loves that she gets that special time with you as well as you with your daddy.

11. you are just now fitting [securely] in most of your newborn clothes.

12. at your last pediatrician visit you weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces.



i swear if you get any cuter, i am bound to implode. i cannot tell a lie.

three weeks postpartum.

since i know that everyone either a) likes to see the before and after pictures or b) is bored at work and saw that i made a new blog so they clicked it.... here you go.

in all of my 41 week glory.


one week postpartum.


three weeks postpartum.


in retrospect i probably should have worn a different color shirt [click to enlarge]. butttttt, im only 7 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight. :)

bath time [ fail ]

vegas' stump fell off of her belly button yesterday so i figured it was time for her to start having big girl baths. well, easier said than done. if there is one thing that V apparently hates more than baths it has to be being naked, and we all know that taking a bath includes stripping down to the birthday suit.


she was fine...


then the water hit her. eeeek, those were some loud shreeks!


so i promised her a pony.

i hope she doesn't hold me to all this pony mumbo jumbo because i am sure our homeowners association would not be on board with Mr. Ed in my backyard. :)

halloween and such.

this time last year we were living with CJ's aunt waiting for our house to close, so halloween was pretty uneventful. fast forward to this year and BOY what a difference a year makes. new house and a new baby, who would have thought?!?

we kept it pretty low key this year because vegas is still fresh from the ute. she was 12 days old to be exact. none of her three halloween onesies fit her very well because she still doesn't have those chubby newborn arms and legs yet. she had a pumpkin hat that we had to roll up to make it fit, but at least it was something. :)



we finally live in a neighborhood that had trick or treaters and i was happy about getting to pass out candy. however, i did not expect to have the number of kiddos that we did... five bags of candy, at two pieces per child, was gone in 45 minutes. i'm pretty sure we were the first people to turn our lights off at 7:30!!

all and all it was a pretty low key halloween. i cannot wait until next year when we can actually dress V up in an embarrassing costume and take her out!