We went in for our weight check on Wednesday, and Hannah was 8lbs 12oz, 8 ounces in 8 days, the Dr. was very happy! Hannah also grew out of her first outfit this week, she's got such a long body! She also has one thing that she was too long for already when she was born....so while most of her newborn clothes are getting a lot of wear, some things are only worn 2 or 3 times.

We went for our first walk with the stroller on Friday. We have a nice park about a mile away, so we walked down there....Hannah made it all the way there in the stroller, but when we started walking around the park she wanted to be held....so I walked home carrying a baby and pushing the stroller.

Hannah started smiling at 4 weeks, but only every now and then...this past week she's been super-smiley!


I also got to scrapbook today while Jason worked on his website. (You can see my scrappy mess in the background of the second video.) I haven't quite finished my page, but I'll be sure to share when I do. Then we also worked on the new Apple Blossom Studio site design, and I am SO excited about it!

5 weeks already, I can't believe how time flies!! It is so odd to go from pregnancy where time goes slower than ever to having a newborn where time goes way way too fast. Hannah's one month appointent went pretty well. She is up to 8lb 4oz, 22.5 in. The Dr. still thinks she's not gaining enough...sent us to the ENT to have her tongue tie clipped, and I think she's feeding more efficiently now, we'll go in for another weight check sometime this week. Our Dr. makes such a big deal about wanting her to gain on ounce a day, but the book that he gave me says 1/2oz-1oz a day, so I really think she's doing just fine.

On Friday we had a "welcome baby" party...I am telling you, we got SO much clothing, I think we're set for a while...Hannah's closet is SO packed...and that's just with the new stuff...we have boxes and boxes of hand-me-downs. I have discovered that style-wise my favorite brand of baby clothing is the Jumping Beans stuff...and I'm not sure where to even buy it! I just love all the embroidery and aplique on it...so adorable!


This is my home-made Moby Wrap AKA "the only way I ever get things done." We wore it to the grocery store this week, and Hannah didn't make a peep the whole time, usually she's wailing by the time we finish, it was great. We also use it do do the dishes and laundry and such...maybe tomorrow we'll even mow the lawn.


Since I'm not scrapbooking yet I just want to blog about a few things that I want to remember. While Hannah is eating Jason likes to put the nursing pad on her head like a yarmukle and call her "Jewish Baby." He he he. When she has the hiccups he calls her "hiccuppotamus." :)

Four weeks already!
Time is flying around here...and Hannah just gets cuter and cuter. We have her one month appointment on Tuesday, which I am nervous about, cause she's still skinny, and probably has not gained enough weight, and the Dr. will probably want us to supplement with formula again. It's crazy how different brands of baby clothing fit so differently...right now we mainly wear Carter's stuff(and plain old onesies), cause it seems to be made for long skinny babies, where other brands seem to fit chubby babies.

Hannah has been practicing her crawling, she just has a big baby head! I think we need to practice the push-ups for some arm strength, and we'll be good to go.

Hannah's cousins Timmy and Marissa brought her these little purple sunglasses when they visited, she seems to think they're pretty ok...all I know is that she is way too cute in them.

We've had a pretty good 3-week birthday. We got to stay in bed until 11 this morning, Hannah had a big poop, and she got a bath today! She still doesn't like the actual bath part, but likes getting her hair washed. Her favorite things are bright colors and ceiling fans. She doesn't seem to mind wearing mittens on her little hands...but usually one of them falls off, so we joke about her only wearing one as a Michael Jackson tribute. I've clipped her fingernails twice...but even when they're short, they're still sharp, and she scratches her little face, so I try to keep the mittens on her.

We're getting better at going out...this week we went to the Dr, the post office, the grocery store, Target, out to lunch with Daddy, Joann's Fabrics, and she does pretty well. Before I had a baby I always thought I would feel awkward about nursing in public....it's really not that big of a deal, I'm finding out...if the baby is hungry...you feed her, and that's that.

At the Dr. this week Hannah was up to 7lbs 12oz...not quite her birthweight yet, but at least it's headed in the right direction, and her bilirubin is still down, so we'll see the Dr. again for her one month checkup.

She's a pretty good sleeper at night, usually sleeping for 3-4 hour stretches, so I'm not TOO exhausted most of the time, but I also end up taking at least one nap during the day. Speaking of...it's probably time to head in that direction!

Jason got the day off work (after meeting with a client this morning) and so I promptly put him to work for me. :) The new mini-sets are up in the shop now, happy purchasing!