5 Months Going on 15

This was definitely the biggest month of first’s!!! Paige has been a busy girl lately! We celebrated our first Christmas as a family of three and it was wonderful! She loves all of my Griswald decorations everywhere and actually loved opening presents and ripping paper!

Best of all we traveled to Vegas to be with my family for the holidays which means first flight! It was a great experience and we can already tell she will have lots of stamps in her passport before she reaches the double digits in age! She loved going to the new casino “City Center” to see all the lights and action—she is an avid people watcher! She has decided it is much more pleasant to sleep on her belly and her favorite song is Itsy Bitsy Spider.

She looks like daddy but is ever as animated as mommy and loves showing off! She cheered her team in the national championship and had to learn the hard lesson, no matter how cute you look in your team colors, they can still lose. She enjoyed her first helping of baby cereal during the game last night and is definitely going to be a great eater (duh!). She is rolling all around everywhere and loves petting Oscar and dies laughing when he gives her “good morning kisses”.

Here are her current stats as of yesterday: 15 pounds, 9 ounces, 26 inches long, 76-90% in all categories, and healthy as can be! The doc said she is the smartest, funniest, prettiest baby he has ever met—oh wait, maybe Tyler said that?? She is quite the social butterfly and has several best buddies she plays with—and quite a few new friends on the way!! Life is good…

Coming soon: favorite foods, toy reviews and dealing with outgrowing your favorite dress in ONE week!!

Love,

Tyler, Heather, Paige and Oscar

Four Months!!!

It’s crazy that four months have already flown by since Miss Paige made her arrival!! It’s even crazier all the changes and new things happening! Her favorite thing right now is getting into a laughing contest with me or Tyler…she also likes to compete with me on who can yell louder…it is quite entertaining!! She is flipping herself over in rapid speeds and tries her hardest to sit up all by herself!! I don’t have her exact measurements but she is super long (wearing 6 month pj’s so they are long enough) and stores fat reserves in her wrists:) ! We are preparing for a few more 1st—we are heading to Vegas next week for Christmas with my parents and it will be her first plane ride, first trip out of the state and of course, first Christmas!! We can hardly wait!!

We hope you all have a magical Christmas!! Here are a couple pics from this week!

First Halloween!

Well, Paige’s first Halloween was lots of fun!! Our little lamb was such a treat! We trick or treated Shaun and Yankee at their new house!! Then we came home and had the Beaver clan over for dinner and trick or treaters! Our little lamb slept through the evening and was uninterested in handing out candy...as you can see from the photos she absolutely loves her daddy and was smiling and laughing at him like crazy but of course the best smiles were missed due to my crazy flash! We are so in love with our lamb!

Happy Halloween

Love,

Tyler, Heather and Paige

9.5 Week Update!

Has it really been 9.5 weeks?!?!?! Paigie is growing and changing so much!! She is smiling, cooing, holding her little head up and moving all the time! She slept all through the night for the first time last night!!! It is definitely a task keeping her up the last few hours of the night but it makes all of the difference at bed time!

She still loves football and baths but has a new love and appreciation for all things shiny and pretty! She stares at her chandelier in her room and the one in the dining room in awe! We are glad she has such good taste:).

She is a great traveler and loves to be on the move shopping, walking or just visiting friends! We go in for a checkup and shots:( on Tuesday and are anxious to hear how much she has changed since our last visit!

Here are a few action shots of us trying to entertain her at night time with her toys and one all dressed up in some pumpkin gear. We are certain that she is the smartest most beautiful baby ever!!

Love, tyler & heather

Two weeks under our belt!!!

Its weird we have only had our sweet girl two weeks! We already feel like she has always been a part of our lives! Maybe the fact we love her soooo much or the fact we wake up every two hours so days seem like weeks:) It has been so amazing though! We have had a lot of first's this second week. Dad went back to work so miss sunshine and I were on our own...not really...he came and checked on us every day at lunch since he works a few minutes away...but kind of! We went to her two week check up where she gained her weight back that she lost after we left the hospital, we had her newborn photos taken where she posed with the likes of Giselle, we had some electrical work done in the house so her room is extra safe and up to code for when she moves into it, we ventured over to an evening out of the house at Bubby & Tiff's which was really nice to be out of our "cave" as Tyler calls it and hanging out with some friends and the finale of the weekend...we ate at a restaurant for lunch today!!!! She was a perfect patron and just snoozed while the four of us ate! We also managed to go on a family walk and took her with us to the grocery store. I know most of these things are usually taken for granted but those of you with children know it is a lot more difficult when you have an infant's schedule to work around! She is still a big sleeper and rarely cries which we aren't banking on lasting forever but it has been really nice having such a sweet baby while we adjust to parenthood!!

We should have her picture proofs back soon and we will email the link to everyone!! Beth Jansen took her photos and the lady is pretty awesome! Not only is she super creative but she was so wonderful with the baby! As most new mom's I am very protective and watch people like hawks as they hold my sweet little cub but she is a pro...not only does she have her own "cubs" but she holds newborns for a living for heavens sake! I urge all the mommies to check out her website for children's photography! http://www.bethjansenphotography.com/

Abused Blog!!!

Well, as most of you know already we received an unexpected delivery from the stork last Thursday!!! I was scheduled to be induced this Monday but our tiny angel did not like doctors making her schedule for her! Tyler and I wisked off to the hospital Thursday morning at 2:00 am to find out I was in fact in labor!! We were really excited because Dr. McDreamy was hoping she would come on her own before the induction date and so she did! Tyler and I were a little confused by the chain of events...it was not like the movies or like you hear about from people for us! I woke him up, told him I thought baby was coming so he got up then I said I am going to take a shower and brush my teeth before we leave the house. The hot shower eased my cramps so I took my time brushing my hair, packing the rest of my last minute items for my bag and trying to find something cozy to wear to the hospital! Then we get in the car and Tyler was expecting me to scream and yell the whole way there but we had a nice chat. Once we got to the hospital and I sat in the wheel chair, the pain started getting a little more intense but still not like the movies people! The nurse checked me out and said my water had broken and I was in active labor so we wouldn't be leaving the hospital without a baby! So within 10-11 hours we had a baby...I will tell you...I had every intention of trying to have natural child birth before the doc started thinking baby could be 8-9 pounds. It was like the best Christmas when Dr. Red came in with the epidural! So a couple of pushes and we had our beautiful daughter laying right there with us!!! And what a beauty she is! A head full of brown hair like daddy, big blue eyes, Angelina Jolie lips, chubby cheeks and a long, skinny body! I have never seen anything more precious and perfect! I can just sit here and stare at her for hours! She is a week old now and has been such a wonderful baby! She loves to eat, sleep and poop and her doc says she is very healthy! We are so happy and are loving our new titles as Mommy and Daddy!!! I will have lots more stories to come in the near future but wanted to get an update on here and a few pictures posted!

Daddy Shower

For a change of pace, there won’t be any mention of pink in this blog! It will be hard for me though! We have been blessed with several baby showers and so many wonderful gifts and Tyler has been very grateful (also grateful that he doesn’t have to go!) But this weekend he got a mini-version of his own baby shower! His best friend Chad emailed us on Friday before we left work to let us know that he had several gifts for Paige and he would be bringing them to the evening festivities. You never know with Chad what it might be...it no doubt would be good whatever it is because he is an amazing gift giver but there is just no telling...it really wouldn’t have surprised us if he showed up at our house with a live pony! The only clue he gave was the gifts were not from any registry but that Paige really needed and would love the things he got. When we met up with everyone, sure enough, Chad was waiting with a table full of beautifully wrapped gifts! I told Tyler it was his turn to open gifts and I would take pictures. Disclaimer: hopefully my dad and uncles miss this entry because they aren’t going to like it!
Tyler and Chad are HUGE University of Texas fans which is very hard to swallow for their friends and family that are die hard OU fans! Well, As you can imagine, Chad provided 2 years worth of UT gear for Paige!! From 6 months to 24 months she has t-shirts, onesies, and the cutest cheerleader outfit including bloomers AND a very comfy blanket to lay on while she watches football with her daddy! I don’t think anything could have got him more excited than having sports gear for his little girl! We will also have to track down some Astros gear for her since we are big fans and try to go watch a few games a year in Houston.
So Uncle Chad and Daddy are very excited to have some of their manly past times to share with the newest member of the family and are excited to get her into watching sports and teaching her how to play poker. As long as I can keep her coming home without swearing and passing gas, I will be happy for her to have her bonding time with the guys! Enjoy the pics of the mini-man shower!!