Memorial Day Weekend at St. Simons

Hi all! We spent a really nice weekend at the beach with YaYa at her house in St. Simons Island. It was a lot of fun to relax with the family! Elle loved her first visit to the beach! It was a beautiful weekend and we took a lot of pictures! It is really wonderful to think that this is a start to many wonderful memories for Elle with her grandmother at St. Simons! Elle was 7 weeks old on Sunday and we took lots of pictures with the hair bows that her YaYa bought her! Check out all the pictures!

6 Weeks Old

Elle is doing much better with eating now that we got her on a different medicine. The first medicine the Ped gave her for reflux worked for a couple of days but then it stopped working and she was miserable (and so was mom!) during every feeding. She has been on a new medicine for four days and she is doing great. Now we are working on the crying before naps. She is so active and alert and does not give into sleep very easily during the day! Andy and I are excited about a date night tonight! YaYa is coming over to hang out with Elle and I pumped this week so I am going to be gone more than two hours tonight for the first time! Elle will get her second bottle ever tonight from YaYa! Have a good weekend! Love you all!

Happy Mothers Day!

Elle is one month old! We celebrated her one month with lots of pictures and ink hand prints and footprints to frame. At her one month Ped visit we found out she is right in the middle for her age for average height, weight and head circumference. She now weighs 9 pounds 4 ounces so she is gaining weight really well! We had some special visitors this week - check out the pics! HAPPY GRANDMOTHERS DAY to YaYa and GMom. Love you all!

4 Weeks Old

Wow - this week sure did fly by. Elle is doing great! Sleep is our big issue - she has been waking up at different times at night anytime between 2 am and 5 am so we are trying to figure that out!

We took a lot of black and white pictures today to celebrate 4 weeks of life! We are going to enlarge and frame a few. Here are few examples as well as other pictures from this week.

3 Weeks Old

Elle was 3 weeks old yesterday! Time is moving very fast! I cannot believe it has already been 21 days! Elle is doing great! She is sleeping a little more at night (usually from about 11 pm to 4 am) and so she is up a little more during the day. She is a sweetheart and she loves to be held by everyone!

Yesterday she met Uncle Jim, Aunt Judi and Cousin Molly, who are visiting Monica from NY and CO. It was so fun to spend time together! Elle was on her best behavior and did not cry once! :)

2 Weeks Old!

Elle is 2 weeks old tomorrow! It is amazing to think that it has just been 2 weeks! She is doing great! She sleeps a lot and loves to eat! She is a handful but such a sweetheart.

Papa Swan and Gmom are leaving tomorrow to go back to Colorado and we are very sad to see them go! Tomorrow will be a sad day because they have been so helpful, loving and supportive! We can't wait for them to come back already!

10 Days Old

Elle slept last night from 2 am to 6 am which gave mom some much needed rest! Yah Elle!

Elle met Aunt Monica yesterday, which was so much fun for everyone! She loves her aunt so much!

Andy and I (and Papa Swan & Gmom) are learning the ropes and everyday seems a little easier and our hearts grow more full. I really cannot believe this sweet baby is ours! Except when she cries (very loudly)... then it is obvious she is very talkative and loud like her parents.

Thank you God for this wonderful blessing!!!