her very own blog

Smiles!

I have no idea whether this will post or not. But...it needs to be documented that p and I are hanging out late together in the monkey chair.

I have seen more big 'ol pailyn smiles in the past hour than I have in a combined week!

My baby finally feels good :o) I knew all that fussyness was her tummy. It kicked in right as we faded the nursing out. (making the fact that you couldn't nurse just that much more traumatic!)

Dr. Charles hooked us up with some new formula and 3 bottles have gone by...sweet baby is being sweet! The darn shots have had her sacked out all day, but the past hour has been a total pleasure with my baby girl!

Pailyn, you just sucked your thumb to sleep as I'm keying this in while holding you. We are headed to bed...to sleep soundly while listening to the thunder and rain.
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we like bathtime

pailyn...you really enjoy your bathtime :o) from start to finish...it's contentment & happiness! i look forward to it every night!

 

 

 

 

much thanks to the big sister for the snapshots!

momma can multitask!

 

thank you notes are complete!

we are very blessed to have such wonderful family & friends...you all have been so good to us :o)

once miss p moves into newborn diapers, i won't have to buy any for quite some time!  we started with pretty much nothing, baby-wise...and ended up having to buy very little. we feel the love & are thankful!

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now...the baby sling...my most favoritest item eva!

 

hers too!

her nursery

...is almost complete! today the canvas to hang over her crib arrives...we will be stalking the man in brown, for sure! pailyn is super excited...we've discussed how she'll be super excited about falling asleep in her crib so she can look up at her adorable self as she falls into a deep long sleep ;o)

a quick sneak peek...

 

it's not complete here...that shelf is lonely! but it is a post-monkey-chair capture :o) we love the monkey chair! it's madefor me! *read: low to the ground for stumpy people. pailyn likes to glide & digs being fed in her own room with no tv blaring. she prefers it to be quiet while she chows down. she would rather me not talk to her daddy or anyone...unless it's her, of course. that's okay.

so...the canvas arrives sometime today & i have the hammer ready! i'll get some 'the nursery's complete' post shots & will explain why american express rocks! :o)

her first real trip

the roo hasn't even made it to the grocery store or church (much to mr. billy's dismay), but she can mark a weekend out of town in a hotel off her 'firsts' list.

 

nana, the big brother, pailyn & i spent the weekend in monroe. i got to rub elbows with my *very* favorite childhood photographer, the ubber-talented skye hardwick! the dude came to model for the group shoot. (he was quite the professional...can't wait to see the images skye & others got of him...earning a trip to toys-r-us before heading home.

you (talking to pailyn now) came along for the shoot...nana kanga'd you...and you got your mug shot a few times too ;o) ...even skye snapped a few pailyn candids!

also, your nana got to see just how rotten you are. she spent the weekend holding you; even when she needed to put you down to get something done...she found out quickly to (a) learn to do it with you in tow (b) it could wait or (c) she could listen to you cry 'pick me up!!' i think the gracie dog was glad to be home sweet (pailyn free) home!

thanks nana & ben for our weekend :o)

she's headed on her first ever journey!

  yep...the little roo hasn't much been out of the house (that's right i'm the mom who hasn't taken her baby to church or the grocery store...just to her doctor appts. & nana's and pop & mimi's. thats. it.

to. much. sick. out there going around. so we just hang out at the house.

today she ventured across the street in the mule with daddy & bennett (big brother drove) to visit the douglas' ...chuck said she loved mrs. genny :o)

i digress...tomorrow, nana, ben, p & me (i know that's incorrect grammer, but it rhymes!) are headed out of town to a photography workshop with one of momma's most favoritest children's photographers. ben is modeling for the shoot saturday, so he's coming along. and pailyn & her nana are just gonna hang :o)

some random pailyn pics

 

that's the immediatly-following-her-bath big hair! and the tongue...well you should be familiar with that :o)

 

she's all about pumping those legs! 

 

oh yeah... all that activity will tucker a 'ittle girl out!

 

...and i'm lovin' the blog! it's all for her so i don't worry with editing my images to sell myself, like on the photo blog (<--love that too, but) ...i just upload the sooc (straight out of the camera) image & roll with it :o)

one more real quick to show the hair a bit tamed...and some eye contact righ off the bat! my little muse :o)

nana brought her 'a game'

   

you'll see i'm not kidding about the tongue :op

love this little nuggett. ...can't imagine my life without her. little did i know, i needed her...our family wasn't quite complete without her. she has our hearts. all our hearts. we're in love.

thanks mom for the photography!

again...let me take you back

to pailyn's first valentine's day. she has her daddy's heart. he brought her home a beautiful red rose and this little teddy bear. (yeah...it melted me)

 

evidence of the love:

 

 

so sweet...taken the day we thought we'd be taking her home. they are fabulous napping buddies and it seems they've worked out an agreement-that she can't cry when daddy holds her ;o) she does pretty well with her end of the bargain.

let's travel back in time a bit

the date: january 27, 2009:

 

her first mug shot...taken with nana's iphone :o)

 

 

she hasn't put her tongue in yet ;o)

 

p makes 5...a family complete :o)

 

pailyn...yourbig brother began months ago with, 'i want to hold pailyn first.' 'momma, who gets to hold her after you?' and so on. he came up with some oh-so-clever reasoning as to why heshould get to hold you before heather. according to ben...it's only fair if he gets to hold the new baby before heather, because she got to hold him when he was born. kinda cute, huh?

heather gave in to him & on her own told him he could hold you first. sweet :o)

 

she's 15 years older than you (the age difference between her & me, actually) ...the two of you should have a unique relationship...i can't wait to watch it unfold!

portrait of a family, blessed (and complete, seriously.)

welcome friends!

she's the baby of the family & we don't want her to be the 'forgotten one.' she very well could be, bless her heart.  i've not done a scrapbook page in 2 years or so. since going digital, i no longer make it a habit of printing our candid photos.

so the big kids (heather & bennett) have scrapbook albums & photo albums full of  pictures & memories i've journalled.

the solution for the baby?

pailyn has her very own blog :o)

 

i think she's okay with the arrangement!

(didn't her nana do a great job captureing the above photo?!

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eta: i have sucessfully transfered the pailyn related posts over from the photography blog, so she is being well taken care of in the blogisphere! go me!