Time is flying . . .

way too fast!!! Can not believe my little girl is 3 weeks old today.

The weather has been so nice this past week, we decided to spend some time outside in the backyard . . . that is before I noticed we have little tiny bugs we can not get rid of.

So happy to get some fresh air

Hiding from mom and dad

Tummy time . . . not her favorite thing to do. Of course the one time she really picked her head up, mom didn't have the camera.

Happy Easter

Mom's Easter Basket growing up . . . now it is Miss Margaret's

After a long morning of photos, cottontail was worn out!

Not so Perfect . . .

we will always think she is perfect, however, she has had her moments this week. She's been fussier than normal, on and off cluster feedings, gas, or just wants to be held. We've had a couple of rough nights but Thursday night was the icing on the cake. We slept may be one hour! Poor thing screamed for hours and hours! She sounded congested so at 3am, we were trying to suck mucus out of her tiny nostrils. Definitely a site to see, two sleep deprived parents not knowing what they were doing. She did better last night but we are still pretty sleep deprived. She unfortunately has slept most of the afternoon so I hope she sleeps tonight. Hard to keep a newborn awake.

Mom and dad were able to have a couple of outings this past week just the two of us. Tuesday night we headed to the club to use John's birthday dinner. We dropped her off with GMC & GFC, enjoyed a nice dinner and after an hour, looked at each other not knowing what to do. Today, Gigi and Pops watched her so we could run some errands. We had lunch outside at the Brick to enjoy the wonderful weather. We walked around a couple of stores and headed to the grocery store and of course Lowes to finish our errands. Definitely nice for me to get out of the house especially after being cooped up day and night!

Thank you grandparents for watching Margaret so John and I could get out of the house and spend time together!

She's Perfect!

Well mom could of told the doctor that without him letting me know after he examined her :)

Everything went well this morning. Margaret is growing like a weed . . . and here I was nervous she wasn't getting enough food. She weighs 8 lbs. 9 oz. (on a full belly :) and is 21.5 inches long. We were told to start trying to get on somewhat of a schedule during the day and night. Mainly to NOT get her to cluster feed. Exhausting being a human pacifier! Hopefully will teach her to not fall asleep during feedings. We also are to start tummy time. We have already tried it once today. Not so much of a fan. She loves to lay on her back and kick! We knew that with how active she was in mom's belly.

We are so blessed to have such a wonderful little girl. Definitely overwhelming and exhausting with all the unknowns but would never change a thing. Grandmother C watched her (while she slept) yesterday so I could exchange a few things. She told me to take my time and get whatever I needed done . . . problem . . . I missed my little girl and felt weird being away just after a couple of hours.

Happy Birthday Aunt Bebe

Pics from phone

Hugs & Kisses

Oh so comfy :)

Playtime

At our first doctors appointment - March 19, 2010

2 weeks old!

Mom was not very good at taking pictures this past week (I did capture a few on my cell phone I will try and upload at some point). Margaret has gone back to cluster feeding so it has kept mom pretty busy and exhausted. She will hopefully get past this falling asleep after only feeding 8 minutes tops! If we reach 10+ minutes, I feel like we have accomplished so much.

We did have a couple of firsts . . .

You guessed it, a walk! Think Tucker was the most excited?!?!

She wasn't so sure about the bright light . . .

but became very comfortable before we even left the driveway.

Sponge Bath Time!

The umbilical cord finally fell off!

So happy and clean!