This weeks new events

Let's start with some pictures: She loves staring at where the swing moves.

This is her attitude face.

I wanted to show off her rock star hair as well as her cute profile. I love her turned up nose.

So peaceful.

This is Jared's cute mom who stayed with us for a week. It was so fun to have her.

First of all, thank you for all your blogging support. :) It is much appreciated. I am a terrible facebooker and blogger, but I have goals to get better so hopefully I won't be so much of a stranger anymore.

So some milestones of this week:

• She took a bottle for the first time last Sunday which was great because yesterday I was sick and we needed to give her a bottle and it worked out great.


• She slept for almost 7 hours last night and five hours a different night! Incredible. Actually getting her to go to sleep in the first place almost made Jared and I crazy because she was just wide awake while we were zombies. The night she slept for 5 hours I rocked her at 11 or 12 with her eyes wide open for it seemed like the longest time and I was so tired. I started going crazy muttering things like, "This is ridiculous. Be tired. I'm tired, why don't you be tired." Jared who had already went to bed for the night heard me and decided to trade me places which saved my sanity. Bless his heart. I try to save him from staying up late so he won't be exhausted at work, but this time it was good he stepped in. Yesterday wasn't much different except that Jared basically took the brunt of her awakeness trying to rock her forever and I went to bed avoiding the whole mess.


• She fell asleep in the swing for the first time. She usually sits there for about five minutes and then complains. But wait! Actually she is falling asleep in the swing as we speak so that is time number 2! Awesome.


• She is starting to spit up a little less which is nice. She still spits up a fair amount but it does not seem as huge as before.


• She grew out of two outfits that I know of so far! She is one tall little girl. At her two week appointment she was 22 inches and at birth they measured her at 20 which I think they just measured wrong. I don't think she stretched out that much in two weeks. Anyway, it was amazing to see that she couldn't straighten her legs in one of her sleepers already.


• We both haven't taken a bath in a week. No wait, just kidding that's not true. I mean she might not have, but I definitely have. But seriously I really think I did give her a bath midweek not that it totally matters.

It's amazing how every little thing she does is so cute. We just sit here and laugh at her when she's not really even doing anything but sitting there with this somewhat vacant expression on her face. Even when she burps or poops we think it is so adorable and funny. Her little grunts and cries are even cute even if they wake us up. Her first week she had the highest little squeal that was so funny yet so piercing and then she stopped doing it and I'm sad I didn't record it. It was amazing how high it was. My mom dubbed her the high soprano in her cousin yodeling trio shes determined to create with Reese (Venna's little girl) and Sadie (Lanny's little girl).

So I've decided that I don't know anything when it comes to raising a child. My biggest concern right now is how to manage her sleeping habits. I feel like that is so important for having a happy baby and for saving my own sanity. So here's my question, do I structure her sleep or let her do her own schedule? One book suggests to put them on a strict schedule which means to wake them up if they're sleeping to feed them on time and put them down at a certain time because they like structure. Another just says don't let them be awake for more than two hours and never wake them for anything. That is at least for the first little while and then it gets more structured as they get older. And others say let them do what they naturally want to do. Some of the information contradicts and I know I have to be consistant in whatever I choose, but I'm at a loss for what to do. Another question I have is when should I let them cry it out and when should I not? Last night I thought she ate enough and we put her down when she fell asleep and minutes later she cried long and hard. I think we let her cry for a good 20 minutes. I wasn't sure if she really was still hungry or if she was just complaining. She acted hungry yet again so we fed her a whole bottle and then she went to bed much happier. It's times like that I'm confused on what to do. Suggestions are definitely welcome. I am a student to all mothers. :)

Well someone is waking up so my time is gone!