7 weeks

I haven't posted in a while because not much has changed. Autumn's starting to talk her little heart out and it just makes my day every time! I love our morning little chats and hope they continue through the rest of her life! The past few nights have been a struggle for me because she was waking up every 3 hours to eat when she easily could sleep 6 hours not too long before that. But I think her growth spurt was lasting a bit longer than we expected because last night she slept 7 hours and then 4 after that! Do you think I got that much sleep? NO! After 3 hours, I was up every hour to make sure she was ok. HAHA. I just wasn't used to it after the previous nights. Hopefully she sleeps that long again and I am able to sleep as well.

Autumn finally gets to meet her Aunt Sissy today for the first time since she was born :-D Jordan's sister (Jessie) moved down to Florida before Autumn was due to go to college. But since things didn't work out, she's home and is coming over tonight. I'm so excited, I can't imagine how excited Jessie it!!! Definitely will post some pictures. But for now, enjoy some of the pics I took today!

I just love her double chin and cheeks!

Oooh, check out that hand! What is that? ;-)

Classic poop face! LOVE IT!

Blondes have more fun!

Autumn's starting to grow hair on the top of her head again and it's coming in THICK and BLONDE!!!! So there goes my redhead theory. LOL. She's starting to talk more on a regular basis, especially when I'm changing her diapers. And she's finally sleeping (during the day) in her crib and not upstairs by me. Yeah, I'll admit, it drove me crazy at first. But now I'm enjoying it more.

I finally gave up on my gDiapers this weekend. They were a disaster with her leaking through them almost every changing and getting expensive with multiple sizes and the inserts. So I switched to bumgenius and I'm loving them like crazy already! I love the night-time insert that holds SOOO much that her little bum feels dry after a changing. And they're so gosh darn cute! I think I might have to steal Jen's post on Cloth Diapering 101 once I get things going. HAHA. Yes Jen, your blog post did make me switch and I'm so glad! I even love her oversized cloth bum :-) Also, this may sound crazy, but I absolutely love doing laundry, so washing cloth diapers doesn't bother me one bit.

Sorry, no pictures today :-( I'll take some once her cradle cap on her face goes away. Silly girl. LOL

Thumbs up!

This morning Autumn found her hands! She was laying down on my legs and brought her hand up to her mouth and starting sucking. Eventually her thumb found its way into her mouth and she sucked on that for a few seconds. It was so cute and I was so glad to get it on camera! She even did it again when I was changing her later (after she soaked through yet another diaper... UGH!)

Speaking of diapers. I'm really sick of my gdiapers. I thought they were such a neat idea with the whole biodegradable/disposable inserts. However, they don't hold that much for as much as my little girl pees! It seems like I have to change her outfit almost after every nap. Today was the worst, she completely soaked through the front and got wet half way up her belly. So, last week I had enough and ordered some cloth diapers from bumgenius. I've heard a lot of great things about this diapers! I didn't get them at first because when I checked the price, they seemed to expensive. However, getting the gdiapers, I'm almost spending as much as I would on disposable diapers. And I'm all about saving money! I also got the gdiapers for Jordan too. He was not a huge fan on cloth diapers, but he's only changed her diaper twice since she's been home from the hospital! And cloth diapers are less messy than the gdiapers (because you have to take out the insert and throw them away or flush them). So when I researched the bumgenius diapers again, I noticed that they came down in price (almost the same as the gdiaper shells) and you only have to pay 1 upfront cost. PERFECT! I don't mind washing diapers at all either, because I'm doing it anyways with the gdiaper shells, since she pees through them almost every diaper change. I should receive the bumgenius diapers either tomorrow or wednesday. So I will let you know what I think about them :-)

Also, Autumn's starting to talk/coo a lot more often and to a lot more people. She'll almost always give everyone a smile. Especially mommy and grandma :-) But my dad just came home for lunch and talked with Autumn while I was eating my lunch. It was so cute. Just melts my heart the way she's interacting with me and my family more often! I just love my baby girl!

Please enjoy some pictures from Autumn's new find today!

"Ooo, that's different!"

Next came the thumb...

And it found its way into her mouth :-)

Little Pumpkin

My mom bought Autumn her first Halloween outfit. And as Jordan was checking out the outfit, he read that it was a 3 piece outfit and I only had 2 pieces. Sad! We got ripped off. Oh well, she still looked really cute :-) We're not a huge fan of Halloween here with my family. I did go trick-or-treating as a kid, but it was involved with my church. That's what we'll do with Autumn too. Celebrate more "fall" than Halloween. However, please enjoy our beautiful little baby girl!

Jade jumped in for a few pictures.

Grandma steals Autumn for a few pictures!

Smiles for mommy!

Just after Jade gave her a face bath!

Tummy Time

I don't really do much tummy time with Autumn because she sleeps on her tummy everytime. But I figured I would give it a try today when she wasn't tired to see what she would do. Haha, it didn't last very long. She wiggled a little bit and then feel asleep :-) Silly girl. I wonder if she associates tummy time with sleepy time. Oh well, she gets plenty of exercise when she's waking up from a nap. Here's a picture from her "tummy time"...

On another note, Autumn just started holding up her head herself yesterday. Every now and then she'll let it drop, so I still keep my hands close by, but 99% of the time she's holding it up. Now she's starting to talk on a pretty regular basis too. She usually talks after I change her diaper. So I just let her sit there for a while and talk to herself. My dad got her up this morning and she talked to him for a while :-) Enjoy a few pictures from our talking session today.

Such a cutie!

Her fencing reflex (I was told that that reflex is to prevent the baby from rolling away from their mommy while they're sleeping...cuz way back when, babies slept next to their mommys).

She's getting so big! She's already outgrowing a lot of her clothes :-)

5 weeks

My baby is 5 weeks old today. Last night was her first night in her own crib. She did pretty good. Woke up 30 min after I put her down, crying, so I picked her up and patted her to sleep and she slept again til she was hungry. She did fine the rest of the night, but I was a nervous wreck! So paranoid that I couldn't hear here through the monitor and making sure that she was still breathing. LOL. Silly mommy.

Autumn's also starting to talk to herself. Yesterday while I was changing her diaper, she starting cooing and ahhing to herself. It was so cute! But everytime we tried to record it, she stopped. Of course! It's amazing how fast she's growing. I find that I'm loving my little girl more and more everyday. Especially when I pick her up from a nap and she smiles right away. Sigh! Melts my heart!!!

Got my 6 week postpartum check up next week Friday. I'm curious to see how much baby weight I've lost and if I can start working out. Jordan and I are gonna try the P90X workout. I'm excited and ready to get back into my normal jeans. That's very frustrating right now. Still in my maternity pants, but they're too big! Definitely can't fit into my old jeans. Oh well, that's life.

Before I show off some pictures, I've got a funny story... The other night I was out doing a men's haircut and I left Autumn at home with my dad (quick haircut, didn't need to bring her along since she was sleeping). On my way home I texted my dad to see how she was doing and he texted back saying that she was starting to wiggle. A couple of minutes later my milk let down, making my "girls" all tingly. At that moment I picked up my phone and my dad texted me saying "MOMMYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!" because Autumn was hungry and crying. It was amazing how in-tuned I am to my baby girl even though I was miles away! Made my day :-)

Now I hope you enjoy some pictures I took of Autumn on her 1 month birthday!

Posing next to her teddy bear that her great grandpa VanBall gave her!

Look at those long toes!

Got a half smile out of that one :-)

4 weeks... and counting!

I can't believe my baby is 4 weeks old already!!! Tomorrow she'll technically be 1 month old. AWWWW! She's growing up so fast. Wednesday she had her 3 week check up. She weighed 9 lbs 13 oz, which is in the 80th percentile. Her height was also in the 80th percentile, but her head circumference was in the 85th percentile. Doctor says that Autumn is a "gold star" for gaining weight beautifully and staying within the same percentile for everything. My mom's convinced that she weighs 11 lbs by now. LOL. It's amazing to watch her grow up right before my eyes. She's starting to focus on things further away from my face. She even followed me around the room once when someone else was holding her! Doctor was truly impressed :-D It won't be long before she starts "talking". The other night she coo'd so loud that it scared her and even made her cry. SO CUTE! I love making her smile, but can never catch it on my camera. The flash blinds her too much. But please enjoy some pictures from her photo shoot by Theresa (who is absolutely amazing)!

It's crazy how red her hair looks in the sun!

My brother likes to call her a little jalapeño!

So sweet and innocent!

She's a very content baby.

She's starting to look more like mommy every day.

<3

One happy family!