Stop Pulling My Hair

Saturday afternoon, I was reading email on the computer when I heard Adelyn start crying from her room. Simultaneously, Wil started laughing hysterically.

Me - "What are you doing to my baby?"

Wil - "Come here!"

I walked in to find Adelyn pulling her own hair. She was crying because it hurt so much, but she wouldn't let go. We had to pry her little fingers from around her hair. A few minutes later, she started pulling her hair again.

Me - "Wait, I want to get the camera; we need a video of this!" (pretty sure I should get a mother of the year award for that one!)

Wil - "Hurry, she's hurting herself!"

Unfortunately, she let go just before I walked in the room with the camera! I keep hoping she'll do it again so I can take a video!

One Month

One month old already??? She's shocked!

Firsts

First bath at home...

First walk...

First ride in the swing...

First Easter...

She gives us that look all the time...it's the "what are you doing to me" look!

The Way We Sleep

Cold Feet

Adelyn's feet are almost always cold...and not because we rub ice on them! Her feet are always cold because she does NOT like them to be covered while she sleeps! It does not matter how many blankets we add, she always ends up with her feet out!

Even if it means she has to cover her face with the blanket, her feet WILL be free!

Becoming a Model

We had Adelyn's newborn pictures taken this morning. Apparently most newborn photos are supposed to be taken of the baby sleeping, because it's easier to pose them that way. Adelyn pretty much does her own thing so she was awake the entire time. While it wasn't as easy to pose her, I was actually kind of glad, because now we'll get to see her pretty blue eyes in the pictures.

Jaycie, the photographer, wanted to do the naked baby shots first. Wil was undressing her and noticed a spot of poop in her diaper. That usually means she's about to poop, so we decided to wait another minute before completely undressing her.

We waited several minutes before we finally gave up...maybe she didn't actually have to poop? We finished undressing her and laid her on the photographer's beautiful green blanket in a cute little basket. A few short minutes, and several adorable photos later, came the lovely sound of projectile poop spraying all over the blanket.

Jaycie assured us that it was okay and not to worry about it (I've never thought about how nice baby photographers have to be - because it was totally gross and she's my kid...I can't imagine someone else's kid spewing poop all over one of my blankets - EWWW!)

We cleaned her off and moved on to some different shots. Later, we tried putting her on a big fluffy pillow - also adorable...until she PEED all over it and the floor. That's my girl!

Luckily, Jaycie is super nice and did a great job of pretending she didn't care that my baby relieved herself all over Jaycie's stuff. Coming soon to a blog near you - the final pictures. I can't wait to see them - I think they're going to be great!

Baby's Room

Adelyn's room has quickly become one of my favorite rooms in the whole house! We're still working on some of the finishing touches, but thought I would post some photos of what it looks like now.

First, we needed a dresser. Inspired by a friend who refinishes furniture from thrift stores - you can read her blog here - we bought this hideous thing at Goodwill for $30. It was UGLY (seriously, this before picture doesn't do it justice!), but it had potential.

Wil stripped and sanded and refinished until it looked like this...

I felt so loved every time I heard the sander coming from the garage! I LOVE the way it turned out! Wil did an AMAZING job! We use it as her dresser/changing table and it has worked out perfectly so far.

When Wil told me he would paint the room for me, I was shocked! He HATES painting - and since I was pregnant, I couldn't exactly help. We (and by we, I mean Wil) painted one accent wall a chocolate brown color with white wall board on the bottom. I love, Love, LOVE it!

The fan in the baby's room was super old and super ugly. My aunt and uncle gave us my cousin Lynda's fan (that she's had since she was little) in exchange for installing the new fan they wanted in her room. We repainted Lynda's old fan (it was red with black polka dots and flowers to match her current room) with the same paint we used for the wall. I think it's the perfect addition to the room.

Still to come - we have a large mirror (it came with the dresser) that Wil is going to figure out how to frame that we can hang on one wall. I also want to spell Adelyn's name in wooden letters and get a vinyl saying for the wall above her crib...I'm just not sure what I want it to say yet. Any suggestions?