Yaya comes to visit

On Monday, Aubri's Yaya (grama in greek) came from Baltimore to visit.  I've only seen my stepmom once in the past year, and that was only for a few hours at one of my baby showers.  This time she got to stay and spend some quality time with me and Aubri.  She took lots of fun, artsy pictures and we mostly stayed home to avoid being infected with the scary swine flu.

Tomorrow my little baby will be 8 weeks old.  I can' t believe she is getting so big.  She changes almost daily.  Today she was being a "momma's girl" and when Dustin got home she fussed every time he tried to hold or rock her.  It's endearing, but somewhat frustrating because she's heavy and my arms get tired.

Me and Aubri

Yaya and Aubri

Moldy clothes

So I bought some cute clothes from the Gap, including a cute organic tree hugger onsie (see 6 week old blog post).  A week after Aubri wore the onsie, I washed a load of her clothes and found the onsie plus 2 gowns and pair of socks with MOLD of them.  Yes . . . . mold!  So much for organic clothes.

7 weeks

7 week old photo shoot:

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=754117009/a=43599772_43599772/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=earthlink/

Rolling over

I read somewhere that if you want your baby to enjoy time on her belly, you should start tummy time on your chest so they can look you in the face and have something familiar to focus on.  Well, that's pretty much what Dustin and I have been doing since Aubri was 1 week old.  For the last week or so she's been really squirmy while laying on my chest and she kept flipping over.  I was getting worried that she didn't like tummy time.  Then Dustin decided to let her have tummy time on our bed.  As soon as I laid her down, she rolled over.  Our bed is really soft and squishy, so I thought maybe it caused her to fall over.  We moved her to the chair ottoman and again, she rolled over.  We were so excited, we had her do it a couple more times before we realized maybe we should be recording her new skill.

Twin frowns

6 weeks old

Today my baby is 6 weeks old.  I can't believe how much time has passed since she was born.  It seems like just yesterday I was feeling her move around in my belly.  Every time I hold her, even when she's fussing, she takes my breath away and I can't believe how blessed I am to have such a perfect baby.  Before she was born, I was told that a baby would change my way of thinking, but I never realized how much I could love someone and my very definition of love has completely changed.  

Aubri has found her hands and been sucking on them all the time.  I wonder whether she will be right or left-handed.  I'm left-handed and Dustin is right-handed, so there's no telling.  She also really likes her play mat.  She's gotten really good at holding up her head when we have "tummy time".  I think she may roll over any day now.

Cutie-pie

Yummy hands

6 week old photo shoot:

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=755277009/a=43599772_43599772/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=earthlink/

5 weeks old and a road trip

This last weekend we traveled to Kingsville (near Corpus Christi) to visit my family for the Easter holiday.  It took 8 hours and 3 feedings.  Aubri slept all the way from our house to Austin, where we stopped for lunch.  Yummy Thundercloud!  In Kingsville, Aubri got to meet her more grama and more grandpa (great grandparents) for the first time.  For the past 3 years Dustin has been wanting to eat at a seafood restaurant in Kingsville called King's Inn.  Every time we've traveled to Kingsville (mainly for Christmas), the restaurant has been closed.  Not this time.  Dustin got to curb his craving for the next 3 years.

5 weeks old

Cousin Claire and Dustin at King's Inn

There were over 25 people at lunch.

Dustin was so happy to eat at King's Inn.

Hanging out with Aunt Lauren

5 week old photo shoot:

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=291836957/a=43599772_43599772/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=earthlink

Random pictures:

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=291837994/a=43599772_43599772/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=earthlink

1 month old

   Aubri has really started smiling a lot.  Unfortunately, as soon as she sees the camera coming she stops.  Some evening, I'm going to have Dustin stand by with the camera ready and get a good shot of her smiling.

   I love nursing.  It's such a peaceful, quiet time with little Aubri and it's my favorite.

   Knock on wood, but I think she's getting into a routine of sleeping 5-6 hours straight at night.  At 3 weeks old, she slept 6 1/2 hours.  Another favorite time is after the 5 or 6 o'clock feeding when I keep her in bed with me and we snuggle until it's time to get up.

  On March 30th, she measured 22 1/2 inches and 10 lbs.

   We went on our first road trip.  It went very well, but we were only in the car for 2 1/2 hours.  Next weekend we'll be in the car for almost 16 hours over 4 days.  Am I a bad mom for subjecting my child to this?  Please pray for us.

   In the last day or so, she's found her hands.  First she looks at them very carefully and then puts them in her mouth and sucks and snorts.  It's really funny and I need to video tape it.

Other highlights/ firsts:

- stroller ride to run errands and visit the mall

- family photos

- birthday party

- hail storm (slept through it)

- walk with friends Angie and Kinley

- hanging out in the baby k'tan

- started wearing 0-3 month clothing and size 1 diapers

Cuddling with daddy (17 days old)

3 weeks old

Sticking her tongue out at the camera.

Guns up!

Sleeping positions:

Right side

Back

Left side

In the swing

Chopping wood

Karate stance

First road trip to family ranch in Marquez.  Pouting with Uncle Jacob

Check out more photos on these links to Snapfish.

Family portraits:

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=487234009/a=43599772_43599772/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=earthlink

3 week photo shoot:

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=364641009/a=43599772_43599772/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=earthlink

Faces of Aubri:

http://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=499601009/a=43599772_43599772/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=earthlink