At work...

Picture from my phone, bad quality. But Parker is in her swing in my office.
Flowers sent from Kevin:)

I am at work with Parker and she is fast asleep in her swing:) Love her being here with me. Yesterday was my first day back and it went really well. I was really tired when I got home, but overall it was good to be back.

The best part of my day, besides Parker being here, was the surprise of flowers sent to me from Kevin.

Best. Husband. Ever.

Totally made me cry.

Love you Kevin, always and forever.

3 month photos

Usually I am late posting these by a week, but I have a chance today on her 3 month bday to post her pics. SO much has changed and happened these past few weeks.

She is totally aware of who we are and can now see Kevin and I from quite some distance. Let me tell you how amazing that is, too watch her little head and eyes follow us around the room!

She SMILES all the time at me and it just melts my heart! She has become such a little mover and kicker too.

During belly time, she can completely lift her rear in the air like she is going to crawl on all fours. It is so funny as she gets so frustrated when she doesn't move forward. She grunts too!

She talks ALL the time now! It is soooo cute. I swear she can say hi. I posted a little video below of it. What a sweet little voice she has:)

She LOVES her books now especially her Diddly Doo book. She gets so worked up and makes these funny sounds and moves her arms and hands really fast when I read to her. hilarious:)

She sleeps up to 8 hours a night. As she puts herself to bed between 7 and 8, she still gets up 1 or 2 times to eat.

She is slowly growing out of her newborn clothes and diapers. I think this might be the last bag of N diapers before she graduates to 1's. Makes me kind of sad as this is going way to fast.....

I go back to work tomorrow, half days and I get to bring her in for awhile. I think this will really help with my transition. However, I never knew how hard this would be to go back. I have an amazing job and boss that is hard to walk away from. I am very lucky to have my boss be a friend and so understanding. But it hasn't stopped me from crying and holding her non stop the past two weeks.

So tomorrow begins another big chapter in our lives. I will keep you posted on how/we do.

So for now, I am off to cuddle my little girl.

Daddy's girl OR Mommy's girl?

As Kevin has a very long commute during the week, I vowed to take care of Parker during the week including all the night feedings. SO the weekends I get a little break. Weekend mornings I head off to the gym and Kevin and Parker spend some quality football time together. I woke up Sat morning to them both on the couch, in their pj's watching college football. It was priceless. He swears she watches the games with him and tells him which teams she likes. We have a little athlete on our hands already I can tell:)

For me, I spent some quality time with her this week putting bows in her hair and taking pics of her with the dogs. Two entirely different activities. I swear she liked mine better.

What do YOU think from the photos? Daddy's girl or Mommy's?

Just because.....

It is hard to take photos of just us 2 with our big camera:(

This face just cracks me up.....she is so curious about the camera

Look mom...white shoes after labor day! How dare you!

On her favorite play mat

Our little ducky after her bath

She LOVES bath time, can't wait for swim lessons to start soon!

Her Flashdance outfit!

Such a sweet little face:)

Here are some fun pics from the past couple of weeks. She is such an enjoyable little girl. So alert. She can now focus so well with her eyes that they follow me wherever I am. A new trick that works for meltdown time now is me singing(poor thing!) to her. I have been making up all kinds of songs...if only people could hear me. She continues her nightly routine of wake-ups almost like clock-work now. I am still pumping and plan on doing so as long as she will take my milk. Hopefully the next child will be easier with the whole breast feeding deal because pumping is SO much work! Our freezers are STACKED.

I have been going to the gym regularly with my friends Michaela and Kristin. Let me tell you, I enjoy that me time so much... Thank you girls for going with me.

Off to change a diaper, do belly time, make dinner, lunches, bath time, feed (her, us, dogs) pump, put her to bed, laundry..... and then to bed.

ALL in that order.

Coug FAN and a little Pumpkin

Before the melt down in the costume:( gosh she looks cute though

meltdown.

first couple of minutes in costume...not sure about this at ALL

my little pumpkin:)

Getting ready for the big game today. LOVES her swing and thank god for it!

TOUCHDOWN! not really, the game hasn't started yet...but she's hopeful:)

WHAT a day! We have Cougar football playing Notre Dame AND Halloween all in one day! So it necessitated 2 outfits:) Lucky for Parker we had just thing for her to wear for both occasions!

Hope you are all enjoying this special day!

BOO!!!!!!!!!

Everyone enjoy this special day! It only comes once a year. Our little pumpkin will be having a little photo shoot shortly so I will post those pics soon. I LOVE Halloween in our neighborhood. Last year we were out of candy by 8 and must have had close to 200 kids come by. We basically just left the door open and kids lined the streets. Made me want to be a kid again:) We had a little surprise of our own Thursday night and today. Kevin's dad and stepmom made a trip over for the weekend and then his brother Brian and wif Bobbi Jo showed up yesterday. I am glad they are here so they can see the madness that ensues in our neighborhood.

Be safe and have a happy time dressing up and enjoy those yummy treats for your tummy:)

My little 2 month old munchkin, or should I say bear?

2 months...as my Dad would say and Zoolander, "she is ridiculously good looking"

ok mom...how long do I have to keep this on

uhm...not sure about this

ok, this is kind of fun

I am over it

phew, let me out:)

Things around here are finally getting back to normal and I have some time to post about Parker's 2 month check-up. Everything went well and she is a healthy and happy baby which could not make us any more proud. I cannot stop taking pictures of her. My mom sent her some adorable outfits recently and I had to have a little photo shoot. Let's just say we only made it to one outfit before she had enough. My mom bought her this ADORABLE little Columbia bear snow suit and had bows from our wedding ribbon (brown and pink polks dots) sewn on it. As you can see from the pictures, she has some growing into it to do, BUT it is so darn cute!!! I am also posting her 2 month photos. I hope to stay on this and do monthly photos of her every month. I have a neat little craft project to make after she turns a year with all her photos:)

Here are her 2 month stats:

9 lbs 10 oz

21 7/8 inches long

She is only in the 25 percentile for her weight and the doctor could see the worry on my face. He told me not to, and that babies change so much all the time and that next visit she could be in the 75 percentile. He said she is a very healthy and happy baby and to keep doing what we are doing. I still think she could eat a little more. She is such a little trickster when it comes to eating. I swear, she could snack all day! Hmmmm....who does that remind you of? :) I don't know how I would be doing this if I was breast feeding from the breast. We would be attached all day. So for now I continue to pump...pump...pump my life away and she continues to get cuter and cuter everyday.

I am going to try and take pics of her in her costume today, I can't wait to take her trick or treating in the future and make costumes and have Halloween parties for her!

What are you you going to be for Halloween??