Paisley's First Christmas

Christmas Eve is Chris' birthday...it was his "golden birthday" because he turned 24 on the 24th! :) We started off the day by going to breakfast with Chris' family (a tradition of theirs) and then we headed to target to get a humidifier and saline drops for Paisley because she had a cold :( (...not fun to see your 7 week old baby all stuffed up and coughing, and have runny eyes(she also had a bacterial eye infection)..and the worst part is knowing that it's my fault because I take her out in this winter weather...bad mom, but what can i say, it gets boring just sitting at home alone all day, everyday! ) anyway then we went home and gave Paisley a bath and dressed her before we headed out to bowl with both of our families...a new tradition we started this year to celebrate Chris' birthday...it was so fun too!! after that we went to my parent's to have our Christmas Eve program and then celebrate Sarah's birthday. then we headed home for the night. I'll have to get some pictures from my mom's camera because I didn't take any LoL

Christmas Day we woke up and got ready then we went into Chris' parent's house to talk to Chris' brother, Jonny, who is on his mission in Stockton, Missouri right now. Then we opened presents with his family and then went over to his grandparent's house for breakfast and presents. After that we went to my parent's house for dinner and to hang out for a bit. Then we went to his other grandparent's house for dessert and presents. It was a long and busy day....next year I think we're going to make it easier on us and do less traveling between families somehow...we'll see what we figure out. Of course we missed Jenn, Ray, and their family :( Maybe next year or the year after we can all be together for Christmas!!

Paisley's first Christmas Sunday

The Christmas program in Sacrament meeting was so good today. I loved all of the singing...I LOVE Christmas songs so it was so nice to have a full hour of them :) Paisley had a cute little Christmas dress that our friends, the Moore's, gave to us because their little girl was born about 3 months early so obviously it wouldn't fit her now...we were grateful for this because that meant we didn't have to spend money on an outfit (Chris was especially happy LoL) Well, here are some pictures from the day....

Paisley

Black and White

Paisley with a little smile...she actually smiled quite a bit today compared to usual...hopefully that means it's becoming a regular occurance...it's so cute and I love it!! :)

A full length shot of the outfit

Paisley and dad (ignore her crotch shot, we were changing her LoL)

Paisley and mom

All of us :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

Blessing Day

Yesterday was Paisley's blessing. She did so well, she didn't cry at all up there and she was just wide awake with her big blue eyes looking out at everything. We had both of our families there (except Jenn and Ray and the kids :( ...it was a beautiful blessing. In the afternoon we had our families over for a dinner and that was fun. It was a special day for Paisley (even though she won't remember it LoL) and Chris and me...our first child's blessing day! Here are some pictures...
Our family picture from the day (ugly background though) oh and notice Chris' Paisley print tie...my dad wore one too...so cute I think! LoL

Me and my mom with paisley...we skipped Sunday school to take pictures of Paisley LoL

I love her chubby cheeks!

This is my favorite I think..

My sweet little baby and me

Ward Christmas Party

Last night we had our Ward Christmas party and Paisley had her first picture with Santa taken :) She looks so cute!!! (she's making a peace sign if you look closely LoL)

This is just us at my parent's house after our ward party

Rachel and me with Paisley at my parent's after the party also...

There are afew more pictures but they're on my mom's camera so I'll have to upload them to my computer tomorrow when she comes over...so, there's more to come LoL

Paisley update

I am so happy because Paisley finally smiled in response to me smiling and talking to her like a dork LoL She is 5 weeks and 2 days old now. I was just telling Chris and his mom this week that I didn't feel like Paisley liked me because she wasn't really smiling, even though I knew that was normal. Today I was just holding her and was going to get on the computer but decided to try and talk to her and smile for a little bit (I read that if you do that they may smile sooner), and sure enough this time it worked! She smiled back at me like 3 times and then I had to get my camera and she only smiled once more after that so this is the only picture I got of her smiling at me...she looks kinda funny LoL Hopefully she will start smiling more now :)

(she kinda looks like sarah here)

I thought this picture was adorable because she had her hands together :)

Tummy time

Last night my mom and I went to dinner with one of my best friends, Chelsea, and her mom. They weren't able to make it to my baby shower and we were supposed to go to dinner and have our own little "shower" there so they could me their gifts for Paisley in the beginning of November but I guess Paisley decided that she wanted to come to her own little shower because I had her November 5th!! LoL Chelsea and her mom, Gail, gave us so many gifts...it was so nice and we had fun talking. Here's Chelsea and me with Paisley at Outback...

4 weeks old

Paisley is 4 weeks old today...and a month old on Friday...I can't believe it's already been a month almost...crazy! We took her to church for the first time on Sunday, but only for Sacrament meeting. She is getting bigger by the day, as you can see in her cheeks and double chin LoL :) ...so cute! well, here are some pictures from her 4 week old birthday...
she looks a little cross-eyed (with only one eye though) here LoL

look at those cheeks and chins...i love them :)

Funny Picture of Paisley

ok, so I'm sitting here on the computer and Paisley is in her swing sleeping. Chris walks over to look at her and she had her hand up in the air like she was raising her hand to ask a question in school, while she is asleep LoL It was so funny we had to take a picture and I had to post it here :)

Thanksgiving Day

Well it was Paisley's first Thanksgiving and we started the day off with Chris making breakfast :) Then we got ready and headed over to the Lewis' to spend some time with Chris' family. We were there for about an hour and then we went down the street to my parent's house to eat dinner. It was soo good!! But I had to rush my meal and only have one serving because Paisley was hungry LoL After dinner we sat around and talked for a while and then Chris' mom, dad, and sister came over and we visited with them for a while. Then we all ate dessert and after that chris' family left. A little later the missionaries came over for some dessert too. After that we went home and my mom, Emmalee, and Sarah joined us and spent the night...which was nice because we got a full night's sleep :) My mom is the best!! Yesterday was a fun day but we definitely missed Rachel & Trent (in San Diego), Jenn, Ray, & their kids (in Arizona), and Taylen & Ryah (also in San Diego)!!! Maybe next year we can all be together for a holiday :) I'm so grateful for my family and that we all get along so well...we are a close family and I love it! I love you guys!!! Here are some pictures from our Thanksgiving...

Our little family on Thanksgiving

Paisley in her "Baby's 1st Thanksgiving" shirt

...and one with a headband :)

Friday Date Night

Friday night is always Chris' and my date night together but we had a couple Fridays without it after Paisley was born. Last Friday we got to go on our date night again, while my mom and Emmalee babysat for us. We went to Red Robin (didn't want to go to far yet, otherwise we were going to go to El Novillero...yum!) and then we went to Target and Bel Air. It was a nice break but I was anxious to get back to Paisley by the end. Here's a picture of our family from before we left for our date...

The Weekend

So, this weekend I actually got to get out for almost two hours, thanks to my wonderful husband and his mom and sister and cousin. Chris bought my mom and I both pedicures at this place that I've been wanting to try (He's so cute!). One for me (for obvious reasons LoL) and one for my mom for spending the night and helping us so much with Paisley. We went on Saturday morning and Chris' mom, Susan, and his sister and cousin watched Paisley while we went. ( I let (LoL) Chris go fishing all day so he didn't babysit). anyway, the pedicure was amazing!!! I'm definitely going back there..it was the best I've ever gotten. Then on Sunday my family (we missed Jenn and her family though) came over and we celebrated my 21st birthday (my real birthday was Monday) It was very fun but loud...I was so tired after everyone left. On Monday, we went to Pizza Bell for lunch and we took Paisley. I figured that since it was close to home and we would only be gone for 1/2 hour and there wasn't a lot of people there it would be ok to take her out..oh and the weather was nice too. so that was her first outing besides the doctors. Anyway, Chris had class that night so I sent my 21st birthday at home watching TV with Paisley LoL ...pretty wild, huh? jk It was fine...she's so cute, I didn't even mind :) chris had a mid term so he couldn't skip class anyway but he got out early so it wasn't too bad. Well here are a few pics from my birthday party...

our little family

me Rach and Paisley

2 Weeks Old!!

Well, today is Paisley's 2 week birthday!! :) Crazy...I can't believe it's already been 2 weeks...i'm so ready to be able to bring her out though...first reason- I want to show her off!! ..second reason- I'm tired of just sitting and watching TV all day (which is something I never thought I'd say LoL) sitting and watching TV all day sounded like Heaven before I had Paisley because that's what I love to do but after doing it for 2 weeks straight and hardly going outside I'm so ready to be able to go out with her! LoL She's still doing great. We're getting the hang of breastfeeding a little better now so that's good. She doesn't look jaundiced at all anymore and her eyes no longer have gunk coming out of them LoL She is so pretty and really a good baby (I'm so grateful for that). She has her 2 week appt at the doctors on friday morning and I'm anxious to see how much she's gained etc. I knew she looked like Chris but last night we pulled out a picture of Chris when he was a newborn and they look identical...I'll scan it and post it with a picture of her by it soon so you all can see. Anyway, I just thought I'd post a couple pictures of Paisley on her 2 week birthday :)

This is this morning, before nana came over and gave her a bath

This is after her bath and a good meal :) (she sleeps just like me...with her arms up by her head..she was like that in her ultrasounds too..funny huh?)

ok...so this isn't from today but Chris and I thought it was funny that she looks like she is trying to hold the bottle LoL

More on Paisley

An update on Paisley....she had a little bit of jaundice but not high enough levels to be put under the lights at the hospital. we just kept her in the natural light during the day and now it looks like it's pretty much gone. She also had a blocked tear duct so she had yellow gunk coming out of her eyes but we got some ointment for that and that's pretty much gone too now. We're still working on the breastfeeding thing...it seems like by the end of the day my milk is gone and she is constantly eating...like she's not getting enough :( so we have been giving her formula at night because I feel like she's starving...although I really didn't want to give her formula, I'd rather do that than her starve. I'm hoping that by her breastfeeding during the day and pumping, my milk supply will come in fully soon!! I'm just so thankful that she is healthy...what a blessing! I just love her so much, she's such a sweet baby :) Here are some random pictures we've taken since my last post...

Daddy and Paisley sleeping

Just hanging out with mom

We call this her mad face...we love it! LoL

Paisley at home

So here are some new pictures of Paisley at home...Nana has spent the last two nights here which has helped so much!! I am so grateful for my mom and all that she has done and is doing for us. It has been so nice having her help watch Paisley while Chris and I sleep (she wakes me up when Paisley wants to eat LoL), clean my house and cook for us, and the best part is, she loves it!!! (so I don't even feel bad :) LoL) My mom is amazing and loves children...so she's been helping me learn what to do and how to do it. It's nice having her live so close..i know I'll definitely be taking advantage of that over the years :) Anywho, she loves taking pictures too so i have her to thank for these cute pictures as well....what can I say...she's the best mom and I love her...I'm so lucky!

getting ready for her first sponge bath at home

during her first sponge bath at home

getting dressed after her bath

paisley and mommy

Nana and Paisley

Paisley in her crib...nana did a photo shoot LoL

she's kinda smiling

she's sucking her thumb...so cute!

sticking out her tongue

with her eyes open...we think they look blue :)