6 weeks old!

Sweet baby girl is 6 weeks old today!!! Poor thing has her first cold and so do I, we have no idea where it came from since nobody we know is sick, I feel horrible that I passed it on to her before I knew I was sick! It just breaks my heart seeing her like this and it's pretty scary! We think we finally got her tummy problems fixed and now this! Poor thing can't catch a break! Yesterday at the Doctors she was 8lb 14oz and 20 3/4 in long! Stelly's starting to get chubby cheeks and I just love them;)

Estella even though you don't feel well you've still managed to sneak out a few of your gummy smiles that we love so much! We are hoping and praying for a quick recovery and that you won't have to go through this again for a very long time! I'm guessing at your 2 month appointment you will be around 10lb 5oz and 21 1/2 in long...we shall see!!!

I haven't been quick enough to catch a full smile yet ,
hopefully soon

This past weekend was a pretty lazy one other then Friday. Friday my friend Libby came over with her sweetie pie Savannah so we could do each others hair, we walked over to another friends house that we work with to say hi to her and her cute kiddos and then it was off to visit our friend Elle and meet her new adorable baby Arianna. The rest of the weekend we stayed with my parents and just tried to relax by the pool and wait for daddy to get home from the wedding in NC.

Arianna 5 days old, Estella 51/2 weeks, Savannah 4 months

Sleeping beauty's 

I look forward to the rest of the week.... hoping we get better asap and celebrating Bry's Birthday this weekend! We are going to a twins game, so hopefully the weather stays nice (Fingers crossed)!!!

Estella's New Born Pictures!

Our lil bloom
My mom and I made the pot and head band the week before she was born

Love, Love this Picture she's a  daddy's girl

I love that she is so awake... I heart this one:) 

My mom also made the cute bunting and
giant E in the next Picture and I made her
 pink and black head band

This was my great aunts suit case 

Another favorite lil miss deep in thought haha

So girly 

5 weeks and last weekends recap!

5 weeks old already and Lil miss is changing so much!!! Her color is getting lighter, I think we might have a blonde on our hands! Her hair was dark brown when she was born and for the most part still looks brown but 1/4 inch at the scalp looks super light and her lashes and eye brows are very blonde! Daddy was very light when he was born so we shall see:) Her new born diapers are starting to get a little snug so we will finish up what we have and move to the big girl diapies size 1s! She's finally not drowning in her nb clothes and I'm excited about that because most of her closet is 0-3 or 3 month, so I can't wait to dress her up and hopefully some of her headbands will start to fit too!!! She has started to grab on to everything and boy does she have a strong grip. Her favorite things to pull are Gg's necklace, mommy's hair and daddy's t shirts! She's gaining lots of weight, Estella is now 8lb 5.5oz   Woo Hoo what a big girl! I love waking up everyday to find another roll on stelly's legs, her belly a little bigger and her cheeks a little fuller so cute, I wish my rolls were cute too haha!
On that note I had my postpartum check up today and it looks like I've got 10 more pounds to go. I gained a total of 35 pounds.... definitely more then I wanted to but it just kinda crept in the last two months. The first 20 pounds came off without doing anything the first 2 weeks and now in the last 3 weeks I've only lost another 5. I have a feeling these last 10 pounds are going to be pretty tough to get rid of, so I need to start working on that asap!!!

First pool play date with my work girlfriends

Libby and Miss Savannah 

My cousin Ash and Mr. Max

The lil misses 

Stell's First time wearing her bathing suit 

This picture is 6 days after the last one and look
how much bigger she is! Bib is on just in case,
Stella spits up kinda a lot 

This past weekend was so much fun and a special one at that! It was stella's one month, my birthday and Bry's first fathers day! Friday was such an awesome day, I had my girlfriends from work over for our first pool play date! Even though estella had to stay out of the sun, she still had a great time snoozing the day away in her adorable bathing suit:) It's so great to have other mommy's to talk with about your experiences and ask for advice! We can't wait for the next play date with you all!!! Saturday my mom and I did a little shopping and then bry and I went to our first movie since lil one was born. It was very fitting too, we saw what to expect when your expecting and it was pretty funny! Sunday we started out with brunch at bry's dad's house and then went to my parents to celebrate my b-day and fathers day with a bbq! I had been craving shrimp on the gill so we had that a shish kabobs and we can't forget the giant red velvet cup cakes YUM! Red Velvet is my fav:) I was so excited to give Bry his gift I had been holding on too for the past few months and he loved it! I got him a all black watch with engraving on the back that says love your girls! I thought it was the perfect gift to always remember this special time in our lives!

At brunch

Cousin Elyse in heaven feeding stella....she loves babies 

I can't believe it's almost the weekend again, not sure where my weeks have gone but I only have three left at home and I'm trying to savor every minute!!!! Bry's leaving for a wedding he's in in NC tomorrow and I'm pretty bummed me and estella don't get to go but we can't wait to hear all about it and see all the pictures! We sure will miss daddy when he's gone, but I'm hoping for great weather so we can have a relaxing weekend hanging at the pool! We will be staying with my parents so I will have lots of help! 

 Happy weekend everyone:) 

We have a 1 month old!

Lil Miss Is one month old!!!

Not super excited about all the pics 

We have a one month old people! I can hardly believe it, I feel like I've blinked my eyes and the last 4 1/2 weeks have flew by! The days seem to go by so fast, and every morning I wake up lil miss has change in some way. Yesterday I was just noticing how she is getting rolls on her legs...love chubby baby legs:) This past month has been the most rewarding, amazing, fun, special, time in our lives and also a lil challenging but not in a bad way! I just mean challenging in trying to get a routine down, making sure lil miss is content and happy, it kills me to see her upset especially when I know shes in pain and that has been the hardest part. We have now switched to soy milk so I hope my poor girl doesn't have tummy problems anymore!

This weekend is a big weekend for all of us it's Stelly's one month today, it's this lady's Birthday tomorrow and Bry's first fathers day :) Today we are going to have a pool day with my girlfriends and their babes, tomorrow I want to see the movie what to expect when you're expecting and go to dinner and Sunday we are having brunch with bry's family and then grilling out with my family for fathers day/my b-day and bry just wants to watch golf all day and hang with his girls;)  Estella wants to wish her daddy a very happy first fathers day and tell him he's the BEST daddy you could ask for, thanks for loving me so much!!!

Loving her daddy

 We feel like the Luckiest parents in the world to be blessed with such a perfect baby! Although I am sad to see you get older, I'm looking forward to watching you learn new things everyday! We love you Estella more then you will ever know, thanks for the best month of our lives:)

Weight: I'm not sure what she weighs now but I would guess at least 7lb 5oz she finally hit 7lb at 3 weeks 

Loves: The hair dyer is still her favorite sound it can make her stop crying in seconds or put her to sleep in minutes! She still loves getting a bath, she gets so relaxed in them. Also loves her soft minky blankets gg made her she snuggles right up to them

Eating: Stella eats every 2-3 hours and goes one 4 hour stretch at night. She's eating between 2-3 ounces usually closer to 3. As of yesterday you are on strictly soy formula and we are praying no more tummy aches for you 

Sleeping: She sleeps one 4 hour stretch then just lots of naps between feedings, still will only sleep at night in her mama roo

Fun Facts: Estella has lots of names we call her- Stella, stelly, smelly stelly (poor thing is one stinky lil girl), stelly belly, peanut and pumpkie:) 

  
Clothes:  Still new born starting to fit a little better but most are still to big and still NB diapers

  

Firsts: Smelly Stelly had her first major blow out TMI I know but it was too funny. My mom was giving her a bottle standing in the kitchen, I was talking to her and all the sudden you herd it and it came shooting at least 3 feet out of her diaper....thank god we were on wood floor. Didn't faze her at all but we died laughing. I of course had to call bry right away because I knew he would find it hilarious!!! Another first Stella started using her play mats for the first few times and seemed to really enjoy them for a few minutes even tummy time she likes for a bit ;) We also had your first time going to a Friends house. Our buddy Dan had us over to reveal the baby brew that they brewed in honor of Estella. They even custom painted the bottles and label, it was the sweetest thing, thanks boys:) and I can not forget our favorite first just the last two days she's started to smile at us just a few times but it melts your heart... I can't wait to get more of those big gummy smiles!!!

Almost caught her in a full smile 

Play time, she's even hit he toys a few times
but I'm sure it wasn't on purpose ha!

Thanks boys Best surprise!!! Wise Guys Brewery 

The bottles even said "the one and only"

Had to get a shot of her cute lil ruffle butt

Favorite baby and mommy products: 

From my last post that we still love are-

The mama roo

aden+anais swaddle blankets

Mum pacifiers 

munchkin bottle warmer

boon grass drying rack

I love any burt bees product so this is no exception
the smell is amazing and it's super soft
and moisturizing great for sensitive skin

Born Free anti colic bottles really help her not get the milk so fast
 so it helps prevent gas I like them way better then the Avent brand

I used the non sensitive for one day and
that's when she got her diaper rash and she was only a week old
plus they feel hard and not gentle on her lil tush 

Estella loves the taste, seemed to help
but not when she had really bad tummy aches 

Next up I need to get her newborn pictures on here! 

I hope everyone has a great weekend and Happy Fathers Day to all you Daddy's!!!!