8 weeks 10/4/11

I cannot believe that my beautiful baby is 8 weeks.  Where did the time go?  She is getting way more alert and is smiling a lot more now.  She loves her mama and when I come around, she usually gives me a great big smile.  The first pic, Chris was taking the photo, and she gave him a big toothy (if she had teeth) grin.  Sooo cute!!! 
She has been doing really well.  We were going through a bit of a growth spurt the last week or so.  She was fussy a lot at night.  She has gotten a little better.

Her favorite seat in her favorite position.  She will pass out in this thing. 
Mommy really got her moneys worth on this one.

We had a busy week.  Last week I had a couple of doctor's appts to go to and she did really well through those.  She even took a bottle for me at one of them.  I have heard that doesn't happen too much. The pic below is her hanging out waiting for the appointment with me. 

 After the appointment we headed up to Rochester to visit my old co workers.  I really wanted to see a bunch of people that I had talked to while I was pregnant.  They always asked me how I was doing so I decided to visit them.  They all thought she was great and couldn't get over the amount of hair and how big she was.  She was a big hit there. 

On Saturday; Bob, Christina and Kellan came over and we walked downtown to Apple Harvest Day.  They had a ton of vendors and a large kids area with bouncy houses and a petting zoo.  Kellan was not so sure about the bouncy houses at first but he got into it.  His aunty Cara helped him out by sitting on it and bouncing him.  He was laughing it up with me. 

Saturday night, Chris and I decided to go on a date.  Aunt Christina and Grandma Jean babysat Natalie so that we could go out to dinner at the Ellacoya Barn and Grille.  She was good for them which was nice.  We had a really good time and some really good food. 

Sunday was a busy day for Ms. Natalie.  She went disc golfing in the morning with dad and then went to Hampton Beach to visit her grandparents.  They are camping for the week.  Here is the third time that Grandpa Billy has held her and he did a really good job. 

Then came Monday.  It was my first day back at work since I had her.  It went ok.  I think it was good to be able to start off with Grandma Jean.  She was sleeping when I left that morning so that was nice.  I came to visit at lunch time but that went way too fast.  Tuesday was our first day at day care.  She is going to an in-home day care right here in Dover.  I can also go visit at lunch time.  Both Chris and I went Tuesday morning to drop her off.  It was a little hard for me to leave her but about mid morning we got this photo from Shannon. That was really nice to see. 

Somebody's sleepy!

These 2 are from today.  She is pretty happy in the bouncy seat she has at there.  She is eating well for Shannon. 
 

She's always got those hands going. 

This is her in a baby sleeping bag outside.  The other kids are playing outside while she naps. 

Sunday night she only woke up once during the night which was nice before my first day.  Last night she went 9 hours between feedings.  I got a full 5 hours of sleep.  I am not sure the last time I had that.  I think it all has to do with the growth spurt that she is going through.  Hopefully we will get back to a routine.  Although once we do, she probably will have another growth spurt and we will have to try all over again.

It has been a while since we had a photo of Rocky.  This is him trying to get himself small enough to fit on my crappy pillow.  He is too cute.  We have got to make sure to give him lots of love becuase he is doing sooo well with Natalie.  Best dog ever.