13 weeks - 3 months old!

Three months old! And my seven weeks at home with my favorite girl are up. Next week I will head back to work. I'm excited to get back to a job I like but it will be hard not spending so much time with Natalie. Luckily, her Mimi Kathy and her dad will be home with her next week while I get used to a new work schedule and before we work her in to daycare. It is all going to be great...be we appreciate happy thoughts and special prayers while we all get used to the transition.

Her newborn pictures are beautiful! Special thanks to my good friend Jennifer who took them. You can take a peak here:
http://www.jennywhitephoto.photoreflect.com/
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password: natalie10

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12 weeks!

our little lady is so close to three months old...whew! she seems to change over night some days. mike will come home from work and say "she's getting bigger sweetie" as if she has changed just since he's been away at work.



she is getting stronger and lifts her head up and down, side to side when she lays on her belly or your shoulder. if you hold her she will stick out her legs and pretend she can hold herself up. not just yet, but soon! she can also see objects farther away and will react to or follow objects up to three feet away.


oh....and she started SMILING!!!!! these aren't gas bubble smiles. they are ear to ear "i like what you are saying to me" "good morning, mommy" "mommy, you are the most hilarious and beautiful lady alive" smiles... :)


here are a few for you to enjoy!

11 weeks!

our little girl is growing and changing every day! this week's check up showed she weighed 6 pounds 14 oz. doctor is happy but she is on orders to eat eat eat. wish i had the same orders!

she is awake more between her meals and has started focusing in on object a bit further from her. her dad likes to make her "track" his face back and forth and she has discovered the little plastic bugs (cute bugs!) that hang from her swing and watches them intently while she swings.

we picked out a day care for her. it's been really tough on me and has felt like house hunting or job hunting trying to make just the right decision. i think we've made a good choice and she will start in june when i head back to work. sniff!

my long time friend jennifer came over to our house recently and shot newborn pictures of natalie. they are beautiful! of course i am partial to the subject, but the fact that she shot these in my house is incredible! jenny is so talented and has always had a wonderful eye for kiddos and family photography. if you are in tulsa, check her out for your kid pics, senior class pics or baby pics. info HERE and HERE

she sent me a few preview pics. i can't wait to see the whole batch!

10 weeks!

Natalie, the social butterfly, has been here there and everywhere in the last week.

Her latest doctors appointment showed she was 19 inches long and about 6 pounds 2 ounces. We'll take her back for another weigh in soon. She also got her first shots. Other than one big cry and a fat lip stuck out she handled them very well. Brave girl.

She had a visit from her GG Memo and Great Aunt Betty. Her Grandma Ene and PaPa Jack came with Grammie and Great Aunt Ginny. Great Aunt Mary stopped by and Uncle Jacob, too!




She also had her shower at my office where of course she was very admired.



The weather has been SO BEAUTIFUL so her dad thought we should take a walk around Utica Square shopping center. Of course we couldn't leave without a few new outfits (her dad started it!).

Her dad had a birthday and we surprised him with a sushi dinner at home and tickets to see Conan O'Brian when he comes through Tulsa. We are sneaky girls.

I'm very uplifted to get to spend so much time with Natalie but also very aware of the days slipping by so quickly. We're making a decision on daycares making it even more real that one day soon I'm going to have to drop her off with new friends for the day. AH! Until then I'm going to try to enjoy every little minute and get as many snuggles as I can.