Shopping Day

Last week I went to the Women's Expo and the mall with my mom and Alexis. It was a ton of fun!! Alexis is such a good shopper! She slept the whole time at the expo. Then at mall we just held her and she loved it. She just wanted to look at everything! I found the best shopping partner! I'm sure she also doesn't mind because I only buy her stuff.

Update on Life

If you haven't noticed I'm pretty obsessed with my baby!! She is the best thing in the world! I love being a mom!! Her colic is getting a little better! Thank you for all the helpful advice. She loves Gripe Water, and we're starting to do the massages to release the gas that really work. While Jaron is a way for work I send him about a million pictures of her. We never get sick of taking them so that is why we share them with everyone we don't care if you get sick of them. lol Alexis is growing a ton! She is getting longer and feeling out just a little bit more. She is starting to turn into a Mommy's girl and just wants me. I can't complain about that to much. She is responding back to us now and following us. It is so fun to have her smile back at us! She is barely starting to try and talk to us. She gets a few noises out here and there. They are so fun! Jaron isn't work as much as he was while I was pregnant, which is so nice! He hates leaving his little potato bug! It's very hard on us all. I'm attempting to get off the baby weight. It's coming but slower than I would like. Me and Alexis have enjoyed this great weather and love walk/jogs. Other than being a mommy I don't do much! Some crazy things that have happened in my family is my step dad had a heart attack on Saturday. My mom kept worrying he would. It was a very scary thing!! He had to get 3 stents put in. He is doing better now and is back home and we're happy for that. Alexis was worried about her Poppa Robb I'm sure! We're glad he's doing better! He's to young at 53 to have these kind of health problems! That is about all that is happening here!

1 week old Pictures

Last week I got Alexis's 1 week old pictures back. They turned out great!! My cousin's wife, Stephanie, took them and did a great job!! Alexis was not wanting her picture taken that day!! She cried for hours. We were finally able to get her to go to sleep. I'm so happy Stephanie was so patient with her!

Colic

Colic... Blah! Yep I think my little Miss Alexis has colic. She is such a great fun baby, but then 6pm rolls around and she starts getting fussy. You think she is out and then she gets all tense and starts crying hard. It takes her a few minutes to calm down then she's fine for a while and does it again. I've been reading into to see the best way to go about it. Gas drops help but doesn't take it away. The swing calms her a little but not fully. If you have any suggestions on what works that would be great! I would like to go to bed before midnight again.

Alexis's photo shoot

My sister Melissa came and stayed with me and Alexis when Jaron went back to a full week of work. It was great to have her here to help out and keep me company. She took some great pictures of Alexis as well!! I am in love with them. There were so many I just made a slide show of them instead. Alexis was 2 1/2 weeks old in them! I have some great ones of when she was a week old coming soon!

One Month

Alexis is a month old today! It's crazy! This past month has flown by! It is so fun to watch Alexis grow up! She has changed a lot! She still fits in her newborn clothes surprisingly. I thought she would be huge and wouldn't fit in them long. They are starting to get tight. She is starting to get into her 0-3 outfits which is so fun because I have so many cute outfits. I'm more excited for the cute shoes to fit too! She is a very strong baby! She loves to hold her head up and look around! Her favorite thing is talking to her. She will just smile and smile at us! We are so lucky to have a good baby!! She gets fussy but what baby doesn't. We get a ton of sleep! She'll go to bed around 11-1 and sleep 4 to 6 hours before waking up to eat again. So I only have to usually get up with her once a night. We love our Potato Bug and couldn't live with out her!!

Healing from a c-section isn't near as bad as I thought it would be!! Because I never pushed and had the emergency c-section I wasn't sore or worn out. The first week was a little painful but after that it hasn't been a big deal. The scar sucks but it is pretty low so I should be able to where most bikini's still... That is if I laser all my stretch marks. I have a million. It sucks!! I'm hating the weight issue but I'm trying and working on it. It is harder to loose than I thought it would be. Someday I will get my body back!! I can not wait!! If you have any great suggestions on great ways to loose weight while nursing I'd love to hear them!

Vegas Vaca

We took Alexis on her first mini vacation. It was a lot of fun to get out of the house! Alexis did great in the car! We stopped in St. George and hung out with Jaron's family and went to dinner. Then we went to Las Vegas for my step brothers wedding. It was really great to see all my step family down there because we rarely see each other anymore! The wedding was beautiful. They got married in the Las Vegas temple. We were there when they came out and took pictures. Alexis didn't love the pictures because of the wind and cried the whole time. We were those parents that couldn't there baby to stop crying. It was great. There lunch in had great food! And the reception was gorgeous! They decorated great!! I'm so happy to get my new sister in law Kim!! We love her so much!! My step brother has been dating her for around 5ish years. So we have got to know her very well and are excited she is officially part of the family! We stayed just a few blocks off the strip so we could avoid the smokey casino's for Alexis. We were still able to go walking on the strip. Alexis loved it.., She slept in her stroller the whole time. There isn't a ton to do in Vegas when you have a baby. It's not like you can go to the casino and ask for a car seat holder to put next to you. lol We still had a blast!! We ordered a lot of room service and relaxed a ton. On the way home we stopped back in St. George to have lunch with Jaron's family. It was great to be able to spend so much time with family and with my cute little family! We really enjoyed getting away!!

Happy Easter

Alexis was spoiled for Easter!! Between me and Jaron and all her grandparents she got a ton of stuff!! I had to go shopping a ton for the perfect Easter basket! But I found it and loved it! She got from us a new outfit, bubbles, a book, a Easter bunny blanket with a rattle, a lady bug toy, tights and her dress. My mom made her dress and got her a soft stuff lamb. My dad and Polly got her a stuffed bear with bunny ears. Her Great Grandma and Grandpa Van gave her money. And Lori and Gary got her a outfit with shoes, her first cabbage patch doll, bunny ears, and candy. So see she got spoiled! It was like Christmas for her!! Jaron got home in the morning and was able to spend the holiday his girls. We were also able to eat a great meal at his parents house and spend time with his family. Jaron and I got a new pair of sandals and candy. It's way more fun buying our potato bug stuff then us now! Hope everyone else had a great Easter!!

2 Weeks Old

Alexis is 2 weeks old today! It is crazy how fast it has gone by already!! She went to her check up this morning and has grown 1 1/4" already. She also weighs 7 lbs and 8 oz now. She is very healthy and doing great. She tried peeing on the Dr. as well.

We survived Jaron's first trip away from us. He was only gone for 3 nights and 2 days, but it was still no fun. My mom came and stayed with us to help out. It was very hard for Jaron to leave his little potato bug!

I'm learning what I can and can not eat that will upset her stomach. She's a very good baby so far!! Jaron and I have taken turns getting up with her and getting her to sleep every night. It helps a ton to have a great partner.

On Monday I felt like a official mom after getting peed on and puked all over. She isn't a puker so it was quite a shocker to have her do that. I am loving being a mom! It is worth all the many stretch marks and extra weight! Yesterday I left Alexis with Jaron for a few hours while I went to my sister in laws scentsy party and the grocery store. It was so hard!! I had anxiety leaving her! By the time I was in the check out line I was dieing thinking I was never going to get home! lol Who knew it would be so hard to go to the grocery store!

Alexis was making the funniest faces on Saturday

She met her Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Van

She loves her swing! It's so funny to watch her in it because she's so tiny in it

I bonked Alexis head and felt sad! (No worries not hard just barely) It was the first time we ever made her cry. Very sad moment.

She does great on car rides. She passes right out!

St. Patricks Day

I meant for this to get posted yesterday but didn't get it done. Alexis wanted to say Happy St. Patricks Day to everyone!!