Ellie Bellie- 10 weeks

Hey all!  My precious little girl is 10 weeks old... she will be 11 weeks on Wednesday.  She is growing so much every day and getting more and more of a personality.  Ellie is THE sweetest baby girl.  She is always making us smile and laugh.  She is a total momma's girl, she smiles for momma all the time!!! She loves to talk too.  We have pretty good conversations all the time!  I just love her so much. 

So much has changed since she was first born.  Ellie loves her swing now, I usually put her in it while I'm cooking dinner, or doing dishes or something like that.  It swings both ways, side to side and front to back.  She likes to do both.  Her swing also plays music, and makes farm sounds.  She definitely stays entertained.  She doesn't mind her car seat, and she LOVES to go on walks.  The past few weeks she has slept in her bassinet, and has done really really well.  She slept in her "rock and play sleeper" for the first 7 weeks, because she didn't like her bassinet at all.  Now she doesn't mind it, and sleeps through the night! 

Ellie has a pretty good routine down.  She takes a morning nap, afternoon nap, and sometimes an evening nap... depending on how well she slept during the day.  In between her naps we like to play.  We do tummy time everyday, and most of the time, she doesn't seem to mind it.  She is getting so strong!!!  She is a precious growing girl. 

We went to the doctor a couple weeks ago for a checkup and to get some shots.  I can safely say that I am NOT going to enjoy shot days.  It was sooooo sad.  Of course I cried right along with her as she got her shots.  Later that day, she was hurting so much.  I gave her some Tylenol, and we just cuddled on my bed.  Other than the shots, her doctors appointment went really well.  She weighed 10 lbs 14 oz and was 22 1/2 in long.  She is in the 48th percentile for weight and 50th for length.  She takes after her daddy, and is in the 75th percentile for head circumference :) 

Ellie has many nick names that we like to call her.  Ellie bellie, stinker girl, love bug, precious angel... my mom aka Nanny, likes to call her Ellie Belle, or Eller Belle, or Eller Beller, lol.  She is getting more and more hair, which I'm pretty sure will be blonde.  She still has blue eyes, and they are absolutely beautiful.  I'm hoping they don't change.  Neither Kenton or I have blue eyes, but we have them in our family... so we will see. 

I can't think of anything else I should tell you.  Our lives have changed so much over the past couple months, and I wouldn't change it for the world.  It has been a fun adventure so far and I can't wait for the rest of it! 

On a sadder note, last week was a very sad week for our family.  We lost my grandmother very unexpectedly.  Ellie would have LOVED her great grandma and it makes me very sad that she will never meet her.  My grandma is in heaven right now, and that brings us a lot of peace.  Please keep our family in your prayers! 

Hope you enjoy the latest pics! 

            

7 weeks old

It's so hard to believe that our little Ellie is 7 weeks old today!  These last 7 weeks have gone by so fast.  Every day is a pretty basic routine.  Ellie has been sleeping through the night these last few days, which is AWESOME!!!  She goes to bed around 9:30 pm and wakes up around 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning to get her diaper changed and to eat.  After she eats, she stays awake for about an hour and then goes back to sleep.  She will sleep till about 10:00 or so.  When we wake up, I change her, get her dressed, and feed her.  Then we hang out for a couple hours.  Around 2:00 or so, she will take a nap... this is around the time I get chores done, or go run errands if I need to.  About 4:30/5:00 she will eat.  Depending on what day it is she gets her bath around 7:00.  She hated her bath at first... but now she LOVES it!!  In the evening we like to hang out as a family.  Kenton gets home from work around 6:00 pm, and when daddy is home it's play time :)  She eats around 7:00/7:30... then again around 9:00.  She usually falls asleep around 9:30 when she is nursing.  And that is pretty much how our days go!  I love having my sister home to help out.  It is so nice to b able to take a shower, and eat when I need to.  It was VERY hard when I didn't have help.  I managed (obviously), but it was definitely a challenge. 

I had my 6 week check up last week, and everything looks great.  I can pretty much do whatever I want.  I still like to take it easy, but for having a c section, I'm doing very well!  Nursing has gotten a lot better.  Whoever says "just get passed the first 2 weeks and you'll be just fine" is LYING.  Lets not kid ourselves, it takes more like 6-8 weeks.  After having mastitis twice now, I think things are going much better.  By the way, mastitis is an infection of the milk ducts.  It hurts like a mother, you have a fever, and it pretty much feels like you have the flu.  It's not easy to take care of a baby when you have it, in fact it's very hard!

Kenton has been doing very well.  He is still working away at Target.  He has been studying very hard so he can eventually have his health and life insurance license.  He wants to become the next Dave Ramsey :)  I am so proud of him, and very fortunate to have him as my husband and Ellie's daddy.  Speaking of which, she is a TOTAL daddy's girl.  Kenton makes her laugh and smile all the time.  It's so sweet :)  Today is Kenton's day off, so Ellie is hanging out with him right now. 

Here are a few pictures.  I will be taking some more soon.  I would like to get some professional pictures taken of Ellie... but these will have to do for now!  Love you all, hope to see you all soon!!!! 



Getting ready to go bye bye in our stroller!! 




Precious smile! 




Mommy's little stinker girl!




I love her little hands.  Sweet little angel!