Two Months

Ok, this is getting ridiculous. How have two months already gone by?! The other day Brad and I were looking over some of Afton's newborn pictures and realized that Afton has grown a ton!

At two months she weighs in just over 10 pounds. 10 pounds! I feel like she is getting so big, but then I hear of my friends having newborns that are almost as big as my 2 month old, and I realize that she is still my little baby girl.

Diaper changes have oddly turned into one of my favorite times. That is when I get the biggest smiles out of Afton. I think it might be because she can see my face better. 

The most exciting development is that Afton smiles and coos like nobody's business. Here is one of our many "conversations"

 (Please ignore the annoying Mommy talk) 

This video is also a prime example of the little wiggle worm that we have on our hands. This girl never holds still!

Afton is already starting to hold her head up pretty well for tummy time. Maybe this is normal, but I was very impressed.

So there's the two month old update! I promise, I will start being better at keeping up to date on this blog. Especially for all you grandma's, grandpa's, auntie's, and uncle's! 

Just a Lot of Cute Pictures (6 weeks)

Disclaimer: This post in nothing but a bunch of adorable pictures. Would you believe me if I said this is a small percentage of the pictures I actually take? Only the best of the best for my blog readers!

 This is one of my favorite outfits, which is quickly getting too small :(

Maybe this is mean, but I just LOVE this pouty face, it's too cute.

Huh?

What a Cutie Pie! How did I get so lucky?

 And a silly face. There are so many I just have to include one or two :)

Ok, cute pictures are all over for now :)

One Month

I can hardly believe an entire month has gone by! Afton has already grown and changed in so many ways!

She is growing A LOT. At one month she weighed about 8 lbs, and measured 21 1/2 inches long. Just two weeks ago she measured in around 7 lbs!

With lots of growing comes LOTS of eating. I think the biggest surprise for me becoming a mother was how often and long a baby eats. I wish someone had warned me that I would quite literally do nothing but feed my baby all day long. So expecting moms out there be warned!

Just this week Afton started giving me occasional big ol' smiles, and not her sleepy "I am dreaming about eating" smiles, but an "I see mommy" smile.

She is much more alert and loves to look all around. She watches Brad and I as we move around and will occasionally watch a toy.

Afton is very strong and can lift her head like a champ. Her doctor told me to watch out because she thinks Afton may be an early roller. Already an overachiever :)

One great improvement is that she doesn't squawk so much when she gets her diaper changed. I think Brad appreciates this in particular.

She really seems to respond well to music. I notice if I sing to her to sleep, she goes down easier. Sometimes I even catch Brad singing to her. :)

And of course, she is growing more and more adorable every day.

Blessed Day

The first weekend in March, both Brad's and my parents came into town for Afton's blessing. It was a lovely weekend filled with lots of love and baby cuddles. We had a great time with our parents and were sad to see them go.

And of course, the grandmas and I had to take lots and lots of pictures of Afton in her sweet dress.

So something extra special about this dress is that it is a family heirloom. This is the same dress I wore. My dad's mother lent it to my mother so I could be blessed in it, and then later framed it as a gift. It has been passed down in her family for several generations.

It is such a simple sweet dress! Needless to say, I was very careful with the dress and it is going back in the frame to be preserved for future generations.

Brad's mother made these adorable booties for her to wear

I just love this cute face!

The Arrival

Afton's arrival into this world was very smooth, for which I am very grateful. If you want to read the non-gory details of her arrival, read on. If not, then press Page Down and look at the darling photos at the bottom of this post.

The night before I was feeling a lot of pressure in my lower abdomen....which was Afton wanting to escape :) Because of this pressure, I did not sleep well. The morning of I was having some contractions, but they were irregular and stopped after an hour (around 10) so I figured she was coming soon, but not today. That didn't stop me from sending Brad a text which probably made him useless at work for the rest of the morning :)

So I just went about my day, writing blog posts and crossing off some to-do's. I went to get the mail around 2:00 pm and of course dropped half of it. When I bent down to pick it up I couldn't decide if my water had broke or if I had wet myself a little bit. (No, there wasn't a gush like in the movies) 30 minutes later I realized my water had broke. So I called the midwives, then called Brad and told him we needed to get to the hospital!

Brad was literally just about to start a meeting when I called, Afton has AWESOME timing. Regardless he dropped everything and made it home in record time, which was good, because my contractions were now regular and were about 5 minutes apart and were starting to hurt a bit.

By 3 ish we were at the hospital and the midwives confirmed that my water had broke and we went over to L&D. By this time I was very much ready to have my epidural, and Brad was ready too :) By 5:30 the epidural was in, the pain was gone, and Brad was looking much less worried.

Time flew by and a little before 10 the midwives came in and said, time to push! This part of labor was kind of funny to me because I just felt pressure, no pain, and when you think of laboring women you think of screaming and lots of pain. But when I think back, I felt very calm and excited, and I was laughing to myself a little, because I should have been in pain. I think I may have a weird sense of humor.

Before I knew it, it was 10:41 and my baby was in my arms. Let me tell you that is the most surreal moment of your life. I could hardly comprehend that I was holding my baby, this being that had been in my belly for 9 months was now in my arms!

Now for pictures! Because really, that's all you wanted anyways :)

Introducing Baby Morgan

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I know, I know, my baby is almost 11 weeks old and I have yet to do any blog updates. So sorry. In reality, I have been writing several posts... just not on this blog. Brad and I created a journal for Afton in the form of letters which I have been pretty on top of. I just need to transfer some of those entries to here. So be ready for a lot of updates!