WOW!

Okay, I realize this may be a one time thing but we are so excited about it we had to share.  Hannah Claire slept through the night.  Yes, she is only  5 weeks old.  She went to sleep at 10pm and slept until 6am!  Praise God!!!  Hopefully this will be our new routine.  We could get used to that.  With a passion for sleep this early she is her mother's child.  

Shane's 1st Father's Day

Sunday was a great day for us.  We got to celebrate Shane's first Father's Day.  Hannah Claire and I are so thankful to have Shane as her Daddy.  He is wonderful with our little girl.  He can make her smile, calm her down and change a diaper like none other.  Here are some of the highlights from our day.   

This is how we found Miss Hannah Claire on Father's Day morning.  What a rough night.  We have wiggled so much that she was out of her swaddle, her gown was up around her waist and one sock was off.  That is what I call great sleep.

You can see the love and laugher that Hannah Claire has for her Daddy!  This was taken when we got home from church.

She loves kisses from Daddy too!

There were lots of gifts we were blessed with for Hannah Claire.  Shane was most excited about the Baby Bjorn.  This is what we plan to use for football season, which will be here before we know it!!!  Shane got it out and tried it out.  

I think she likes it!  Roll Tide!

We hope everyone else had a great Father's Day.

1 Month Today

It is so hard to believe but Hannah Claire has already been here for 1 month.  It has been a fun, exciting and sleep deprived month.  We have loved it.  It is amazing to look back at HC's newborn pictures and see how she has grown and changed in such a short period of time.  It is hard to see when all you do is watch her all day long.  You never know when she she will do something fun and exciting...

While getting her diaper changed and pitching a little fit, HC decided she would grab her passy and wave it around.  Shane was in the shower so how was I to capture this moment (the camera was in the living room and we were in the nursery)?  I just knew if I put her in the crib to go grab the camera she would drop it but I had to try.  Thankfully I did.  Here she is waving it around and then...

...she actually got it in her mouth.  I snapped too fast and she is super fast a spitting out the passy.  Yes, our child is way ahead of schedule.  She is a genius!

Again, when you are a genius you have a lot to ponder.

Here is our sweet friend Bella posing with HC.  She was so sweet to offer HC some of her care bear birthday cake.  Problem was we were still at the hospital on Bella's b-day so we didn't get to make it to her party, which she clearly pointed out to me at dinner the other night.  It was so cute.  She says... "Excuse me, you missed my birthday party."  Kids don't forget anything.

HC is loving her giraffe from Melissa & Pat.  It is about the same size as her.  How cute!  Thanks for the adorable gift.

Now for the pictures from today:

Daddy fed HC for the first time today.  We have been nursing but thanks to the "the pump" Daddy gets to be a part of this exciting event now.  

We also had our doctor's appointment today.  HC loves her doctor.  Look how calm she was.  She did fabulous!  She is up to 9lbs 2ozs and 22in long.  She is average size and above average on length.  We had a great checkup and don't go back for another month.  I think the appointment is more for the parents.  We had a list of questions to make sure we know what we are doing.  It was very comforting to know that our daughter is growing as she should and we have not done anything to hurt her.  So far so good.

We saw a neat idea to take a picture of your child in the same spot every month to see how she has grown.  We started that today.  Look for a progress report each month.  (If we remember to take the pictures)  

HC Update

We have been very busy learning how to take care of our new little one and sleeping every other possible minute.  Maybe we will be a little better at updating pictures because we have lots of them.  Friday, HC will be 4 weeks old!  Man these weeks have flown by.  We are having so much fun.  We are so thankful that Shane has had time off of work to stay home and help out.  We will be going to the pediatrician on Monday for our one month checkup.  She is growing fast and one hungry little chick.  I can't imagine who she takes after?  Here are some of her new pictures...

This was HC's first stroll around the neighborhood.  She loves to ride in her stroller.

Aunt Lorie, I mean Great-Aunt Lorie, came to help out and spend some quality time with HC.  We had a blast.  Thanks Lorie!

Does this need a caption?  She is a Daddy's girl already.  

Family Time

Family time with Nana

We have lots of fun wearing our new outfits.  Look how cute I am in my red polka-dot outfit from Mawmaw and Papa.

Our sweet friend EK came for a visit.  She got to hold HC and give her a kiss.  EK was very concerned before HC arrived that she would not have a passy.  She knows that her baby dolls love their passys so she wanted to make sure that HC would have some.  She was able to see all of her passys, unfortunately HC was asleep so she was not able to give her one.  

Look at the big smiles from EK and her Mommy, Cile.  

I am a funny girl!

Here is another cute outfit from Mawmaw & Papa.  Love the hat!!!!

Love this outfit.  Look how cute the bottom is.  The tail actually flaps.  Thanks JC we love it.  She got it at this cute website.  www.sweetcarolinegifts.com