How time flies...

Our little peanut is almost 5 weeks old already. Where did time go?
Things are still going well with all of us. The fussiness and late night episodes are getting fewer, which makes for an extremely happy mommy! We still have some late nights, but we are managing. I am dreading having to go back to work, which means no more sleeping in after a long night, but we are working on a routine so we can get in the swing of things before reality hits us hard.
Paige is growing fast. I don't really see it much since I am with her every day, but those people that don't see her every day comment all the time on how much she is growing. She weighed in at 9lbs today, but is still in newborn clothes. She is slowly showing us little bits of her personality. She will often give a little smile while we are talking to her, and is starting to make little coos at us. We absolutely love to see her happy after many "crabby" weeks. She is starting to get more used to her car seat, and swing; but is still very much a mommy's girl and loves to be held all the time. I am afraid of spoiling her (although they claim you can't spoil a baby this age), but I waited so long to hold her....I am gonna do it as much as I can! Sometimes I wish I could get more done each day, but soon enough I will be back at work and not able to spend as much time with her.
The weather hasn't been cooperating as much as I would like it to. It is either too cold to go out with a baby, or the roads are too bad to travel anywhere with such precious cargo. We try to go to the mall as often as we can to go for walks, but I have had to resort to using the treadmill most days. Hopefully spring comes early this year!
The older girls are happy that they have had so many school late starts and early releases lately. They are both becoming more responsible each and every day; which is a great help to me since I not able to do as much as I used to with them since having Paige. I get to see both of them a whole lot more than usual since I am home every day after school and it is nice to help them with their homework and projects. Although I refuse to watch the Disney Channel, I think they like me being home too.

Chris and I are slowly getting used to having a baby around again. It had been a few years for both of us, but we LOVE having her here. Our dog seems to be showing some signs of jealousy, by barking at us all day long, but she too will have to get used to it.....Paige is a keeper and we aren't giving her back any time soon!

A week old and the New Year

Paige is officially a week old!. She is a great baby. We did have a few rough nights, possibly colic, but after trying everything we possibly could think of, switching her formula seemed to help for last night. She mostly sleeps the day away, but we do get a few periods of awake time with her. It is so wonderful to watch and learn her expressions. She shows a few smiles (that or gas, so dad thinks), the pout lip, and quivers her bottom lip. She doesn't like to have her diaper changed, or to be cold while changing her clothes; but we love learning her personality.

It has been so VERY frigid outside that we have mostly stayed home, but made a few trips to the store, and stopped in at both of our jobs to show off our little miracle. Our New Year was rather uneventful; Mommy, Daddy and Holly watched a few old Harry Potter movies, and Paige snoozed the night away.

I (mommy) have been recovering very nicely. I still cannot do as much as I would like to, but it seems to get better every day. Today I went most of the day without depending on my diet of ibuprofen. Daddy is enjoying his time at home, and is a really big help for me. We are slowly de-Christmastizing our house, but we work on baby time now days, so it is a slow process.

Auntie Annie was over today to take some pictures of our little Peanut (daddy's nickname for Paige), so I can soon start to fill some photo albums of our new little addition. I will post some pictures when she sends them.

Happy New Year to all!! and STAY WARM!!