No More Newborn

Wow, time has flown by! I can't believe Kendall is already a month old. I now understand why people constantly say to cherish every minute. And I can honestly say that I have. So I've been informed that my little angel is no longer a newborn, boo hoo =(

We went to the Dr. today for her 1 month checkup. Rob and I both can tell that she's growing quickly so we placed bets on how much she would weigh in at. The winner would be the closest one without going over. I guessed 10 lbs. 1 oz. Rob thought he would be clever and guess 1o lbs. even. Neither of us were close. She is a whopping 11 lbs. 2 oz. and 23 in. long. That puts her in the 87th % for weight and 93% for height. Then she had to get a shot. I confess.........I made Rob be the bad person and hold her while I sat in the corner with my eyes closed.

In other news:

*We are moving up to stage 1 diapers. Another reminder that she's no longer a newborn.

*We celebrated with her 1st outfit from Neiman Marcus today. Unfortunately, it was delivered on Rob's day off so we got busted!

Daddy Daughter Day

One of my girlfriends, Lauren, had a Valentine's Day Brunch yesterday afternoon that was absolutely amazing (details to come). So I decided it was time to let Kendall spend her first day alone with just her Dad.

Daddy Daughter Day started at 7:45 a.m. when Rob got up with Kendall for her feeding (without being asked) and let me sleep in for 2 more hours! I woke up to him doing the dishes! I left them alone for about 5 hours and returned home with Kendall fast asleep. Rob had even picked up our bedroom and made the bed! So the only problem we encountered was when I went to make a bottle for Kendall.....there were missing bottle parts. When I left that morning all of her bottles and their parts were in the sink to be washed minus the bottle that Rob was feeding her at the moment. Even this particular bottle was missing when I was doing bottle inventory. Rob was convinced he had never seen the bottle even though I reminded him it was the bottle he was feeding her when I left. Eventually this bottle was recovered from the refrigerator. Rob is still claiming amnesia at this point and we are still missing 2 nipples and 1 of the vents/reservoirs for the Dr. Brown bottles.

We searched high and low for these parts, in drawers, cabinets, dishwasher, sink disposal, on the floor, all of the bedrooms and still no sign of these parts. Rob tried to convince me that he didn't hide them on purpose. Hmmmmmm. I'm completely baffled at this point. Please let me know if you have any suggestions.

So now for the brunch I attended. Lauren is a wonderful cook/baker. You know the kind of person who shops at Williams Sonoma and actually knows how to use the contraptions they sell and DOES use them. Her brunch menu included quite a spread of tasty treats that I would never even attempt to create. And to say she is creative would definitely be an understatement. All of us girls in attendance at the brunch agreed she would make a wonderful party planner. Too bad she's working on her doctorate right now =) Now to get your taste buds going here is the menu we enjoyed. We had to take a break before in between before we began eating again.

Bacon wrapped shrimp and grits, Individual egg/hash scrambles, Nutella stuffed pancakes, Individual fruit cups with a yogurt sauce, Chocolate brownies (from scratch. everything was from scratch, but I felt the need to point these out because I didn't know there was another way to make them than from the box)., Vanilla shortbread heart shaped cookies, Sour cream coffee cake muffins, Long stem strawberries with chocolate sauce, Love dip and crackers, Spinach salad with walnuts, feta, cranberries and Pomegranate mimosas.

We all had a wonderful time eating, drinking and talking girl talk! Lauren even sent me home with a goodie bag of some of these tasty treats. She has also sent me the recipes if anyone is interested just let me know. My favorites were the fruit cups, bacon wrapped shrimp and grits and brownies - yum, yum!!! Now I need to stop blogging so I can go get on the treadmill =)

Kendall's 1st Valentine's Day

Make a Smilebox greeting

Wishing you lot's of love today!!!

Strike A Pose

Sunday afternoon was Kendall's first photo shoot and she did a pretty good job. Our photographer, Jennifer Zindler, came to our house this time bringing along all of her props. Kendall was awake the majority of the shoot and even decided to pee and poop on the backdrop - whoops! I'm hoping to use one of the pictures for Kendall's birth announcements. Here is a link to the sneak peek.

http://www.hauteshotphotography.blogspot.com/


We should have the rest of the pictures within the week which I'll share for your viewing pleasure =)

Glad Someone's Getting Sleep

My sweet husband works LONG hours so I have been very easy on him about getting up with Kendall in the wee hours even though I sometimes feel as if I can't possibly go another minute without sleep. Saturday night he came home around 10:30 p.m. after being at work since 8:30 a.m. exclaiming how exhausted he was. He has no idea, but anyways. So Sunday I let him sleep in til 11 before waking him. Again Sunday night he reported to be exhausted and checked into bed for the night at 8:30 while I was up feeding Kendall. So you can imagine how surprised I was at 4:45 a.m when he started drawing a bath for himself. When I asked him what in the world he was doing he simply replied; "I went to sleep too early and now I'm not tired anymore". AGHHHHHHHHH!!!! If I had any energy at that point I probably would have given him shaken adult syndrome. God love him!

2 week Pediatrician Appt.

Kendall went to the Dr. today for her 2 week check-up. Her 1st appt. was the Monday after we came home from the hospital for a quick check up and to check her jaundice levels. At that appt. she weighed 7 lbs. 13 oz., loosing almost 1 lb. after birth. Weight loss after birth is typical for breastfed babies until the mother's milk comes in. Her Dr. also said her skin looked so good he didn't need to check for jaundice.
Today her weight was 9 lbs. 9 oz. and she is 22 3/4 in. long! She is growing, but I could have told you that by the way she likes to eat. It seems that she wants to eat the most between the hours of 2-6 am with about 6 oz. per feeding. I think I will start supplementing with formula during these hours since it takes about 1 1/2 hours per feeding to nurse her and get her full. Let's face it, Rob and I need sleep!

Her umbilical cord fell out yesterday. I haven't thrown it away yet because it is so amazing to me that this was her lifeline to me for 9 months. I don't know what I would do with it if I kept it, but it seems sentimental to me in a weird way. Rob told me not to be one of "those moms". Anyhow, we were able to have a "real" bath today and she seems to enjoy her bath time. This is a good thing since we spend so much time in the water during the summer. Kendall already has 2 swimsuits ready!

Warning: Results Not Typical

So I have to do a little backtracking to catch you up. Needless to say it's been quite busy around here and I haven't had much computer time.

We came home from the hospital on Sunday, Jan. 18th. By Monday, the 21st Rob and I both noticed that I had extreme swelling from my feet clear up to my hips. When I say extreme I mean my maternity jeans that I wore to the hospital when checking in to have Kendall would hardly even go over my legs. So I called my Dr. to update them on my current condition. I was asked to come in so they could take a look. Well we landed ourselves another trip to the labor and delivery unit of the hospital! My blood pressure was slightly elevated, I had a horrible headache and extreme swelling. The combination of the 3 could be possible pre-toxemia. I checked back into L&D, put on the lovely open back gown and was back in the bed hooked up to monitors and giving blood. Luckily, my blood results came back ok and we weren't going to have to stay another night. The L&D nurses must think I'm a really bored person who enjoys trips to the hospital. I promised them I wouldn't make any trips back there soon. They didn't mind because they all got to see Kendall. Remember, because of my LONG labor many nurses came and went and never got to see Kendall's precious face. So these nurses were thrilled to get to see her. Ironically, the nurse that was with us when we delivered also has a daughter named Kendall. So we kind of shared a special bond.

Now for the exciting part. The following Sunday/Monday after our return trip to L&D I woke up both mornings drenched in sweat. So Tuesday morning I commented to Rob's mom how I finally had ankles again. She suggested I weigh myself to see how much water weight I had lost. The Wed. I had to check back into the hospital I weighed 160 lbs. The week before I gave birth to Kendall I weighed 168 lbs. My pre-pregnancy weight was 147 lbs. The scale stated that my weight was currently 139 lbs! What?!?! I've lost 21 lbs? Rob's mom went and weighed herself to confirm that the scale was accurate. To her dismay and my excitement the scale was in fact correct! After a couple more nights of waking up sweating my current weight as of right now is 132. That's right! I've lost a total of 36 lbs. since giving birth and weigh 15 lbs. less than my pre-pregnancy weight.

I had my 2 week Dr. check-up this past Friday and my Dr. was in disbelief at my weight loss. She said she never realized that having a baby could make you loose weight. She also suggested I don't tell any pregnant women about my weight loss because this is not typical. I really wish I would have taken pictures of my swollen elephant legs for a comparison of then and now so you would be able to understand how I lost so much weight.

Here is a picture of Kendall pooped after our 1st day out. It felt good to get out of the house after 2 weeks. Her Dad isn't fond of her outfit and said he's going to start waking up early to dress her before he goes to work!