3 posts in 2 days!

I know, its crazy that I have updated 3 times in 2 days! I was thinking about uploading more pictures, but pretty much everyone who reads this blog is my friend (or Daniel's friend) on facebook, and it is MUCH faster to upload pictures to facebook. So I am sending you to facebook to look at the tons of pictures we have taken! If you are not a facebook member/friend, let me know and I will get the pictures to you some other way! I will still post some pictures on here, but this will kind of get us caught up!

Isn't she the most precious thing you've ever seen???

See how she has changed!

So I thought it would be kinda cool if I posted pictures of each week in one post, so everyone can see how she has grown!

Newborn

1 week

2 weeks

3 weeks

4 weeks

5 weeks

6 weeks

7 weeks

8 weeks

Update!

Well, I know I have been absolutely terrible at updating the blog since Caitlyn was born. Things are as busy as ever with our little family and I must confess that I had to choose between luxuries (i.e. blogging). I have found that in my free time I would rather read a book than watch TV, look at facebook, and blog (not that I have much free time). I am still working on finding a job and I can only imagine how much worse a blogger that will make me! Enough about me though! I know our 3 readers don't come to read about me anymore, you want to know about our precious baby girl.

She is growing up so fast! I can't believe she will be 2 months old in a couple of days. It feels like it was just yesterday that we were waiting so (im)patiently for her arrival. We went to see Dr. Morris on Tuesday. He is Caitlyn's GI doctor. She has been having some reflux issues and we are trying to work through them. They weighed her in the office and at 8 weeks old is weighing in at 12 lbs. 9 oz. She loves to eat and she eats a ton! We are still exclusively feeding her breastmilk, but she does get at least one bottle everyday so we can give her one of her medicines.

At 8 weeks old here are some things she can do/enjoys:

*She loves tummy time!

*She likes swinging in her swing too (this only lasts 15 to 20 minutes at a time though).

*She smiles at Mommy and Daddy often and it just melts our hearts. However, get the camera out and she will NOT smile, just frown at you like "What do you think you're going to do with that??"

*She loves talking to us! She coos and giggles a little and we talk to her. I would love to know what she is thinking!

*She loves to stare at Uncle Jamie. We don't know why she is so entranced by him, but lucky Jamie!

*She falls asleep in the car seat every time! It sometimes takes a few minutes, but it never fails!

*She sleeps 5 to 6 1/2 hours at night!! (It's wonderful!!) But she won't nap longer than 30 minutes in the daytime...Mommy can't get anything done! (Tips are appreciated!!)

*She seems to enjoy our walks, but mostly sleeps during them.

*She loves mobiles, ceiling fans and pretty much anything that she can look up at.

*She is getting really good at holding her head up. She can do it for longer amounts of time now. She does it on her tummy and when you are holding her upright. I think she desperately wants to be able to do it all the time so she can look around more, but it still tires her out if she does it too long.

*She loves "standing" or pushing up with her feet.

*She loves bath time now. We were worried for a while because she cried every time we would bathe her (before, during and after). But now she seems to enjoy every bit of it; she smiles and coos the whole time. We all do bath time together. Daddy gets the water ready while Mommy gets her bedtime clothes out. Then Daddy bathes her while Mommy washes her hair!

*There are probably a ton more things I haven't said, but I can't think of anymore at the moment.

We go back to Dr. McCown next Tuesday for her 2 month checkup! Maybe I will find a moment to update again to tell you about it!

Alright, I am going to try and post pictures now!! Enjoy!

Caitlyn meets her family!

Meeting her Grandparents

Grandmama

Meme

Papa Jack

Not so sure about him already...(just kidding, Dad!)

Nana

Pop

Meeting her Aunts, Uncles and Cousins

Aunt CoCo

Uncle Jamie

"Aunt" Whitney

Uncle Scott

Aunt Courtney

Cousin Hattie (born 12 days before Caitlyn)

We got to meet precious Hattie too!

Back to the Aunts, Uncles and Cousins

Aunt Amy

Uncle Will

Cousin Nolan

Cousin Mallory

Meeting the Great Grandparents

MawMaw

PawPaw

GG (stands for Great Grandmother)

Granny

Granny and Pa

Other Family Members

Aunt Leigh Anne

Uncle Henry...if only you could see him!

Cousin Abby

Cousin Sarah

(Somehow I don't have a picture of her holding Caitlyn.  She's the one in green!)

Cousin Jenny

(Aunt Millie was here too, but for some reason I didn't take a picture.)

Aunt Susan

Caitlyn has also met:

Aunts and Uncles: Aunt Millie, Aunt Mona, Uncle Ronnie,  Aunt Nay, Uncle Randall, Aunt Rhonda, Uncle James, Uncle Russell, and Aunt Kristie

Cousins: Jennifer, Scott, Wyatt, Caleb, Jared, Eric, Julie, Alex, Elaina, Katy, Jason, Hadley, Jacob, Lela, Justin, Kayla, Gabriel, Clint, Leah and Baby Randolph (due in Nov.), Clay, Alyson, Bradley, Noah (born the same day), Payden, Ashley, Breslin, and Kaylee

1 month old already!

I have been terrible about updating the blog.  I have posted pictures to facebook, but its so slow to post them here too.   Hopefully I will be able to post more often in the future! 

I cannot believe that Caitlyn is already a month old.  She is really a good baby.  She doesn't fuss unless she is hungry or trying to go to the bathroom (she has a little problem with that...) She is a great eater.  At her 2 week appointment with the pediatrician she weighed 8 lbs. 14 oz.  I'd be willing to bet she is 10 lbs. or more now.  We don't go back to the doctor until September.  The doctor was very impressed with her strength at two weeks.  He said she would probably roll over early, but it hasn't happened yet.  She still does a lot of sleeping, but has longer active periods now.  She will loves to look at her mobiles and ceiling fans!  She is just getting the hang of her sweet smile.  We still don't get it very often, but hopefully this will change in the next week or so.  She LOVES tummy time and would probably spend all her awake time on her tummy if I would let her.  She still isn't too sure about bath time.  When we put her in the bath she cries for a few seconds and then seems to think, "well, maybe this isn't so bad!"  Then when it's time to get out, she cries again.  I think it must be the cold feeling.  We have been out and about a ton!  I know everyone thinks I am crazy, and some days I think I'm crazy, but she has enjoyed visiting friends and seeing different places.  We have been to Grandmama's, Nana and Pop's, Meme and Papa Jack's (yes, he finally decided on a name!), out to eat a bunch, to Jasper for a family reunion, to a rehearsal dinner and wedding for cousin Justin, and even all the way to Charlotte, NC!  

Charlotte (the dog) has adjusted pretty well to her new baby sister.  At first she didn't really seem to care at all.  Then she got a little curious wanting to sniff her.  Lately, she will lick her hands and try to lick her face, but she mostly ignores her.  She does stay pretty calm around Caitlyn, but still gets a little overexcited when visitors come (which is every day for the past month! Yes, we've had at least one visitor every single day!)

Daniel went back to work the Monday after she was born, but Grandmama (my mom) stayed with us for about 10 days! It was a blessing to have her here! Daniel is the best daddy! He is a natural! She looks just like him too! I love to see them interacting and can't wait to see their relationship grow!  Just this morning at church he was telling her "NO boyfriends!" (There's a precious 5 month old in our Sunday school class and I was calling him her boyfriend! Watch out, Daddy!) He really is a great daddy and it makes me fall in love with him all over again.

As for me, I LOVE being a mommy! It is amazing to finally know this wonderful little person who was growing inside of me for 9 months.  I love her more everyday! I have recovered very well.  My labor really was fairly easy (I won't go into details here, but if you want them just ask.)  

We can't wait to continue to watch her grow and pray that we teach her all that we can.  My Granny gave me the best advice yesterday.  She told me to make sure we teach her how to love everyone!  I truly pray that we can do this because that is what life is about, and I hope most of all that she learns to love God, like Daniel and I do. 

Alright, enough talking, time for the pictures!  I'm just going to pick a few of my favorites from the last month.  I'm going to post them in future posts!