One Month Old

This week our little princess turned one month old... man how time flies! I dread her getting bigger everyday, even though its so fun and rewarding to watch, and at the same time Bart wants her to be big so bad and can't wait for the next thing she is going to do! So far it's not much and we've learned a lot in the last 4 weeks about being parents. Man it has been some hard work, but she is worth it.

What we've learned:

Sleep is overrated! I get very little sleep these days and during the day when everyone tells you to nap when she naps, thats when I shower, change my clothes, clean my house, make something to eat (if I'm lucky) and go to the bathroom! haha! there isnt much time for anything else with the baby taking short naps and crying or needing something in between. So I am learning how to function on about 5-6 hours of sleep a night and man its rough! Luckily on nights bart doesn't have to be to work early the next day he will get up with her in the morning and take her downstairs and let me sleep in! Sometimes I wish he worked late everyday, but then he is home late and it makes for very long days :(

Baby's require a lot of attention. I always thought I could get a lot done during these three months off work, but unless B is sleeping I find myself always doing something for her- changing her diaper, feeding her, holding her, keeping her from crying or doing something else! she's worth it, but man my house needs a deep cleaning that I feel like I can't get to and the laundry that needs to be folded.... :)

Binky's can be your worst enemy! Jen gave Bostyn her binky the day after we got home from the hospital and she hadn't had it before. Now she is in love with it and has to have it all the time, which is great... except when it comes time to go to sleep! She loses it all the time and spits it out and screams until she gets it back... not until she falls asleep... gets it back! It can make for some long car rides when I'm alone and long nights! I finally decided to swaddle her which I was very against, but its the only way I could keep the binky in her mouth! So now instead of being up all night making sure she has her binky, I am up all night watching the monitor making sure she is breathing and the swaddle blankets haven't moved up over face since she always seems to get out of them on her own!

She loves her blanket.. she can't sleep without it and loves it to be near her face (which freaks me out).

She loves to ride in her daddy's truck. I always thought babies would fall asleep in the car, not our baby, she is wide awake, looking around and not making a peep... unless she wants her binky :)

She loves to be held, if you are sitting next to her and not holding her, she's not happy! I try to let her cry and get used to being laid down, but her screams get very loud and she doesn't stop most days! And she has some aunts and grandma who won't let her cry :) I don't blame them though! Who wouldn't want to hold something this cute!

It took four weeks but she is finally out of her cradle and in the crib in her own room! It was rough, but I finally made it! It's been 5 nights now!

We swear we have two babies! When Bostyn is asleep she looks just like my baby pictures with chubby cheeks... then when she wakes up her face thins out, she gets this little chin and she looks just like Bart! It's so funny! I've never seen a baby change so much!

Bostyn has to have her hands in front of her face whenever she's eating or sucking on her binky! she's so cute and think she's big enough to hold her bottle! She yawns all the time!! It's pretty much all she does besides eats, poops, cry, and sleeps.

I call this her "So Big" pose! I love to watch her stretch!

I have some big helpers! Sai Sai is always there to give Bostyn her binky if she starts crying and a big kiss to go along with it! She can't stand to hear her cry if she's in the same house as her!

Blake is the other big helper! He loves Bostyn so much! I walk in the door and the first thing I hear is "Jac, where baby? Get her out" He loves her so much! I love it! "My baby" "I hold her" It's pretty precious and I am glad he cares about her so much! I think he's ready for a little sister of his own!

I got her to smile for the first time today, but I wasn't fast enough with the camera! Everytime I got her to smile I missed it! But I still got some cute pics of how big she is getting!

And my new favorite picture! So cute!

Love her to death!

Happy 4th of July

My new little family on our first 4th of July together! We had so much fun with the family at the Huntsville Parade and can't wait to do it again next year!

Bostyn was way too tired to wake up for the parade so she just slept the whole time in her Daddy's arms! :)

Photo Shoot

Bostyn was really busy this week with photo shoots! Aunt Nikki took these adorable pictures of her out a Daybreak today and on Tuesday we went to FotoFly for her newborn pics! I can't believe our little girl is already over a week old! We love her to death... now if only we could get this sleeping at night thing down! :-)

Our New Addition

On Tuesday, June 14th at 12:53 AM our little princess, Bostyn Shae Baxter finally decided to come into this world! She was 5 days late, but definitely worth the wait! She was 7 pounds 14 ounces and 21 inches long. We are in trouble because she already has us wrapped around her little finger, especially her daddy! We never knew you could love something so much!

On Sunday I was having really bad back pains and didn't really know what was going on. I had an ultra sound and non stress test scheduled for Monday and decided I would stop by and see the doctor after I was done instead of worrying about it. They got worse and Monday morning back lower back and stomach were aching so bad! I woke up and had some bleeding and cautioned Bart before he went to work to make sure he got as much done as he could because I didn't know if he would be going back after the ultra sound.

We got to our ultra sound and they told us the supposedly ten pound baby my doctor thought we were having was only measuring 8 pounds 1 ounce, much more bearable to give birth to! :) They asked if I was having contractions and said they would cross my fingers I would just be admitted. After that we went to the non stress test and she watched the baby for a while. She passed the test with flying colors and they said my contractions weren't strong enough to keep me and they were 5-7 minutes apart. I sent Bart back to work at this point thinking it might be another day before we were actually in labor. They sent me over to be checked by my nurse who told me I was dilated to a 4 and to get dressed, she was going to talk to the doctor. When she came back she said, "where's your husband? Would you like to go downstairs and check in? Do you need to go home and get some things first? Grab a small lunch?" I was in shock, what? Really? I get to stay! Needless to say we knew our little one would be on her way soon. Luckily Jen was working at the hospital so I called her, we went to get something to eat (ok well I did, Jen was too excited to eat) and then Jen helped me bring my bags in from the car and we checked in. When we got there they put me in Triage to monitor me before admitting me and in the hour from being checked by nurse and being checked downstairs I was a 5+ YAY! So Jen called Bart and said it was time to come back to the hospital. We switched rooms and five minutes later I had an epidural and was ready to have her! I progressed all on my own without any pitocin, however I did get some when I started pushing to make sure my contractions were strong because the baby's heart rate was dropping. I pushed for about three hours and just after midnight she was here!

She is pretty perfect and we are proud parents! Bart doesn't want to put her down, he says she's a keeper!

We love you Bostyn and are so glad you are here! Can't wait to see how much you change and grow and impress us each and everyday!