Rory Lee: 2 Months

2 FREAKING MONTHS? Whaaaa??

The second month of your life was SO BUSY.

In your second month we went to a professional baseball game, Disneyland, Oregon, and HAWAII to name a few.

You did amazingly well in all three places! The baseball game you pretty much slept through and only lost it for about 5 minutes. At Disneyland you again, pretty much slept the whole time and would only wake up to eat or be held for a few minutes. In Oregon you were awesome while I was shooting a wedding and loved being with your cousins there! In Hawaii you were GREAT, minus the few times we went to the beach and it was extra windy and you weren't about it.

I know it was only like 2 months ago that we did those things, but I seriously can't even believe that we did all of that! That's the struggle with babies though, they're pretty easy in the beginning because they sleep SO MUCH during the day. But, then you're recovering and not feeling at your best. But then when they get older, you are feeling better, but then the baby is a bit more needy. YOU CAN NEVER WIN.

Anyways, your second month was just full of SMILES, SMILES, SMILES. As soon as you learned how to smile and that we loved it, that was the end of it all. EXCEPT for when I wanted to take any photos of you, and then you had the GRUMPIEST face on.

 You started to sleep through the night around 7 weeks old! About 8-9 hours at once and then you'd wake up and nurse for a little and fall back asleep for a few more hours! It was the best.

 But this month was crazy with all of the traveling we did, but you were such an angel and did so, so well. You also chubbed up so much this month! You starting looking less like a newborn and more like a baby and your cheeks are just too much for me and Dad. We love you Rory!

 

 

 

Rory Lee: 1 Month

1 MONTH OLD?!

Wait what?

The first week of Rory's life went by SO SLOW. So many people say that the first week is the quickest, but for me it was by FAR the slowest.

The first few days after Rory was born, we were in the hospital and I had a love/hate relationship with that. Loved the free food, hated the tiny room. Loved the nurses and the care, hated being woken up every 30 minutes. You win some, you loose some.

I had a high fever during labor and so I had to stay about a day longer than normal just because it was a sign of an infection, so I had to be on antibiotics for a full 24 hours and then stay a few hours longer than that to be totally sure I was okay.

Sam was awesome and helped me get out of the bed to go to the bathroom, or grab Rory for me so I could feed her, and basically just take care of me. The best husband.

Once we were home, it was pretty smooth sailing. The hardest part of having a newborn is just that it's coupled with your recovery. But, I really feel like I came out of it happy and not  in too much pain or too sleep deprived!

We loved our first month with Rory! At 3 weeks old, we drove to Idaho (14 hour drive) to bless Rory and to graduate from school!

It was a very busy trip and I was in a lot of pain at the end of it, but it was so worth it to be able to have both of our family's there and our best friends at the blessing! Rory did great on the road trip and we had a great time.

Here's just a few facts to remember from her first month of life!



Your sleeping patterns are not too bad! You sleep for about 2-3 hours at a time, and are awake for about 45 min- 1.5 hours and you like to sleep in your Rock n' Play best, but also do pretty well in your bassinet!

Your feeding schedule is every 2 hours or so! You like to eat both sides at once and are a really good burper!

Some sounds and motions you make are farts and squeaks. You never really cry, just yell a little and it sounds so high pitched it's almost a squeaking sound. So obviously, Dad and I called you 'squeakers' for a while. Your poops and farts are SO LOUD. But, so funny so we like it!

Also, while we were in Idaho we were with our best friends house and I was changing your diaper telling my friends how easy of a baby you are and how little work you really were and then proceeded to have a HUGE blow out poop as I was changing your diaper. Got all over me and your brand new blanket and our poor friends fled the scene. You're quite the little performer there Rory bug. 

You like to be held and rocked to sleep. You like to eat A LOT. You love ceiling fans. You love relaxing on our legs and looking around. You love to sleep. You love your car seat. You like making lots of facial expressions. You love your WubbaNub. You love scratching yourself, so the little mittens were a must.

You hated to eat on the left side your first month (or maybe I hated it, because it HURT). You hated your baths at first (don't think the water was warm enough). 
 
You had a bad rash/acne for a little while on your face, but breast milk really is the cure-all and once I put some on your rash it went away in just a few hours! You also peeled SO much, like your entire body was peeling and we tried lots of different lotions, until we finally tried baby oil and it worked wonders! 

By the end of the month you are learning to make eye contact with who is talking to you, sleeping longer stretches at night,  grasping onto our fingers, and the occasional smile!

We love our girl!