This past week took our little lady to lots of outings!

FakeKnitter’s House Warming Party

(photo courtesy of fakeknitter)

Out for a walk with the fam on a beautiful day

A trip to SnB

(Sweater courtesy of Archiknist and blanket courtesy of WifeMomKnitter)

To pick up our turkey at Gozzi’s:

I think that’s all…  I say we had a pretty busy week!

Yay!  We made it to two weeks and she hasn’t gotten sick of us yet!!!!

Alright, I know, neither she nor we have a choice.  This is for real!  Yes, it has sunk in that I’m a parent now, and yes, I’m enjoying this tremendously.

So this past week, we had a few fits and long nights, but nothing unusual or unexpected.  on Friday, CostumeChick came and paid a visit.  It was so nice to have house guests!!!!  Although my house is a mess!  But I didn’t care then!  I felt like a cave-woman!!!!

So yesterday, the official two week day, Samantha and I had a little outing!!!!  I had to pick up a book from the library, or they would put it back on the shelf.  I made sure Samantha was fed, changed, cleaned and dressed, which amazingly, we left right on time (I targeted departure time of 3pm and we did!!!)

I forgot to take a photo of her in her super cute cupcake outfit, with her “I Love Mommy” onsie.  Although you can kinda tell the little butterfly hair clip on her right side.  I got these most adorable hair clips from Pretty Pretties.  Brandy is a work at home mom and the hair clips are really well made and the cutest I’ve seen around!

After the library, we went and pick up David at our mechanics, and we headed to the new Whole Foods!  Did I tell you how excited I am about this!?  I’ve never been to one before and always heard awesome things about that store.  And let me tell ya, we (David and I) both love the store!  It’s a bit pricey, but I’m willing to pay a little more if that means I get better, wholesome food for the family.

We were there for couple of hours, and Samantha was so good.  She was just sleeping in the car seat inside the push cart!  She only stirred AFTER we left the store (I think because of the temp change – it was cold out!) and she promptly went back to sleep once the car started moving.

We were out since 3pm and we didn’t get home till around 6:30pm or so.  It was so great to know our little girl is so cooperative!  Maybe this means a future trip to SnB  this Thursday???  Maybe.  We’ll see!

And I leave you with this beautiful bonding photo of Father/Daughter:

(alright, more like exhausting sleeping duo, but I thought bonding is a better word! )

Well…  We all survived the first week!!!!  And I have to say, both David and I are completely in love with our little Samantha!

If you know me before I was pregnant, you probably have heard me said that David and I had made a deal that I just need to worry about bring the baby into the world and he’ll take care the rest.  Well, it doesn’t quite work out that way, which I’m sure you all already know.

On Monday, Samantha turned one week old.  And I almost forgot to take pictures!  (Can you believe that!?  Me?  Forgetting to take pictures!?)  But I got one before the night is over.

Oh, by the way, that Sleeper she’s in?  well, it’s probably one of the best purchases we made so far.  We wanted to co-sleep, but were afraid of rolling over her, which I know, supposedly doesn’t happen cuz the human instinct, blah blah blah…  But the fear is still there.  So we were gonna get a Arm’s Reach co-sleeper, but it was kinda pricey and it was going to be used for only a little while.  Then we came upon this and bought it on Halloween, talking about just in time!

David’s Dad, Sher and David’s brother Dan came to visit over the weekend.  Sher was super helpful and cleaned the house that made lots and lots of beef stew, matzo ball soup and wild rice soup!  YUM.  Thanks Grandma GiGi!!!!

Some other milestones that happened this past week:

1.  Samantha had her first bath!!!  Well, that greasy hair look just isn’t gonna cut it.  Gotta teach the girl how to have beautiful hair!

She was such a trooper!  She didn’t fuss at all at the touch of the water!  Or soap!

2.  We went to the first week appointment with Dr. Jeff (yes, her pediatrician’s name is Dr. Jeff!).  She was a good girl and didn’t fuss then either!  She let Dr. Jeff do what he needed to do to examine her.  She only let out one cry when Dr. Jeff put some silver stuff on her belly button to dry it out.

Oh!  And she now weighs 6 lbs 12 oz!!!!  Her discharge weight was 6 lbs 4 oz and she has surpassed her birth weight!!!!  So she’s skipping the two weeks appt and going back in one month for her shots and stuff!  So proud of my little girl!

Of course, she’s gotta have some cute outfits on for her first outing, even though it’s a doctor’s appointment!  I mean I had to!  That girl likes to sleep only in her diaper!  So any chance this mama gets, she’s gotta be all dressed up:

And underneath that cute outfit, is a cute onesie:

Excuse the hairdo.  She got a quick bath this morning before the appointment and the fleece jacket made her hair all stand up!!!  Although it’s kinda cute!  (outfits courtesy of Grandma GiGi!)

Ok.  You are probably all wondering what happened to all the hand knits!?  Well, she’s still itty bitty so none of the handknits fit her!!!  I KNOW!  Imagine my dismay at the hospital when I was trying put a going home outfit on her and found out none of the handknits fit right now!  Don’t worry, they will be used!!!

But one handmade item got used a lot!  See the orange tag blankie underneath her?  She looooves sleeping on it!  She isn’t old enough to play with the tags yet, but she likes the added soft feel of the blanket itself.  So Thank You so much to PeacefulKnitter!!!  Now I gotta go make some more myself!

3.  She doesn’t hate the swing/bouncer!!!

Well, she doesn’t like the swinging part, but she likes the vibration of the bouncer part!  We tried the swinging part and I think even in the slowest setting, the swing is too fast and swings too wide for her.  Maybe when she is older.  But she slept on the bouncer for like 3 hours the other day!  Phew!  Although her favorite place to sleep is on my chest/tummy.  But it’s nice to get a little break for myself if I could.

I think that’s the major milestones of the first week of her life.  At least that’s all I can think of anyways.  And unfortunately for you, I have not knit or sew at all.  And I don’t foresee too much of crafting in the near future either…  I’ve been trying to nap while she naps during the day.  Although she sleeps through the night pretty well so I don’t know why I’m doing it, but it feels good!

Oh, that girl is hungry…

Have you ever seen the AT&T commercial?  The one that the guy was trying to save money by calling collect, so when the operator said, “Name?” He answered, “Bob wehadababyitsaboy”.

Well, this IS my blog after all, so we don’t have to have shortcuts…  So lets properly introduce you to our new life:

Samantha Alexandria

David and I welcomed our little girl into this world on 5:40 am on Monday November 2nd.  She is 6 lbs 10.5 oz and 19.5 inches long.

There are lots of things I want to share, but they are all very lengthy and not easy to describe, so I’ll have to think through the whole thing and organized my thoughts.  In the mean time, I’ll let the pictures do the talking.