birth announcement.

It took me a while to decide on it, but this is the winner. Coming soon to your mailbox!

milkie, you shrunk the kids.

As if breastfeeding wasn't hard enough, it totally shrunk my boobies! I was perfectly fine with my size before and even when they were a little engourged they looked fabulous! Now that all the milk is long gone, they must have gone down a cup size. errr! I just have to live with it. Laila is so worth these body changes. Everytime she gives me a smile that brightens her entire face, there is not a care in the world. And besides...everyone I see can't believe that I just had a baby 2 months ago AND had a major surgery. I count my blessings everyday.

the walk.

Laila had her first walk for a good cause. She helped support people with MS and their families. We will definantly be raising our daughter to help charities and those less fortunate. She was a big hit in her onesie made by me. We got to meet the MJ morning show crew and they loved little one. I'm proud of you baby girl for strollin' for the first time!

strollin' & stylin'

two months tomorrow.

Happy 2 months young little one! As much as we don't want you to grow up, daddy and I have so much planned for us! We love you!

reminiscing.

I was looking through some pictures and I kinda miss this...
the heartburn, backaches, swollen legs and feet ::sigh::
Seemed like so long ago. Don't get me wrong, I am not ready for another one (even though I do get the itch sometimes). We are waiting a couple years. Plus I am still healing and I want to enjoy our baby girl.

my belly bump.

found it!

After searching long and hard, and taking forever to decide I found the perfect carrier for my perfect little munchkin. I was debating on getting a sling or a baby bjorn front carrier. I tried this one on and it is so comfortable and secure. A little more then I wanted to spend but it will totally be worth it (crosses fingers). I will try it out for a couple days. I am thinking I am still going to invest in a sling though. Oh goodness gracious! Having a child puts a hole in your wallet.

baby frontwards

baby backwards

sleepyhead.

Do we have the best babe ever? yes we do! She let's her mommy and daddy sleep through the night. For being new parents having a good 8 hours of sleep is unbelievable. She is now getting on a good schedule. Last night (along with other nights) we fed her at 9 pm and she fell asleep. She didn't have me up until 5 a.m. Then she fell back asleep drinking her bottle and she is still sleeping. It is now 9:20 a.m.! Of course right when she falls asleep I take advantage of going to bed. Now I am wide awake and taking advantage of my "honey do list". Gosh we are so lucky! She's is loving her sweetdreams! Thanks little one.

check up.

Yet again another doctor appointment. Now it's only going once a month. Laila is now 11 pounds, 3 ounces and still at 23 1/2 inches. She is doing perfectly! She had to get 2 shots in each leg and one oral. She did so good. Barely even cried. She is now in a little pain and fighting to sleep. Let's just hope a fever doesn't come on tonight. The doctor said we could possibly be feeding her a little too much. We are doing about 36 ounces a day and sometimes even more because she still seems hungry. He says 32 oz is good, 34 is ok. He said if she seems hungry feed her more, but if we are doing more then 40 ounces in a day to call him. She could possibly have to be started on cereal to fill her up more. Oh goodness do we have a little chunkamunk! Before you know it she will be eating out of the jar. So until next month Laila is a-ok!

bye bye breastmilk.

Somehow I feel so guilty saying this...but I am officially done with breastfeeding. Even though 7 weeks seems like a short amount of time compaired to the people you hear do it for 6 months to a year. It was a long and exhausting haul. I was pumping throughout the day and still not producing enough to fill up Laila's little (or should I say big) tummy. It felt like I was feeding her every hour because my milk wasn't enough for her. She seemed to get used to the suppliments we were giving her. Of course she would like the taste of formula better then breastmilk. It's like having a milkshake over a bottle of water. I am very proud of myself for going this far and I know Laila at least got what she needed for a while. Suprisingly, I have no pain from my milk drying up. Probably because there wasn't much in there. You really wouldn't understand unless you have breastfed...but stopping (even if you only have a little to provide) does make you feel guilty. So from now on, it's all formula. I got one more bag of breastmilk. Laila isn't complaining. She is full off of 6 ounces for a good 4 hours (most of the time!). Thank goodness we have a lifetime supply for free (thanks papou!). ::sign:: I will kind of miss it. Until the next kid comes.

growing up too fast.

We are getting full smiles now! You can talk to her and she understands. The best part is she doesn't just eat, sleep, and poop now. We get to play with her and see her reactions. This morning I layed her on her tummy on a blankie in her room. She turned herself over! I am amazed how strong she is. Mostly giving Laila formula now is making her a little chunk...and getting some extra muscle too! I'm a proud mama!

Lifting her head.

Pushing herself.

Almost there.

Just one more push.

She was so proud.

and so was Mikki.

next top model.

We had our first little family photoshoot this past Sunday. Our photographer Jaimee Ponce came to our house and snapped some pictures of us with our little sunshine. She always takes such beautiful pictures. Laila is definantly miss photogenic. Jaimee is still finishing up the pictures but gave me a peek at a couple since she knows how impatient I am. It seems like just yesterday we were taking our maternity portraits. We look forward to working with her a lot more in the future. Laila will have many more shoots to come. Maybe even have some play dates since our baby girls are just 2 days apart! As I was coming in the hospital, Jaimee was leaving. How funny! Thanks again Jaimee!

weekend update.

We had such a fun-filled weekend. Saturday, Jason and I got to spend some alone time together while gramma and papou babysat. We decided to spend our day at International Mall and then having a nice relaxing dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. We found ourselves missing Laila so much. And still thinking it's hard to believe we have a daughter. We were talking about her the entire time. Planning our future trips around the world with her. It is still unreal to us that she is here and ours. When will it hit us?

On Sunday, Laila had her first boat ride out on Great Gramma Et and Guy's boat. It was the perfect day and the boat rocked her right to sleep the entire time. Being the paranoid mom I am, of course I was freaking out a little with being around the water and worrying about if something were to happen to the boat. Laila will definantly be a little beach bum...like her mama was. Once it get's nicer out we will be hitting up the beach and having mommy-daughter time.

Life is good and we have so much to look forward to and can't say it enough...we are so blessed.

hallelujah!

Last night Laila slept from midnight to 7 a.m.! No broken sleep for me last night. Jason gave her the last night's feeding, so I got more sleep then I expected. Still tired...but feel a little refreshed. Plus, we are finally getting on some sort of schedule. We are giving Laila 6 oz. at every feeding every 4 hours (except in the middle of the night when she latches on...who knows how many ounces she gets there). We bottle feed during the day with both formula and my milk. I am pumping a good amount so I can get my supply up. It gets frustrating because some days I can pump a good 5 ounces or more, and the next day I only squirt out 2 ounces. errrr! The joys of breastfeeding. I am proud I have gone this long and even if it gets too rough, Laila got the best of it and got through the first 6 weeks. I am just so happy we are getting into routine and if we feed Laila close to midnight, I won't have to get up until early morning *crossing fingers*. Unless, she gets a stinky popcorn smelling diaper. ha!

family ties.

Laila had her first out of state visitors! Our family from New York came all the way down here to see our newest addition. We fried some pickles and oreos, shopped, and just relaxed and enjoyed eachothers company. Wish we could do it more often. Luckily we get to see them all again in about a month for Laila's first trip to the big apple. Thanks Aunt Patty, Uncle Bob, Brian, Marisa, and JJ for coming to visit. We love you all!

finally.

We got a rug for Lai's room! PBK of course...because I am obsessed, just can't bring myself to spend that kind of money sometimes. It took a while and a little procrastinating, but finally found the perfect one. Still putting finishing touches on the room, and waiting for grandpa to finish her shelves. Luckily we will be in this house for another year or two, because I have no energy to do it all over again. I will have more pics when the nursery is totally done...but don't hold your breath.