Sadie is now 6 1/2 weeks old and she sure has been changing! I swear she gets bigger even after a nap! Her cheeks are getting more and more kissable and she is filling out for sure! She is into her 3 month clothes now, so long newborn clothes! Sadie started smiling at us early this month and we are loving it! Just today she started talking/babbling/gurgling... whatever you want to call it. She is getting more and more social and playful every day :) Sadie loves her swing, which helps me get some things done around the house. The past few days she went through a growth spurt, all she wanted to do was eat and sleep. We were worried something was wrong, but we did some internet/book research and called the pediatrician and she assured us that this is totally normal and very common around 6 weeks of age.
We haven't been up to too much other than hanging out with Sadie. We've ventured out a little bit here and there on the weekends... to Babies R Us, Target, the Mall and to 2 restaurants... but mostly just staying home and getting to know our daughter. We love TV and have been enjoying watching our favorite shows and Netflix movies when Sadie sleeps. Sadie's bottles are timed with my favorite daytime shows: 7am Today Show, 10am Hoda & Kathie Lee, 1pm Days of Our Lives, 4pm ellen/Oprah. It just worked out that way! :) I thought I would be able to get more "stuff" done on maternity leave like read books, exercise, and get caught up on the TV series "Friday Night Lights"... but I am surprised to find out how much time it takes to take care of an infant... she eats, she sleeps, she poops and there isn't a whole lot of "free time" in between. When I do have free time when she's napping... there is always laundry to do, bottles to wash, emails to read/respond to, coffee to drink, and oh... getting my shower in! Sometimes I'm so busy I forget to eat breakfast or lunch! I'm so glad when Jason comes home to help me out. I really don't know how single parents do it, I'm so glad we are a team!
Since I last blogged Sadie has had some important visitors. She got to meet her Uncle Ben and Aunt Mary Ella, they came all the way from Indianapolis to meet their new niece! And Sadie also got to meet her Great-Grandma Lou Vaske. Sadie Lou is named after Great-Grandma Lou and her Grandma Linda Lou. So we got the 4 generation picture and a picture of the "Lou's". We've had some other visitors too! Sadie has now met her 1st cousin once removed Elizabeth Pancratz and some of our Des Moines friends; Lindsey, Nick, Sarah, Bridget, Melissa, Matt, Brian, and Kelly. And I didn't mention in my previous blog that Sadie has met her Grandpa George and Grandma Virginia, they came to the hospital and spent a weekend with us in January. And she also met Uncle Jared, Aunt Tammy, and cousins Ava and Wil too! Grandpa Bob and Grandma Linda have visited too of course. And Uncle Jim and Aunt Toni have visited a lot since they live so close in Ankeny.
I am half way through my maternity leave ~ 6 weeks down, 6 weeks to go. I'm so glad I have 12 weeks!!! I would not have been ready to go back to work after 6, I am so thankful my job allows me to do so! :) :) :) I just started feeling better recently, around 5 weeks post-delivery. My blood pressure has been maintained, my incision has pretty much healed and doesn't bother me anymore and I have more energy. I am starting to feel "normal" again! Now I just need to start exercising and get back on weight watchers so I can lose the rest of this "baby" weight and then some more too. Also, some more sleep would be nice... Sadie still wakes up usually 2 times/night. I'm not much of a napper so I can't wait until she starts sleeping longer at night so I get more sleep!
We had a nice Valentine's Day! We had fun dressing Sadie up in her Valentine's outfits and taking lots of pictures. Sadie even had Valentine's jammies. Our big Valentine's outing this year was dinner at Red Robin :) Jason got flowers delivered to his work from me & Sadie and I received flowers delivered here at home from Jason & Sadie - we had the same idea. Jason got me a massage and pedicure for Valentine's Day! What an awesome hubby! I am so lucky! I got the pedicure last night and it was pure bliss. I scheduled the massage in a couple of weeks, I cannot wait!
Here are some pictures from the last month:
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