Mama tries to be a photographer

I am such a fan of all the cool pictures people are taking of their newborns.  I decided to try my hand at a few with our girl the other week.  These were taken in her second-third week so she was a little older than most people do for newborn pics (generally around 10-14 days) and I was also trying to balance keeping the boys busy while I did a few of them.

 Nobody puts Baby on a bookshelf

 What's that on the stairs?

 Oh wow, look what we found Mom!

 I think she would have stayed in here all day if I had let her

 Love me a girl in a bow

Lindsey took this one to show that I actually am still here

Some other firsts

 First trip to the wonderful world of Target

 Loves her swing

 We got a new playmat that Ellie is getting use of already

OVERSTIMULATED!!!!

Boys and Bubbles

We have been trying to do extra fun stuff with the boys.  We filled our tub and threw in a ton of bubbles the other night.  The boys had such a great time and our bathroom got soaked!

Squeaky Clean

Ellie's belly button fell off.  WAY earlier than either of the boys, before she was even 2 weeks!  Crazy right?!  We couldn't find our baby bathtub (maybe in the attic or we might have gotten rid of it), so she didn't get a real bath until a week later after I got one at the consignment sale (for $1.33!!!)

 Big ol belly

 Woohoo!

 Please check out her skinny little legs and that big round belly

She kinda liked getting sprayed off

BOWS!

Headbands, alligator clips, no slippi hair clippy... have I lost you yet?  I have entered a whole other world here.  I can say I am enjoying it.  I had always said if I ever had a girl, she would have a bow in the hospital.  Well, we accomplished that.  But when we got home I realized that a lot of the bows were too big to fit around her head.  So, I went on a search.  I ordered from Carrie McQuaid, of Caroline G,  who goes to our church.  Hers isn't too big and is adorable and actually came with two bows that can clip on the headband or be used alone.  Carrie is awesome and I can't wait for her new dressline to come out.  I also ordered from itty bitty baby bows.  These bows are pretty different because you stick them to the baby's head.  The bows came with a tube of surgilube (the stuff at the doctor's office).  It doesn't work extremely well, so after I use it up I will use something else to stick them on.

Now onto the cuteness

 First itty bitty bow

 First Caroline G bow

another itty bitty but I just really liked this picture :)

March Madness

Rocking in style

We got a new chair for the nursery!  When we had Zeke, I was way more concerned with what would look good.  We got a white wooden rocker that looked great in the room, but was so horribly uncomfortable.  I now tell soon to be parents to splurge on two things a good stroller (highly recommend our Phil and Ted) and a good rocker.  You are going to spend a ridiculous amount of time in that chair so make it something you don't hate sitting in.  We chose something that we can put into our living room or a play room one day when we are done with middle of the night feedings.  (but with how hard it was to get this sucker up the stairs and into the room, it may just stay there forever)  I have already slept a bit in the chair and have to say it's amazing and perfect!