1 Month Appointment

I'm TRYING to be better at blogging, but finding time to sit and concentrate is quite difficult these days! So, pretend that her one month blog and this appointment blog were posted on the 19th....

Hensley weighed in at 10 pounds 9 ounces (only 1 ounce less than her dad weighed at his one month appointment) and measured 22 inches! She has grown so much in four weeks!!

This is our fabulous pediatrician Dr. Kahn

She might have been the only one that got a shot but we both cried! Our favorite nurse might have consoled me more than Hensley. Isn't that a wee bit backwards?

We are so proud of our big girl!

Dad's Lesson Learned #1

So this is probably going to be the first of many mis-timed jokes as a dad, but I'm really good at them and thought I'd share some of the good ones. Here's one from today....

Lish made it to almost six weeks nursing like a champ, but I finally convinced her to let me try a bottle this morning. After about an hour trying to figure out a bottle warmer with three buttons, we got the temperature OK and were ready to go. It took about 5 seconds of screaming for Hensley to realize it was the same stuff she gets from Mommy, and was going to town. Stupidly, I said, "See, we don't need no stinking Mommy."....

Yikes, and that's how you make your wife cry....

Boom goes the dynamite!

One Month Old and Growing!

Our sweet Hensley Rae is one month old and this is the first in her monthly series- despite this blog posting being past her one month birthday..oops! We deemed it appropriate to pose her monthly pictures with her piggy bank in honor of her Daddy and his legendary cheapness.

The past month has slipped by and though some moments make it feel as if we've been doing this forever (like 3 in the morning when we're pacing and bouncing like fools with her) it mostly feels as if it has flown by and our baby is growing up in the blink of an eye. My idea for her monthly blogs is to share one (or a couple) of my favorite stories or lessons learned in the past month.

My lesson I have learned in her first month of life is that my favorite moments are not those hyped up with cameras and lots of attention, but those that I share with just our baby and her sweet Daddy. That I am a lucky girl that I have had time to just sit and soak her in and learn her silly faces she makes and what they normally mean. When she's done eating, she normally lays her head on my chest and that is the time I get to see that sweet smile as she drifts off into sweet slumber. When she first wakes up she stretches those adorable chubby arms so far out and makes her "Trump face" and pokes out that bottom lip in a way that makes me want to just bite it- so cute!!

Another SUPER valuable lesson that I've learned is that Woolite spot remover works on pretty much anything to remove poo and spit up from the various areas of my house that Hensley has christened.

My favorite story from this month was when we started our nightly routine of bath, nursing and then family time to read books and sing. Jon and I decided to try and pick out a church song to sing her nightly, so we were trying out different songs and giggling as Jon tried his hardest to find the note...ANY note! :) We were disagreeing about what song we felt would be the best, so I was singing "This is the Day" and Jon was singing "The Lord Bless You" at the same time. The best part is that Jon was singing the soprano part of his song! It was supposed to be this quiet, sweet time with the lights dimmed and soothing sounds and when Grammy came in to check in on us, we are singing over each others voices and Jon is singing the highest soprano notes that even the most daring women are afraid to attempt. Such a perfect memory!

This is for all of my family to show that Hensley might look more like Jon right now, but she is like me when she truly throws fits at picture time. We had like one good picture and seventy of these!

Bathtime...Friend or Foe?

Hensley graduated from baths in the sink to baths in the actual big girl tub! Woo hoo!! I thought every child loves baths, but I was a bit wrong. My child does not enjoy being cold and baths can sometimes lead to  coldness. Bad combination.

This is the moment it hit her that she was slightly chilly. The moments that followed this were complete chaos as we attempted to bathe her in record time! After a few more attempts the following nights to fine tune bath time, we determined that the water has to be much warmer and the little princess would also like her pacifier. Mom and Dad are so horrible for making her endure this painful and traumatizing process!

Hensley's First Day at Church

It was a wonderful Sunday and Hensley was fantastic all through church service- she slept so hard and never even stirred with all of the music! After church service we planned on leaving quickly so we would not have any meltdowns, but she was onher best behavior and let us catch up with everyone for a long while. She met some of her soon-to-be friends (everyone at church is having baby boys so Hensley will be the only girl running the show) and was absolutely adorable in her outfit from Diane Massey!

 Getting some snuggles from Grammy!

Mother's Day

My first Mother's Day was so bizzare- I cannot believe that I am finally a mommy and get my own day! All I wanted was breakfast in bed and my family to join me, and Jon made me a fabulous breakfast and even took Hensley so I could take a GREAT nap! Wierd how a nap is now the most valuable thing that I can be given!!

Life is so good with our Hensley Rae at home!

The Royal Roberts

I have known for a while that the Royal Wedding would be an event in our house! We taped it and made breakfast (pastries and tea) and dressed up Miss Hensley- and mom and dad even put on some accessories for the big event- and had such a lazy morning watching the Royal family and feeling pretty royal ourselves! :)

 Momma stole some kisses!

My new friend jason

You might be wondering where I have been with all of my posts and adorable Hensley pictures! The answer is our computer has been a thorn in my backside and if we did not have it plugged in and the cord balanced in such a way, then the whole computer would shut down. So frustrating! So, Judy (Grammy) and I went to best buy to try and find a solution so our computer would work again...bad idea for two technology-challenged women to go alone. My new friend Jason(actually just a Best Buy employee, but a very helpful one) tried to explain the differences between the different computer brands and I went to "lisha land" (as I do often when Jon does financial talks) and meanwhile judy couldn't remember her new phone number and one worker was trying to show her it is on her phone...we had no business being there...seriously! Our computer is busted so now we had to get a new one and good ol' Jason helped us find one on his last night before he graduates high school.

So, with all of that computer drama behind us, once Jon sets up the new computer I will be blogging like a crazy woman! Stay tuned family and friends!

A Life With Poo...

We had a lovely visit from Aunt Katy on Sunday and I realized that I may not be doing this whole blog business correctly (she is a blog superstar and puts mine to shame!). Pictures are wonderful but our stories of our new journey into parenthood are priceless as well, so this starts my attempt to share more little stories so you can laugh with Jon and I as we fumble our way through the newborn stage.

We were laying in bed the other night and our sweet child is WIDE awake. We were watching some T.V. when Jon grabs the sheets and stares at this spot. He then smells the spot and says "Lish, it's poop. On our sheets. We are those people with poop on our sheets."
Our beautiful bundle of joy is also a poop factory and though we love her more than words can express, sleeping in linens with a poo stains is less than ideal. 

Our Little Easter Bunny

Our Easter was wonderful because we were fortunate enough to spend it with Mia, Grammy and Bee and Aunt Mimi and Emerson. They fixed us a beautiful brunch with yummy food and Emerson and Hensley had matching outfits-super cute and I'm working on getting pictures! She made it my favorite Easter!!