Mama Drama

I am sorry it has been a little while since I have updated. I have a gassy baby who tends to get fussiest around the time I am usually doing this. We have been working on getting a night time routine going; go for a walk (sometimes), have some play time on her activity mat or in her super fun swing with the lights that she adores, taking a bath with mommy (I need my every night bath too), feeding, and then bed. Getting her to sleep in her crib has proved to be a little difficult, but she has been getting a little better. I am not personally comfortable with using the "cry it out" method until she is a little bit older and this is after a lot of research. I swear all I do anymore is look up information, opinions, blogs, etc. about babies. Anyway, things have been going pretty well and Adalynn is beginning to become more and more alert and happy when she is not eating and is finally going a bit longer between feedings! I am having a hard time getting her to drink out of a bottle, which is a great concern to me, because I would like to be able to leave her to go out with Ryan at some point or let Ryan get some daddy-baby bonding by having a chance to feed her too. I am sure she will get it down though. She's a smart girl and we are going to try a different bottle tomorrow. We are so blessed and so happy.

On Sunday we had a wonderful celebration at Mom and Dad Cape's house. We were celebrating Ryan's graduation of the program, Brandon's graduation from school, Grandma and Grandpa Carpenter's anniversary, Grandma Carpenter's birthday, and the birth of Adalynn. It was so nice having everyone together and having the opportunity to meet some family members I hadn't had the chance to yet. 

To Be Continued... (having some baby drama)

So... I started that post probably 4 days ago and am just now getting back to finishing it. So again I apologize for it being even longer since I've updated!

We are house sitting for Mom and Dad Capes this weekend which has been really nice and making us very anxious to get our own home (no hurry, I know we are very blessed with the situation we are currently in.) It has been a VERY successful weekend in mommy/baby world. First, I finally found a pacifier, at the recommendation of my friend Brie, that Adalynn will take! Now I know so many people are thinking, "why in the world would you want to get her started on that?" and I'm going to have to give that a question a simple, because I am tired of being a pacifier! Also, she is not quite able to "self soothe" yet so when she is waking up on her own it is hard for her to fall back asleep and the pacifier has been a great help with that as well. Second, I found not one, but TWO bottles that she will take pumped milk from! Now this is awesome, because now if mommy needs to be gone for more than an hour or two, she can! Ryan and I are going to a concert in October (country fair) as a late birthday present from him to me, so I am doing everything possible to make sure she is ready for that! Seems far away, but if the next two months go by as fast as these two have then it will be here in no time! Right now Addie is laying in her carseat , because her bassinet is upstairs and today I tried covering her up with a shirt I have been wearing and it's working like magic. Every time she starts to wake up she just pulls the shirt to her face and slowly drifts back off. I love it! 

Well... baby calls! Again, I apologize about the picture quality. I can't find the charger for my actual camera, so I will be posting better (and MANY more) pictures when I find that.