7/31/10

Here in NY we finally had some relief from the heat. It has been in the 90's for a good part of 2 months now. Today the high was only 80 and no humidity, so I took Madelyn outside for about an hour this afternoon, to just play on her blanket.

As some of you may know, I am a photographer, and as one, I definitely think a picture is worth a thousand words, or at least that it speaks more then I can convey in words. It is basically my choice of communication, if given that option.

That being said, I see some blogs around that are doing a 365 day photo challenge. I think I am going to join this challenge. Within my challenge I plan to take at least one picture a day of some sort of meaning. I would like this blog to primarily be about raising our daughter and photos pertinent to that. I may not have time to upload the photos daily but I plan to at the very least upload the 7 photos weekly for each day.

I would love to get some other 365 photo blogs as followers and to follow some, so please add me if you are in that.

Here are some of today's photos:

7 months old

Wow, time is flying. I never posted for Madelyn's 6 months bday. I have to say, six months old, was a major change. Madelyn was suddenly sitting up by herself, holding and feeding her own bottle, and saying dada. She is such a little person, with a big personality. Now it is July and one of the hottest ones I can remember since I was a teenager, so we are loving going in our pool almost every night. She is loving that. The water has been warm too, around 75-80 water temp.

Here are are 6 month and 7 month pics:

6 months

7 months

6 months

For July 4th weekend Madelyn had her first NYC trip down to Aunt Jessies house in Brooklyn. She was such a good traveler, and was such a happy baby. We went out to eat and to the park and took the picture of her in front of the NYC buildings on the East River that I posted above.

Madelyn is 5 months old

Madelyn turned 5 months old this week. She is such a big girl now. She rolls over completely to her belly now and laughs alot. She is just a happy silly baby. I took this picture on 5/11/10 in her room. She seems to love Elmo.

Our typical day when I am not working consists of us getting up for the day around 7am and she is also eating solids now, so we do a fruit in the morning and a veggie at night, and bottles of course in between. We had pears, bananas, apples, and sweet potatoes so far. She is getting alot better at the feedings. She actually opened her mouth before I got the spoon to her tonight. It was very cute.

After she eats she spends her days playing with all her different contraptions we seem to have; excersaucer, jumperoo, swing, activity mat, chair, toys on blanket. Also she really loves watching her Baby Mozart, Baby Einstein DVD. I actually like hearing it too. It is very relaxing and a nice break from tv noise. She seems to be happy watching them, so I can take a shower or get something done for that 25 minutes. One dvd is usually about $15.00, so I went on ebay this week and got 3 Baby Einstein DVDs for about 9 bucks! I can't wait for it to come in the mail!

It was also my first mother's day as a mama this year. It was really nice. I mostly just enjoyed not going to work and being with our beautiful baby.

Madelyn arrived and is 3.5 months

Sorry I have not written in this blog in a VERY long time. On December 11th we had our baby girl Madelyn. She is just amazing and I love her so much. Childbirth is nothing like you can even imagine. I am sure it is different for everyone, but I thought it was hell. Truth be told it has been 3.5 months and I still don't feel recovered physically from that trauma! She is so worth it though. It is amazing how much she has grown since she was first born. She is so happy lately and smiling so much.

For those of you that don't have kids yet, and think it will change everything. It sure does! But it is so much fun and a love you will never know until you just do it. I even feel closer to my husband now because of this beautiful baby we made.

I am back at work and surprisingly I actually like being a working mom. I thought I would constantly be daydreaming that we could afford for me to stay home and be with our daughter. It is not reality for us though, and I have accepted that and actually like having a routine where we get up VERY early (5:30am) and start our day to leave the house, and I was NEVER a morning person, until now.

Here are a few pictures of Madelyn since I have not posted any yet:

23 weeks

I have been feeling pretty good lately. My dad bought our crib a few weeks ago and I had my husband put it together this weekend. I couldn't wait to see it up and in the room. So tonight after work, I took out some of the stuff I have been collecting over the last few weeks, and put he room somewhat together. It is so cute. I am having alot of fun getting ready for the baby. I do wish we knew her name though! We can not decide. I have a list of names I like but my husband doesn't seem to LOVE any of them. I like Olivia, Skyler, Colleen, Hailey, and about 10 others I gave him on a list to narrow it down. So for now she is just baby girl Wheeler.

Half way there! It's a girl!

I am 20 weeks and 1 day today. We had our "big" ultrasound last week and found out it is a girl! I am so happy for a baby girl. She moves around everyday now and I can feel her once in a while on the outside too, which is so cool.

Here are some pics of me at 20 weeks and of our ultrasound:

*How far along?: 20 Weeks! I am half way through my pregnancy!

*Total weight gain: About 5lbs so far.

*How big is baby?: about 3/4 of a lb

*Maternity clothes?: Oh yeah I can not fit in regular pants at all now, but my shirts are still some just large regular womens.

*Sleep?: I sleep ok. I get up every 2 hours to go to the bathroom and lately I am getting some insomnia.

*Food cravings?: Avocados, vegetable rolls, and blue berries.

*Belly button in or out?: Still in.

*What I miss: Not to much. I don't really care about drinking but I do miss feeling like I can do any sort of activity sometimes.

*What I'm looking forward to: Seeing our baby girl for the first time.

*Milestone: Half way through my pregnancy!

16 weeks 5 days

I am feeling pretty good these days. I took a few pictures of myself today. Considering I am a photographer I really should do a better job, but for now, they are just hand held in the mirror. We leave in a week to go to Maine for a week, when we get back we have our BIG ultrasound. We are finding out the sex, and I can not wait!!