Pinterest Photo Ideas

Here are the beginning photos to a project I am trying thanks to Pinterest. I plan to take her photo every week for the first year and then put them into a photo book after her first birthday.

Week One

Week Two

 Week Two Again

 Week Three

Week Four

 

One Month

Well, it's hard to believe but my sweet baby is one month old! It is crazy how a seven pound person can change your life in such a short time, but our lives are forever changed!! In four weeks that seem to have flown by, Mia has grown so much. She has this cute little personality of her own and a scream that can make your ears ring! It seems like forever ago that I was up all night, too scared to sleep because I thought something bad would happen to her (darn hormones) and we haven't made any late night phone calls to the lactation consultants at the hospital nursery in a few weeks. Yes, my husband actually knows that number by heart! Breastfeeding has been somewhat of a challenge for me, and I could not have done it without the wonderful consultants' help and willingness to answer phone calls from people who aren't even staying in the hospital any longer!
We have learned that even newborns have their own likes and dislikes. For example, this child does not want to sleep in her own bed, which resulted in many nights taking turns sleeping in the recliner with her. Let me tell you, it is not the most ideal sleeping situation, but when you are seeing double because of sleep deprivation, you'll take what you can get! I am proud to say that last night our baby slept in her pack and play after each feeding and we got to sleep in our own bed together! Over the past month, we have really tried to establish some sort of routine and FINALLY, we have something that resembles one.... most of the time. We are finally getting into the groove of things and thanks to a dear friend letting me borrow her breast pump, getting out and going places has become much much easier! I am amazed daily by this sweet baby and am so thankful that God has put her in our lives. Its awesome how he put just the right little angel into our lives and we could not be more smitten with her! Hopefully, we will continue to gain confidence as parents and establish a successful routine before we go back to work at the end of August, but in the meantime, we are going to enjoy every minute we get to spend with her!

Mia's Room

So, I am finally getting around to posting more photos of Mia's room. We had a really good time getting her room together, and even though it's not quite finished, we are very pleased with it! First off, I spent many hours on pinterest and the internet searching for rooms I liked for inspiration. Somehow, we decided on just girly and pink mostly. After finding bedding I liked from Babies R Us (Thanks mom and dad!!), the rest just fell into place. We got a steal on our crib thanks to my friend Jodi, who bought three when she was pregnant, and received our cute dresser from Mia's Nonnie (Sharon).

The bookshelf on the floor was actually made by Steve (Brian's dad) when he was in school and we refinished it in white. Brian built the wall shelves and the standup shelf with all the items on it! Bookshelves were a must for her room as Mia has two scholastic obsessed teachers for parents!

Finally, we made her name out of wood and scrapbook paper and the hairbow holder and bird art were things I found on pinterest and simply replicated!! We love her little room and I sure hope this child ends up liking pink!