Woke up to a beautiful smile

Yesterday was kind of a long day. Do you know how it feels to be so tired you can't sleep? That was me. Last night we slept downstairs, and I am so glad mom and dad left the areobed it has been wonderful to have. I just didn't have the energy to take all the bottles and baby stuff upstairs.

Steve fed the baby at 9pm and to my surprise the baby didn't wake up to eat till 3:40 AM. She was so hungry. Then I fed her again around 7:30 AM this morning. She immediately went back to sleep. Then when she woke up and this is what I saw:



Yesterday we also found out that our friends had their baby. She is 6 weeks early I think, and even smaller than Gabriella was. She is 3lbs 4 ounces and beautiful. We wish the best for our friends and their little miracle.

Almost 7 weeks old and she is popular!

I recently found out that many more people than I knew, know about our Blog, so welcome. And feel free to leave us positive feedback (like on Ebay).

As you probably read in Steve's last post poor baby has been on lots of different types of formula. The good news is that even though the formula is expensive we are seeing happier baby. She still spits up formula but it is not the digested form. We go back this Friday to see if she has made adequate progress. Oh, I sure hope so.
And maybe, just maybe the spitting will get better.

If this ends up being the formula she stays on I have taken on the challenge of trying to find a way for us get it cheaper and afford it. I've been doing some research on websites, getting coupons, emailing the manufacture and seeing if anyone has samples. Who knew Ebay would have so much. I've also found craigslist.com. So I think it will all work out.

Even her face is starting to clear up since we switched, which I find interesting. So here are some pics of the past 3 weeks....enjoy!

Poor Little Red Face, taken when Geri was here.


She likes the couch

Pic taken Aug 22nd Gabriella with Dr. Graham

Today's Cute Pic

Just a quick update...

I just realized that it's been quite some time since I last posted, so I thought I'd write a few words. First, I have to say that I'm blown away by the number of hits to our site. I'm so glad that this has truly become an effective way for us to let the rest of the world know what we're up to. And don't think I don't know who the star of this show is...I think our hits have more than doubled since Gabriella's arrival. So anyway, thanks so much for stopping by and checking in on us.

Little Ella continues to grow, though I think the Pediatrician was less than impressed with her weight gain at the last visit. So she's now on the formula made from crushed ivory or something like that, based on its cost. The silver lining is that it's driven us to seek out cheaper methods of buying the stuff, and we came upon a slightly unexpected source--eBay! Their prices are much better than retail, so if she stays with this formula (this being her 5th brand/type I think), at least we'll be able to afford to feed her well.

Other than that, things continue to go well for us. I had the awesome opportunity to visit Florida a few weeks back and meet up with one of my best friends from school. It was so interesting being back in FL, the first time since 2002 for me. I was simultaneously excited and saddened to be in the place of my upbringing, to have this strange sense of being a Floridian (I wasn't born there, but spent almost all of my memorable (to me) childhood there.), but being out of touch with such an important era in my life. I'm inspired to write down many of those memories--both for my own sake and for my kids to know their dad in different settings. At any rate the short drive to see Laura and her boyfriend absolutely made the trip (and the 2 nights I had to be away from my little family) totally worth it.

Well, that's all for now. Thanks again for stopping by, and I'll make sure that Meredith posts up some more pics soon!

Steve

A Special Visit

Last Friday Aunt Geri came to town!
Even though her luggage got lost (it was delivered to the house the next day), I think she had a good time. We took her out to eat Brazilian food, went on a drive to Red Rocks and to top it off Steve was able to show her the power of the Mustang. No trip to see us would be complete without it (because it's so fun).

Gabriella had a great time with her Great Aunt.
Aunt Geri...we love you.

Space the Final Frontier

These are the continuing events in our lives, our mission: To have FUN!

Here is our first official family photo!!! Taken Aug. 12, 2006 at Steve's work. If you look closely you can tell that since my skirt was green, part of me faded in to the green screen (into outer space).
Steve and I thought it was pretty cool. Yesterday was also my official day of being out among the living.
ENJOY!

What sleep?

Don't let this picture fool you....baby has not been sleeping well and neither have I. Aside from that all has been going pretty well. Tomorrow Gabriella will get a shot at the doctor's office..FUN!

UPDATE: No Shot (that will be next month) But she now weighs 7 lbs 1 1/2 ounces. Yippe!