My Busy Day!!

After some pretty heavy rain and storms rolled through over night, today turned out to be a beautiful day in Northwest Arkansas! Well, at least that's what my mommy told me. So we decided to go to the park! This is what I thought about the park when I got there.
We walked around a while and then I saw and hung out by a bench!
And then I saw a tree...very exciting!
I saw some cool play ground equipment...one day I'll be big enough to play on it!
I saw some pretty purple flowers. Hey, these would go great in my room!
I even saw a gazebo!
Probably the coolest thing I saw was a stream that was flowing with lots of rain water. There were these neat little mini-rapids! Maybe one day I'll go floating on a big river that has rapids!
I tell you what, the park is exhausting!! But I hope to go again sometime soon!
Right now I'm telling mommy that I'm hungry and I probably have a dirty diaper so I better go! Peace out!

More Firsts....

So this exciting Friday has brought not only some firsts for Miss Sara Kate, but this evening has brought some firsts for mommy! What might I be referring to?? 3 little words - beer & cookie dough. Ha!!!! Ah, how I've missed thee! :-)

(Don't worry, I pumped milk for Sara Kate before I drank the beer!!)

Now that the important stuff is out of the way (ha!), onto the other events of our day! Today I had my 6-week postpartum doctor's appointment. Chris and Sara Kate went with me, and baby girl did good! She slept most of the time, and we had a bottle to give her afterward since it was her lunch time. My appointment went well, and we learned that I'm all healed up! That's good to know! I have to say that I love my regular doctor, but the doctor that delivered Sara Kate (and I saw today) is a very close second. He was really great when I saw him during my pregnancy, at delivery, and today, and I would be happy to see him again in the future. After my appointment, we had a little family lunch at McAllister's and then we had our first family trip to Target!! We needed diapers and wipes, and while we were there we picked up a baby carrier. We ended up with the Baby Bjorn...I figured that Chris would be more likely to wear that compared to some kind of sling. Sara Kate did good at Target, too! She did get a little hungry so Chris carried her and fed her a little. I'm sure we were quite the sight! When we got home, we had to try out the carrier. This is Mr. GQ and his baby. Ha! You should have seen some of the models in the the Baby Bjorn catalog with their babies...hilarious! He totally could have made the cut!
And this is what Sara Kate thought of the Baby Bjorn.
To end our evening, Chris played some tunes for Sara Kate.
So as you can see, we've had an eventful day!! I'll end this post with some pictures of our girl, I mean that really why everyone reads this blog, right?? :-) First, it seems this week that Sara Kate has discovered her hands. Its happens when she's hungry, and in this picture it seems she found her thumb! Not sure we want that...ha!
And finally, how about a few little grins from our girl?? She was staring at the ceiling fan...obviously it was quite amusing!
Ok, and here's one more just because I think this picture is funny! If I could caption this picture it would read, "This is what I think of you and that darn camera, mom!!"

A few day's of firsts

So we've had several firsts lately, and I thought I'd share them on the blog. Sunday, Sara Kate went to church for the first time! This is what she thought of church.
I was so proud of her. It made sense that she slept all through church...when I was pregnant, church time was normally nap time. I know not every week will be like this, but I was happy she was like this for our first week back. After church, Sara Kate went to the grocery store for the first time! I just think these pictures are funny! The car seat surrounded by groceries...ha! I guess it's welcome to our new life!
Monday night, Sara Kate attended Daddy's choir concert for the first time. This is what she thought about it!
Once again, I was so proud of her. I sat in the back with a bottle and a pacifier ready just in case, but she slept through almost the whole thing. Good girl! We were going to go to Tuesday night's concert, but Tuesday was a little bit of a rough day for us (she was fussy off and on all day), and she made it known she didn't want to go. Ha! Here is a picture of Sara Kate with her Daddy before he left to go to Tuesday's concert...this was taken between fusses. Ha!
Today Sara Kate and I ventured out to the grocery store by ourselves for the first time. We needed diapers, toilet paper, and some meals. Once again, she did great! She fell asleep after I fed her so I put her straight into her car seat and off we went. She slept almost the whole time I was at the store; she just woke up at the end. I didn't take any pictures but our cart looked like the picture above! :-)

And another first, she smiled at me this morning! She was looking at me and I was talking to her and she smiled at me. Melted my heart. I say it was a first because I am pretty sure it was the first time that had happened. I didn't have the camera but later this afternoon I did capture this little grin.

Happy Mother's Day!

Many thanks to my mom and mother-in-law who have both been wonderful role models in my life. They both exemplify the qualities of a good mother is, and I can only hope to be the kind of mom to Sara Kate that they have both been to me.

I came across this in another blog; apparently it was an email forward. It's a beautiful 'story' and I think it's something that definitely should be shared!

A Newborn's Conversation with God

A baby asked God, "They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?"

God said, "Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you."

The child further inquired, "But tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy."

God said, "Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel's love and be very happy."

Again the small child asked, "And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language?"

God said, "Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak."

"And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?"

God said, "Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray."

"Who will protect me?"

God said, "Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you."

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, "God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name."

God said, "You will simply call her, "Mom."

1 Month Old!

Sara Kate, you are 1 month old today! What are you up to these days?

(I don't know what's up with this expression...she was making the weirdest faces during this entire 'photo shoot.')

- Who do you look like, mommy or daddy? We can't really tell yet, but we know you have your daddy's thumbs and your mommy's gimpy pinky toes!
- You are still in newborn clothes and newborn diapers, although we think the newborn diapers are getting a little snug.
- You are eating about every 3 hours. Even our night time routine has you up every 3-4 hours. Mommy would love to stretch this out a little more! :-)
- You seem to have discovered your tongue lately. Seems like in every picture I take lately you have your tongue sticking out!
- Your head control is getting pretty good. We do tummy time and you hold your head up for a bit before you get tired. You also like to be held to where you can look over my shoulder and your head control is great then!
- I think you learned how to blow bubbles the other day. Along with the bubbles, you are drooling a bit.
- You still hate being naked!! During bath time you are pretty content, until I take you out of the tub then you scream until you have clothes on again!!
- This week we introduced a bottle to you! Daddy has been giving you your dinner in a bottle and you're taking it really well! Your grandma Greer even gave you a couple of bottles today and you did great!
- Your eyes look bluer and bluer every day, and we think they are beautiful!
- You are starting to smile and grin! This morning your grandma Greer was holding you and talking to you and you were just a grinning at her. So sweet! Unfortunately, I have yet to capture these smiles on camera!
- We love you more and more every day and are so thankful you are in our lives!

The many faces of Sara Kate

Sara Kate makes some of the funniest faces! I've taken several pictures of funny faces but the pictures ended up blurry. I thought I'd post a blog of pictures of some funny (clear) pictures we've taken.Let me show you my tongue!

Mad Sara Kate!

Sleepy Sara Kate!

Not a funny face, but a sweet face!