Love.

There are few sights more beautiful than this...

New ones!! 

10 weeks old

Friends came to visit and meet Hazel! 

Quinn (Tim and Krista's daughter) is now 15 months old! Krista is laying down because she didn't feel well- she's pregnant again!! Due in April. 

Sleeping in the sling 

Justin gets to be daddy nanny on Mondays. He loves that time with hazel. Why am I in italics? Oh well. 

Tubbie plus media time. Normal. 

She's an angry milk drunk. 

#bigface

Outlaw.

I'm an outlaw. I'm NIP without a cover!!! At coffee's house 

Happy 2 month birthday, Hazel Lynne!

Our sweet angel baby was born 2 months ago

Today was my first day back at work. It was very hard. Mamas aren't meant to be away form their babies this young (ever?). But I am so grateful that Justin has Mondays off, and he was home with her today. I'm also grateful to live so close to work that I could come home at lunch and nurse her, so she only needed 2 bottles today. Finally, I'm grateful to have grandparents who will watch her Wednesday and Thursday this week, the other days I work. 

Waiting for the first bottle to warm up today ("I have to wait to eat?!?")

After the first bottle ("that's better, daddy")

And this is what mama was doing during that time (she usually eats 3oz at one time- I've been lucky to have an overproduction thus far so no worries about milk drying up here!) 

She's still a good sleeper- she likes to sleep up against the side of the mattress. 

Best thing ever

We had a Thanksgiving dinner with the Kennedys and mom and dad Christensen on Saturday. Someone other than me put all the leftovers away. When I went to make a leftover plate for dinner, I saw this awesome example of reusing ziplocks. 

Why yes, I would like a crescent rolls for labor ;) 

Lip tie update and 8 weeks old

Great news- Hazel can nurse now!!! Saturday afternoon, we had our first ever nursing session without pain on the right side! The left side was always a little better, and she's almost perfect on that side by now. The right side is at about 75% - about every 4th session it is painful for me. But I am beyond happy!!!

At our follow-up last week, the stitch in her lip had not dissolved yet, and the specialist thought that could be why she hasn't re-learned how to nurse. She made the analogy that it's like she has been waking with a rubber band around her legs, and now she has to learn to walk without it. I wasn't so sure, but with the extra time off of work, I felt comfortable taking the time to see the stitch heals before going to another specialist downstate. 

I am so so so happy that it has healed and she has (pretty much) learned how to nurse again. I am not looking forward to returning to work, so I knew I desperately wanted ton keep nursing to keep that bond between us when I am home with her. I am just elated that it will work out :)

Here's some pics of our 8 week old girl

How many CCs can you spot in this picture?

Cutie pie

Here, she was smiling huge smiles, and I would take out my phone to snap a pic, and she would do this face. I have like 20 pics on my phone with this same expression (haha) 

She is definitely reaching for toys now! Here she got Mr. Elephant!

She is so comfortable here...