7 Week Update: Just pictures

Sorry i have not updated the blog in a while, Ry is a bit on the H.M. side (aka - she wants to be held all the time!) :( Here are just a few pics until I can update again:

Father's Day (ahhh!)

Look at those eyes! :)

Her favorite sleeping position, close to food! ;)

Riley the Incredible eating monster

Even with me sitting at home with Riley, we were not immune to the nasty little cold bugs that seem to be floating around. Grammie Sue I think got it from the plane then dad got it, then mom got it and well now Riley has it. She woke up the other day sounding like a gargling pug. Poor thing sounded so bad and felt worse since all she wanted to do was be held.
On Friday I finally gave in and took her into the doctor after a call into the nurse. We left with a clean bill of health and a diagnosis of the "viral cold" bug, so all is well.
The bit of news that had me shocked was that she gained so much weight! she is now 9 pounds 8 oz, crazy! It makes me fell better that she gained so much weight since all she does is eat, at least I know it goes somewhere.

We had our big outing on Saturday heading up to Machias for my cousin's wedding shower from Renton, so a lot of time on the road and with people. It was great for us to get out of the house and it was good to take her on such a long drive. She did great - though she ate and ate when we finally got there, so not many people got to see her face! :)

Today I had a ton of errands to run and got started late around 11am since Riley chose to sleep in and eat and eat again. :( We went to Southcenter mall to Macys to get me some capris or shorts that fit since I am still not able to fit into my pre-pregnancy things yet. However Riley had a different agenda, she had a meltdown of massive proportions in the dressing room at Macys. She went from smiles to red face, tears and that no noise and no breathing..........then SCREAM thing. It scared me and the lady in the next stall trying something on. I was like "sorry!" Luckily I had planned for the outing with a few bottles and I fed her in the dressing room and she calmed down. :) yet again i just purchased a few things without really trying anything on so I sure hope something fits again.
The items I had purchased at Eddie Bauer the other day with her, nothing fit so that all has to go back. UGH.

I will be posting a few updated pictures later. It seems that she changes every few days, maybe because she is eating so damn much. ;)

Hope this post finds you all well and for those of you in Seattle I hope you are enjoying the beautiful weather!

GET IN MY BELLY! :)

1 month!

Today is Monday June 1st and Riley is 1 month old!

So how has life been with a newborn? Well a few words: interesting, frustrating, fun, messy, tiring, smelly, hungry, stressful and awesome all mixed into one. The first few weeks was really frustrating with Riley not sleeping well and getting use to feeding her every 1.5-2 hours and not having any sleep. But as they say "you get use to it" it is true! Before I was pregnant i was like a rock when i slept and now any noise she makes i am awake in a drop of a hat, so strange to me. Andy rarely wakes up so it must be some mother instinct thing. Oh and the thing they say about a crying baby and your boobs leaking is so true. She cries and I am like a sprinkler. hahahaha!

Though we have not noticed it as much as everyone else she has grown! She no longer fits into any newborn sleeper or hardly any outfit that is NB size due to her long long long legs. So now she wears onesies with pants or swims in 0-3 month outfits. But at least she can stretch out and be more comfy. I made a run to babies-r-us yesterday to purchase a few sleepers that are long enough and it is crazy, she has so many outfits and sleepers that i have to pack away since she is getting taller/longer. No idea she was going to grow this fast!

And who would have thunk that Andy and I would have a tall baby? :)

Last Tuesday was my first day taking Riley out for a trip - just the girls. I had originally planned to go to Old Navy to get more yoga style pants as this is the "in between" phase for me and make a run to babies -r-us. However plans derailed when we got to the baby store and Riley started to cry about 20 minutes into our trip. Luckily Babies-r-us has a mother's room so i was able to change and nurse her, but Riley has a tendency to take forever to nurse - so i was in there for a long time. Not to mention she totally blew out her diaper and went through 2 diapers and 2 onesies while i was in there. UGH!

So our plan is for this Thursday to go to Old Navy and try to get my stuff again. The nice thing is that babies-r-us is right next door so if I have to nurse/change her i can run there. This is for sure a life changing thing, learning to plan around nursing time!

I have posted a few more pictures on Facebook for those folks that have FB accounts. Below are a few pictures as well and we will make sure to make a new video soon as she is getting funnier and funnier with her little noises.

We hope that this blog post finds you all well!

The Lodatos!