The weekend

My dad and Tracie and the top of Tori's head.

Jered, crazy guy that he is worked 35 hours straight from Thursday into Friday afternoon. It was almost like we were in LA again. He used to work insane hours when we lived in Cali. I hated it! We had many fights about his work habits when we lived in LA. :) So needless to say he was in bed by about 7pm and my cousin Katy (she was staying with us during spring break) and I stayed up watching lame-o TV.

My dad and stepmom came up on Sat. which was great. Dad hadn't seen Ashlyn since Macy's bday party the first weekend of March and Tracie hadn't seen her since the weekend we came home from the hospital. I don't get to see a lot of my dad so it was really great to see both of them.

Today we bummed around the house for a while. Jered trimmed some trees outside while Ashlyn and I played inside. We made a trip to Bi-mart and Home Depot, spent too much $$. I'm sure everyone knows how that goes! Almost as bad as going to Costco, that's the worst.

Some pictures

In her bathrobe after a bath. She loves her baths!
I love pictures of her when she's sleeping.

This was at my cousin's ceramic shop in Hillsboro. She made us a picture frame and we stamped Ashlyn's footprint on it. It turned out so cute, it has little ladybugs on it with her name and birthdate.

Another picture after the bath. I couln't resist that belly poking out there!

Getting started!

My first blog!

Ashlyn is 9 weeks old! I can't believe how fast she's grown up. We took her to the doctor on Thursday and she weighed 11 lbs 9 oz. She was 7-13 when she was born so she's definently growing! She had to have a shot which really sucked. We're not using the usual schedule for vaccines so unfortunately she'll be getting a shot monthly instead of every two months. Both Jered and I feel more comfortable spreading the shots out instead of getting so many vaccines in one day.

We're hoping she's going to start sleeping longer periods at night. So far we're getting 4-5 hour stretches. We try to put her down by 10pm and she's up to eat again around 3am then again around 6am. We go back to sleep and she usually lets us sleep till at least 10am sometimes even 11am. Sleep is a big one for new parents, I never understood that before! We've recently switched her to soy formula which has been a huge help.

Jered and I are going on our first overnight next weekend. Its for his 30th birthday otherwise I wouldn't do it. And we're only going to be about 30 minutes away. My mom is coming up to stay with Ashlyn and the dogs. I am looking forward to it though. We're going to Grand Lodge with some friends and I'm seriously looking forward to the soaking pool and a few glasses of wine!