Week 14: New Normal

Hadley explored some new territory this week by eating mashed sweet potatoes! She was really impressed with the first spoonful but not so much after that.

Sweet potatoes for the first time -  yum, yum!

She also decided some time in the past few weeks that her Aden & Anais muslin blankets were going to be her favorite blankets. So - our little girl has found her blankie and it is intense. She really loves to nap and sleep and snuggle them. 

snuggle session with the blankie

Snuggling with Dad is also one of her favorite activities, even though she has a tendency to fall asleep in really awkward positions. I give you, Exhibit A:

And finally this week - SHOES!!! Mom is super pumped about this since Hadley already has quite the shoe collection. She liked them well enough, although Dad watched her spend an hour later in the day trying to get them off. I say it's a good time waster/distraction for her. 

Shoes!! 

Also, just in case you forgot who REALLY matters here..... it's me. 

Week 13: Fun new adventures for everyone!

This past week was filled with new things for everyone. Dad went to his friend Kellen's wedding solo since me, Mom and Hadley had to stay home. Mom started back to work on Monday (meaning she'll probably be better at updating the blog again), and I invited my cousin Buddha over for a sleepover while his mom was out of town. Hadley's biggest feat has been drooling nonstop and learning to use her new jumperoo toy. I don't get it, but she seems to really be enjoying herself. I can't believe how big she gets every day! She's still fragile (Mom and Dad are always reminding me to be gentle), but she's getting less and less like a newborn every day. Mom and Dad seem sad and excited by that.

Big girl in her jumperoo that Pop-Pop
set up for her

LOVES her activity mat

Planking - she loves stretching out and talking on the changing
table

Hello world!

Other favorite activity: eating her fists.
Whatever floats your boat, kid.

Week 12 Photoshoot with Mom

Hadley was officially 12 weeks (3 months) old on March 5 so we had a little photoshoot in her crib for some fun. She's getting so big, it's hard to believe it!

Week 11 (almost 12): Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Apologies again! I usually do all of my updating while Mom is at work, and since she's been home with Hadley for the last 12 weeks, it's made me updating the blog difficult. In any event, we are having so much fun in our house. Hadley is starting to make so many fun noises, and I'm having a great time trying to figure out what they mean. Mom and Dad are finding new fun things to do with the baby everyday.

Traveling is hard business - I know this from my years of riding in the car with Mom and Dad. Clearly Hadley has learned this as well. This is what she looked like while on vacay in Islamorada.  I spent a long weekend with my grandparents in Sarasota while Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa Babiarz, and Hadley went to the Keys for a wedding. We also celebrated Mom's 30th birthday. She's getting old!!

Looks like too much wedding fun for Hadley

Dad and Hadley being buddies after dinner

Dad looks cool in his neat sunglasses

Mom in her wedding attire

Hadley is really great at being cute, cuddly, and generally happy to it's been easy for me to get a lot of pictures of her looking adorable. Tomorrow is her official 3 month birthday - Mom and I are going to work on a cute photoshoot for her. Stay tuned!!

Hadley in her big girl high chair

Hadley and Dad at the tiki bar in Sarasota

Hadley and Mom at Lilly - a girl can never have too many dresses
(or so I've been told)

BIG yawn....she sleeps a lot

Week 10 is super fun

Hadley is finding her voice more and more and really loves playing! Right now her favorite things are smiling, cooing, and hanging out on her changing table. She has a few more belly laughs and really enjoys having visitors. Best of all, she sleeps through the night on a regular basis now. 9pm-6am nightly makes for a happy mom and dad 

Week 9: Miles of smiles

Since my post was so late last week, I don't have too much to report. I can tell you though that Hadley is a super duper awesome smiler. She loves to giggle and play - and she thinks Mom and Dad are the bees knees. She thinks that I lick her hands and feet too much, but I don't care. I'm going to keep doing it. Enjoy these photos!

2 Months of Awesome

I apologize for the delayed post - Mom told me I had to wait until we hit Hadley's official 2-month birthday. As you can see, we didn't quite get a chance to have her 2-month sticker photo shoot. There's a good reason for that: she got a bunch of vaccinations today at the doctor and she was too sleepy to get her picture taken.

That being said, I'll post some pictures in the 9-week update (or maybe tomorrow in their own post) with her 2 month sticker :) Fear not! I won't deprive you of her cuteness.

At 8 weeks, Hadley weighs 10 lbs, 10 ozs and measures 21.5 inches. She's getting so big! And boy, oh boy, she is super smiley and giggly these days. It is so much fun! She also really loves playing on her activity mat, which is fun for her but not so much for me. Mom and Dad are always yelling at me to stay away from her when she's playing on the floor. They're worried I'll step on her, but honestly - I'm always super careful. Aunt Mel came to visit this week. It was great! She played sock with me and let me sleep with her. She also played nicely with Hadley, and I didn't even mind when she held her.

Things Hadley really likes: her activity mat, Mom and Dad, smiling, bath time, when Mommy sings "Old McDonald" but puts in real people instead of farm animals, Daddy styling my hair into a mohawk

Things Hadley doesn't like: getting shots, having her diaper changed at 4am, going for stroller walks during feeding times (Mom's fault)