Grandmommy!!

This past weekend my mom came to see us three! I know she was just here for 2 1/2 weeks when Renee was born, but man o man did I need some mom time!! It was so great to see her and to be able to share all of Renee's new personality traits with her. I was so excited that she was here, that I let her take all the pictures, so of course I have non to post. :( I will have to post some when she emails them to me. (hint hint mom!)

While she was here we went to the annual Barnes' Pumpkin Carving party, where I took 1st place in the carving contest!!!!!!! The first time I have ever won!! Renee wore the cutest outfit and was actually able to spend a little time with her cousin Ella, who was in a good mood that night!

We also got to treat my mom to our favorite tacos from Bobby's, and then took a lonnnngggg walk with Kristen in Woodward Park!

Overall, my favorite time was just being at home watching her play with Renee. you never know how much you mean to your own mother until you see her hold your daughter. I truly hope I am half the mother that she was for Stephanie and I. I learned from the best and I hope she is proud of me so far.

I love you mom and can't wait to see you and the whole family at Christmas!!!!

51 days and counting!

Tummy Trouble...

This picture explains what Scott and I have been dealing with for the past three days. Something has caused our well tempered Renee to become an unhappy baby. The word all infants dread... GAS.

Poor thing has had the worst indigestion and can't seem to work it out. After throwing out all the milk I pumped for those two days, giving her mylicon drops, putting a warm towel on her belly, giving her warm baths, swaddling her, and letting her sleep on my belly, we FINALLY figured out what it was; the bottles! Thank you again to Stephanie who reminded me that these stupid Dr. Brown bottles have a bad reputation for giving babies horrible gas.

I want to send this picture to the makers of these bottles and show them that they are false advertising. These bottle claim to help with colic and gas; YEAH RIGHT!!

They should advertise this picture and say "Want gas, use Dr. Browns."

Kink in the Neck

Ever since Renee has been born she seems to have a favored head position. She always looks to her right. Being the hypochondriac that I am, I have been obsessed with her head shape since day 1. When we took her to the doctor for a weight check the nurse gave us some exercises to do with her to try to stretch out those little neck muscles. We have been working with Renee for a month now; and although she seems to be getting better with moving her head around and holding it up, she still seems to be favoring the right side.

Stephanie is awesome and has done some research on some free physical therapy that could help out. I have found some more exercises and plan on looking into all of this. I don't want Renee to have a crooked neck her whole life. (I know I am over reacting) I just keep getting these dreams that she is going to be 16 and only able to look at people who are sitting to the right of her. ha ha ha

If anyone has anymore suggestions on how to help stretch those muscles, please feel free to send them my way, because I want to get this kink out of our little girls neck.

Pictures, Pictures, Pictures!

I thought I would post a few new pictures of Renee! Hope you enjoy!!!

It's been a crazy year!

I thought that now we officially have a baby, I should start this blogging thing up again. Since my last post, I graduated college, started working for Scott's family, then got pregnant! We welcomed a healthy baby girl into the world on September 5, 2010. Renee was born at 1:59pm and weighed 7 pounds and 14 ounces.

My whole family was here for the birth and I could not thank them enough for all the help and support they gave to Scott and I during the first 2 weeks of parenthood.

We are having such a wonderful time getting to know her and watching her grow.

She is now 1 month old and proving to be quite the GT baby. She is already holding her head up on her own and smiling at you whenever you talk to her. We are so lucky to have such a well tempered baby and I hope she stays that way.

I hope my friends and family enjoy this blog. I am looking forward to posting pictures and updating all of my family on what's going on in our lives. More pictures to come!

Thank you for all the love,

Rachel

Almost Done!!!

I cannot get over the fact that I am done with my paper!! 20 pages down and now I am don't writing... I mean done as in... I am done because I am graduating on Friday!!!!

I know I still have finals, however my brain has moved on and is now thinking about the wedding and well anything else which does not include Rhetorical Criticism or Human Theory :-)

family comes in 3 days!!!!!!

Just a quick update... once again procrastination is amazing!!

Oh my....am I a blogger now?

hmmm... I have been so against the whole blogging world for so long, and now i am trying to figure out how Blog Spot has hooked me into their website....

As I start seeing my friends from around the country starting up blogs about their families, friends, and lives, I started thinking it may be a good way for the family to keep up with Scott and I from out in Texas.

Another reason I may have started this blog is because I am trying to write my final paper of my college career, and well procrastination is a wonderful thing ha ha

My goals for this site is to share our up coming wedding with everyone, and I would love to keep an update on our experiences within the first year or so of marriage; the good and the bad!

here's to my first post.. and to a wonderful future with great stories about our lives together!

am I supposed to sign my name at the end?
-rachel