1 Month

Check out those blue eyes!!!


Rosalie turned one month old yesterday, it is crazy to think I have had her for a whole month. Time goes by so quickly. She is so cute, I know I say it a lot, but it is true. She is a definite joy to our little family, Sean is so cute with her, I love listening to him talk to her like an adult, it makes me laugh.

Here are some of her favorites so far:
She loves sleeping in my arms still, it is very hard to get her to nap during the day, we are doing okay at night though, she will stay in her bed.
She loves to spit up, we have to change our clothes at least once a day due to both of us being soaked in it.
She still loves to poop a lot, or at least she just poops a lot, I don't know if she loves it, she cries every time she goes it is funny.
She loves her bath, I'm sure of it, she is so relaxed and peaceful in the bath.
She loves the pacifier and to try to suck on her hands.
She loves car rides and going driving in the car, she falls asleep every time.
She loves to eat.

Here are some things she does not love:
She does not love tummy time, she cries so hard everytime I put her down, but then she stops as soon as we pick her up.
She does not like dinner time, she will not let me or Sean sit down to eat together, she has to be held and bounced every night, I don't know how she knows it is time for us to eat.
She does not like to be cold, but who does really?

It is so exciting to see her grow, she is getting bigger everyday. I can't wait to put her in her 0-3 month outfits, she is a little borderline on fitting in them and getting out of her newborn stuff. I know it is crazy that she still fits in those at one month, but she is a petite little girl. I love putting the matching little headbands and bows on her, she looks so cute. Now if only her shoes would stay on her. She is a strong little girl, we are so impressed with how steady she holds her head when we hold her up, or sit her up on our laps, and even though she hates tummy time she totally rocks at it, she pushes up and raises her chest and holds her head up for a really long time. She also moves around a lot, I think she will be rolling over soon, she is half way there already.

Well I'm sure you are all tired of reading about Rosalie, but she is the center of my universe right now. Other than her I have just been trying to catch up with sleep and get my apartment all set up and cute looking. I'm hoping to get everything set in the next week. Including hanging all the pictures and that fun stuff. I will try to do something crazy and fun that has nothing to do with Rosalie so that I can post about that. In the mean time hope you are not too bored.

Mother's Day

Today was my first Mother's Day as a mother. Rosalie is a little young to celebrate me as her mom, but it was still lots of fun. I had many surprises. My parents sent me an edible arrangement that got here on Friday, it is fruit cut like flowers and arranged in a pot. It was really yummy. Then we went to the Hartley's to celebrate, and I got a card and beautiful flowers from Linda and Rick, and Sean's Aunts all got me nice little gifts. It was so much fun, and so far being a mom is amazing. I love Rosalie so much already, and I am so lucky to have her. I'm also so lucky to have two wonderful mothers in my life, my mom and Sean's mom. They are both amazing women and great examples to me of what a mother should be. I am grateful for both of them and for the things that they do for my little family. I love you both, Happy Mother's day!!!

Rosalie is 3 weeks

She is so good and it is so fun to have her around. So far her favorite things to do are to eat, poop, sleep, be held, and sit in the bouncy chair. She loves her dad, and will snuggle with him whenever he is around. I couldn't get her to pose very well this morning for a cute picture, but her outfit is so cute I had to post it anyway.
She loved her little bathrobe that Gammy got her, I put it on her while we were waiting for her cute outfit to finish drying.

She loves her bath, I think, she keeps that funny face on the whole time, but she is calm and seems to like it when I splash the water on her, and wash her hair.

Here she is dancing on dad's belly, he sings and bounces her and it calms her down every time she gets fussy. And yes, sometimes she does get fussy, but for the most part she is a little sweetie.

2 Week Stats

Rosalie is getting so big. I can't believe she is growing out of her newborn clothes already and she is just so dang cute. We had her Dr. appointment today and here are her stats:

Length- 20.5 in.
Weight- 7.45 lbs.

She has grown a whole inch and a half since she was born and she has gained half a pound. It is crazy how fast babies grow. But she is still so tiny and so much fun. We love her!!!!

Our First Week Together

Our first week was a fun one. My parents spent time here in Utah visiting Rosalie, and sadly they had to leave on the 25th. My mom wanted to take Rosalie and run off, and my dad could not get enough of her. She is a sweet little girl and lets anyone hold her. She loves to sleep and sleep, and she really hates pooping. That is the only time she cries, when she has to go to the bathroom. We love her so much and are really enjoying our little family. Sean started his new job and school and he has to drive to Provo everyday which makes him really sad. He hates leaving Rosalie. I hate leaving her too, everyone tries to make me get out of the house and do something, but I just can't stand leaving her behind. She is just the cutest little girl in the whole world. Here are some pictures of her first week and a half of life.

She loves to keep her little hands under her head when she sleeps, it is adorable.

Grandma Silvia

First Walk

First Jazz game, she is wearing her shirt which is way too big.




Grandpa W


The Hartley Grandparents and Aunt Mimi when we brought her home from the hospital

Aunt Aubrey


Cute pictures from today, I just loved how she looked in the colors of this little outfit.

Rosalie's First Day

Rosalie came out and I held her for a total of fifteen minutes and they had to take her away from me to the NICU. They didn't like that she wouldn't really cry when she was born and they wanted to check her lungs to make sure that everything was ok. She isn't really a crier still. But they had to put a mask on her to make sure her lungs inflated fully, she wore it for an hour. Then they noticed her white blood cell count was high and were worried she might have some sort of infection so they put her on antibiotics. They had to stick both her hands and it wouldn't work, so she has little bruises, and they finally got the iv in her arm. It was really sad because I didn't get to see her for four hours and no one remembered to tell me what was going on. So I finally got upset and made the nurse take me to the NICU to see her. Sean and my Mom stayed with her the whole time she was up there. Then when they were done with her medicine they gave her a bath and her first shot and she came to hang out with us in our room until bedtime. She is so wonderful and I love her so much, she is getting so cute and so big fast, I can already see that she has grown since we brought her home from the hospital. Sean made a video of Rosalie's first day, here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rj03LrFLE4

Enjoy!!!

Rosalie's Debut

Sean and Rosalie have the exact same feet!!!!

She is here and she is the cutest thing in the whole wide world. I just can't believe it, it is so surreal. Disclaimer: I am writing everything I can remember for journaling purposes, and it is long! I will add some pictures soon, we haven't loaded them yet.

Her arrival was right on time. I thought I was getting the flu on the 16th because my body felt like I had been hit by a bus, but it must have been some pre-labor contractions. I went about my day on Thursday and did some laundry and was excited for my mom to get into town so that I could do something with her on Friday. Friday the 17th I woke up at 4:30 feeling uncomfortable, and after 30 minutes of trying to fall back to sleep I gave up and went to shower because the hot water makes me feel better, I sat in there for 30 minutes. Then I just got dressed and laid on the couch with a heating pad until a little bit before 7. I didn't want to wake Sean up because I didn't think I was really in labor, I just watched the clock to see how often my contractions were and noticed they were about 10 minutes apart, granted I still thought I had the flu because my entire body ached, not just my tummy area. Sean's mom noticed me on the couch and asked how I was and I told her about my contractions and she said that we better head for the hospital now since it was an hour drive and she went to get Sean and make him get ready. He gathered our things, I got dressed, and we left for Provo. The drive felt forever, even though we made it in like 45 minutes. We got to the hospital at 8:30 am and I wouldn't let Sean park, I made him leave the car out front and just take me upstairs, I couldn't keep track of the contractions at that point, my back was just killing me and I couldn't think.
We got up to the labor and delivery floor and they got me in my gown and checked me, I kept saying I need to go to the bathroom and they thought I was feeling the urge to push. I felt like yelling at them, I know my body and I can tell a difference. They finally let me go to the bathroom because I was only dilated to a 2, which was annoying news to me because I thought they were going to send us out. Luckily the Dr. realized we would have to drive another hour home and then an hour back when it was time, so he made arrangements for me to be admitted. I don't enjoy back pain very much, and it doesn't like me much either, and I definitely was having back labor, so my body handled it they way it does when I'm in sever pain and I threw up. I just really wanted to relax so that I could handle the pain, so they gave me some morphine. Let me tell you that stuff is strong, I was way too relaxed, I could not get my eyes to stay open after that, it wasn't that I was asleep, I just couldn't talk or keep my eyes open long. A little before 10 am the Dr. came in and broke my water and they said if I didn't progress they would give me the Pitocin. They came and checked me an hour later and I was at a three, and an hour after that I was at a 4 so they decided I didn't need help progressing. I think that an hour later I was at a five, and then 30 minutes after that I was at 8.5 cm dilated. And yes I got the epidural right away when they broke my water because I was thinking I wanted it to kind of wear off when pushing time came. Unfortunately it didn't really affect my left side very much, so I was feeling contractions for most of the time, maybe there was a little bit less of an edge to them, I don't know but they were not too much fun. My mom and sister and Sean all took turns holding my hand and making me breathe rather than hold my breath through the contractions to try and make me relax. The nurse later said I was probably feeling them so strongly because I progressed from a 5 cm to 10 cm in 45 minutes. The nurse was out of the room when I felt like I needed to push, so we called her, or rather I ordered that they call her and make her come back because I needed to get her out of there. I was pretty out of it for most of the time, all the details are so fuzzy to me. I had no concept of time that is for sure. So the nurse came in and my mom and Sean helped me to hold my legs and push 3 times per contraction, I felt like it was so hard, and she said not to worry most first time moms take at least 1-2 hours for pushing. That right there motivated me, and I was watching the clock, I wanted her out fast so I could relax finally. At some point Aubrey took over holding my leg so my mom could take a break and Sean stayed on the other side. I don't really know what Sean, Aubrey , my Mom and Linda were doing I just would see them every little bit moving past me between contractions, all I could focus on was getting her out. My mom says that I was very limber in holding my feet to push at the end, I didn't even think about it. I just remember Sean telling me good job Court, and Aubrey saying you're not pushing hard enough because your legs aren't shaking this time. It was pretty funny and if I had been in my right mind I would have been laughing. The Dr. came in and I pushed a little longer and he did the episiotomy, when he was doing it Aubrey was watching for some odd reason and I could see the look on her face of horror and was trying to tell her don't look while they do that, it was crazy. And then just a couple more contractions and she was out and he put her on my belly. I only pushed for 45 minutes and she was here at 4:17 pm on April 17. I was just so emotional and glad that she was here and everything was ok. She weighed 6 lbs 12 oz and was 19 inches long. I will have pictures and more of her first crazy 24 hours story up later, but now it is time to feed her. I can't believe I did it, and I can't believe how amazing she is. I'm so glad I had my little team to help me out.