Palm Springs.

This girl loves vacation!  She slept 9 hours straight last night!  We still can't believe what a good night sleeper she is.  She still doesn't get much sleep during the afternoon/evening but if that results in 9 hours straight, we will take it. 

Her version of an afternoon nap...with a smile of course ;)

Chubby cheeks

Sassy butt

7 Weeks. {Celebrating in Palm Springs!}

Each week comes and goes so quickly...our days just fly by.  We have gotten into a pretty good routine and we are getting used to being a family of 3.  YaYa had a few first during her 7th week of life.  She had her first babysitter!  She did great for Ryan's coworker Kayla who graciously watched Maija while Ryan and I had sushi down in the harbor.  It was nice to get away and have some time just the two of us.  Luckily she slept most of the time for Kayla as evenings can be a tricky [read: fussy] time for little Maija. 

Met daddy at the food trucks for lunch



Maija is on her first vacation.  We decided to spend the week in Palm Springs while Ryan is working out here.  Apparently she loves vacations just as much as the rest of us as she slept 8 1/2 hours straight last night.  I even woke up to check on her since it has been 8 hours and she was just snoozin away!  She also had some of her worst nights of sleep this last week too, but that's OK we are figuring it all out still. 

Holding on to her hotel key

She is becoming more alert each day, she will follow my face when I move around.  Smile at the faces we make [well some of the time, sometimes we get no reaction but we sure keep on trying!]  She has been grabbing onto things and holding them for a few seconds.  She has her morning wiggle time with a lot of cooing and noises, sometimes she screams out of joy [which can be very shocking but so cute when I realize she isn't in pain!]. 

Ryan and I tell her multiple times a day that she is the best and cutest baby in the world.  I know every parent thinks this about their own baby so it's a good thing there are 2 parents so you can both agree and affirm each other that indeed your baby is the best and cutest baby in the world. 


Snuggles.


I even ran my first mile on Saturday, it has probably been about a year since I ran so it was nice to get out there.  I will go on a run on the treadmill here tonight when Ryan gets back from work.  Slow and steady but trying to get active again!  It feels so good and so bad at the same time.  We even picked up our jogger stroller but I feel like I need a few weeks before attempting to run with a stroller.  Great news: My engagement ring fits on my finger again!  Yay!

6 Weeks Old!

Another week down.  At 6 weeks YaYa is sleeping between 6-8 hours straight each night.  She doesn't always go to bed at the same time which is a little confusing for mama but we are figuring it out.  Last Friday she went to bed at 8pm, then Saturday she wouldn't fall asleep until 10:30pm.  I think it depends on how well she naps, what activities we have down that day and if she is over-tired (normally takes her much longer to go down!).  She is really a happy girl, she is starting to smile a lot which makes me so excited, like most parents we are doing anything to get her to smile... sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but we keep on trying!

She loves playing and making noises in the morning

Maija normally takes 1 good solid nap each day for 3 hours, then I have to wake her.  She is awake in between naps from 2-5 hours, really depends on what she feels like! Her other nap tends to be shorter 1-2 hours and she falls asleep whenever we are in the car or she is in the stroller.  We are getting out and about a lot more and she is doing really well.  She definitely has her fussy time starting at 4:30pm, it can be very exhausting if she is up until 10 after that. She calms down in the stroller so we might need to start some evening walks.

Enjoying the nice weather in a dress!

She was in the nursery for the first time at church on Sunday with a little 11 month old friend Jaxson.  Apparently she slept most of the time, only waking to get a little bit of milk from her bottle.  Speaking of bottle, she has been doing really well with it!  She takes 1-3 a week and seems to have no problem.  We are having our first babysitter on Saturday night, one of Ryan's coworkers!  Excited for a little sushi date night with Ryan and we will only be a 1/2 mile away... just in case.

Getting sleeping heading to church for the Easter Service

"Dad, can you please take this giant flower off of my head?!"

When Maija is propped up on her arms during tummy time she rolls herself over, I got a video of it today! (don't mind the Jewel lullaby music in the background, or my cheering)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2noqYYj6-PU&feature=youtu.be

"I love hanging with my mama all day."

Saturday Mornings.

I've never been one to sleep in, but I especially don't mind the Saturday Morning 6:30am wake up call when I get to snuggle this little cuddle butt.  She was well rested (8pm-4am, 5-6:30am) and extra wiggley this morning.  I had to take her out of bed at 7:30 because Ryan is still sleeping and she spit up in our bed 3 times and somehow missed her burp blanket she was on each time.  Good aim YaYa.

It's supposed to be really nice today so we hope to spend a lot of time outside!

5 weeks old.

Little Maija had a very busy week.  She got to meet her Grandma, Uncle Andrew, Aunt Karissa and Aunt Katie.  She got to go on a few adventures: to the park, many walks, Kohls, out to dinner at a Chinese Restaurant, In and Out, professional family pictures and she was even dedicated at church on Sunday. 

Meeting Grandma Robinson

Meeting Aunt Yi Yi

Ryan's double sleeping bag actually fits all 3 Robinson kids

Snuggling Uncle Andrew

Maija's dedication at church

Praying over YaYa

Robinson Family

Jessica and Bonnie came too!

Concerned look

Playing bocce at the park

She is still sleeping really well and going to bed a little earlier these days.  This means she gets up 2 times in the night, which I am still getting used to.  She gets tired by 8:30pm so instead of having her stay up fussy until 10pm so we all get a long night of sleep I put her down at 8:30.  This week I might try the "dream feeding" people talk about, but I am not sure how it works exactly.  I was told not to wake a sleeping baby at night so I am a bit conflicted!

• YaYa is smiling a lot more and directly at people!  Yesterday when I got her up from her nap she gave me the biggest smile, my heart melted...
• She doesn't hate her baths anymore.  Ya!
• She can be left on her mat [happily] for 20-30 minutes at a time, good exercise for her and a good break for mama's back since she still doesn't like her swing.
• Tummy time is still not her favorite thing but she has rolled herself over a few times from the front to back just to try to get out of it.  She is a strong girl!
• She is cooing and making a lot of noise these days, sounding so sweet practicing those vocals!

4 weeks old.

Our sweet girl is a month old tomorrow.  4 weeks old today.  She even had her first night (last night) of 8 hours straight of sleep... keep in mind this followed her being awake and pretty fussy for 8 1/2 hours!  She just loves her nighttime sleep and isn't really into taking more than one nap a day. 

4 weeks old today- wearing purple for the Huskies game tonight!

This weekend we had Grandpa Robinson and his girlfriend visit.  She loved being held and kept falling asleep in her Grandpa's arms.  She even went to church for the 9am service and was awake but she hardly made a sound.  We went out to lunch afterwards and she did great there too, mostly awake just looking around.

Today she began to really smile at me when I made faces and weird noises at her.  She is so strong, holding her head up well and moving her arms and legs any chance she can get. 

Hanging with my mama all day long.

We have gotten in a walk every day, making each one a little longer (both for my sake and her's!).

Maija took her first bottle from her dad, she took it down so fast that a few minutes after she burped almost all of it back up.  We will try again later this week :)

Grilling with her dad.

She loves her dad.

She started to play at her gym... she doesn't yet notice any of the fun toys attached, but we have her working out early in life ;)

Tomorrow Grandma Robinson comes and then Aunt Karissa, Uncle Andrew and Aunt Katie come this weekend!  We cannot wait!

3 weeks old.

I can't believe Maija is 3 weeks old already but then again it seems like she has been a part of our family for so much longer than 3 weeks.  She has been such a delight.  We are constantly laughing at her funny facial expressions noting how often she looks like a grumpy old man. 


 

"No more pictures please"



Liverpool Family

We weighed YaYa last night and she is now about 8 1/2 pounds!  She is becoming the little chunker, which we love.  She is still doing well sleeping at night 5-6 hour stretch, feeding, then another 2-3 hours.  She has gotten better at naps since I started swaddling her and putting her in her room/crib.  We even made it to church this last Sunday and she slept through the whole thing, so we are hoping that is the new Sunday trend.  I hope next week I can even pay attention to what the pastor is saying instead of holding my breath the whole service hoping she doesn't cry :]

Morning chat with mama