1 month old !

HAppy First month Of life my Sweet GIRL :)

How could this be??
I just can't believe that time is flying by this fast...
And I know I say that every week.. but honestly....
What am I going to do when she turns 1?
Not 1 month old... but 1 year old.
Oh lord, cant even imagine that.
I just want to bundle her up and keep you young forever...
And at the same time, we love to watch her grow.
To watch her personality unwind right in front of our eyes.
To watch her, as she discovers life.
To just watch her sleep
I could do that forever.
Sit there. And Stare.

~You woke up this morning so adorable... I gave you ten million gazillion kisses and told you how much I loved and adored you... and then I tried singing you a little elvis tune...
All you wanted though was the boob. Yep, mom, just give me the food already and shut up!
I'm sure that's what you would have said if you could talk...
hehe.

So much has happened this past month,

Firsts:
First car ride
First time home
First time meeting your grandma Connie & your uncle Alex
First time meeting few of our close friends ( who are going to be your San Diego family)
First outing to a restaurant,
First smile in your sleep
First real bath
First Easter
First coo and ahh
First explosion, one of many
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Milestone: You are constantly staring at everything around you. The lights. The fans. The walls. You name it, you are just taking it all in. You are more alert, throughout the whole day, u take cat naps during the day and u are wide awake between 9pm~2am. Your head control is unbelievable, I can't wait for the day that you will be able to hold your own head. You babble & grunt all the time, it is so cute. You can tell mommy's and daddy's voices.. sometimes at night when you start waking up for a feed you make tons of noises, then jeff & I start talking to decide who will go change the diaper, ( usually i get the pleasure ) and you become dead silent... as though you are just listening to us... it is adorable, I love it! You are able to sit better, supported obviously, and often times it makes you look like a chubby baby,with a huge beer belly ( but still the cutest thing ever to me)

Funniest moment & first lesson learned so far:
Well first night home I rocked u to sleep in your new bassinet as I went to sleep myself, completly forgetting about the whole ( waking up at night every two hours at night) so I didn't really have everything out n ready.
Needless to say you woke up few hrs ltr ready to be changed n to eat, well being that it was a first night on my own ( without nurses from the hospital) I was a little bit disoriented, I grabbed a diaper n put u down on my bed with one baby wipe ( haha I learned quickly after that!!) always change baby on a changing pad with box of wipes n everything out n ready!
Well as I began to change u, you thought it would be so cute to pee as I took your diaper off, so I grabbed u off the bed trying lay something down and that's when you decided to go # 2!! Yep! All over me! So after that I'm the one that needed all new clothes n a bath! Your dad laughed pretty hard but..... being that your a fair girl and didn't want him to be left out, the next day as he was changing your diaper n looked closely to see if you were clean, you squeezed something out and pretty much shot him in the face !!


Clothes Size:
Newborns still, surprisingly. But 0-3 months fit great as well!
Hair Color:
At birth: Very dark
4 weeks: light brown in certain lights and dark in others.
Eye color:
At birth: Very dark blue
4 weeks: Lighter blue.... i think they are here to stay, those baby blues! but not sure yet what version of blue they will be...

Well.....
HAPPY 1 MONTH OLD BIRTHDAY PRINCESS! Mommy and Daddy are in awe of you! You amaze us day after day! MUAH!

first time at the bay

apssing out like a lil drunk every time after u eat

how i toture u with kisses

pretty sure u were tring give jessica n i the middle finger, but all we wanted to do was take a pic of the cute hat she gave u

Adjusting to the new life

It's amazing how many things change so quickly. Yet you somehow learn to love it and accept it. Well maybe not love all of it (like the complete lack of
Sleep!) but all the things I thought I'd miss or couldn't do without, somehow don't even seem to phase me anymore.
Don't get me wrong, there are def moments where I just wanna crawl n in hole and cry. And I wonder how in the world am I can to get everything done in my life, plus raise a normal, healthy, happy,well adjusted child.
And I usually do have a quick meltdown, but luckily I have my husband that's keeps me sane and when it's my turn to freak out, he knows how to calm me down and reassure me everything will be ok.
Alexandra actually has been a little sweetheart, but the past few days she's hitting " growth spurts" which means being fussy, crying, changing diaper and eating every moment. Which then ties up my hands and leaves very little time for anything else.
Our family n friends have all been sweet enough to offer help, But we are really trying to handle it all ourselves. Maybe once she's bigger n a bit older I'll be able to have people watch her, but for now, I feel uneasy if she's outta my sight ( I'm sure that will change too, once I realize people can't break her). There so much more but im way toooooo tired and since shes sleeping now i better try to do the same.  although if my husband or someone else tells me " sleep whens shes sleeps" im going to make them come over and show me how i can sleep while doing laundry, cleaning house, and taking clients!!!!! (: ohhh and shower, eat and take few min of quite time for myself!
ok ok i know thats prob good advise but just not that realistic

Her nursery that she doesnt use yet

this is how i get ready now (her in the sink w/me)

from the newborn photoshoot

my sweet doll

Feeding her for the first time out in public

we r both OUT

Newborn Photoshoot

'So it so happened that this fri, April13th was mine and Jeff's 5 yr wedding anniversary. What better way to celebrate then to take the little peanut and get some professional pictures done (= so thats what we did ! Sweet Cheeks Photography took these very cute photos (= waiting on a few more (=

Alexandra Riis Wormington has arrived 6lb 5oz !!!!!!

My love at first sight

  Labor, Delivery and 1st week with our newborn

After 10 hrs of labor, my sweet angel "Alexandra Riis" is finally here!!!! I am completely head over heals in love with her like i cant even explain. It has to be the best feeling iv ever felt. Just knowing she is here, mine, healthy and happy. I really did not think it was humanly possible to love something so fast and so much. Wow.
ok so.... 2 weeks prior to  my delivery i had a doctors appointment, and was told i was probably not even going to make it till my due date and looked like my body was ready to have her any day. Well big mistake on the doctor for telling me that! Cuz not only did i make it to my due date, i went past it! So to say the least i was very anxious for 2 weeks thinking it was going to happen any hour now. 
At my 40 week checkup the doc said we can induce if i went past my due date.  So she made an appointment for me tues early morning to come in and get things going!
 At this point i was 40 weeks & 3 days, so the night before (being crazy excited, nervous and anxious) there was no one i could just go to bed and rest, so i decided to  re clean the entire house, re pack my hospital bag, and basically went nest crazy getting everything ready for the baby to arrive.

tring to induce my self (13 hrs prior to her birth)

Having an exact date to go to the hospital and have a baby was kinda nice, since it gave me a change to get everything ready, and calmly check into the hospital, with out the crazy fuss and pain of regular surprise labor .
OK so come tues morning right as i was about to get up at 6 am i get a phone call saying, " the hospital got super busy with night deliveries and is backed up, So they will have to call me later.
Well they did, 3 hrs later, just to tell me they are still busy and they will call me when they have more rooms and doctors available.
If i thought i was going out of my mind before with anticipation this brought it to a whole new level!!
So to get my mind of the waiting game Jeff n i decided to go for  bike rides, farmers market and dinner. All still looking at our phones every 2 mins to see if the hospital called and is ready.

Well After a long day of keeping ourselves busy we get home and im exhausted, i decided that  the hospital must be to busy and i wasnt going to have my baby that night unless i went into labor on my own ( ((thats also why we did stuff all day, i was trying to induce labor myself so they no choice but to take me))) but nope nothing!!
Baby just was to comfy in there and didnt want to come on her own.
OK so ya, we get home around 830pm and finally get a phone call " Hi elena we r ready for you""
Oh my god, my heart dropped and all the sudden it was time! i went took a quick shower, called my dad and a few friends and told them we were finally having her!

Last sunset in the womb

So we headed of to the hospital!  we checked in and they hooked me up and gave me pitocin ( a drug that helps start contractions ) they asked if i wanted to get an epidural right away, and i told them i was going to wait a bit before getting it, since i wanted to try and do the most natural i could until i couldnt any more (= well 2 hrs later of strong contractions coming on, i decided it was time for the epidural !!!
Wow let me just tell you, i have a whole new respect for women that do it 100% all natural ...i just can NOT understand how women do it?? i experienced contractions for 20 min and before the epi kicked in and iv never felt such uncomfortable pain, WHY  OR HOW people choose to feel that pain, i just dont get!!! Either way after almost taking the handles of my bed from squeezing them so hard, the epidural started to numb my legs and it wasnt so bad after that.
6 hrs after being admitted, and contractions i was finally fully dilated and they said now its time to start pushing!  2 1/2 hrs later, i delivered! when the doc said one last push and all the sudden she was out, Jeff cut her umbilical cord and they handed her to me. It was the most over whelming feeling iv ever felt, it felt like i was outta my body for a few moments, but one of the best feelings ever.

The people in the room, the pain, getting stitched up nothing seemed to matter or exist anymore. Pain & discomfort aside having her  was def the most amazing experience ever. 

getting ready to push

Alexandra Riis Wormington 6lb 5 oz born @ 9:06 am

holding her for the first time

look at those lips!!

those are there just in case... almost made me pass out

first 24 hrs

completely overwhelming

my parents seeing her for the first time

couldn't stop crying

proud grandparents meeting their g~baby

24 hrs later in recovery room holding (just me & her alone for the first time)

shes got my feet (2 toe is longer)

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First few days home

We r home and reality sets in,  we have this little person that came home with us and we have to keep her healthy n happy!! Iv been around kids alot and thought i new enough but i was wrong. I felt like she should of came with instructions!!! Every little noise, flutter and movement she makes that im not familiar with, im on the internet making sure its all normal~ lets just say the hospital should thank the internet and the information people can look up, cuz if i didnt have that, id be calling them every five min or buggin my friends that have kids. !!

easter sunday

lil easter basket