2 Months

Holy smokes, these months are flying by!

We fall in more in love everyday--how is that possible? Just when I think I can't love her anymore--I do :)

 

Her 2 month birthday we spent having our first Christmas celebration with Josh's family.

 

Growing up too fast!

Big girl

I just love the look on her face in this one~

 

At her two month apointment (Dec 31) she weighed 10 lbs 6 oz and was 21 3/4 inches long.

She got 3 shots and let us know how she felt about it for about 30 seconds then was good to go. She slept a lot more that day than normal and wasn't too fussy. The next day she was a little more fussy than normal but handled it great!

She has finally started smiling at us (on purpose).

 

She LOVES her play mat and will look around and kick and stay pretty content.

 

She is napping pretty good. She usually has two really good naps where she goes down without fussing and the others she fusses a little bit more.

 

She is sleeping pretty good at night. She has been sleeping in her bed since she was 6 weeks old and doing great. I am not going to complain about her getting up about every 3 hours to eat because she usually goes right  back to sleep and isn't up all night screaming, although I won't complain if she decides to sleep all night either :)

A few things I forgot to put:
She absolutely HATES for you to put lotion on her! She doesn't really mind taking a bath--pretty much just sits there trying to figure out what's going on. We get her out and dry her off without any issues but as soon as I start rubbing lotion on her--she has a fit!

 She has started really grabbing things....not necessarily on purpose but she will grab my necklace and hold it when I lay her down. Or grab Josh's collar. And she usually grabs the burp cloth off your shoulder as you lay her down to eat again.

 

 



A month old on Thanksgiving



Man, did we have a lot to be thankful for this year! And at the top of the list was the sweet little girl below who has completely stole our heart!

 

I don't know how we have lived without her! Despite the numerous blow-out diapers, the getting up all night, every night and getting spit up on more times than I can count...I wouldn't trade a single second! We are SO blessed.

 

So here is our one month photoshoot before we went off to not one, but three Thanksgivings!

She was a trooper!

 



I didn't pull out my camera at our first Thanksgiving stop with Josh's mom's side of the family. Stop #2 was the White-side Thanksgiving in Lubbock.

Redoing the picture we took two months before!

Hensley & I; Lindsey & Emmalee; Gencie & Bonnie

3 girls born within 10 days of each other

Popo finally got to see her again. He hadn't got to see her since the hospital.

So excited to see these three grow up together!

Ma & Pa with their 3 great-granddaughers

Love this picture!

Josh's family at Thanksgiving #3

So blessed to have married into this family

Family pic :)

Poor Hensley was STARVING and not too happy about it!

 

I wish I had been on top of things so that I could put all the things she was doing at a month old and her stats but oh well. Maybe next time.

 

We didn't announce it at the time except to family and close friends but we were EXTRA thankful this year. A week after Hensley was born they called to tell us that she had something show up on her Newborn Screening. It was a rare metabolic disorder where she would not be able to eat proteins. We immediately started praying and speaking blessings over her. At her 2-week appointment we found out a little more about it. Depending on the severity of it, she might not ever be able to eat any meat, poltury, nuts, beans, dairy--anything with protein. :( They told us we wouldn't know the results for a few more weeks.

 

The Monday before Thanksgiving the nurse from the doctors office called to tell us that part of her results were in and it was looking really good that she didn't have it but she couldn't tell us for sure, and we probably wouldn't know anything till after Thanksgiving but she wanted us to know something. Wednesday she called and said, "Happy Thanksgiving! Her results were perfect!!"

 

Thank you, Lord! We were so so so thankful to hear it!

First Bath

I love having moms in my life that know all the cool products to make your life easier that us new moms have no clue about!

The "Blooming Bath" is one of my favorite things ever! It is super soft and will fit in any sink!

My cousin, Britt, had also given us this little frog thing that you use for their first baths and it just covers their little bodies....if we didn't have it, she would have been screaming the whole time. But as soon as you put it over her she immediately stops! It just keeps their little bodies from being so cold! Thanks Brittie!!

Not too sure what to think!

Still a little unsure...

Sweet baby!

Loved that when we got her hair really wet it started to curl!!

Our Life in Pictures

There is no way I can try to write a post for all the pictures that I have taken over the last 6 weeks so I am going to do a picture post because some of them are too cute not to share :)

Our owl hat that a sweet friend made us is a little big!

After our first sponge bath

Josh and I were laughing because it looks like she still thinks she is inside me with the way she is all in a little ball!

Ready for the youth to come have GROUP at our house so everyone could met her

I LOVE all her little facial expressions!

Soooo tiny!

:)

There are no words for this one.

She makes me laugh everyday!!

WOW! Looking back I can't believe how much she has already changed and grown! 

I know they say that it goes by so fast, and I knew it would, but man it goes by REALLY FAST!!

I can not wait to watch her grow and see what she will be like! 

Josh and I are so in love and are so blessed!!

Fire Department Baby Shower

Josh and I are surrounded by amazing people. We are both blessed to have jobs we love and wonderful co-workers. The Brownfield Fire Department had planned us a diaper shower---little did we know that Hensley would get to be at the shower :)  

So we ventured out a week after she was born to go meet everyone. We had the sweetest shower with a cute cake, lots of diapers and great fellowship. 

Thank you, Brownfield Fire Department! Y'all are the best!

Our cute cake

Little Miss Priss on her first outing to meet people

Family picture :)

Kate posing for the camera

Cute girls :)

Going Home

After much debate on whether to go ahead and stay the extra day in the hospital or go home and sleep in our own beds--we decided we were ready to try it on our own (with the help of my mom :) ) and go home and start our little life~!

We left the hospital on Wednesday evening with our sweet little angel. Poor girl though, didn't really have anything that fit that great so she was kinda swallowed by her outfit, especially her hat! Sorry Hensley!!!

Her little owl outfit

Hensley and Josh--excited to be going home

Her hat was HUGE!!! 

First family picture

Daddy's Girl

One of the things that attracted me to Josh was his way with kids. He was great with them. They loved him. I knew that he was going to make the world's best daddy. In fact, that is one of the reasons I was so excited to start having kids--I couldn't wait to see him as a father. My heart would melt seeing him with nieces and nephews and cousins kids so I knew with our kids it was going to be that much more special. 

Boy was I right!! Laying in the hospital bed wasn't too horrible because this was my view most of the time!

Tell me those aren't the most precious pictures you have ever seen! And that she isn't the most blessed little girl to have him for a dad!

And not a lot has changed since we've been home...

I am so thankful for this amazing man, the husband he is to me, and the father I know he will be to our kids. 

I can't wait for many, many more memories and moments where he completely melts my heart!

I love you, Josh Tanner Hawthorne!!