The Falke Family

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Serenity

Nothing like a sweet, calm baby to make you happy, huh?

Saturday, August 08, 2009

So, Jane has already had some diaper blow-outs. This one happened about three weeks ago, but it has by far been the most, um, spectacular. She was sitting in her bouncy chair on the table while we were eating dinner, and we watched it spread...

What the onesie revealed...

And right into the bath she went...

And she was not very happy afterwards...

I can (almost) hold my head up!

When someone is holding Jane over their shoulder, she keeps her head up! She can hold it up pretty well other times, but this is when she does it the best. Today when I put her on her tummy she pushed herself up on her forearms and turned her head from side to side. She is growing up too fast!

Pictures of my cute baby

Need I say more?

Ergobaby

One of our nice baby gifts was this Ergobaby carrier. It works as a front carrier, a back carrier, and even a hip carrier. Right now Jane sits facing sideways with some extra padding because she is small, but soon she will face toward mommy or daddy with her legs out the side. It is really great for walking around stores (and for going on walks outside, but we don't do that in summer around here because we don't want to melt). I highly recommend it!

PS - Isn't my hair getting long? I'm pretty sick of it, but if enough people tell me it looks good, I'll keep growing it out. :)

Daddy's girl

Here is my little sweet pea with her daddy.

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Blessing Dress

While Doug's mom was visiting, she made a beautiful blessing dress for Jane (the bonnet from the ealier post goes with this). We didn't get any pictures of her wearing it on her actual blessing day - I know, but I was too scared she would poop on it or something to leave her in it for very long - so I took advantage of her good mood yesterday and put it on her again to get some pictures. The good news is that it is still pretty big on her, so when she's a little older she can wear it again to a special occasion (or just to get more pictures).

The hem of the dress is actually the edge of the fabric - it worked out really well.

My beautiful little sweet pea.

She makes the cutest faces sometimes! You can tell her little arms are flailing around in that bottom one - photo shoot mood over!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Bonnet time!

Doug's mom made a beautiful blessing dress for Jane as well as this bonnet. Yes, I need to get her back in her dress and take some pictures of it. Will do that in the next photo shoot. However, I discovered an obsession with bonnets thanks to a pattern that I found at the fabric store. You may be wondering, "When are you going to have time to make bonnets?" I'll find it. They are way too adorable to let this baby time go by without them. So, I have to get Jane used to them (How would that be if I made them and she hated wearing them?), so we wear this one for a little while every day. It's a little big on her still.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Getting bigger

Little Jane is getting bigger! I was obsessively worried about whether or not she was gaining weight. I'm nursing, so every time she goes through a period of wanting to eat and eat and eat, I worry that she is starving. When we took her to the pediatrician two days after she was born, she weighed 5 lbs. 13 oz., down from 6 lbs. 2 oz. at birth. Then, a week later when we took her back in, she weighed 6 lbs. 5 oz. - and the doctor was blown away! Anyway, thanks to some helpful advice on Facebook (thanks April!), I dropped by the doctor's office yesterday to weigh her again. She is now 7 lbs. 8 oz. - gaining over a pound in the last two weeks! So, I won't worry for another couple weeks. :)

Right now I am on day three of no parental help and doing alright! Sure, the kitchen is already not as clean as it has been for the last three weeks, but we're getting by. The vibrating bouncy chair and the swing we got from one of my father's former co-workers are great helps when I need to get some work done on the computer or around the house. She is sleeping in her swing now, listening to rain from an online radio station. I've discovered that she likes the sound of water.

Doug is super busy running his office, doing lots of marketing and screenings and the like, and now working a few nights a week from 10 pm - 7 am stocking. I am so grateful that he is working so hard to provide for our little family since we made the decision that I am not teaching again in the fall. And he is still a great help with the baby those few hours that he is home!

That's just a little update on how we are doing!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Catch of the day?

Yes, Doug caught a largemouth bass almost bigger than his child. Crazy!

Another use for the Boppy

So, I'm way too big to use the Boppy pillow around my waist. I read in the reviews to skip it if you're over a size 12, so I'm not totally surprised by it. So, it sat unused for a couple weeks, and then I remembered you can set the baby in it! It's great when Jane is content to sit next to me while I'm reading or whatever. Love my beautiful baby!

Dad playing the didgeridoo

Doug once bought a didgeridoo to waste time with. It's rather annoying, and I'm usually tempted to hide it in the garage and hope he forgets about it. (You know, out of sight, out of mind...) Anyway, while Doug's wonderful parents were visiting, Dad decided to try it out. The results were, well, I'll let you be the judge. :)

Friday, June 26, 2009

Baby Jane!

Here are some more pictures of baby Jane that we took yesterday - when she was four days old! She's already five days old! That's so crazy. We are doing well and somewhat falling into a routine. This little one is truly the light of my life and I love her so much. Okay, I can't go on (even though I could) because I will sit here and weep for joy rather than type (and typing time is limited)!

Since we left the hospital after 24 hours, we took her to the pediatrician the next day and everything checked out just fine! She is lovely and alert with those big blue eyes at times and she sleeps wonderfully sound at others. I am so grateful that my mom is here helping out. She is taking care of so much around the house while I rest and feed Jane, and Doug is of course wonderful with her. That won't come as a surprise to anyone that has seen him around children. He is already a great father - he got a good start by first being one on Father's Day! Best Father's Day gift ever!

This one is my favorite of the ones we took (thanks for the dress, Lyndsey!):

So tiny! And yes, there's an audience watching in the background. I think the dogs are getting used to her. Cosmo is indifferent, Sherman tried to lick her and can sit right next to her without a problem, and Maggie is, well, curious. Very curious. They have officially been demoted to "pets" in my mind and not babies.