Crying, Crying, And More Crying.........

For some reason, the last couple days/nights, Elah has been getting these crying fits where no matter what you do she will not stop crying.
We have tried everything. We've burped her, fed her, changed her, cuddled with her, gave her gas drops, and yet she still will not stop crying.
I know all this is normal, but it makes me feel bad cause Sarah is the one that ends up getting her to stop, and I feel like I'm not doing my share.
Especially the nights before I have to work, cause Sarah is the one that stays up with her cause I have to get up so early in the morning.
It has been a rough couple days, and I know its probably worse for Sarah because shes the one that stays here all day and watches her.
On a brighter note, check out these two new pics I put together.

1 Month Old!!!!

Wow.... It is hard to believe that my little baby girl is one month old today.
This time last month Sarah had just got the epidural and was starting to relax, and I was stressed out beyond belief.
I have experience so much this past month like being pooped on, peed on, spit up on, sleepless nights, and constant crying(but not as bad as most babies)
Would I change anything you ask? Not one thing at all. I love this new life of mine, its never a dull moment.
I've grown up so much this past month, though I was already pretty grown up to begin with, I guess you could say I grew up in a different way ever since Elah arrived.
This little girl has me so wrapped around her finger it isn't even funny, and I love that little booger more and more.
                                        

 Elahs First Professional Photo



Times Flying.

Wow,  its hard to believe that my little girl is almost a month old....
It still feels like we just brought her home from the hospital, and yet she is 3 weeks old today.
Elah is doing great though, shes growing, and gaining weight really well. her cheeks are getting a little chunkier, and shes starting to fit better in her newborn outfits.
I just wish she would fatten up in the rear end so she can wear her pants lol.
She is big enough now that she can fit into some of her cloth diapers, so during the day she has been wearing the smaller cloth diapers we have, and at night she wears disposables.
She seams to like the cloth ones a lot better than the disposables, they don't seem to rub her butt as bad as the others. And best of all...... They hardly ever leak. She had a MAJOR blow out this morning and it didn't leak at all.
I was a little worried about the cloth diapers, but now I really like them.  They are easy to clean up and a lot easier to put on her. And it also makes me feel good knowing she will always have diapers even if we are short on cash for the month.
Elah is the most amazing daughter, shes beginning to focus more on objects, and people, and the faces she makes are priceless.
I can't wait till she starts to smile real smiles, right now shes only got sleepy smiles.

Major Breakthrough!

First off, I just want to let you know how Elah's two week check up went. It went really good, shes really healthy.  She grew a little over an inch and gained almost a full pound, which is awesome.
Ok, now the major breakthrough.
Ever since we got Elah home, the only way we could get her to sleep was to lay her on either mine or Sarah's chest. And we didn't want to give her a paci right off the bat cause we wanted her to get used to breast feeding.
We asked the pediatrician if it would be ok to give her one now, and she said it should be fine. So that's what we did. She seems to take to it pretty good, and it doesn't confuse her when she eats so that's good.
Now the one thing we have been hoping for. We finally got her to somewhat sleep in her bassinet. Which is awesome cause now we both can sleep in our nice, comfy bed instead of the couch, and the recliner.

2 Weeks Old!

As of 9:07 tonight my baby girl will be 2 weeks old! Its crazy, you know I always heard when I was growing up, my parents and everyone else saying,"They grow up so fast."
Yes I know its only two weeks, but they have FLEW by so fast its making my head spin.
In the last two weeks I have learned so much about caring for a child, and I think I'm getting pretty good at it. I've learned how to change diapers, to comfort her, to change her clothes and more. A lot of it Sarah has taught me, but also a lot of it is just instinct.
I try to think about what my life was like before she was born and no matter how hard I try, I can't. I do know that my life was pretty boring.
The one thing now that does kinda suck is that I am always tired, not because I stay up with her, and on my days off I do stay up with Sarah. But the days that I work, and she lets me sleep, I don't get any rest.
I don't get it, I fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow and don't wake up at all till my alarm clock goes off, and I am still tired.
I guess I am complaining a lot, but I wouldn't change it for anything. I love being with my wife and my little girl. And now that I am on vacation I get to spend a week and a half with them!
Tomorrow is Elah's two week check up. I'll keep you posted on how it goes!

Quality Time With My Daughter

I have to say that out of the whole day of changing diapers, getting Elah ready for Sarah to feed her, trying to to keep the house somewhat clean, and doing anything else I can to help Sarah out. My favorite time is when I let Sarah take a nap and rest for an hour or two.
That gives Me, and Elah some good father daughter time. Like this morning.
Sarah was pretty tired this morning cause we had both been up with Elah through the night. But she had also been up with her, by herself for the last three nights cause I've had to work, so she was pretty beat.
So I told her to go take a nap since she had just fed Elah.
Elah was wide awake, so I took her and layed her down on my chest(she won't sleep any other way).
She was still wide awake and every so often she would look up at me, and would just stare at me.
She was starting to get a little fussy so I put my pinky in her mouth to pacify her so she would settle down and go to sleep.
Within ten minutes she was out. I was getting a little tired my self and at one point dosed off for a bit.
When I woke up she was still asleep but was starting to wiggle alot. Shes a little wiggle worm.
She finally settled down and all I could do was stare at her cause she makes some pretty funny faces while shes asleep.
Then it happened........ She filled her diaper full. lol.
It was close to time to feed her again, so I went and cleaned her up and woke Sarah up.
That was my morning, and even though I was really freakin tired, I wouldn't have traded it for anything.

Changing My First Diaper.

Ok, so just by looking at the title to my post, most of you women out there on my friends list is probably laughing right now.
No I didn't gag, and no I didn't think it was gross.  I think I did a pretty good job if I do say so myself.
 And Elah hardly if ever cries when I change her diapers. And yes I am talking about poopie diapers.
I'm so tired of hearing," Oh wait till you have to change a dirty diaper".
Ha, shes also a little stinker. She gets the farts sometimes, and that little girl can clear a room with in minutes. She makes her Daddy proud. lol She puts Me, and my Dad to shame. lol
Stinky or not I love that little girl so much. I can"t even imagine the rest my life without her.