Daddy's Little Girl

When Pete got home this afternoon I made sure to have the camera out. Meredith can't help but light up when she sees his face. As you can see. It has been amazing to watch them together. He is so grateful that God blessed him with a little girl. I am certainly looking forward to being around to watch how their relationship will grow.

Our Unexpected Day Together

So today was an interesting day. As I arrived to Meredith's school I was greeted by one of the teachers who told me that since four teachers had the flu they were shutting down the school for the day... my initial thought was "Don't ya'll have a back up plan? Mom's got to get to work!" However, it was definitely better than taking a chance and her getting sick. Thank goodness I have a forgiving boss and a way to work from home. So we left daycare and headed to work to pick up some paperwork. It gave everyone at the office an opportunity to see her again. They had been asking about her but I hadn't had a chance before today. They were all SUPER sweet even though she was a little grouchy.

Meredith and I had a wonderful day. She was the perfect little girl. She ate well, played well, and slept well... I couldn't have asked for a better day! I couldn't help but get a few pictures. Oh how her dad and I love her!

Here's a really cute picture that I just had to share! She's getting up from a much needed nap in her swing. We absolutely love it. And although she's starting to get spoiled and wanting to be held all the time, she enjoys it.

She's also got this crazy hair thing going on. Her hair is just now starting to lay down when I comb it. It used to stand up no matter what I tried...and beleive me, I tried it all.

Anyone that has tried to take a picture of an infant knows how hard it is to get a good shot. Well, here's mine and Jessica's (Pete's cousin) best effort. The Friday before last, Jessica came and watched Meredith while Pete and I were at work. It was teacher in service day at day care so Meredith had to stay home. She did really well. When I got home we took a few pictures and here's one of my favorites. Enjoy!

My wonderful Pete got me the new Cannon Rebel for my birthday so I've been taking a ton of pictures of Meredith lately. Although I'm not the best photographer in the world, I really enjoy practicing. It took me about 20 frames to get these two shots but I love them.... I can't believe she's grown so fast...and yes I'll finally admit she looks just like her daddy. :)

What a mess! As you can see our little one is growing fast. She's sleeping through the night and not missing a thing during the day.. we are having a blast with her. This weekend her Mimi came to visit..which was very nice...can't wait for next weekend when Nana and Papa are coming in.

Road Trip

This weekend we went to Pflugerville to visit Mimi, Tia, Uncle Craig, Drew, and Dylan. She slept "like a baby" the entire trip. :)

Thank you Nana for my beautiful new bow. It's prefect and I look fabulous in it! Love and miss you.

First Day

Yesterday was Meredith's first day of daycare and our first full day back to work since she's been born. She had a really good day but came home exhausted. We gave her a bath at 7:00, feed her, and put her down. She slept till 2:30am, was up for a feeding till 3:00am , and back down till 6:30am when I had to wake her and get her ready for school. Poor thing must have had a long day. Fortunately, it allowed her daddy and I to get a much needed wonderful night sleep.

Three Weeks Old

So, Meredith was three weeks old yesterday. I feel like it's been three months... I never thought we'd get to the point when we would have time or energy to even think about writing a blog. Needless to say, we've come a long way. She's doing wonderful. Sleeping three to four hours at a time during the night and although she insists on being held during the day we've managed to make it work.