Playing on daddy

She enjoys sitting on the lap.

 

 

With a little smile (and some messed up hair)

 

 

 

 

Allie is doing well and enjoying Grandma Tina's visit.

Seems like she really is growing everyday!

She has started to move her head more and is also 'speaking' a little more in baby talk.

Allie has been getting some good workouts in at her "gym."

 

 

She also loves her swing.

 



Her features are also becoming more distinct every day. She really has a lot of traits from both sides of the family. Here are a couple of pictures of her with Grandma Tina.

Happy Easter!

What a weekend! Allie got to meet grandma Tina and the weather has been amazing. Currently 72 degrees and sunny. We are cooking up a smoked brisket for dinner, should be good!

Allie enjoyed her Easter dress (when she was awake that is).

A few pictures with mom and dad.

Grandma Tina is here!!

Happy Easter!  We are celebrating with Allie and Grandma Tina in town!! The two of them have been inseparable for the past day, and Grandma really knows how to calm a tumbling little stomach. Allie was having some gas/ digestive issues yesterday, and Grandma Tina has the magic touch :)

Bryan and Grandma Tina are cooking some brisket for Easter, and we're going to have some crepes for breakfast this morning.

Look how cute Allie girl looked yesterday with Grandma ;))

Grandma brought a whole bunch of cute outfits for Allie gal. She also brought Bryan's baby books, and I must post one of his newborn pictures, Allie definitely has his eyes :))

Much love to you all,
Another post coming later today in her little Easter dress,
Thais

Allie's two weeks old :))

Good evening! Sorry it has been so while we made a post to the blog, Allie gal has been keeping the two of us super busy :))

Hard to believe she is two weeks old already- she is just growing so fast :) We went to the doctor today again for her second week appointment, and she is doing great. She is now weighing 7 lbs 11.5 oz- she gained a full pound in the last week- and she is in the 50% percentile for her weight and height.

She is doing this thing now that she gets both of her arms up by her face, and sometimes just the left arm comes up by her face. Both Bryan and I have worked on our swaddling technique, but she still manages to get that arm free and up by her face. Scoreboard: Allie 40 x Mom & Dad 2

We have had a great week so far. On Monday, she was nursing non-stop for a few consecutive hours, but I guess that is normal for this time. I was worried I didn't have enough milk, but I went to a breastfeeding mom's group on Tuesday morning, and they reassured me this was normal. It is great to see her gaining some weight and healthy. This was also a good opportunity for me to meet new moms and connect, so I am going to try to make it to their Tuesday morning meetings.

Here is the outfit that Allie wore to the doctor appointment today :) she was a little crabby ;)

We are looking forward to having Grandma Tina come visit us this Friday. We are also getting super spoiled with the many sports outfits we got from Auntie Tammi, and the blanket from Auntie Linda, so beautifully made for this little girl ;)

On Saturday, we had such a great time with the photographer for her newborn pictures. She did really good, and it was a long photo shoot, close to 3 hours, but she did really good. We're expecting pictures by the end of the week hopefully. Please see below for a little sneaky preview of what's to come :)

I am finally getting into somewhat of a routine, of waking up every two hours, but also doing a better job of taking naps during the day, so hopefully we will be posting more frequently.

Love you all,
Have a great rest of the week,
Thais

PS: we will make sure to post some pictures of Allie in her Easter Dress, with Grandma and Daddy :)

Allie is one week old :))

Hi! Another Mama Rodick update. This one should be a bit more coherent, as I am finally getting used to waking up every 2-3 hours to feed Allie, and learning how to sleep when she is asleep. It is a hard thing to do, especially during the day, but I have been so tired that I managed to fall asleep in the middle of the afternoon.

Yesterday night we looked back a week ago, when Allie was born. We celebrated with some apple cider, and the wonderfully prepared frozen lasagna that the hospital sent home with us. It is still very emotional for me to think of the time she was born, and life is so different, more meaningful and wholesome now that she is with us. Words cannot describe it.

So, in the spirit of celebrating "firsts", below is a picture of Daddy giving Allie her first bath. Notice the super cute bath towel, a wonderful gift from Auntie Michelle.

Allie also played in the play gym/mat today. She can raise her arms and follow us around with her eyes, so it is fun to put her on her back in this mat, another great gift from Grandma Tina.

And last, but not least, a very cute picture I took of her sleeping the other day. This was not staged, she put both her arms up like that. To me, it looks as if she is saying "Ah, just chilling here mama".

Bryan is home today and tomorrow, so Allie has had quite a bit of quality dad time. Mama got a haircut today- after 9 months of avoiding the salon due to the harsh chemical smells- and looks brand new :))

Love you all very much,
Have a great rest of the week and weekend,
Thais

PS: On Saturday, we have Allie's newborn photo session :)))

Mama update- First visit to the pediatrician

Today was another big day for Allie Marie and the Rodicks, as we took our little girl to her first pediatrician appointment. Happy to report that she is back to her birth weight- all newborns lose up to 10% of their initial weight in their first week, and take up to two weeks to regain it, but this little girl is right back to her original weight :)

She is pooping and peeing regularly, all the right colors. We were waking her up to feed her every two hours, and the doctor said we could ease that back to every three hours, since the milk fairy has come in. I did a better job of sleeping when she was sleeping last night, so I am going to try to repeat it tonight.

We also saw the lactation nurse, and she gave Allie and I a thumbs up. She tends to fall asleep when she is nursing, so the nurse gave us a few tips on how to keep her up and not "milk-drunk".

We had wonderful visitors tonight as well, and they all agreed she is a cutie. We got some dresses as gifts as well, her first ones since all we had so far was unisex onesies :)

Tomorrow, Daddy goes back to work and I have another visit with the lactation nurse in Silverton.

Those two pictures were taken at the doctor's office. You can really see her gorgeous eyes on these pictures, she took after Daddy for sure.

We will keep the updates coming,
Love you all very much