Bird Watching

We had a great weekend here in the Delaney house. Anabelle, John, and I survived our first night apart. Friday night Mommy and Daddy went to a concert and had a great time, while Grandma and Grandpa Smith babysat. We went out to dinner, and enjoyed being able to eat hot food, with both hands, and at the same time. Then it was off to see Mike Doughty, a singer we have seen before and really enjoy, it was a great show. Following the concert we decided to take advantage of the fact that we had a sitter and met up with some friends celebrating a birthday. It was a late night, but fun... and I only got sad and weepy a few times :)

Saturday was spent reuniting with Belle and doing some shopping with grandma at the outlet mall, of course we bought some cute stuff!

Sunday Belle, John, and I spent the day watching football, and that night went to a Bears party at a friends place. Anabelle was great, she loves being around people and didn't fuss at all. We came home and put Belle to bed at 11pm and she had her first full night of sleep. She was nice enough to sleep till 7am! John and I both got up to make sure she was still breathing...we were both so surprised she slept so long. We'll see if she keeps it up or if it was a fluke.

Introducing Anabelle to Target today, she's gonna learn to love that store. Happy Monday everyone!

Friday

Here is some video of Belle doing absolutely nothing except looking cute! Hope you all have a great weekend. John and I have plans to go to a concert so Belle will have her first night away from mom and dad and spend some time with Grandma Smith. I'm sure Anabelle will be fine, but how will I do?

Sleeping and shopping

I took some pictures of Belle sleeping yesterday and got her mid yawn on one of them, I like to call it her Elvis look.

Following her afternoon nap we bundled up and headed over to the mall to get out of the house and walk around. We like to go to Old Orchard Mall b/c it is an outdoor mall, and you can get fresh air while window shopping. With the way the weather has been lately it won't be long before we are stuck inside where it's warmer, but for now we are enjoying the fall weather.

Belle decided to reject her bassinet last night, resulting in very little sleep for mommy. Therefore today was spent doing very little. I gave Anabelle a bath, which she still hates... screams through the entire thing. I have learned to be very fast. Then I got a lesson in why it's always smart to put on a diaper immediately following bath time =) Luckily I hadn't taken my shower for the day yet. I don't think I'll make that mistake again. Not too much else going on here, tomorrow we have big plans to go to the post office. I know what you're thinking, "slow down Christy!"

Halloween Decorating

3 weeks old!

Anabelle is 3 weeks old and doing great! She is getting on a better schedule and this week we have been blessed with her deciding to sleep from midnight through 4/5 waking to eat and hang out for about an hour and then sleeping again till 8/9. This amount of sleep is fabulous and we are hoping it continues. However prior to this period of sleep she is frequently fussy for about 2-3 hours, where we attempt to figure out what she needs/desires.

Anabelle is also becoming more alert; looking around, reaching out for toys, hair, clothing, Daddy's chest chair and anything else that looks fun to grab. It is truly fun to see her discover new things and her expressions are so funny.


Since posting video is so easy I am thinking I will try to post daily or at least every few days. Don't expect anything too exciting, we don't do much around here except eat, sleep, and generally look cute-but hey who doesn't want to see that?

Testing out some video

Thought I would try to figure out how to add video to the blog. This was pretty easy so expect more to come. As you can see Anabelle is doing great, so are mom and dad.

1st week home

So I have been trying to blog for about 3 days now and it just isn't happening. The Delaney Family is doing well and getting adjusted to life at home with a newborn. It is great to be home from the hospital and able to sleep in our own beds, and shower, and just relax without having the interruption of nurses in and out of your room all day and night. We have had lots of visitors over the last few days and John's mom is in from Texas for the week. It has been nice to have the extra help from everyone. Anabelle currently has her days and nights mixed up, and so mommy has been quite tired. This doesn't make for good blog writing. So here are some pictures to tide you over till the next time I get a wave of energy and feel like blogging ;)

1st doctors appointment, she is doing great!