Saturday, May 15, 2010

Bananas

Finally, solid food!  Tiegan got her first taste of 'real food' today.  Just as we did with the twins, we bucked the system and didn't go with the traditional rice cereal for her first food.  Tiegan got to try bananas.  She wasn't quite sure of it, but appeared to like them.

It's just the beginning kiddo.  Lot's of exciting new food adventures to come!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Peek-a-boo

After many attempts over the past couple of months to entertain Tiegan with peek-a-boo, she has finally succumbed to the pressure.  She now startles, then giggles and smiles when Andy plays this with her.  As always, very cute.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Rollover

Tiegan rolled over for the first time today - from her back to her front.  I knew in the morning that today would be the today.  I just had a feeling.  Maybe it was the fact that I had to work today and figured it would happen on a day I was gone.  No worries though.  She rolled over for Nana and Bapa and that's just fine.  I look forward to seeing it for myself someday soon.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Giggles

I got my first giggles from Tiegan tonight.  After changing her diaper before bed she was especially chatty. We were talking back and forth and she started laughing.  She responded with a lot more laughs when I would laugh back at her.  Very cute.

Monday, January 18, 2010

She's Not a Newborn Anymore

Tiegan is already 8 weeks old.  Its hard to believe.  While she isn't yet sleeping 'through the night', she is doing exactly what is expected of a 2 month old baby.  She has a longer stretch of sleep lately which lasts about 4-5 hours.  Oddly it isn't making me feel more energized yet.  I am really looking forward to the time when she goes to sleep at 8 p.m., wakes up only for 1-2 more feedings, but basically sleeps until 7 the next morning.  Hope it's not just a dream.

Sydney and Tyler are just as in love with her as the day they met her.  Tyler is always saying "She's so CUTE!" The other day he said we have the cutest baby and that she was so cute that it was impossible.  He is a great big brother.  He is still learning to be gentle with her though.  We are always telling him to hug her like a marshmallow.  He has made some progress, but I think she will just have to get tough fast around him.

Sydney just can't leave her alone.  She sees right through me most of the time and makes a beeline for Tiegan.  She is always talking to her and rubbing her head.  Unfortunately it is rarely soothing to Tiegan and usually gets her more active.  I usually prefer her to be quietly alert. :)

As a personal triumph, this marks 8 weeks of exclusively nursing.  She hasn't had one drink of formula yet.  I hope to continue through the first year, but taking it day by day.  Every time I think I have things down something changes and presents a brand new challenge...kind of like parenthood itself.

I suppose I should note what Tiegan is doing now.  She is smiling at us quite often and now makes the cutest cooing sounds.  On the flip side she has a shrieky cry that can nearly deafen a person.  We don't hear that too often fortunately.  She is also holding her head quite steady, can often hold her head up if I pull her to sitting from laying on her back, and also likes to be held standing up so that she is bearing weight on her legs.  I fear that she will be an early walker.  Time will tell...

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Baby Smiles

Tiegan gave me her first real smile tonight.  She gave me a quick one.  Then when she saw me smile back she gave me an even bigger, toothless smile.  So cute.  Can't wait to see it more often!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

The Great Poop Shoot Out

Chapter 1
I heard Andy frantically and angrily yelling for me today when I was in the back room while he was in the office changing Tiegan's diaper.  I was annoyed, of course.  How hard is it to change a diaper.  Do you really have to rudely call out for back up?  Well, yes.  When I came upon the scene I saw a frantic Andy who was yelling to me to watch where I stepped.  I looked around and noticed poop on the floor outside the office, then on the door and all over the changing table.  Apparently the way he holds her legs while he is wiping her sets her up like a machine gun and timing was impeccable.

Chapter 2
So, now a few days later, I am changing her.  She usually waits to poop for me until I have the new fresh and clean diaper on her.  Today she chose to poop while I was in the middle of putting the new diaper on her.  I asked Andy to get me another wipe.  When he returned he chose to stand at the end of the changing table.  As I lifted her up to clean her she let more go and sent poop flying straight through the air at dad.  I have never seen him move so quickly and I will never forget the expression on his face.  We could barely clean up the mess through our laughter.