Is the world seen better in black & white?

When it comes to photos of my baby doll, they are all cute...i just dont know which are cuter...black & white, or color....please help me choose!

Little Social Butterfly

I read today that by encouraging your baby to smile, you're helping her develop self-esteem. It lets her know that her feelings are important and that she can affect her environment. It's also important for her overall brain development.  

Well, here's to a very confident, super-brainy BABY!

When Irish Eyes are Smiling...

"your sweet liliting laughter's like some fairy song, and your eyes sparkle bright as can be. you should laugh all the while and all other times smile, so now smile a smile for me."

I thought I'd bring it back to the beginning...since the lyrics fit perfectly at this stage of our adventure.  Imogen's eyes are sparkling blue right now, and she is on the brink of smiling (real smiles, not the gas induced ones that we see QUITE often)... oh and to hear a sweet baby's laughter.   Since baby's eyes can change colors, I thought it quite necessary to capture these baby blues...(and those LASHES!!!  mama pays good money to get thick curly lashes like those).

and incase you were wondering, since in the last post we talked about baby acne, yes we are still battling it a bit...but mama knows photoshop...sooooooo, we just took it off for the pics.

Everyone wants to meet Immi Rue!

Imogen has been attracting visitor after visitor...and everyone just falls head-over-heels in-love with her (who can blame them?  look at that face!).

first Oma and Opa came out!  they were here even before she took her first breath.  as soon as they found out she was coming, they hopped on a plane!  mom (me) was still a little out of sorts, so i am having issues finding pics from that first trip.  YAY! Daddy (adam) came through and found a pic of Oma & Opa with Immi-Rue!

then,  we had auntie mary...she was the bomb.  she cooked us meals, hung out with Immi while mom and dad napped, took our christmas card photo...and kept mom (me) from having a panic attack!!

Then, over the holidays came the Reillys!  Tutu (grandma), Boppa (grandpa), great-grandma Ruth (the Ru from Rune), and Auntie Corrie!



Boppa had a traumatic diaper changing experience.  unfortunately, i didn't get to witness it (i was hooked up to the milker)...BUT luckily auntie corrie was there to capture the event on film (well,her camera phone).  if you look to the bottom right of the photo, you will see the projectile poo! it took a few days and some bribing before boppa was willing to change another diaper.  but he definitly loved on the mini marshmallow...

Tutu's was a diaper changing and feeding machine!

Immi Rue loved talking to Great Grandma Ruth...she would just gaze at her all day long, coo'ing back little secret baby messages.

and auntie corrie...I think she might have been the most smitten of all!  and as you can see...Immi was pretty smitten with her too.

Immi-Rue still has a number of visitors on deck...Oma and Opa are back in a few days...and mom (me) will be sure to capture some cuddle moments. then Grandpa Gary and Grandma Anne!! YAY!  Then this summer Immi will get to meet the rest of her Babcock family (Hannie, Bubby, and Uncle TJ) IN PERSON!

one month

oh man... my little angel is one month! seriously, time needs to slow down!  we are doing all sorts of crazy things these days...kind of holding our head up, gaining a couple of arm and leg rolls (which mama loooooves to nibble on)...oh, and gaining 2 POUNDS!!!! woo hoo!!

one month stats:
weight: 8lbs, 8 ounces (29 percentile)
height: 21.5"(76 percentile)
head: 14.76" (77 percentile)

so in other words, our girl is tall and skinny with a big ol' noggin!

we've also broken out in a wee bit of baby acne, some days are better than others....BUT baby girl is still the cutest button there is.

if you look at the one month photo, you'll see that Immi has a smile.  what you can't see, is that she is peeing on her pretty blanket! doh!  that'll teach mom to take nakey butt pictures!

Spirit of Christmas

I love the holidays...i love being surrounded by family and friends and anything that glitters.

The Good Ol' Days

Well, Imogen and I survived our first week alone, with dad back to work... phew.  It wasn't easy.  In fact, sometimes (ok, a LOT of the time), it was down right HARD and EXHAUSTING...  but through all our crying fits (both Immi's and mine), I kept remembering something that Adam had said on one of our walks..."these are the good ol' days".  

I am so fortunate to have a husband who, even during times of difficulties, has the ability to step out of the situation and can realize that one day, we will look back on this brief moment of time and remember them as the good ol' days.  Really, if we think about it...what we all strive for in life is really just a string of "good 'ol days".    No matter where we are in life, we can all reminisce back to a time that we now consider the good ol' days- the tricky part is to realize it at the time. I think remembering this is the secret to a happy life.  Even at the most difficult and challenging times- when its 3am and i'm exhausted and hooking up a pump to my breasts like a prize heffer for what feels like the 100th time that day... I look over at my little baby girl who's clinging to her daddy's chest, clearly in a milk coma and realize that in probably just a few months, i'm going to miss these days.  These really are the good ol' days... so i thought i'd share some of our late night exhausted moments...whether it be gas induced smiles, chest clings, or just peaceful slumber (Immi's, not ours...i've realized we will probably not have a fully restful night until she's 18...ok, probably for the rest of our lives).


some 3am gas time smiles

just before bedtime....

snuggles... 

as auntie cassidy would call it...face time flirty time!! 

seriously...could they be anymore related?

 "i'm so tired, but i'm gonna keep mom up anyway..."

this one just makes my whole heart melt...

daddy sleepy time snuggles...