1 month!

Lainey is officially one month old today! I can't believe how quickly it has gone by and how even though its flown by I feel as though Lainey has been with us forever!! Here is a picture of her today- before she pooped out the side of her diaper and needed a new outfit (this is her new favorite thing to do!) The month has really been great! The beginning started out hard as we got used to the sleep deprivation and tackled what seemed like the impossible task of breast feeding. Now that she is one month old I can happily look back and say that we are functioning quite well on minimal sleep and breastfeeding has become a happy, manageable and now loving time! I never thought that I would be able to say that I have kept her alive for one month with my body and it really does make me feel so incredible to have made it through and to still be breastfeeding.

I must say that my favorite thing to do is to sit and watch her just make faces and noises and be herself. Below is a video of my lovebug- complete with her hiccups (she gets them ALL the time) and a really great FART! She is quite talented in this department as well! Well I am sorry to have added 3 posts in one day but I wasn't able to finish the others before now! We are going to spend the rest of the week loving Aaron because he returns to work on Monday :-( Lainey and I are so lucky to have had him home for so long!

God Bless Lainey!

We had Lainey's Christening on September 26th! It was a great day!!! It was one of the most adult moments I have ever had. I thought having a child was adult but having her baptized definitely felt more adult than welcoming her into the world. We were so happy to have so many family members and friends join us! When we called to schedule her baptism we were surprised to only have 2 weeks to pull everything together and let everyone know about her special day! We were so happy that so many people could make it and we missed those who weren't!



Lainey's Godparents are my sister Catherine and Aaron and I's brother-in-law Joe. We are really excited about these choices and think that Lainey is a very special girl to have such great Godparents. If anyone can best represent Aaron and I it is Catherine and Joe. All four of us were not really sure what we were doing that day but luckily we have the nicest priest and he walked us through the process.



Lainey looked absolutely adorable in her Christening gown. Here is Grammy showing her off to me for the picture. Poor Grammy got cut out of all the pictures because I was just so in love with my little one I zoomed right in!



Grammy was nice enough to get Lainey matching shoes, panties, headband and sweater! Here are her cute LITTLE shoes.

Lainey's First Bath!

So Lainey got her first bath on Sept 20th! Her umbilical cord stump was finally all gone and she got to get wet in her tub! At first she was horrified and was holding on to my sweatshirt for dear life. Once I realized that she was SCARED I held her hand for a minute and talked to her and she seemed to calm down and LOVE her bath after that. She has had several baths since then and has shed a single tear about it. She actually cries when I take her out of the bath! Let's hope her love of water lasts forever!

Giving me the "mama save me!" look!

OOhhhh maybe this isn't so bad!

My adorable naked baby!

All finished! She absolutely loves having her hooded towel wrapped around her. She makes this sweet little sighing noise whenever she gets all wrapped up.

The first few weeks!

My adorable little monkey moo. I always thought it was funny when I heard people refer to their children by a million different nicknames and yet I find myself doing the very same thing. For the most part she is Lainey Girl or Monkey, but at times she is munchkin, moo moo, precious, little one, and about a million other I am too embarrassed to admit too just yet. The first few weeks have been a roller coaster but have been some of the best moments of my life thus far! I cannot believe how much I adore my little buddy. I am constantly worried for her and have been trying hard to manage this ridiculous fear that she will starve to death. We have been exclusively breast feeding and this has proven to be one of the hardest things I have ever done. It is definitely getting better each day but is still our biggest challenge. I love changing her and dressing her and playing with her- though this mainly consists of me looking at her and saying "can you see me yet?!" haha I love snuggling with her and can't believe how many hours a day are spent just looking at her!
I had to share this photo as its the closest I have gotten to catching her "pooping" face. I never though something so silly (POOPING) could make my heart melt EVERY TIME! I just love watching her concentrate and then let it rip. The loudest and strangest noises come from my dainty little girl.
Hopefully she won't suffer any serious eye damage with all these photos but I just want everyone to get to see how cute my little monkey is!!



Daddy captured her first nail clipping. I was petrified cutting her nails for the first time and didn't do too bad. Her finger nails were rolled on themselves so I did cause some minor bleeding but I am pretty certain it hurt me more than it hurt her.


This is Lainey's old belly button! She has officially lost her umbilical cord stump. It surprised me how exciting of an event this was. It should be no big deal when it falls off but I was sooo excited for her. Both Aaron and I were telling her what a BIG GIRL she was and we felt so proud when it was gone. We of course saved it and years from now when she goes through her baby box I am sure she will be horrified that we saved it.


Lainey slept through her entire FIRST WALK! Since this first walk we have gone on several more and she seems to really enjoy these. She looks all around and seems very content to get bounced around as we walk over the acorn covered side walks. I feel very luck to have a baby who LOVES the stroller



Her first curse! She was kid enough to give her Grammi the middle finger as she snuggled her to sleep.

I just love this picture. My new family is right there! Aren't they an adorable crew???? I am so lucky.

Lainey's here!!

Well I have about 3 posts that are halfway finished that never got published- pertaining to the end of the pregnancy and awaiting the arrival of our little monkey. We also have some Shower #2 pictures to post. I will definitely finish those up and add them to the blog but for now I wanted to proudly announce the birth of our little monkey!! Lainey Eve Babinski was born at 10:59pm on August 28th. She was 8 lbs. 1.5 oz. and 21 inches long. She is absolutely perfect!! The first 2 weeks have been a roller coaster ride for sure but we seem to have adjusted and the last few days have been amazing!! We had our fair share of breastfeeding woes but we've been sticking it out and it truly seems to be getting better. So far Lainey likes to sleep, poop and make funny faces! Aaron and I are convinced that she is a very advanced baby as she already holds her head up when on her tummy, can respond to her name and just seems like she already has her own personality.

Many people have asked where her name came from: Lainey- basically Aaron and I made a long list of our favorite names- He added Lainey and we both just thought it fit her. At first we were thinking of Laney but I did not like the mean (a road) and wanted something a little more special. We actually both found Lainey-meaning bright light, torch, shining star- the same day and I think it was a sign that she was meant to be Miss. Lainey! Eve- I remember hearing her heartbeat for the first time and I was sort of overwhelmed with this feeling of excitement and hope. It was the exact same feeling I had the night I met Aaron. Like there was just no turning back and the future was sure to be bright. So in order to acknowledge how Lainey came to be we decided to name her Eve - in reference to the night we met- New Years Eve.

Boomer has been adjusting very well! Way better than I ever could have imagined. He absolutely adores his little sister and has been very loving and very protective of her. We couldn't be happy with how he is responding!

Well now that we seem to be getting the hang of this parenting thing I hope to be able to post more regularly to share fun stories about our little monkey! As well as some photos!!