Pictures

I'm so happy when I wake up!


Tonic is super comfy!


Mommy and Daddy said I wasn't big enough to feed everyone so they bought a turkey instead.


I think my hands are delicious so Grammy thought she'd have a taste too.


Mommy caught Daddy in bed with another woman, but it was just me!


My Baptism ceremony


In the very old cradle from Grammy's family wearing the Baptism dress Grammy and Mommy both wore.

With Melanie and Addy. We took turns looking at the camera.


With Lucas, Ryan, and Tara. Poppy caught me smiling!


With Grammy


Tara likes to hold me! Hopefully she won't think I'm annoying in 5 years.


With my Godfather, Uncle Matt

With my Godmother, Aunt Jen


With Poppy and Pop Pop


The blanket Mommy made me


My adorable bracelet from Uncle Matt.


It has my name and can be my something old when I get married.

Big Week!

We've had a pretty big week here in the Hagy household.
Thanksgiving was here last Thursday and Grammy and Poppy came in late Wednesday night. I'm pretty sure Kaida knew they were coming 'cause she was wide awake when they got here at 10pm.

Grandmom, Pop Pop, and Uncle Randy came in the afternoon and stayed for dinner. She didn't nap much all day but was pretty good while we ate dinner and then had her bath and went to bed pretty easily. I went back up once for her but that was it.

Friday JR, Grammy, Kaida, and I went to the Diaper store (Happy Baby Company) for their Black Friday sale. Luckily we were the only people in the store for most of the time we were there. And they didn't open until 10 so we didn't have to get up in the middle of the night. I guess we missed some of the door busters but we still got some pretty good deals. And we found some gifts for Kaida for Christmas.
Unfortunately her bath did not go well Friday evening. She started crying a minute or two after we put her in.

Saturday she didn't nap very much again. I think 25 minutes in the morning and then for a bit when Grammy and I took her grocery shopping with us. Her bath did not go well again Saturday night. She just started crying for no reason that we could determine. We had to power through though since she actually needed to be cleaned this time. I'm guessing she was just too tired and started having a breakdown.

Sunday we had her baptized and everyone was there! She wore the dress I wore for my baptism. We think Grammy wore it for her baptism too. It's a 60 year old dress so I was quite worried about what might happen to it. Luckily, it's still safe.
She was adorable and only cried a bit when Dr. Ruby put the water on her head. I thought she was saying "Hey! It's not bedtime, stop givng me a bath!"
We had everyone over for a little party after church and she was a trooper for all the pictures and letting people hold her. Then she passed out on Poppy for almost 2 hours.

I think that nap did her a world of good because she was fine for her bath and bedtime last night.

Today we had a family portrait taken. I think it's the first picture of the three of us together that we've actually posed for. There were some from the baptism but we're not looking at the camera and there are other people in the shots. Hopefully these come out really nice. Fingers crossed.

Tonight she loved her bath again and she's been asleep for two hours, I never had to go back up to her. Pretty exciting stuff! We'll see how the rest of the night plays out.

She's been waking up around 6 to eat and then going back to sleep until she's had 12 hours. We'll see if that keeps happening now that the excitement has died down. She just started doing that last week. It's good that she does, though, because I'm not sure she's eating often enough and this gives her an extra feeding during the day.

She is such a good baby!

3 Months!

We've started giving her a bath before bed every night. I think she wasn't getting enough of an indication that it was bed time. Since she likes the bath so much it seemed like a good idea.

She woke up at 6 this morning. But she ate and went right back to sleep for 3 more hours (actually, I woke her up). She also took several long naps too. Maybe she's just been too tired to put herself to sleep.
Tonight she was pretty good. I had to go back upstairs once but that was it.

Today we tried doing tummy time up on our lower legs. We lay on our backs and hold our legs up in the air, knees bent, and she lays on our shins. When she's on the floor she just cries the entire time. She seemed ok with being up in the air though. I think it really helped that Tonic was right there so she could grab at his tail.

Before her afternoon naps I gave her two new toys to play with. One of the rings that hooks onto other rings and giraffe on a stick. I figured she'd be able to hold on to them. She was a little cranky though so when she couldn't get or keep them in her mouth she got really angry. At least we know now that if she doesn't get what she wants she gives up and throws a fit.

She's starting to really fill out these 3 month onesies!


How many different Stillers outfits does one baby need?

Jumperoo!

Kaida loves the jumperoo!


But she's a little short yet, so she uses the phone book to help her jump.
at least that phone book is good for something!

She's starting to figure out her hands! Yesterday she reached for and got her bunny rattle.

When Tonic sits by us she reaches for him and grabs a handful of fur. She still thinks the tail is the most important part. I think she may have whacked him in the face once 'cause he's been a little bit wary.
Last night Gin came near us and Kaida reached for her but didn't get her. Gin didn't think that was cool at all and put her paw up with the intention of giving Kaida a smack if she tried it again. I told her no and she went to lay back down. We figure the cat will hit her eventually but we'd rather it be because she pulls a tail or something. So she actually deserves it.

Sleeping has been kind of rough lately. She's still sleeping around 10 or so hours at a time overnight without waking up. But getting her to go to sleep is ridiculous. Now she starts to cry as soon as you lower her into the crib. The past several nights it's taken 2 + hours to get her to go down. And she's exhausted, her cries sound tired and she's yawning the entire time.
I'm not sure if she doesn't like being left alone or what. We're going to try a bath before bedtime. Hopefully that does the trick.
Today and yesterday she fought me before her morning nap too. It only takes, maybe 10 minutes to get her down but that's 10 minutes longer than before.
I don't want to rock her to sleep because I want her to learn to fall asleep by herself. But the two hours of crying really does a number on my nerves and is exhausting.

My pretty sleeper!


I was sitting with Daddy when I just fell asleep!


I found my thumb!


Hi mom


Yeah, I know I'm cute.

What's with all the screaming?

Yesterday we were supposed to have a sitting with a photographer. We bought a groupon before Kaida was born with the intention of getting a family portrait taken after she was born. (As far as I know there are no pictures of the three of us together. If you have one let me know.)

Anyway. I gave her a bath in the morning and she loved it as usual. Then I took her out and lotioned her up. Then she started screaming bloody murder. And she didn't stop for at least a half hour. She seemed like she was in pain.

We have no idea what was wrong. Eventually I nursed her and since she couldn't scream with a boob in her mouth she calmed down. Then she slept for a while. And when she woke up she was completely fine.

Unfortunately in the meantime we cancelled the sitting. Hopefully she'll be able to re-schedule us before the groupon expires.

All Quiet on the Western Front

Get it, her room faces west...

Things are going pretty well on the sleeping front. She's been going down without much of a struggle maybe every other night. I left the tap light on by accident the other night so now I'm leaving it on every night. She went down without a peep the first night so now it's sort of a superstition. Maybe next week I'll try turning it off and see if she throws a fit about it.

I'm kind of wondering what clothes I should put her to sleep in. Since it got a little colder I've been putting her in a sleeper, then swaddling her in a flannel receiving blanket, and then swaddling her in the light swaddle me, one arm out.
It seems chilly in her room at night with the fan on but I went in there this morning after the heat had been on for a while and it actually felt hot. I mean I wear pants and long sleeves to bed and then we have a sheet and two comforters on the bed. I don't want her to over heat so I haven't been putting her in the fleece sleeper. She doesn't cry when it's hot in there or cold, so I have no clue.

She seems to be doing even better with her head. We've been putting her the opposite way in the crib and on the changing table to encourage her to turn to the left. This morning when I went to get her she was facing left. So maybe it is just a matter of preference.

She's holding her head up really well. She doesn't flop over when I sit her up on the couch or in the rocking chair. I've started flipping her over for tummy time after diaper changes. She's getting good about lifting her head up that way too. Still no upper body strength. I guess she takes after me in that respect!

Still can't get her to nap in the crib in the afternoon but she's fine in there for a morning nap. She'll sleep on us or in the swing in the afternoon. Maybe I should just pick a time and put her down to see if she'll get used to it and just start going to sleep. Trying to put her in the crib when she looks tired hasn't been working.

Welcome to Kaida's Crib

Well, the crib went a lot better last night. She spent the whole night in the nursery. It's kind of sad that she doesn't need me to sleep next to her.

She has a fan in the nursery, a night light, a tap light so I can see to change her diaper, the ocean wonders aquarium on her crib, and we took the vibrating part off the bassinet and put that in the crib too. She didn't need that last night though.

There were a couple bumps but nothing serious. She needed her diaper changed in the middle of the night for the first time in weeks. And of course while I was doing that she peed on the waterproof pad (again, for the first time in a while).

The monitor vibrated a couple times (it vibrates when she makes a louder noise) but whatever noise she made was short lived.

After sleeping in the swing downstairs from 6 to 7:45 she slept in the crib from 8:45 to 1:25, when she needed her diaper changed, and then again from 2 until 7:45. Not too shabby! She probably could have slept longer. She already had a nap this morning. Fifty minutes! It's amazing how much more I can get done in those 20 extra minutes of nap time.

Two Months Old!


The adorable Halloween tutu


She was super cute in this hoodie, the picture doesn't quite capture it.


Loving bath time!


She looks gigantic and all grown up wearing her jeans and taking up the whole bassinet


Tiny Dragon Costume


Kaida and Uncle Tim


Grammy, Poppy, Lucas, Kaida, Tara, and Ryan


Kaida and I waiting for the Trick-or-Treaters


JR and Kaida virtual trick-or-treating at Grandmom, Pop Pop, and Uncle Randy's house.