I have always loved the holiday season
and as most know, Fall is one of my favorites
(as I am absolutely obsessed with pumpkins)!
With that being said, I can say I love the holiday season
even more now that I have my daughter!
It makes me look forward to so many things like:
Pumpkin patches, trick-or-treating, harvest parties..
Decorating the christmas tree, making ornaments, and watching classic christmas cartoons.
(These are just a few things out of list of things to mention).
Even more so, the biggest thing I am looking forward to is making new traditions
with my family and watching the excitement on my daughters face
when doing these things. Although she is too little now,
I am already SO excited for next year!
The time is going to fly!
I mean my daughter is already two months old now!
It is so crazy to think that I have officially been a mom for that long.
It is still so surreal.
And when I think I couldn't love her anymore, she does something new and
exciting and I fall in love all over again, plus some!
So now you may be wondering what we have been up to this past month?!
Well...
Tegan has been growing and growing each and every day!
She now weights 11 lbs, 2 oz and is 22 1/2 inches long.
She is in the 50th percentile for both categories
and is as healthy as can be!
Earlier this month, we went on our first
road trip to surprise my old friends and coworkers up North.
Tegan did so amazing on the drive and it was such a great time seeing most everyone.
I wish it could have been a longer trip so I could have met up
with all my friends, but unfortunately we only had one night to stay.
Aside from that, October has been a pretty mellow month for us.
It has actually been really nice.
Each day Tegan and I mainly just hang out (if it isn't a run errands kind of day)..
We will usually wake up anytime around 8:30-9:30 am.
Occasionally, we are super lazy and sleep in until 10:00 am.
Once up, I get Tegan dressed for the day and we usually hang out in bed and
play, read books, or do tummy time until she is ready for her first nap.
Once back asleep, I will try to get things done around the house..
I will admit though that I am guilty of letting Tegan nap on or by me and just lounging
on the couch or catching up on some DVR.
I truly try to cherish every moment I have with her as I know it won't be long
before she won't want to nap on me at all any more.
For the rest of the day, we will continue through this cycle of feed, play, and then sleep.
Once daddy is home from work and all showered up,
she then gets daddy time while I make dinner.
It absolutely melts my heart watching the two of them interact.
When it comes to bedtime it is a fairly easy routine.
I am so lucky that Tegan never had her days and nights mixed up.
We start the process around 7:30 pm if it is a bath night, otherwise she gets her last feeding around
8:00 pm. I usually have her down and asleep in her bassinet by 8:30 pm.
The next few hours then become ME time. :)
I usually get the kitchen and dishes from dinner cleaned up,
do my workouts, and then lately I have been crafting.
Since Tegan has started going longer stretches between her nighttime feeds,
I no longer feel like I need to go to bed at 8:30 pm when she does.
Usually now I only have to get up twice to feed, which is so nice!
(around 1-2 am and then again around 5 am).
From here on out, I plan to blog at least once a month until Tegan's 1st birthday.
At that time, I then plan to have this blog published into a book
that she can keep and look back on forever.
Of course some months I will blog more when there are special occasions.
I am so thankful to have started this blog and I never imagined
I would have as many viewers as I have had.
Thank you for coming along on my journey of becoming a mom and raising my daughter Tegan.
As for Tegan, this month she has:
Discovered her voice and loves to "coo".
Makes spit bubbles nonstop.
Has found her hands and has quite the grip.
She loves to grab my hair and/or pinch me.
Licks everything and has almost given my arm a hickey a time or two.
Has gained quite a bit of neck control.
Is starting to recognized different colors and patterns,
which sometimes leads to overstimulation.
Is starting to fill out her newborn clothes and will
soon be in size 0-3 months.
