One month old!!

Today I turned one month old! My Aunt Kristen bought me these cool stickers to use for my monthly photos. You can get some of your own at http://www.stickybellies.com/ My parents can hardly believe that they survived their first month. Mommy says that it has been the most challenging, but best, month of her whole life. We have been so lucky to have the extra help from grandmas and grandpas the past four weeks. We're all a little nervous about the next month as it will just be mommy, daddy and me. Here's what has been happening around here:

• During the night, I can go for about 4 hours between feedings...a couple times I have gone longer than 5 hours but not a regular occurence yet.



• I weigh 9 pounds, 11 ounces



• I made my first trip to mom and dad's favorite Mexican food restaurant, Rio Mambo - I slept the whole time - I loved the noise!



• If I have a choice between being held and entertaining myself, I prefer to be held. Mom calls me high maintenance, whatever that means.



• Dad has watched me twice all by himself, one time I cried the whole time and one time I slept the whole time. He is doing a great job.
  

Here are some pictures...enjoy!!

Newborn Pics

I just got Grayson's newborn pictures back which we had done when she was just 6 days old. It already seems like such a long time ago when she was so sleepy and small! We had the pictures done by Erin at Splendor Photography (http://www.splendorphotography.net/). She did an amazing job...thanks Erin!! Here is the link to see them all: (a couple of my favorites are below)

https://picasaweb.google.com/Michelepolanski/NewbornPics?authkey=Gv1sRgCPfc7LHYzaCk3gE

Time flies when you're having fun...

Well, Grayson's 3 week birthday came and went and I totally missed the blog update. It's scary how fast the weeks seem to be flying by. Each day still seems to blend into the next and most days, I have to think twice about what day of the week it is. Today is Tuesday and I cannot believe that my baby will be one month old on Saturday! We have had lots of very important visitors in July including all of Grayson's grandparents and her Aunt Kristen from Michigan. Aunt Jaime is busy in Georgia with a newborn of her own (I know, what timing!). Grayson continues to grow and change everyday. She's kind of unpredictable sometimes sailing through the whole day as happy as can be and other days being more on the fussy side. She keeps us on our toes to say the very least. Here are some pictures from the last week.
3 weeks and 2 days old!

Grandma Angel and Grandpa Wayne

Grandma Kathy and Grandpa John

Polanski Family Picture and Aunt Kristen

Happy Two Week Birthday to Grayson!

Today I turned two weeks old! I marked the milestone with a trip to see Dr. Hayward. The big news out of the appointment was that I am up to 8 pounds, 1 oz, almost a full pound above my birth weight, so even though breast feeding has been kind of tough on mom, she is doing a great job and making sure that I have plenty to eat! Mom decided that to commemorate the day I should put on one of my party dresses that Uncle Len, Aunt Gail and cousin Candace sent me. We took a bath first, then I was very alert for my photo shoot. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Here are some highlights from my second week:

• Everyone thinks I am very alert for a baby my age - I have skipped a couple naps already because there is just too much to take in and check out!


• I am still not a huge fan of the bassinet, I prefer to sleep in my newborn napper. Mom tries to sneak in a couple bassient sleeping sessions each day.


• Diaper changing is getting slightly less traumatic -- I only wail about 50% of the time now!

2 weeks old today!

I love looking out the window!

There is so much to see outside...I wish it weren't so hot - it's the 2nd hottest summer on record here!

Mommy asked Grandma to take a picture with her in it since she was actually wearing make up today! And then Grandma got a picture with me.

One Week Old

Happy 1 week birthday Grayson Marie! The past week has been a blur for your dad and I, but although the past seven days and nights all seem to run together, we have loved every minute of it. Each hour that passes you reveal a little bit more of your personality, giving us little glimpses into who you are going to become. Here are a few highlights of your first week:

• Due to a blood type incompatibility between you and I, you developed jaundice within 12 hours of being born. Luckily, the great doctors and nurses at the hospital knew to look for it and were able to treat it before it got out of control. You only had to spend about 36 hours "under the lights" before you were cleared to go home.
  


• I have been averaging about 3 1/2 hours of sleep throughout the night. I try to make some of it up with two daily naps (or "mini comas" as I like to call them). We refer to the hours between 12 and 3 am as the "witching hour" as you seem to have the most difficult time sleeping during that period of time



• Nursing has been SO challenging in SO many ways but every time you look up at me, satisfied after a feeding, it makes all of the pain, soreness and emotional angst melt away and is replaced with just utter love for doing the best thing possible for you.
  


• You hate having your diaper changed - 90% of the time you wail - the other 10% you are normally still sleeping so don't realize what is going on. (once you figure it out, you wail)



• You went on your first outing withou even realizing it. We managed to take you to the Killeen's house for a wedding shower and back home again all without you even waking up or leaving your carseat.



• You had your first photo shoot - newborn photos! The shoot ended up taking 4 hours and involved two feedings, four wardrobe changes, one location change and lots of crying, pooping and peeing. Boy, it wore me out, but based on the sneak peak I got of the pictures, I know it was worth it.

We can't wait to see what week 2 will hold!
First time in your swing - I think the jury is still out on this one!

Early morning nap.

Sneak peak of newborn photo shoot!

First 4th of July

The big highlight of our Independence Day was getting Grayson fixed up in her 4th of July onesie and taking some pictures! (how much things change with a baby at home!) Up until the 4th, she hadn't spent more than a few minutes at a time awake. However, this afternoon she spent almost a 2 hour stretch awake and alert. It was fun to see her looking around and checking everything out for the first time.

1st Bath

After a couple days at home, we decided it was time to take the plunge and give Grayson her first at home bath. Although she doesn't look too happy in some of these pictures, she actually didn't seem to mind it too much. We took this to mean she is going to love the water....we can't wait until next year when we can start taking her to the pool!