6 Weeks old!

Today Skylar celebrated her 6 week birthday with her first round of shots, yuck! Poor Skylar, her eyes went wide & she let out a shreeking scream.... I think it was just as hard on her mommy watching.

Other than the shots, it was a good doctors visit. Skylar weighed in at 7lbs. and almost 20 inches. Her dad is so proud & says "she is getting to be such a big girl!"

Here are a few pictures from the week.

Snuggling with Nana
My auntie Rachel & cousin Lilly came to visit
Story time with Mommy
Me and the sisters golfing at Cascata for my dad's 60th Birthday

Skylar's first week home!

Even though there was some lack of sleep for mommy & daddy, it was a fabulous fist week! It was fun getting aquainted with nana, my aunts, the cousins & other visitors that came to see us. Skylar spent the week mowing down her food & sleeping with the few wake times caught below.... we can't wait to see how much she weighs at her pediatrician appointment next week.

Here are a few cute moments caught on film...

Lots of snuggle time with Daddy.

After a Bath...

Visits from mommy's best friends Stephine & Carrie

Home at Last, one month Birthday today!

After nearly 4 weeks in the hospital, Skylar is finally home! It's been a long tough road for mommy, daddy, & baby, but we are content to finally have quite alone moments together. She is enjoying life at home, just eating, pooping, and sleeping...typical baby stuff:)

Dave & I took turns holding Skylar all afternoon on her first day home, we had to make up for lost time & didn't want to put her down.

Skylar is one month old today. She had her first doctors appointment Monday & is almost 6 pounds & 19 inches now, what a big girl!

First time in my swing, daddy took this silly picture, he says I look "gangsta".

Tummy time, I can already lift my head!

So cozy at home in my own bed.

It's been a crazy few weeks!!

The last few weeks have been some of the scariest & most wonderful of my life!

If you were keeping track of my pregnancy, you probably figured out baby Skylar was 8 weeks early. Long story short, at just 31 weeks I went into pre-term labor, after a few days in the hospital, the doctors sent me home on heavy medication bedrest. At 32 weeks & 3 days (6-16-09) I went into labor again, this time there was no stopping it, Skylar was ready to come into the world.

She came out crying & needed no oxygen support, which is amazing for a baby of her age. Still, because Skylar was so small & born at such an early gestation, she has had to stay in the hospital NICU the last few weeks. She is doing great & all the doctors are impressed with her progress, we hope to have her home in the next 2 weeks. It has been difficult not being able to spend every waking moment with your newborn, even though we travel back & forth to the hospital to see her several times a day. She is already so loved & Dave & I can't wait to have our baby girl home.

Below are a few updated pictures of Skylar, now almost 5 lbs. she is so awesome, it's crazy we now have our own little family! I also wanted to include a few pictures from the beautiful baby showers I had in Colorado & Las Vegas....I never got a chance to post these before Skylar arrived since I went into labor the day after my Vegas baby shower!!

Colorado Baby Shower

Las Vegas Baby Shower

Me, my mom, sisters & little Lilly

Erin, Dave & all the wonderful gifts!

The last days of pregnancy...(no that's not my beer, just a convenient shelf for Dave!:)