17 weeks

Well, this past week we spent our time in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. It was so much fun. We had a blast. Below are a few of the pictures I had on my phone from our trip.
Our little angel got to stay up late on Friday night to see her Auntie Katie and Uncle Todders. This is a picture from our dinner at Applebees. This was the first time Auntie Katie got to hold her since she was about 2 weeks old. So, it was a big deal, and a lot of fun!!
I borrowed a wrap from a friend of mine. It was a total blast wearing my baby around Myrtle Beach. Not to mention, she LOVED IT!! Auntie Katie wore her around downtown Wilmington, NC. I'm not gonna lie, she was so stinkin cute! Auntie Katie zipped her up in her sweat shirt, so all that was hanging out was her head and feet. (picture to come) All the friends, and family wanted to get in on the fun too... including Aunt Kimmee... so we wrapped her up with the baby. Even though the picture above shows my mom holding on to Kimmee's leg, we had her just right, so Anna could hold Kimmee without help. Kimmee loved it!!
Miss Tuck got to have her share of baby time!! Obviously, this was taken on Anna's first Easter! We had fun with you Jess!
And of course, Grandma had a lot of fun at the Carter's, and Children's Place outlets. As you can see, Grandma thought Anna needed her first pair of sunglasses. And what little diva wouldn't need/want sunglasses?!
Anna also experienced her first baseball game. That day (Thursday) Anna was extremely tired. So it was rare to get an eye-open shot. But here she is snuggling with Auntie Katie.
Then Miss Tuck got to hold our little giraffe. She slept for most of the game in her arms. They both stayed nice and warm.
I enjoyed wearing my baby around in the Gypsy Mama wrap. She liked it too. After she fell asleep while we were shopping, we turned her around and she just nuzzled on in to me, and slept for quite some time. Sooo cute!
The best part of the vacation is that Daddy got to come with us. This year we added 3 newcomers to our family trip. We had Anna, Jeremy and Uncle Todd. It was so much fun having our newbies join us. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way!

As far as other stats go... here's the low down on our little princess.

Hands. Hands. Hands! She has found her hands, and they are constantly in her mouth being sucked on. Sometimes it's 1 hand/fist, other times it's a few fingers. Sometimes she tries to get both fists in there... hasn't worked so well for her.

Anna has been sleeping ok. I was pleasantly surprised that she slept so well on vacation. We put her pack n play in the walk-in closet in the master bedroom (where we stayed), and it was really dark. We put a night light in there, put the bathroom fan on, and it was goooood sleeping. We had a treat one day this week in that Auntie Katie had her first slumber party with Anna and kept her in her room over night. It was glorious sleep that night, and she didn't do too badly for Katie either. The vacation did mess up her nap schedule... she used to take a 2-4 hour nap in the afternoon... now she takes a couple 1-1.5 hour naps during the day. She did do a lot of napping in her pack n play on vacation... so I'm hoping that will mean she'll start taking naps in her crib at home... or at least in the pack n play. We're working on it. She still likes to be swaddled when she sleeps.

She is still in size 2 diapers,and 0-3 month clothes. However, we are on the tail end of that clothing size. I'm sure we could start transitioning her out of the 0-3, and into 3-6 very soon. We're just at the awkward sizing... some are a little snug, some are a little big still. Onesies tend to be more snug than her pants. So, we may be in 3-6 onesies long before we're in 3-6 pants.

Anna is still eating every 2-3 hours during the day. At night, she'll usually eat sometime between 9:30-11:30, and go down after that feeding. Then she'll wake up somewhere between 3-6am to eat. Last night she woke up at 3 ate, and then slept til 9. So, at least we're sleeping a little later in the morning too! That just started on our vacation too.

One of my favorite developments this past week is still laughing! We've gotten more laughs this past week than ever before. It is so much fun!! I could listen to that sweet little giggle ALL DAY LONG!! The funny thing is there isn't 1 particular trigger that will get her to laugh... one day it's "this" thing, and if you try it the next day, it may make her cry, or stare at you... hehehe... and then it's something else that makes her giggle. I love it! It's so much fun!!

Well, I'm going to try to get some rest as well, since she is sleeping now.

Thanks for checking in on us... I am going to try to put the pictures from my camera on here in the next few days as well!