3 weeks old

Kirkland is now holding her head up and looking all around like a big girl!! Her little head still flops, but she's gotten a lot stronger just since last week.

She eats like a champ and we just bumped her up to 4 ounces per feed and she sucks the bottle dry! On average she goes 4 to 5 hours in between feeds unless she awake and she'll want a bottle as soon as 2 hours. I claim all the eating on the growth spurt that I was told she goes through at 3 weeks, as well as at 6 and 12 weeks.

Today she smiled!! Not just a gas smile, but she really smiled. First, she smiled at her daddy because he was being silly and I swear it looked like she was going to burst out with laughter! Then my mom said she did the same thing to her when she was talking to her and she did the same thing to me when I was playing with her and sticking out my tongue. It's seriously the sweetest thing ever and I could just eat those little chipmunk cheeks!

Her attention span seems to be increasing because now she lays under her play gym a little longer staring and trying to talk to her toys. Just recently she's started swatting at one that hangs down really low. I can't tell if she's meaning to or if it's just because she's excited and moving her arm and hitting it, but when she hits it, it's like she has this amazed look on her face.

She's trying so hard to coo and make baby sounds. She's getting there and making some new noises, especially when someone's talking and playing with her.

We're about to outgrow newborn clothes! She's getting so long and filling out that it won't be but maying another week or two before she's able to wear her 0-3 month clothes and have them actually fit.

She's so sweet and cuddly, but a little impatient, especially when it comes to her bottle. Jordon and I have a routine down that we can do in our sleep (and sometimes we end up doing it in our sleep) where I'm in charge of diaper changing and he starts the bottle warming process so it's usually done by the time we get a dry hinny. I have to admit that we were a good team before Kirkland, but we're a heck of a team now!

She keeps us busy and on our toes, but I don't even remember what it was like when she wasn't here. I love being this sweet baby's mommy and I love spending time with her...even at 1am feeds when she thinks it's time to stay up and play. The only thing I dislike the the fact that I feel like she's growing up too fast and she's only 3 weeks old!

2 weeks

We're very lucky that Kirkland is such a sweet baby. She had a little bout with jaundice right after she came home, but she's completely healthy now.

For her first peditrician's appointment she weighed 6 lbs, 14.5 oz and when we went back a couple days later to have her billirubin level checked she had gotten back to her birth weight of 7 lbs, 2 oz.

She doesn't cry very much...only when she's wet or hungry and occassionally when she's really tired and just can't get to sleep on her own.

She's doing very well with sleeping at night. She's gotten to 3 to 3.5 hours in between feeds so we actually get a couple of hours of sleep. She's also doing really well with her feeds and she drinks about 3 oz of formula each time. (We're still working on the breast milk deal, but we'll get there eventually.)

She's able to get herself to sleep when we lay her in her crib and she's not fully asleep. Otherwise, she'll just lay there and check out her surroundings.

She's seriously the sweetest little thing!

Welcome Baby Kirkland

She's finally here!

Audrey Kirkland Atkinson made her appearance on October 29 at 4:53pm. She weighed 7 lbs, 2 oz and was 19 inches long.

Jordon was right with his prediction that she'd be a Halloween baby...and she did get to come home on Halloween!

We have lots and lots of pictures of her. So many that I can't upload them all here, but they're on my Facebook page.

Updates to follow!