Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Quinn survived her first Thanksgiving dinner yesterday with her friends Brooke and Teagan...and the parents too of course!  It's so fun to have these holiday milestones with her even though she won't remember!  She behaved well so that I could make the turkey, cheesecake, and dressing...and only started crying near the end of the meal from her swing.

Ryan and Shauna also took some pictures of the 3 girls together that I can't wait to see!  Teagan is infatuated with Quinn (calls her "Baby Kin", but usually the words are run together and more like "Babykin") and it's so cute!  She saw that we could make Quinn smile by playing with her nose, so she did the same thing! So cute!

The second turkey I've ever made...so delicious!

Turtle Cheesecake...from scratch!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Another Video

This one was taken this morning of the little monkey smiling. :)

A Couple of Videos From the Past 5 and a Half Weeks

Little monkey during her first week having a hiccuping fit...she still gets these fits and it's still just as cute!

These Boots are Made for Walking

Today was a pretty gorgeous day minus the kind of cold temperature in the morning - so Quinn and I took advantage of it and went for two 1 hour walks with some friends and their kids!  This morning we took a burn around Carelton with Shauna (with Teagan and Brooke) and Vanessa (with Lydia).  After that walk we headed to Shauna's to relax and have some lunch before heading toward home to go for a walk with Carole (with Alex) and Sue (with Anne).  Great day with friends and Quinn was pretty well behaved except for needing a mid-walk-park-bench-poopy-diaper-change.  I'm so glad that she likes to go for walks and be in the car and that she can sleep in her carrier!

All bundled up

Her warm suits are still all too big, so this is the closest we can get!

Princess and the Pea

Turns out that Quinn is really what fair tales are made of! Our theory about her not liking to sleep on harder surfaces was bang on! Since we added a little more padding with a thicker blanket to her bassinet, she has been sleeping in it at night now! What a munchkin.

Yesterday Quinn went to her first movie - and her "first date" with Baby Alex. He wore jeans for the occasion and Quinn wore sweats haha. Both of them slept through the movie with the exception of a feeding. Was a great experience though! There were a lot of moms (and some dads) there with their babies. The theatre had tables set up with diapers, wipes, creams, and change pads, and there was "stroller parking" along the outside wall of the individual theater. Too cool!

After the movie we headed to Auntie Linds' to meet up for a walk. Quinn decided that she was a little hungry again, so I fed her. Then when it was time to burp her, she let out a burp...but I was followed by her projectile spitting up the entire contents of her little belly all over my lap and the couch. Poor monkey! But then she calmed down instantly and got dopey eyed to fall asleep. I guess even as a baby the pattern of "drink too much-throw up-instantly sleep" can start!

1 Month Check-Up A Success!

Today Quinn had her 1 month check-up with her doctor and passed with flying colours!  She weighs 9 lbs 3 oz (which is average for her age) and measures 22" (which is in the 75th percentile!!).  She also didn't pee on the scale this time, so that was a bonus!  The doctor was running a touch late and it was around Quinn's feeding time, so it was then that I really realized how convenient nursing is!  We were in the exam room, so it was even easier because I didn't need to use my "Hooter Hider" (or "Udder Cover").  The greatest inventions ever - it's really something that kind of looks like an apron.  It has an adjustable strap for around your neck and a plastic strip along the top edge so that you can actually see what you're doing and have some eye contact with your baby!  Greatest inventions ever for nursing in public!

Yay for playpen naps!

The challenge continues for getting Quinn to sleep in her bassinet.  The last couple of nights she has only managed to lay in it for about 45 minutes before crying...so I'm trying to get her to lay on her back to sleep in any of her contraptions...right now she's asleep in the playpen even though she wasn't completely zonked out before laying down.  Success on that front!  I think that she feels the bassinet is too hard for her, so we've tried to cushion it a little bit since she sleeps well in her swing, playpen, in the mamaroo and on a blanket on the couch next to us.  Since all those things are cushier, that's the conclusion that I've come to!

Rainy Days and Mondays

It seems that all it is doing here lately is raining! Which doesn't help so much when you want to use walking as a way to lose the baby weight and the weather is rapidly turning colder...if I wasn't feeling so lazy today, I'd pack Quinn in the car and go for a walk around the mall or something. But, I've decided to have a lazy day in with the Munchkin.

Yesterday was a fun but busy day! First, Quinn and I went to our friend Shauna's house for "Cupcake Sunday". Basically we organized an outing for all the moms and babies to get to know each other while making delicious treats! It all seemed to go quite well - there were a total of 7 little ones (ages 1 month to almost 3 years old) and 5 moms there. Quinn was pretty well behaved...she wanted to stay up the whole time and be a part of it all! After cupcakes, we picked Steve up from squash and went to Kent and Erin's for a delicious (and this time water-breaking-free) dinner. Can't complain!

Today we're expecting a visit this afternoon from another one of our friends who has yet to meet our Quinn...the only thing on the to-do list is to shower before she gets here!