Ahnika Rose

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One Month...

Wow I can't believe it's been a month since my baby was born. Tomorrow at 8:56 pm Ahnika will be 1 month old. Time flies by when you are having fun and not much sleep! ;) We have been enjoying our time with our sweet little girl. Yes we have had many rough and sleepless nights but it's getting better and she is worth it. This past month she has had two photo shoots and the pictures turned out beautifully. At 2 weeks Jeb started feeding her at bedtime, she is doing great with taking a bottle. Which is so great, it gives Jeb some special daddy daughter time and when we want to go out on dates whoever watches her can feed her. Her umbilical cord fell off at about 2 1/2 weeks, she smiles lots and holds her head up really well during tummy time and when you hold her upright against your chest. I believe she recognizes mommy and daddy's voices, when we talk to her she will turn towards the sound of our voices. She likes when I play the piano so I am trying to play it more often. She is such a beautiful baby we still can't believe the Lord entrusted her to us. We love our little girl so much and are grateful that we are able to be her parents and pray that we can do a good job at raising her.

We are grateful for all of our family members and friends who come visit and help us. We try to express our gratitude but want to say Thank you again to our amazing family! Thank you Mom for helping me clean our house and letting me take naps and run errands when I need to!!
We love you all!

Newborn pictures!

Our good friend Laurel took her newborn pictures when she was a week old. They turned out soooo cute!!

Pictures!

Sorry for the lack of pictures! I was going to try and keep the blog updated! Here are just a few, we are going to put most of the pictures on our private blog and not a lot on this blog so if you would like an invite to our private blog let me know!

My baby!

I can't believe my baby is a week and a half old. Time sure flies by when you're having fun and learning how to be the mother of a newborn! Jeb and I sure love her to pieces and are grateful Heavenly Father entrusted her to us. She is so sweet and is a happy baby. Each day I feel better and don't hurt as bad and can do more around the house and I am starting to feel like life is normalizing (i hope that's a word). I'm sure it will take a while to feel like we have a good routine in place. I sure love my sweet little girl, it's crazy how quickly you fall in love with your child. Today she has been sleeping a lot but i've been trying to wake her up every 2 to 3 hours so that we can get into a good routine and she can eventually sleep through the night. I sure love watching Jeb with her! He is so cute with his little girl. They will be great friends when she gets older. She loves to snuggle up to him (especially since he is so warm!)


Thank you to everyone for your help and love!! We appreciate what everyone has done for us. Especially our parents!! Thanks to my mom too for all of her help this past week she sure has done alot!
We love you all!

Update on Ahnika!

Ahnika is the best baby ever! But i'm her mom so i may be a little biased! No but she really is a good baby. She doesn't like having her bum changed cause she doesn't like to be cold. She's been eating great and of course sleeps alot but also likes to have cuddle time and will be wide awake. I love it when I feed her and she is wide awake and looks at me!! I wonder what babies think and dream. (sorry random thought) She smiles alot and is the cutest little thing ever. Jeb and I have been having lots of fun with her. The first night home I had to wake her up twice to feed and change her, the second night was a little rough we think she got cold. :( But she really only woke up a few times. Last night was better. She woke up about every 3 hours, ate and went back to bed. We both are a little sleep deprived but are starting to get into a routine. Jeb has been a ton of help and loves his little girl! It sure is fun to watch him with her. I love snuggling her and i love how cuddly she is after she eats!! We gave her, her first bath last night. She didn't really like the bath part (as mentioned before) she hates being naked and cold. But she loved getting her hair washed and brushed!! Her hair is so pretty and soft! We are so grateful to be her parents and are so grateful that she has such a sweet spirit and is so good!

Thank you to all of our family members and friends for all of their help this past week! Everyone has been so helpful and excited for us! Thank you everyone especially our families and all of those that have brought us breakfast, lunch and dinner! We love and appreciate everyone!!
Oh and my friend Kelly made a comment on the last post asking if the "a" in Ahnika is a soft a like awesome or and. The "A" is pronounce like the "a" in awesome.

We are home!

We got home today and are so excited to have her in our lives! We named her Ahnika Rose Ingram! (You pronounce it with a soft a, ah-ni-ka) She is so precious and is doing great! We can't believe we have such a beautiful little girl in our lives! She is going to be so much fun! Thank you to everyone for your comments and especially to Jeb, my mom, dad, Jeb's parents and all of our sibilings for your love, support and help. Jeb and my Mom helped me so much during labor, the birth, and afterwards. Thank you Jeb for being there every minute to care for me and Ahnika! I really felt cared for by Jeb and mom and everyone! Our stay at the hospital was great, the nurses were very helpful and kind.

We are excited for this new experience and hope to be good parents! Hopefully we can get some sleep!

Speaking of that I am off to bed. I will write more tomorrow.