Can we please make time slow down??

I can't believe our baby girl is 8 weeks old!! That went by WAY too fast for me. It makes me sad that Sienna is growing out of her newborn clothes. I tell her everyday that she can't grow anymore...she doesn't listen. She's already starting to disobey her mother! It's been so much fun being a mommy and parenting with Garth. He is an amazing father, it came so naturally to him. He deserves an award because he wakes up every night to change her diaper before I feed her. After he went back to work, I thought that would stop, but he told me to wake him up because he wants to do it and says he loves his time with her during the night. How sweet is that? He loves her so much and I love watching him be a daddy.

I don't know how it's possible, but I swear I fall more and more in love with her everyday. She is a lot more alert now and is smiling all the time. Every time she's awake, I spend my time trying to make her smile by singing silly songs and making silly faces. It's amazing what you'll do for a gummy smile!

Sienna just discovered her hand this week and it is hilarious to watch. She will sit and stare at her right fist for several minutes at a time. Her left hand is flailing about, but she is focused on her right hand and will bring it close to her face and then move it away from her. I have captured it on video, but I need to get a picture though!

This week, she made the big bold move from the co-sleeper next to our bed to her crib in her own room! She's growing up (sigh)! It was probably more difficult for me than it was for her. She's doing great. I was just so used to reaching over and feeling her chest to make sure she was breathing, looking at her sleep during the night, and attending to her when she'd be fussy or make any noise. I have to say, technology does make it easier, thanks to our video monitor! I can easily check on her with a click of an "off/on" button! It is a lot of fun to watch her in the middle of the night. After her 4ish feeding, I'll put her back in her crib, go back to my own bed and watch her on the monitor. She lays there all content, looking around, and sometimes talking to herself. So precious!!

Anyways, once we have our 2 month doctor apt. next week, I'll update you on her stats...I am guessing she's around 10 lbs. already! In the meantime, here are some pictures from the month of October. She grew so much in a month!

Daddy rocking Sienna to sleep (Colby always lays next to us on the chair)

Sienna looking at her daddy

Smiles!!! Does that not melt your heart??

little bum and leg rolls

beautiful baby

Sienna's first trip to the pumpkin patch!

Family time at the pumpkin patch

Daddy and Sienna taking a nap

Sienna checking out the Colbster

Spooky Skeletons-Dottie, Finn, and Sienna

Fun family time!

1 month

We can't believe Sienna is a month old already! She has blessed our lives in so many ways and we can't imagine our lives without her. She makes us smile and laugh all day. We just hold her and stare at her, thinking how lucky we are! She's so beautiful and sweet. Sienna's also been a very mellow baby so far and she's been a good sleeper- she sleeps between 5-6 hours at night. YAY!! Here are some recent pictures of our baby girl.

beautiful girl

bitty baby feet

Fun with Erin, Shannon, and their daughters

my mom, "grandma," and I with Sienna

Garth's mom, "Nana," with Sienna

sleeping baby

Newborn Pictures

Here is a link to a slideshow of Sienna's newborn pictures. We're blessed with several friends that have their own photography business. These were taken by Erin and Kelley from Studio 317. We love them!!

Make sure to have the speakers turned on because it's set to a song. When I first watched this, it made me cry, not only because they're beautiful pictures, but because I always sing this song to her and it happened to be the song in the background :).

http://www.studio317photo.com/sienna/

First 2 weeks

Introducing Sienna to Colby

Colby didn't seem too interested in Sienna. After he sniffed her, he just went about his daily life in our home. He still isn't that interested in her. However, when she is crying, he gives me a look, like "can you please stop that??" (I don't know why this is underlined, it won't let me undo it!)

Baby girl

How cute is this little one??

Mommy, Sienna, and Colby taking a nap

Here at the Gipson household, we've gotten used to family naps. We love them!

Sienna's first bath

Sienna lost her umbilical cord after about a week and a half. Now she gets real baths instead of sponge baths on the counter! Yay! Sienna seems to enjoy bath time so far. She likes sitting in the nice warm water. She doesn't like me rinsing her hair, however. She doesn't mind when we wash it, but boy does she get fired up when I rinse out the shampoo! The other day she had her first blow-out in the tub. I knew it would happen at some point, but it was on her 3rd bath! Thanks for that one little girl! Good times...

Sleeping with daddy

Sienna loves cuddling with us. She loves to sleep on our chests and we love it too! She is often found sleeping on daddy during football games.

Helping mommy with the dishes

I LOVE my Moby Wrap. This is the most comfortable baby carrier (I guess I haven't tried any other ones!). Sienna absolutely loves it and I can carry her around when I'm doing things in the house or when I'm going on any errands. It is perfect when we've had to go somewhere, that way no one touches her and she sleeps perfectly, all cuddled up. I definitely recommend this to anyone who has a little baby or is pregnant!

4 generations

My grandparents were in town and my grandma really wanted a picture of the 4 generations. How neat to have this picture!

Ready for her first weekend walk

We went on a walk this weekend and it reminded me that fall is coming soon! It was a beautiful, sunny day, with a slight breeze that felt amazing. It made me so excited for more family walks in the future and for Fall that is sneaking up on us :).

Welcome Sienna Grace

It's been one week since Sienna has entered our lives and we are completely in love with her. We already can't imagine life without her. We stare at her constantly, we hug and kiss her non-stop, and we think every facial expression, every noise, and every unintended smile are just amazing!

Sienna was a timely girl, born on her due date-Sept. 2, 2010. The day before she was born (Wed., Sept.1st), we had a doctor appointment and since I was still at 4cm, 90 effaced, the doctor asked if we wanted to wait around for her to come on her own time or if we wanted to be induced. I was ready to be induced and to meet our little pink bundle! So she scheduled us to be induced on Thurs. morning at 6am. As we were leaving the doctor's office, Garth looked at me and said, "Now I bet you'll go into labor tonight, you just watch."

Low and behold, that night we were at my parents having dinner and I started having contractions. They weren't too bad, but some were pretty uncomfortable. They started to be more regular, but I could still talk through them and continue what I was doing, so I thought they were just false labor contractions. It felt more like cramps than anything else.

We went home around 9:30ish and by 11 I was having real contractions. Now I know what they feel like!! Wow did they hurt! I couldn't talk, couldn't walk, and they made me want to throw up at every contraction. We started timing them and at 12:30 we ended up going to the hospital where they admitted me. Garth was right!

After a few hours of experiencing contractions, I ended up getting an epidural, which was the best decision I made. My doctor broke my water the next morning around 7:30 and at 11:54 am, Sienna Grace Gipson entered the world. She was 7 lbs. 10 oz., 19 inches long.

She is the most beautiful baby girl and we feel so blessed that God brought her into our lives.

A few minutes after Sienna was born. She was so alert!

Our new family!

Beautiful girl

With her daddy after her first sponge bath at home

cuddling with mommy

first car ride home-she's so itty bitty in that car seat

Continue to check back for updates on our new precious little girl!

Yes, I'm still pregnant

I definitely thought I would have this baby girl by now! I seemed to be making so much progress. I am 3 cm dilated and 80% effaced!! Dr. thought I would have the baby last weekend, but did that happen? No :(

I am bummed and have (multiple) daily talks with our little one about all the people who are anxiously waiting to meet her, especially her mommy and daddy. I know people say the longer she's inside, the better...yeah, yeah, yeah. She's only 2 days away from her due date and she'll be just fine if she makes her appearance a little early!

We have a dr. appointment tomorrow and so we'll see what she says. Last week she told us that if our little bundle hadn't arrived by our next appointment, that we'll find a day to induce me. So we'll see what she says tomorrow. I'm hoping our pink bundle will arrive by this weekend!!

So here's to even more walking, swimming, going up and down the stairs over and over...anything to meet this little one! We're ready!

While we're all waiting for this baby, here are a few pictures of her nursery...it's just missing a baby!

Our nursery...her name will go over the crib

I love our baby bumper! I bought the fabric online and my best friend's mom made it for me! She is so talented. How cute are these little birds?? The swirls and flowers are an eggplant purple color, which matches the bedskirt!

Awesome fabric balls made by Jenny!! They were hanging from the trees at my baby shower, so we brought them into the nursery. We love them!

the bay window and our super comfy swivel-glider

Super comfy chair where we will hold and rock our baby. We will also read her many, many stories here!

changing table and the french bulletin board I made that matches her crib bumper

Last but not least, here I am at a full bellied 39.5 weeks pregnant! Beware, big belly approaching...

Alright baby girl...bags are packed, nursery is ready, car seat is in. We are just waiting on you!!

Maternity Pictures

Our friends Jenny and Evan are not only amazing friends, but they are fantastic photographers. They have a photography business, Houndstooth and Caroline, and they did our maternity shots. This is me at almost 35 weeks. We had so much fun doing this shoot and can't wait to do more in the future with our little girl! We have so many pictures to choose from, but I thought I'd just put some of them up for you to see :)