Day 31 - January 31st, 2011

Day 31 of 365.

Madeline, Jacob and I went on an adventure. We found this awesome beach/park about fifteen miles from our house, and took a nice stroll to the water. We stopped to take some pictures by the rocks, and I climbed down closer to the water and found a beach ball stuck in the crevices between the rocks.

Day 30 - January 30th, 2011

Day 30/365

She's getting so big so fast!

Day 29 - January 29th, 2011

Day 29/365.

Karma for me always swearing to never be that parent bringing their baby places in nothing but a diaper.

Maddie over-heated today, broke out in horrible heat rash and screamed until we took her clothes off. After that she had a wonderful time sitting in the shade chatting with her daddy.

Day 28 - January 28th, 2011

Day 28 of 365.

She's such a happy baby! She smiles almost all the time now, I love it!

Day 27 - January 27th, 2011

Day 27 of 365.

Brought Madeline to see Aunt Juli. It was nice to see her again - I hadn't seen her since my shower. 

Day 26 - January 26th, 2011

Day 26/365.

I did a lot today, one really had time to take a few pictures of my adorable babygirl, so here's one.

I swear she's already got her father's no-bull attitude.

Day 25 - January 25th, 2011

Day 25 of 365.

We brought Madeline to her uncle Ryan's hockey game tonight, she very much enjoyed watching all the action!

Day 24 - January 24th, 2011

Day 24 of 365.

Babygirl is getting smiley. It's kind of awesome to have her smiling when she's awake. 

Day 23 - January 23rd, 2011

Day 23 of 365.

The little one took a nap in her crib for the first time today. She really wasn't pleased with the whole idea, but she needs to learn to sleep away from us, I think.

On a side note, I spoke to a programmer friend of mine today, he is going to be helping me out with setting up a website so I can start a photography business. I'm excited.

Day 22 - January 22nd, 2011

Day 22 of 365.

Another day at the park. It was bitter cold out today, which was insane because yesterday was t-shirt weather. Madeline was stylin' in her adorable outfit from a good friend of mine out in Oregon. 

Day 21 - January 21st, 2011

Day 21/365.

I will continue to maintain the following;

1. This is the prettiest black cat you will ever see.

2. This is the poofiest shorthair cat you will ever see. 

Day 20 - January 20th, 2011

Day 20 of 365.

Just a few minutes before this photo was taken she was inconsolable.

Enter music. Significantly quieted her down, though oddly enough, she wasn't entirely calm until I played a song from a video game I used to play. Even more oddly, she's never heard that song before, because I quit playing long before she was conceived. 

Day 19 - January 19th, 2011

Day 19 of 365.

I somehow forgot to take a single photo today. Not on my phone, my point-and-shoot or on my DSLR.

This kind of makes me feel crappy, but as Jacob says "use this as motivation to keep up on it and not miss another day!"

Here's to not missing another day [I hope].

Day 18 - January 18th, 2011

Day 18 of 365.

I did not take a single photo today, so here's one of little miss and myself on the swings, courtesy of my husband.

Day 17 - January 17th, 2011

Day 17/365.

We went to the park today, I wore Madeline in the moby facing out for the first time, it was kind of awesome.

Day 16 - January 16th, 2011

Day 16 or 365.

A majority of my day today was spent traipsing through the 'woods'. I have spiders in my hair, and thorns in my shoes - but I managed to find a lonely red chair!

Day 15 - January 15th, 2011

Day 15 of 365.

Today was my daughter's one month 'birthday'. We went to the park and had a little picnic celebration, including these awesome little cupcakes! We even wore little party hats!

Day 14 - January 14th, 2011

Day 14 of 365.

The more I look at my hair, the more I like it.

It's a shame it'll only last a few weeks, if that.

Day 13 - January 13th, 2011

Day thirteen of three sixty-five.

Dyed my hair blue today. And not that 'blue-black' color I usually do. Straight up BLUE.

I'm not sure if I love it yet, I definitely like it though. And my husband keeps telling me how awesome it looks, so I'm pretty certain it will grow on me.

Day 12 - January 12th, 2011

Day 12/365.

Made colorful cakes today. First time in months. It was delicious and inspired me to dye my hair. (Probably doing so tonight if my wal-mart gift cards have money left on them!)

Day 11 - January 11th, 2011

 

Day 11/365.

My daughter and my cat had an intimate moment, today.

Day 10 - January 10th, 2011

Day 10 of 365.

I would do anything for this girl.

Day 9 - January 9th, 2011

Day 9 of 365.

I've finally managed to capture the essence of my daughter. 

Every other picture I've taken of her shows her as the typical newborn; sleepy and content or red faced and crying. It's misleading because she really spends most of her days like this. She's infinitely curious and spends the majority of her day taking in the world around her. 

She's so advanced for being only three and a half weeks old - she very rarely needs to cry, she communicates her needs to us through her face, whimpers and other sounds. She can support her head incredibly well, to the point where I almost never need to help her. She seems to already be trying to talk.

She is endlessly amazing to me.

Day 8 - January 8th, 2011

Day 8/365.

Today I found myself attractive.

Day 7 - January 7th, 2011

Day seven of 365.

We visited another park today. It was colder today than it was yesterday, but it was definitely nicer weather overall. 

Day 6 - January 6th, 2011

Day 6 out of 365.

This winter was the first time in my memory that it actually got cold enough in Florida for the leaves to change and the trees to become barren. It was beautiful at the park today, I kept thinking that it was minutes away from snowing.

Day 5 - January 5th, 2011

 

Day five of 365.

Today was peaceful, for the most part. I can never get over how perfect she is - I know every parent says that, but really? I mean, look at that face.

Day 4 - January 4th, 2011

Day four of 365

We went for a walk today, it was really nice out and we enjoyed ourselves.

Photo credit to my husband.

Day 3 - January 3rd, 2011

Day 3 of 365.

My husband and my daughter are the two most perfect people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting.

Just looking at this picture, I swear I could fall in love with them both over and over again.

Day 2 - January 2, 2011

Day two of three hundred and sixty-five.

Watched my daughter discover herself in the mirror for the first time. It was pretty awesome - as evidenced by my face in the above photo.
Thanks to my amazing husband for taking the photo.

Day 1 - January 1st, 2011

The first day of the new year was also our first 'Christmas' as parents.

Due to the fact that Madeline was in the hospital for the past two weeks, our families decided to postpone Christmas until babygirl was released - so we celebrated today.

It was a beautiful day, both at my family's and my husband's family's houses.