Smiling and Cooing

We've had an eventful week with Noelle! She has already begun to coo and smile!! There is nothing better than seeing that huge smile and knowing it's not because of gas! Haha. I've tried to capture the huge smiles, but haven't been successful. There are a few "grin" pictures in her 5-week album, but hopefully I'll get a real big smile pic soon!

Getting bigger

Noelle had her 1-month doctor appointment this past Monday and she is already weighing in at 10lbs. 7oz and has grown an inch and a half! Both her height and weight put her in the 90th percentile....haha! She is a big, healthy baby girl! Everything else looks great as well.

We had a rough start to the week with Noelle being very gassy and extremely fussy...but then there was Mylicon! :) I love this drug and it seems to help her pretty quickly. Let's cross our fingers that it continues to work for her.

Great Weekend

We had a fantastic weekend! First of all, Noelle finally got to meet Uncle Dave, Aunt J and Mia and she absolutely LOVES them! :) Mia was so sweet with Noelle and gave her lots of kisses on the head. Mia is so adorable and is really growing up to be a big girl. We really enjoyed our visit with them. Thanks for coming in town!

We also baptized Noelle this weekend. The ceremony was very special to us as my grandfather, PopPop, was able to baptize Noelle - how amazing is that! :) Thanks to all of you who were able to come and share with us that special day. Noelle is so loved and we are so fortunate to have such great friends and family surrounding her. Also a special thanks to Noelle's Godparents - Uncle Dave and Nannie Annie. You are both such great people and we are honored for you guys to play such an important role in Noelle's life. We love you!!

And today was another great day. First, I was able to sleep for 5 hours straight last night!! This was a HUGE treat - as it was by far the longest I've slept in a row since Noelle's arrival. And then she even took a nap with me this afternoon. She really has been such a good baby and we are so fortunate. We're enjoying every second of her!

Noelle's first photoshoot

Noelle is now 3 weeks old and is doing absolutely wonderful! We don't have anything to compare her to, but we think she's a pretty good baby for the most part! We are absolutely loving every second of her and can't stop staring....who would have thought that newborns could be so interesting! haha.

So Noelle had her very first photoshoot last weekend. Eryn Laviolette with E Photography and Design did them and they turned out great! Check out her website at www.ephotographyanddesign.com I've posted the pics in our album. Noelle was quite the fussy baby that day and didn't really like that I was making her pose naked in several different positions...haha...but Eryn still managed to capture some great ones. Thanks Eryn for being so patient!

Noelle is here!

Hey everyone! Well I'm so sorry it's been so long since I've written. Noelle Elizabeth McGrew was born on Tuesday, 7/6/10 at 8:42 am. She weighed 8lbs. 9oz. and was 21.06 inches long - that's right -a big, healthy baby! :) She is an absolute angel and we are so in love with her. So far, she has been a pretty good baby. She usually only gets really loud when she's hungry - but so do I - so I can't say that I blame her! Thanks to all of you for coming by to meet her, for the flowers, delicious meals and extra hands! We couldn't do this without you!

Noelle has been to her first doctor's appointment and all is well. We even took her to church for the first time today and she slept the entire time! She had her first photo shoot yesterday, but was pretty fussy for the majority of the time. But hopefully we managed to get a few good newborn pictures. I'll post those once I get them, but for now I have updated a few in the album. Hope you enjoy!

It's finally time!

Travis and I will be headed to the hospital this evening to be admitted. They will start inducing early in the morning! Please pray for an easy and quick delivery of a healthy baby girl!! We will keep you updated! :)

5 more days!!

Sorry I haven't given an update in a couple of weeks. So, my blood pressure was pretty high last week, so doc told me no more work and to reduce my stress level as much as possible. So I've been working from home since then, and blood pressure has gone down a little bit, but it's still on the high side. They also estimate that Miss Noelle weighs about 8lbs as of last week, which is on the high side as well. When I went to doc this week, I still hadn't dilated at all. But since my bp is still on the high side and because of her weight, they will induce Tuesday if she hasn't arrived by then. We have our orders to go to the hospital at 8:00 on Monday night to start the process! :) We are just so excited to meet our baby girl! All I want to do is hold her, stare at her and pinch her cheeks! I have a feeling she will be a spoiled baby girl!

Thanks to all of you for your continued support and prayers throughout this pregnancy. We truly appreciate it and will keep you all posted!