Out & About

Now that we are healthy, we have been loving taking Kayleigh out and enjoying life together as a little family of three! 

Our first night "out" going to dinner at Counter Burger (pretty sure Kayleigh is in the middle of a sneeze here).

Kayleigh slept through most of dinner, with a few quick wake up and stretch moments. So sweet! 

Love this face! 

She loves going for walks, especially being cuddled close to someone. 

Looking a little concerned about something...maybe trying to get her eyes focused :)

Got to meet Peter and Maddie! 

Had a VERY special day meeting her Great-Grandma (Joey's Grandma) for the first time! 

They enjoyed chatting and holding hands most of the visit. 

Even made it out to La Tolteca (Our favorite mexican restaurant in Azusa)!

Enjoying a walk in the stroller on a cold day. 

Do I HAVE to wake up Mom?

And I will leave you with this sweet smile...

More to come soon! 

First bath and Daddy's Girl

Kayleigh's umbilical cord stub finally fell off yesterday, so she got to have her first bath last night! She seemed to enjoy it and was so precious (as always)!

First of all, look at how freaking cute (and cross-eyed) she is!

Hanging out in the kitchen sink enjoying her first real bath. 

She loved the water coming out of the faucet.

This little girl loves her Daddy! Whenever she hears his voice she tries to turn her head to find where he is. She loves cuddling up against his chest and his singing or humming can put her to sleep at any time of the day. 

Watching Joey become a Dad has been one of my favorite parts of our marriage so far. I knew that he would be an amazing father, but watching him so easily fall into that role has been so special to me! 

Some of my favorite things that I wont want to forget from these first few weeks:

-On our first night home alone with Kayleigh, Joey slept with his head at the foot of our bed so that he could be closer to her and make sure that she was breathing and comfortable all night long. 

-On our second night home alone with her I woke him up out of a deep sleep because she was making some strange noises (I may be a little overprotective as well) and he tried to get up so quickly that he immediately fell out of bed, but jumped right to his feet and rushed to her bed.

-I love listening to him singing Jim Croce, Iron and Wine, and James Taylor to our sweet girl while she stares up at him. 

-When he hums to Kayleigh to put her to sleep, he rotates between the wedding march (which makes me cry), the graduation march (which also makes me cry...she can't grow up!), or Star Wars. 

This little girl already has him wrapped around her little finger, and I am so looking forward to watching their relationship grow. 

More pictures!

I have been down and out for the past week and now that I am finally beginning to feel like a real person again I am back to blogging! I ended up with an awful bacterial infection from all of the antibiotics I received during labor and surgery, so it was a rough week for us! 

Thankfully, I have a wonderfully amazing mother who dropped everything and flew down here to help us out for the week. We were very sad to see her go today, but SO thankful for the help that she gave us while I was so sick! (THANKS MOM!!!!!)

Here are more pictures of sweet Kayleigh!!

Cousin Cooper came over to visit

Matt and Heather brought lunch and wonderful company! 

My Daddy dressed me today, can you tell? :)

Such a happy baby! 

Just relaxing.

In her new "I love Daddy" shirt (Thanks Dave and Kim)!

On their way out on a walk! 

Finally feeling better and SO happy to be able to cuddle with my sweet baby girl. 

Love this sweet thing! 

Family picture!

So cuddly with her Grandma! 

Looking forward to the rest of our visitors this week (and hopefully to continuing to feel better)!!

Not so sure...

Kayleigh wasn't sure how she felt about her bath last night. I love this picture!

Home and visitors

Here are some highlights from Kayleigh's first week at home! 

Quality time with her cousins :)

Myles loves her! 

Grandma and Grandpa Baker with all their grandkids.

Cuddled up with Dad in the K'tan ready to go for a walk! 

First (sponge) bath! 

Snuggling with Grandma before she had to go home. 

Meeting Andy and Kateigh! 

Just relaxing. 

Full and Happy! 

Absolutely LOVE this one! 

She almost always has her legs like this! Our little froggy. 

First trip to the pediatrician! Just hanging out with Dad waiting for the doctor. 

Sweet sleep smiles. 

Enjoying being outside.

Trying out the new stroller! 

Starting to enjoy her relaxing (sponge) baths. 

Stretching out. 

Meeting Pete and Holly for the first time. 

More to come when I am feeling a little better! 

The name and first days

A quick explanation of her name: "Kay" is my middle name, as well as the middle name of my Mom and my Aunt, and the name most people called my Grandma (my Dad's Mom) . "Leigh" is my sister's middle name. So we combined those two to create her first name. 

Kayleigh's middle name is "Renee," which is Joey's Mom's name . It is also the first name of one of my cousins, and is another cousin's middle name. 

This little girl has quite the family name! :)

Here are some pictures of Kayleigh's first few days of life in the hospital. I'm guessing from this point on most blog posts will be picture heavy!

My very last belly shot on our way to the hospital early Tuesday morning.

Joey ready for surgery (with Shannon as moral support)

Ready to go!

Finally had our girl in our arms.

Our VERY alert baby just a few minutes after she was born!

Kayleigh meeting Grandma and Grandpa Baker for the first time.

Already so in love with her!

One of my favorite cross-eyed burping pictures.

Kayleigh (with Grandma and Grandpa Baker) meeting cousin Cooper on her first day of life.

Shannon bringing the cousins a little closer.

Precious.

Right after she ate.

Look at those sweet cheeks (she has pillows attached to her face!).

Hanging with Auntie Shannon.

Cuddle time with Mom

Meeting Grandma Olsen for the first time.

Grandpa Olsen meeting Kayleigh for the first time.

Meeting Uncle Kevin for the first time.

First time in her carseat getting ready to head home!

And we are out of there!

Our first car ride as a new family on the way home from the hospital.

She was pretty content in her carseat for the ride.

Many more pictures to come soon (We are so thankful that we recently purchased iphones and take about a million pictures a day with them)!