Thursday, February 16, 2012

Riley's first few weeks...

No one could have prepared me for having a new baby.  Between the recovery and the total sleep deprivation, I wasn't feeling the best.  Luke was able to take a couple weeks off work and I was so thankful for his help.  It was nice trying to figure out this whole parenting thing together. 

Riley had  a lot of trouble learning to nurse when she was first born.  In fact, it took her 3 weeks to figure it all out and get her back to her birth weight, but as you will soon see she is growing like a weed now! After she was nursing well, then she become colicky and spit up A LOT! But once we figured everything out we started to get used to each other and have a lot of fun.

Lots of friends and family came to visit to meet Riley and we made our first trip home when she was only 9 days old for family pictures.  That was very nerve racking but she did great. Looking back now, newborns were a lot easier to travel with than 4 month olds since all they did back then was sleep.

I can't believe how big she is getting already so I just love looking back at these first pictures of her.