Halloween!!

My mother in law Marcene bought these cute little tiger ears for Valentine to wear for Halloween and they were just a little bit too big.  They actually fit me and my baby head, how sad.  Halloween is my favorite holiday and I've been stressing a litte bit about finding a cute costume that will fit my tiny tiny baby- I went to Michael's with Kirby and Drew last weekend and we ALMOST bought a little doll princess dress for her- it would have fit, but I just couldn't bring myself to buy a doll dress for a human, I just couldn't.  But as you can tell in these pictures she's starting to fill out and be a little chubby baby finally with chubby cheeks.  At the moment she is snorting and snoring while lying on Marcene's lap- love it, she is awesome, I love my little piggy noise baby (she also snorts when she gets really excited to nurse).  

Smile

Valentine has started to make faces and it is awesome.  I didn't think I could love her anymore, but when she does stuff like this, it just melts me.  The best is when she's in between sleep and waking up- absolutely hilarious.  She's really starting to develop a cute little personality- she is very mellow and sweet and attentive and alert.  She also is very squirmy and loves to wave around her skinny little arms- especially in her face.  When it's time to eat she gets super excited and her legs and arms kick all over the place.  She is very good, not very fussy except when she gets the hiccups- she does not like that.  Oh, and she still doesn't fit into anything besides her onesies.  I love my tiny baby.

Bath Time

I don't think there's anything cuter than little babies taking a bath.  This was Valentine's first bath- well it was more of sponge bath.  At first she wasn't a big fan, I think she was just cold, but by the end she was super calm and I think she really liked it.  Next time it will be a real bath, so we'll see how she likes and handles that.  She is such a good baby though.  Super calm and mellow when she's awake... unless she's hungry- then the only things that can calm her are nursing or Drew.  He is honestly the cutest thing with her, he's such a sweet dad already and she's is totally a daddy's girl like I was.  I knew that Drew would be a good dad, but it's amazing to actually see him with her and to know that the long line of great dads in my family will continue.  

Cute cute cute

She is so darling I just want to show her off to the whole world.

Sorry!

Sorry it's been so long- at first I was just too tired to do anything and then our internet has been down for days.  So, here are some more pictures of Valentine- she has huge dark eyes and loves to put her hands in her face (that definitely makes nursing more fun).  We keep trying to figure out who exactly she looks like and it changes every time- as of tonight we think she looks a lot like Drew.  She also has a cute little left ear that I need to take a picture of and post.  She is darling and we can't get enough of her.  Drew is very good with her- he's great at calming her down and she loves her grandma- we'll be very sad to see her go.  Luckily her other grandma will be dropping by soon!

Here she is!!!!

This is our beautiful beautiful Valentine Jayne Hafer- born at 11:30 pm October 10- 6 pounds 2 ounces and 18 inches long.  So tired, but so happy.

Stupid Contractions....

I started having contractions Tuesday night at 11:30, and they got close together and pretty consistent (about 5-10 min apart for 5 hours), so I figured I was officially in labor.  But then Wednesday afternoon after taking a walk and a bath to try to speed things up, they got slowed down.  I'm still contracting, but still irregularly, so hopefully I make some progression today... I don't really know what to do at this point though, at least my mom's here, so she's definitely made it for the birth... whenever that actually happens.  So, we will see.... this is very annoying- I'll try to let people know when we go to hospital or there's any other major updates (please please please be soon).  

Baby Room!

The baby still isn't here, but whenever she decides to show up, her room is finally 100% ready!

I'm enormous.

Do not be fooled by this picture.  I have never been so uncomfortable in my life.  At the moment I can't even sit up because she is so high up in my ribs- yet she's also managing to hit my pelvis at the same time.  I am willing to go through labor now, just so I don't have to be on my back all morning.  Ugh.  Still love her.  Just not comfortable.  But I have my baby shower tonight and I'm way excited, the ladies in my ward are so nice.  Drew asked me if I was excited... girl/baby talk, presents, and food..... is it a question?  Oh and I bought a nursing bra last night, now those are funny. Hahahaha.