Today, on October 17th, 2012, just 5 days after Hailey’s 1st month birthday, Hailey achieved a major milestone. While this week was that of her first medical appointment, when we found out that she had grown nearly an inch and put on a full 2lbs (a 28% increase over her birth weight), these feats were not […]
Category: Hailey
Yes, everyone was correct: time flies like crazy! Here are some highlights from Hailey’s first month on the outside. Metrics Weight: 9 lb. 1oz., 50% Height: 21 in., 50% Head Circumference: 14.5 in., 50% Hailey loves to stretch. We know she has no idea what she is doing, and we swaddle her often so she […]
After a more than successful first night dining out with Hailey, Elaine and I decided it was time to try for a happy hour. So off we ventured to walk around the Highlands. We decided stop by an old favorite, O’Shea. Luckily our friends Chris and Heather were able to join us. Haley decided that […]
It has been just over 9 long months since Elaine and I have been out to a sushi restaurant for dinner. Due to the (slight) risk to the baby from consuming raw food or anything that had been prepared around raw food, I (Dan) essential banned sushi from our diet until Hailey was born. Now […]
Good friends of ours lent us a few pregnancy and baby books, and I found two of them most helpful. I would love to hear what books, blogs, and magazines other moms use to learn about child development and parenting. On Becoming Baby Wise by Gary Ezzo taught me a couple key points. Keep your baby […]
Hailey was so lucky to have her Godmama Burzie visit for the weekend. Marie was such a trooper hanging out with the new parents and a squirmy little baby all weekend. I had prepared Marie that I had no idea how much fun stuff we’d be able to do, but we managed to get […]
We have survived our first two weeks of parenthood. Thank you to our families for making the drive down and helping us stock the fridge and install the shed. (I’ll leave it to Dan to post on that topic. Here is a brief rundown of these two weeks from a tired mama. Hailey had gained […]
Short Version: Contractions through the night. Regular and stronger contractions from about 8am. Got to the hospital at 10:15am. All back labor, no pain meds or epidural. Popped out a baby at 1:42pm. Epic Version: Dan: The fun began on the night of Sept 11th. Elaine spent most of the night waking up once or […]
This is a little experiment to see if we can quickly and automatically share pictures of Hailey without having to email them one at a time or keep everything on facebook or the blog. Setting up the shared picture folder 1) Sign up for an account. https://one.ubuntu.com/referrals/referee/2409727/ 2) Download and install the app https://one.ubuntu.com/downloads/windows/ 3) […]
Hailey loved her first photo shoot at the hospital! We couldn’t pick our favorites so here are all of them.
Here are a few quick pictures from our daughter’s first day.
It is with great joy and excitement that Elaine and I introduce our daughter, Hailey Lorraine Hart Born: 9/12/2012 1:42pm Height: 20 1/2″ Weight: 7 lbs 1 oz Both mother and daughter are doing great!
This is old news now that Hailey is here, but here’s a Week 40 update. We went in for an ultrasound on Monday 9/10 since that was the original due date and doc wanted to get a weight estimate on our baby girl. She’d been insisting that I had a big baby for a couple […]
By the end of week 39, I was ready to have this baby. It occurred to me that maybe she wouldn’t come early because I hadn’t invited her out. So I did that, reassuring her that we will still feed and care for her and carry her around. It would just be easier to carry […]
Week 38 was interesting because everyone is trying to guess when I’ll have the baby and so many people act surprised every day that I show up for work or at the gym for water aerobics. I had my appointment on 8/29 and was still hanging out at 1cm with Baby Girl down low. I […]
Thank you to my Fit for Delivery (prenatal water aerobics) groupies for the congratulations to Baby Girl on making it full term. Wild. I am loving this class more and more and have really enjoyed getting to know these other mom-to-be’s. This week I felt significantly more stiff, sore, and swollen at times, and going […]
Having a kid will make you think about your finances like never before. It’s amazing how excited placing your hand on your wife’s stomach can make you feel. Why does a person that is only 3% of my body weight require twice as many pieces of clothing than what I own? Some day, I’m going […]
This is a down and dirty update for my preggo ladies out there who have told me I’m way too optimistic and am painting a very easy picture of pregnancy. So if I were to peel back the joys of feeling a baby moving inside of me and learning how miraculous it is that the […]
I know this is overdue. Can’t believe two weeks have gone by….I think I say that every couple of weeks! I am big and awkward. My feet and hands have been swelling a bit this week. I am trying to watch my diet and keep chugging water. Baby Girl is moving a ton. Today especially. […]