I'm not ready

This is it!! Rachie's FIRST nap in her crib!!!

I'm not ready for her to be out of our room yet at night. She has slept in her bassinet in our room since she came home and I really like it!! I like having her close so I can hear her in the night. Most nights, she just moves around and I wake up. This avoids a crying fit that would wake up the neighborhood. I like it!! I feel good about responding to her and caring for her when she needs me.

But the problem is that she's growing out of the bassinet. I'm excited and sad about that. And not ready for her to move to the crib full time. SOooo, I decided to let her nap during the day in the crib so we both can get used to it.

Yesterday was the first time I tried it!!! Hence the pictures. My mom said it was a big milestone. So I took pix! She had a hard time falling asleep at first. When I laid her down, she just looked around like "Where am I???" I had to swaddle and rock her to sleep. Once she was asleep, she did great!!!

But she slept in the bassinet last night!!!! Maybe in a couple of weeks I will feel better about going all night. I have baby monitors but that does not make me feel better at this point. I want my baby close to me!! So sue me!!!

Rachie's first Christmas!!!

Rachie is dedicated to . . .

Daddy God!!! This past Sunday we did this!!!

She was already His but something about doing it in front of the whole Body of Christ made it more final!!!! Jere and I agreed that it felt good!!! Our baby is going to be an amazing woman of God!!!!

There were lots of tears of joy that day!!!! Thank You Jesus for our little love Rachel Elizabeth!!! May she be all You created her to be!!!!

I got my ears pierced!!!

We pierced Rachie's ears on Saturday Dec 22 with my mom!! The girl in the picts is my mom's boyfriend's daughter, Julie. Julie did it for us!!! She used to work at Claire's and Icing for 2 years and has lots of experience!! Rachie did very well!!!! Of course, she cried but not that bad and it was over pretty fast.

The other night we were at Wal-mart and saw a 5 or 6 year old girl getting her ears pierced. The little girl was not happy about it and tried to cover her other ear to keep it from being done. Jere said he was glad we did Rachie's ears when she was so young because she won't remember it at all.

There are few rites of passage for girls but this is one of them (to me at least)!!! Oh yeah!!! The earrings are pink stars!!!! I love them!!! My baby is getting big for sure!!!