{1st Month}

Kaydence’s first month was spent getting used her new home and family, getting set into routines, and most of all just playing and resting.  Here she is sitting in her crib for the first time:

and relaxing in her swing:

We also had 3 wedding receptions to go to that month: my friend Danni’s, Tony’s friend Randy’s, and my friend Abby’s.  We loved going to these because they gave me a good excuse to dress Kaydence up in adorable, tiny dresses and they were good excuses to get out of the house.  (I didn’t like being home in the evenings because she usually got fussy during that time if we were just at home).  Here are some pictures of her all dressed up for the receptions:

I have to admit that these first few weeks were hard for me.  I am so used to always being in school and going to work, that staying home all day doing nothing but take care of this new baby made me feel…unproductive…even though I was doing the most productive work I had ever done in my life.  I don’t think I got postpartum depression, but I was definitely down on myself for a while and very anxious about everything.  I didn’t know how to structure my time when I didn’t really have anything to do that didn’t involve work or school.  But this quickly cleared up as I started getting out of the house more and preparing to start grad school. 

We also went up to Park City to our cousins’ house to celebrate Tony’s grandpa Max’s 92nd birthday!

   

 

Since I didn’t like being stuck at home inside all day, we tried to spend some time outside everyday, relaxing in the shade on a blanket and on the patio

And Kaydence did a lot of what she did best that month – sleep!

  She also started sleeping through the night at 2 weeks old!!! I have no idea why she is such a good sleeper but I definitely think swaddling her helps!!! I also put her in her own crib when she was just a couple days old which she sleeps so much better in too.  We tried having her sleep in her pack-n-play in our room for the first couple of nights but we would wake up to any little sound she made and it is a lot noisier in our room with the vents and Georgie snoring, so as soon as we put her in her nice, quiet, own room, she slept so much better!

On August 6th, when she was almost one month old, we took her swimming for the first time!  She didn’t mind it at all – it was almost like being in the water was natural for her again.  We also took my cousins Kaili and Austin with us and we went to my sister’s pool.  My mom came later and brought pizza so it was a really fun night!

 

 

Then, on August 8th, my little cousin Tag was born!  My aunt and uncle and their two girls had just moved to Colorado for my uncle’s job, and on the morning he was born, my grandma and I wanted to see him so bad that we convinced my mom that we should all drive to Colorado that morning to see him.  Tony, Kaydence, my grandma, and I were ready to go within an hour.  However, we were in such a hurry to leave, that when we got to Coalville to pick up my mom, we realized we forgot to bring the diaper bag that we packed and left it sitting on the counter at home.  Thank goodness for the Walmart in Evanston to stock up on extra clothes, diapers, formula…everything!  About 8 hours later we walked into their room at the hospital and completely surprised them.  Here are some pictures of cute, little Taggart Morley Naylor:

 

Finally, here are just a few cute pictures that were taken towards the end of her first month. 

 

And here she is, exactly one month old on August 14, 2010.  Kaydence and I celebrated by going up to see two of my best friends – Brecca and Candace in Coalville and getting lunch and the good ole’ Summit County Fair.  Then we went back to Candace’s house to eat and my good friend, Flash showed up.  Here she is relaxing with him :)

Some highlights of her first few weeks were:

• Her big, curious eyes that were constantly alert and bug-eyed or cross-eyed
• Squeeks – that sounded like a bird or screeching brakes
• Sighs and coos while drinking her bottles
• Sneezing (a lot!) – her record was 7x in a row!
• Sleeping through the night (YAY!)