It occurred to me that some people don't know where or how we got O'lena's name. She is named after my grandfather's (O'lena's great-grandfather's) aunt. Come to find out it is the Russian or Ukrainian form of Helen, which means "bright light." Yes, she is..our bright light! :) Her middle name is for my mother. It was a toss up between O'lena Lynn or O'lena Jane (for Derick's mother) but since she was born on Lynn's birthday, we though it would be more fitting :):)She has gotten big and definitely more independent. (She moved into 0-3 months clothes!) We have moved her into her own room now too. Sleep has been a lot better for Derick and I. She was just getting so loud at night. I think she herself is sleeping better too. At times we get 4 hour spells at night. It is nice. There were a couple of nights that I was SO over the waking up thing, but I have gotten better. She is also having more and longer awake and alert periods during the day, which are fun. It is cool because she is reacting more to people.
It has been interesting taking care of her during the day. I think....I hope I have gotten over the "I'm so bored" stage. I have been able to be more motivated and get more accomplished. I do still tend to get distracted by her and just hold her for long periods of times just because I want to! I fell that I am allotted that privilege :)
Derick is still loving being a daddy. He has been absolutely great! I think he might actually enjoy changing diapers. When we are out and about he always wants to be the one to change her.
These pictures are from camping over the New Years. We were just visiting the camping. It was very cold that evening and lucky Bryan's girlfriend got O'lena this warm lamb outfit. She was so flippin cute!! There is also a rare picture of Uncle Bryan holding her. He was on this "I don't want to hold" her kick for a little while, but I think she has won him over too. Uncle Kevyn is definitely more willing to hold her.
This is her at 3 weeks. She was looking so cute that day!! Oh man I just want to eat her!! You can also see her curls. She gets them when her hair is wet. Way cute!
This is daddy giving her, her first bottle. She is going to have to be bottle fed when I go back to work so we wanted her to get used to it. I was pumping for storage for a while but it seemed like she wasn't getting enough to eat while I doing it. We have also Incorporated formula and that has seemed to fulfill her better. She gets one to two bottles of formula a day. It seems to be working well. 
This is Oma and O'lena when she turned 4 weeks. 
This was when O'lena and the Don (Sebastian) hanging out together. She was being really cute here too. 
This is daddy giving her, her first bottle. She is going to have to be bottle fed when I go back to work so we wanted her to get used to it. I was pumping for storage for a while but it seemed like she wasn't getting enough to eat while I doing it. We have also Incorporated formula and that has seemed to fulfill her better. She gets one to two bottles of formula a day. It seems to be working well. This is Oma and O'lena when she turned 4 weeks. This was when O'lena and the Don (Sebastian) hanging out together. She was being really cute here too. She was talking and smiling here so I turned on the camera. It was adorable, but WARNING there is spit-up involved.
2 comments:
um, SERIOUS Bryant geneology going on here. :)
She is so cute! I love then pict of the Don! Glad things are going well! She is gorgeous!
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