7 weeks and counting.....

Caelyn is 7 weeks old today! She makes us smile each day...when she smiles at me it melts my heart. How good is the Lord to allow us the chance to be a part of her life.

One of my favorite songs these past two months is by Plumb it's called Blink -

"I'd like to remember. I'd like to know all you are. I'd like to now everything you'll be. Where will you go? What will you do? When the world's right in front of you.

When I think of how slowly life passes by. Then I'll blink and your growing. No longer a child. What can I do, to capture this moment in time is to sing you a lullaby.

I like to watch you dream. I like to touch your face. I like to hold you in a sweet embrace. When will you laugh? When will you cry? When will you need a special place to hide."

Life is so sweet, and every moment with her is so precious. When I was still pregnant someone special told me that when you have a child you experience a new kind of love, how can you love someone so very much the very first time you hold her...I don't know but it is an amazing feeling. We truly are blessed!

She enjoys riding in her carseat and this is one of my favorite bows!

She is a GOOD sleeper. She now sleeps in her crib at night and for the past week has slept 9-9 1/2 hours at night. Daddy had to wake her up to get her ready for church on Sunday! How lucky are we!!!

Caelyn has noticed the duck Jason painted behind her changing table and she loves to coo and talk to Suzy Zoo when you change her diaper! It is really cute!

6 weeks old!

This weekend Caelyn attended her first wedding! Daddy sang at the wedding and she got to meet her Aunt Aimee for the very first time.

These are pictures from today as she is 6 weeks old!!!

She is getting really interactive and likes to coo and smile a lot. We enjoy having "conversations" together and she is still sleeping really good at night for us.

Sleeping in Daddy's arms is one of her favorite places to be!

one month strong

It is hard to believe that Caelyn is one month old. Time does seem to fly with a little one and we are loving every moment. In our first month together Caelyn helped daddy finish his painting project at church, mommy survived a run in with the flu, and Caelyn has decided she likes her rest sleeping 7-8 hrs most nights. We are truly blessed with her in our lives and picked some fun pictures to share below.....

one month old and we love to move our feet!!!

Here is a family photo. Caelyn is still getting used to looking at the camera at just the right moment. Here she turned to show off her fabulous hair bow mom made!

stretching is one of our favorite things to do!

Caelyn is starting to like bath time more and more.

Drying her hair always reveals alot of natural red curls...

Penny's hair shows less natural curls after her bath. In fact she doesn't enjoy bath time as much as Caelyn - notice the glare she is giving me as I take her picture.

almost 3 weeks old and growing......

Here are some snapshots of what has been going on these past couple weeks at our house.

This is a 5 Generation photo. from left to right is Great Great Grandma Luvena, Great Grandma Buss, Caelyn Elise, mom - Angela, dad - Jason, and Grandpa Buss.

Another one of those photo ideas Jason had - putting her on the bookshelf to pose for the camera. And dont worry Angela was standing very close by :)

Jason resting on the couch with his little girls. Penny enjoys a close spot above the action to watch!

a family photo although Caelyn decided it was time to rest her eyes.

Angela shot this little video to share how alert and responsive she is!!

Penny is doing great and loves finding small places to cram herself into to take a nap. Here a milk box provides the perfect space to hide although she was found by the camera!!

a newborn photo shoot

The same family friend who took the maternity shots came over to our house to take some newborn pictures. Caelyn did great and even posed for some of the pictures. We are just loving every moment and enjoying the blessing of parenthood!!

She is Here!!!!!

Well monday morning started off a little different than other mondays - contractions. The big question was will they stay and progress or drift off. After timing contractions for an hour we felt like it might be the moment. Jason gathered the items needed and packed the car while Angela continued to time the contractions. And we were off to the hospital - hoping to be admitted and not told we weren't far enough along and needed to go home. To our pleasant surprise we were told that not only were we far along we were ready to have a baby. After 25 minutes the doctor was back to catch our precious little girl.

Caelyn Elise Buss was born at 12:27 pm on August 3rd, weighing an even 8lbs, and a good 20 1/4 inches long. And the biggest surprise of all - a full head of red hair :) It has been busy these past few days but Jason has been finding time to work on his picture taking skills. Here are some shots that we absolutely adore!!

So Jason set up the photo shoot and then had to wait for Caelyn to finish eating. When he went back Penny was testing out the set up with some rolls and stretches. Penny was nice enough to pose for the camera and this is one of our favorites!!

Well there are some pictures for you to see. There are so many more being taken that we will post those in the weeks to come.

waiting for Caelyn

So here is what we have been up to while we anxiously await Caelyn's arrival...

Valley Baptist Church is opening a full time preschool this coming September. Jason is in charge of painting massive murals along all the walls in the preschool wing at church. The inner walls, and in every single classroom (there are at least 16 classrooms, maybe more I can't remember) will be a fish tank. In another hallway he will paint a Noah's Ark theme and in the other long hallway the story on Jonah and the whale. It is looking great and he has been working really hard! These are some pictures of the fish he has painted...

Angela drew the jellyfish freehand and Jason painted them!

I have been making Caelyn hairbows for her headbands that I made. Alyssa helped me find a blog online that gives you instructions on how to make them, and Jason thinks I have gone bow crazy...so far I have made a total of 78! I had to make two of most so that when she is old enough to have pigtails the bows are already ready! The other side of the wardrobe has her holiday bow collection! :)

And Penny can't wait to meet Caelyn either! I found her sleeping in the bottom of the hamper in the nursey today. Then next picture you can see her better

I feel good, been sleeping great. All of us are ready for her arrival and to kiss her sweet face! We'll post pictures when she gets here!