Santa Baby...

Last night, the Family Support Center (my old job) had a Christmas party. I don't really work there anymore, but have stayed close to the management and a lot of the employees. They are some pretty amazing people who dedicate their time to helping kids in need and I love them all so much! Anyways, they had a Christmas party and I got to go. It was so much fun! Santa and Mrs Claus stopped by for a visit and it was great to see how happy all of the kids were! I managed to sneak little Autumn in for a few pictures.
Santa was so cute, he kept calling Autumn his Christmas present and held her for a couple of minutes. Her eyes kept getting so big when she would look at him like she was scared or surprised, I'm not sure which. Here are a few of the photos... Happy Holidays!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I always get so excited for Holidays because my Mom is the queen of celebrations. I grew up with that feeling of building anticipation especially around Thanksgiving because I knew that meant Christmas was coming soon. This year was no disappointment, but a lot of the excitement is for more than just Christmas.
In the next month we are changing our lives all around! Todd will no longer be a student, he will be a Masters degree holding super hero family provider!! Wahoo! I am so proud of him! He has worked so hard, especially this semester with the new baby and needy wife. He is my hero, no matter what he is always willing to go the extra mile and help out with the baby or around the house on top of holding down two jobs and finishing up his degree. Autumn and I both love him so much! As part of the next couple of weeks being crazy exciting because of graduation and Christmas, we are also moving to Salt Lake! Todd starts work in January and we are packing up stuff in preparation. We can't quite pack everything yet because we don't know how long it will be until we get into a house of our own.
We are lucky enough that my parents have a basement that we can camp out in for a month or so. Anyways, super exciting and I am so happy to get to move up closer to my Mom and the larger majority of my family. Todd is being a super trooper too considering he is leaving his hometown. I know it will be hard for him to leave, but luckily we both have family down here too so we have plenty of reasons to visit often.
Whew! That was a bit long, if you made it all the way down here, congrats! I shall reward you with adorable newer pictures of Autumn. Complete with Captions!
Also a quick thanks to Steph and DJ, thanksgiving dinner was amazing and delicious and I am still enjoying the turkey leftovers!

Here she is on Turkey Day. Completely out cold. This amazingly beautiful little girl is what I am most thankful for this year.
Here she is in her big girl outfit Grandma Jackie bought for her. She is finally starting to fit into her 0-3 month clothes so she pretty much has a whole new wardrobe now! I still had to roll the pants a little but she didn't notice.
Mommy and Me
How cute is this picture!! I love it when her eyes are open. She is really starting to smile and interact more this week.
And this is how we spend our afternoons while daddy is hard at work. haha. Group nap time.

finally some pictures!

This was a second attempt at the tutu... again she wasn't too pleased, but oh well. I think she looks so much like Todd in this picture, maybe it's the fluffy pink skirt?

When this girl decides it is time tosleep, she is like the dead. I kept blowing air into her open mouth and she didn't budge!

Here's Grandma Great holding our little Halloween Spook!

She's a happy little monster, especially when Daddy's holding her!

This is Autumn at bathtime. She loves to hear the running water. Her hair goes curly when it's wet and it is the cutest ever!

Here is our little pink princess. This picture was only takes like 2 weeks ago but we are already stretching to get those pants on!

i hope this works...

so my last few attempts at uploading new pictures have failed. I've tried about 10 times and I keep getting kicked out of the upload new images screen. I'm trying again right now so we'll see if they load. If not, know that I am trying and hopefully we'll get some up soon! Other than that, everything is great! I am loving being a Mommy and Todd is an amazing Daddy! He helps me so much... Our little Autumn is a great little baby. Really we don't have to work hard at all. She loves baths and eating! She is already sleeping for 5-6 hour stretches at night, so we're not even that grumpy! This week we are just starting to organize things and box stuff up for the big move! I can't believe how soon we'll be on our way to Salt Lake. The whole experience will be pretty sweet for both Todd and me, but I do love change so I'm pretty excited! Anyways, the picture uplaod failed again. hopefully i'll get some up soon!

Hooray! Back to blogging!

Well, after our short break I am finally back on the blog! I'm so excited to be able to post new pictures and update everybody... Todd filled you all in on the labor and everything so pretty much there isn't really a ton to post just yet but I'm sure there are many exciting days to come! I'm taking pictures like crazy because I already have a different baby than I brought home from the hospital. She changes every day! Right now, we're just taking things easy and loving every minute with our little baby girl... She is such a little sweetie and we feel so lucky! Todd is an amazing Daddy, especially with diaper duty! Anyways, here are some pictures from the last couple days. Can you believe she's already nearing 2 weeks? We can't... I feel like we just left the hospital.

Posted by Todd:
Daddy and Autumn. 3 days in the hospital makes dad have messy hair and a hairy face. "I already have you wrapped around my finger, papa!" She didn't really say that, but I know she thinks it.

Mommy loves her "beautiful princess." Mommy's favorite nickname for her. Susie is doing such a great job and we are all so proud of her! She went through a lot to get Autumn here and is an amazing mommy.

Autumn Jacqueline Bulloch

(Todd) She is here! We are so happy to have her in our lives. She is so amazing and every bit of patience and difficulty that it took to get her here was totally worth it! (I guess that is easy for me to say, not so much for susie.) She is an adorable baby girl, as you can see. Enjoy!

Stats:
Born: 10/24/2008 12:24 A.M.
8 lbs. 0 oz.
20 inches

She is already loved and adored by everyone. ESPECIALLY Grandmas! Special thanks to Gramma Jackie for sticking around and being our "on call nurse." She is an amazing help. As well as Todd's mom (MeMa) she is always there for us as well.

The last picture is of Autumn under her Biliruben lights to get rid of her Jaundice due to a bad mix of her and mommy's blood. Everything is fine now!

MeMa Bulloch and Autumn in the Hospital

Looking beautiful in her Tutu

Gramma Jackie and Baby Autumn, finally out of the Hospital and comfortable at HOME!

Daddy sure does love me! HUGE understatement.

Under the light to get rid of the Jaundice. Sweet mask huh?