Juliet's 1st Christmas

We spent Juliet's first Christmas visiting family in the New Orleans area. First up was the drive from Houston, which went as well as we could have hoped. Loading up the SUV was a challenge with all of the baby stuff, puppy stuff, and Christmas presents! Juliet slept through most of the trip and we only had to make one stop to feed and change her. 

We had a wonderful Christmas and Juliet definitely enjoyed all of the attention. We were pretty active, taking her out of the house almost every day and she did really well. We went out to dinner several times and she stayed asleep in her car seat at the restaurants. Also we made it back with no illness - I was a little concerned with that since she is still so young and was exposed to so many family members. Her sleep schedule got a bit off during the trip - she had been doing pretty well at home, sleeping 5-6 hours at night - sadly this did not happen during our week of vacation. After coming back home we slowly adjusted back to a better schedule and now she is sleeping 6-7 hours consistently at night! 

Below are several pictures from the trip.

Maya rode in the back with all the stuff

Annie got the front seat

Juliet and I rode in the middle seat

Brody was very interested to meet Juliet

Juliet went for her first walk with the puppies in her stroller

She got to meet her great grandparents too!

Cousin Hailey was very interested in meeting her!

On Christmas morning, Juliet watched briefly (then fell asleep) as we opened presents. Her Christmas jammies were so cute!

She did not appreciate being put into her stocking.

Christmas day was a sleepy day for Juliet. I think the combination of many people, noise, and constantly being held had something to do with it. I'm sure next Christmas will be more lively!

Juliet meets Santa

Yesterday we took Juliet to meet Santa at the mall and have her picture taken. She was sleeping and of course making a grumpy face for the photo - but I'll take that over screaming!

Video of Juliet Coming Home

Brad put together this cute video of Juliet coming home from the hospital.

Juliet Coming Home from Brad Schaefer on Vimeo.

Juliet's Hospital Photos

We had photos taken at the hospital and they are available at the link below. The visitor password is sweetjuliet and you'll also need to enter the first four letters of our last name.

Our365 Web Nursery - Juliet (direct link to her page - does not work on mobile device)

Our365 Web Nursery Home Page (works for mobile devices, but you must search for Juliet)

Juliet is on Twitter

We created a Twitter account for Juliet and she will be posting pictures there for anyone interested. Her Twitter handle is @juliet_schaefer. Be careful, there is an @julietschaefer but that is not our Juliet. She is not coming up on search in the Twitter mobile app but you can easily find me or Brad and see her (we are both following).

Introducing Juliet Noelle Schaefer

Juliet Noelle Schaefer was born on November 27, 2012 at 3:58 PM. At birth she weighed 6 lbs 12 oz and was 19.5 inches long. Her hair is light brown and her eyes are hazel but still may change color. Here are some pictures from her first few days in the world. 

Getting cleaned up...and not happy about it!

Proud Parents

Already making funny faces

Heading home from the hospital

Juliet's first car ride!

Meeting the puppies...

Getting her first bath at home

Meeting Aunt Mandy & Uncle Ralph

Dressed up for her first outing 

We went to Beck's Prime for hamburgers

Juliet waving at me this morning

3D/4D Ultrasound Pictures

This morning we had the 3D/4D Ultrasound and I've posted all of the pictures below.

We also have a DVD video of the session but maybe Brad will figure out how to post it.

Today I am 28 weeks and 5 days pregnant and the baby weights almost 3 pounds.

I think the pictures came out pretty good!