...nobody puts baby in the corner!

nobody puts baby in the corner...except for mommy & daddy!

when aunt fifi saw this shirt she had to get it...it is a famous line from dirty dancing and we thought it was too cute! it is hard to believe our girl is four weeks old. she has quickly become a part of our life that we cannot imagine living without...we adore her. watching her grow is amazing (she has almost gained 2 pounds already)!

we are off on a new adventure this week to see friends, family and good old southern california...not to mention a family wedding we have been looking forward to for a while now. paige is going to meet a lot of people this week and we cannot wait!

...drama queen!

on saturday our girl turned three weeks old...

she looks so funny with her eyes crossed and spit up...

we love it when she is alert like this!

aunt fifi came to town again and boy did we love it...paige loves her!

this was her reaction when we told her aunt fifi had to leave!
i think she may be a drama queen like mommy!

oh those smiles...what a doll!
paige loves to spit up...good thing we have a lot of bibs!

daddy is great at giving me my baths...i think i like them.

i have had a lot of request for more pictures...here you go. not much to report. paige has received a lot of clothes lately...so i am having fun playing dress up. the picture of her in the diaper is so funny because the cloth diaper service only brought huge diapers and they take up half of her body! also, the picture with me is from the day we took professional photos- check out the link for derksen photography, if you have not already!

...more pictures!

gigi came! paige's great grandma marlene came for a visit this past weekend! we all loved the company and the presents from gigi and aunt catherine! lots of girly clothes & gifts!



we were lucky enough to have a very gifted photographer here to take
pictures of us and our little paige. unfortunately by the time we took the
picture of her in aaron's helmet she was not happy (check it out- it's
funny)! the pictures are so awesome...we love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

here is the link if you would like to check the pictures out: derksen photography

love that smile!

she was two weeks old on saturday...my how she is growing!

...the latest on our little frog!

paige is doing well. she is sucking on her thumb as we speak- just found it today! we still just adore every minute with her...

this is why i call her my little frog...she is so cute! we give her sponge baths while she sits on daddy's lap...she is not big on the whole thing yet!




this is the "one eyed jack" pose!


mommy is having fun wearing pink with paige!


gotta love those cheeks!


she went back to dr. kratzer this week (he just adores her) and everything checked out great...she is now 8.2 lbs. and growing. she is quite the healthy eater...in fact most nights she keeps mommy up all night because she wants to eat!

the proud grandparents!

here are a few pics from last tuesday...it was very hard for them to leave...paige misses them already. they helped a lot while they were here and even helped unpack a bunch of our boxes...we cannot wait for aunt shannon, uncle kevin and gigi (great grandma marlene) to come visit too!

we took paige to target today for mommy's first shopping spree! i found some great clothes for her and look forward to many shopping trips to come. she hung out in the metro wrap (see above) the whole time...barely made a peep until the end when she was getting hot. also, we got our first delivery of cloth diapers today from a diaper service my parents are doing for us. we had planned to do cloth diapers and when my mom heard she made a bunch of phone calls to help us track down a service so we don't have to worry about washing them right now. how nice!

this is one of aaron's favorite pictures!

...the blessings keep coming!

our girl is one week old today...


being a mother is even more amazing than i imagined. i love it and i love her...more than i ever thought possible. aaron is in love...he cannot get enough of her and never wants her to cry. she is changing in small ways everyday and we are just crazy about her...we take pictures all day long! her belly button is now free from that gross umbilical cord scab...it fell off today! our next door neighbor ruth (who is in her 90's) brought paige a card, $20 and peaches today...it is nice to know that friendly neighbors still exist and we have them on both sides!

ladies from our church will be bringing us meals every other day for the next two weeks! this little diaper cake gift came with our first meal- along with a schedule of our meals to come...how amazing is that?


my mom and sister stayed for almost a week and were an incredible help to us. they did everything for me...all i had to do was feed paige. aunt fifi helped aaron clean our old apartment (only a sister could do such a yucky chore) and grandma made sure i was well fed, the cupboards were stocked and i had some new plants before she left. it was hard to see them go- but i know they will be back. here are a few pics we took before they left.

...many thanks!

*greetings from baby land*
thanks to everyone for your comments, notes, phone calls & emails...your well wishes have meant the world to us! also thanks for all the visitors & help we have had making this new transition so fun & easy! thank you for celebrating with us as we experience this incredible time in our lives! thanks to aunt fifi for keeping the blog going...I am finally feeling up for getting on the computer today and have made some updates and changes. i hope to update it every few days (my mom took a picture of me nursing with my right hand and blogging with my left hand at the same time...so i am getting the multi-tasking down).
we love you all- *aaron, laura & paige*

for more pictures check out this link of our family website (i added more pics today):
the PANFILIO family

p.s. congrats to RYAN NOWELL for winning the expectnet game...nice work ryan! did emma help? we are very impressed- paige is especially impressed!

Day 2...

After a rough first night with little or no sleep The Panfilio Family slept most of the morning. Night two is about to begin. Hopefully sleep will come, but since Paige spent most of her day sleeping and...

in the arms of Grandma's, Grandpa and Aunt Fifi, Laura and Aaron might have another rough night coming!

It's a girl!!!

Paige Elizabeth Panfilio was born at 5:14pm on September 1st. She was 20.9" and 8lbs/1oz. More details to follow when mommy is up for it!! Thank you for all of your prayers and support.