1 month old

"A baby will make love stronger, days shorter, nights longer, bankroll smaller, home happier, clothes shabbier, the past forgotten, and the future worth living for.
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-- Anonymous

As you can see in the lack of blogging lately, I'm a little bit busier than usual these days :)  Miss M keeps mommy running around, and I love every second of it. 


It's hard to believe that our baby girl is already a month old.  Where does the time go!?  Kinda makes me teary thinking about how fast they grow.  I can see her change and develop every single day - and she has changed so much!  And, in the past two weeks, it has really sunken in that she's ours.  Don't misunderstand, we knew it from day one, but now...this unbelievable feeling of love, adoration and protection has gone to a new level.  Being a mom to this sweet child is the best thing in the world. 

Little bitty is constantly holding her head up.  She's very alert and likes to see what's going on around her. She entertains herself in her vibrating seat or Pack and Play in the morning while I eat a quick breakfast and wash her bottles, without a peep and snuggles like nothing I have ever known.  We also have smiles from our little nugget.  Mom and Dad have figured out what makes her smile...so we do it all. the. time.  She has also laughed in her sleep twice now. PRECIOUS little laugh.  I can't wait to hear it when she's awake :)


We have discovered that she likes to be outside.  If she's fussy, a little time on the back porch fixes everything.  She loves to listen to the birds and closes her little eyes when the wind hits her face.  I can't wait to get the "okay" from my doctor at the end of the month to take her out for a stroll on these cool mornings.  I certainly don't want to wish my maternity leave away (it's going by waaaay too fast as it is), but I'm ready to not be house bound all the time. I still have some tenderness at the incision site, but every day gets better.  I'm down to 2 ibuprofen a day instead of jazzing it up with 4 every 8 hours.  One day at a time.


She has been a real trooper in the sleep department, too.  She has gone from a 4 hour stretch at night to 6 straight hours!  Bless it.  Makes the days so much easier!


We had our first official bath in the tub now that the umbilical cord and scab have fallen off.  She looooves the water and does really well...until you wash that head full of hair and the cold sets in.  She HATES to be cold.  But otherwise, she is a true spa baby.

Mommy loves a monogram (and playing "dress up")

First official bath without umbilical cord!  I'm a water baby!