Wow, it has been adjustment to have 2 kids. I am so grateful we are still staying with my family; there is usually someone to help Emmett out when I'm stuck nursing Addy, etc. And my mom has been a LIFESAVER and taken Addy for part of the night a few times so I could get some much-needed sleep. One of the benefits with bottlefeeding Emmett was that Jeremy could occasionally take over a feeding so I could get a longer stretch of sleep. Getting so little sleep has definitely been taking a toll on me; I really don't do well without a decent amount of sleep. It makes it harder for me to cope with smaller things without a breakdown. But oh well. Kids are definitely worth the lack of sleep!
Some highlights of her first month are:
- she had her first bath at home. She did NOT like it.
- she went to church for the first time at 3 weeks old. She was very popular
- she is starting to smile! I sure love her sweet little smiles!
- she coos a lot
- she makes a lot of noises when she sleeps
- One day she was really twitchy while being held. We added another blanket over her and she stopped twitching. I guess she was just cold
- she weighs 8 lbs 5 oz -- she has finally surpassed birth weight! (it only took her 3 whole weeks....)
- she got to meet her Great Great Grandma Lehrbas
- she makes the "Zoolander" face like Emmett did
- she grunts if she's trying to sleep and we wake her up to change her diaper or something.
I feel a little bit bad that I don't have as much written down about her first few months as I did with Emmett because I didn't sit down and write up where she was at developmentally at the end of every month, but at least I wrote a few things down as I thought of them!
In her church outfit after her first time to church!
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