One Month Old!

Lydia,
You were one month old this week!  Wow!  It seems like just yesterday that we were taking a tiny baby home from the hospital.  It's amazing how time has flown by.  I have to admit that the nights don't always fly by, but that's just because your Mommy really likes her sleep!

Since we haven't been to the doctor for a few weeks, we are guessing you are approximately 10 pounds and 21 1/2 inches long.  You are definitely long!  You have outgrown almost all of your newborn sleepers.  There a few newborn outfits you can wear yet, mostly because the waist usually has some extra room for you.  You are definitely filling out, though!  Your thighs and arms are starting to get roly-poly, and of course you've got your Momma's cheeks!

Now you are eating 4 ounces of milk every 2.5 to 4 hours.  I can't wait for you to sleep longer stretches at a time :)  Speaking of sleeping, you no longer sleep in the Rock 'N Play next to our bed.  After 2+ weeks, we moved you to your crib because you are SO noisy!  You grunt, groan, moan, and squeak frequently in your sleep!  During the day, we try to keep you up for about an hour after you eat.  At some point we'll have to get these days and nights straightened out, girlie :)  If you could, you would love to sleep against our chest.  I'm pretty sure you would sleep forever that way!
You don't mind tummy time and playing on your activity mat.  You like to have people talk to you and look at their faces.  You also like riding in the car--yay!  (Although you don't really like getting stuffed into your carseat, you're fine once we get going.)  You are starting to enjoy "sitting up" more and you like when we get really close to talk to you.  We love your one dimple on your right cheek, and we laugh when you only open one eye when you're waking up.  Bath times are okay, as long as you're warm.  You DON'T like it when Mommy slathers lotion on you every morning.  You sneeze and hiccup a lot...sometimes you have the hiccups up to three times a day!  Good thing they don't usually bug you.  You've also gotten really good at pooping on the changing table...while we're changing your diaper.  Yikes!
Little girl, you are growing SO fast!  We love you very much and feel blessed to have you in our little family!