Aubrey is One Month old!

I cannot believe that Aubrey is one month old today (well, yesterday since it's after midnight when I finally get this done)! It seems like we just brought her home from the hospital. She is
growing so much!

She's eating 6 oz. and a tsp. of rice cereal every 5-6 hours. She usually sleeps most of the time in between feedings, but she does stay awake for an hour or two. She loves to look at everything around her, no matter where she is. She loves to sit in her swing and listen to the music and watch the birds go around above her (she has the nature swing from Fisher Price). She loves to look at me with her beautiful big blue eyes while I'm feeding her. And she's recently started to grab and hold on to my shirt or hair while she's going to sleep. I'm still trying to get her used to sleeping in her own bed, but she usually sleeps in bed next to me or on my chest (her preferred spot). I secretly enjoy that, but it doesn't make for very restful nights! She smiles a little and is starting to make cute little faces by moving her mouth around while she's awake. We just love to watch her! She is starting to enjoy her baths more, although she doesn't like being naked afterwards. Chad is starting to take a more active role with her. He hasn't changed diapers, but he will feed her sometimes. He'll hold her, but gets frustrated if he can't get her to stop crying. I'm trying to get him to understand the more time he spends with her, the better it will be. She just has to get used to him too. He's so busy with work right now that he doesn't get much time at home with her. It will slow down soon and they'll really have time to bond. He does his best to love on her when he's home and I can tell he loves her more and more each day.

We went to take some family pictures and her one month pictures yesterday. I'm really excited to see how they turn out. She slept almost the whole time, but I think we did get a few with her gorgeous eyes open. I'll post them when I get them. It's amazing to see how big she has gotten in just a month.

I'm enjoying this time with her, but I'm so anxious to see how she grows and develops in the coming months!

--Amy

Update and Dr. visit

It's been busy around here and I don't get to the computer near as often as I'd like to. Aubrey is growing and growing! She stays awake a little more each day and she's wanting to eat more. I've started giving her a little cereal with her bottle at night and it helps. She's been sleeping about 6-8 hours a night.

Her 2-week check-up was last week. She weighed 8 lbs., 10 oz and measured 21 inches. The dr. said she is doing great and progressing just right for her age. My check-up was this week and he says my stitches are healing well. Also, my bloodpressure is back to normal (which is amazing considering I'm trying to work from home too!). So, we shouldn't have to go for any visits for about a month, which will be nice!

We've had family in every weekend since she was born, so this will be our first weekend alone. We are looking forward to getting in a good routine and doing "normal" stuff. We decided to postpone our Arkansas visit until September because Chad is so busy at work right now. I don't think he could get away for 4 or 5 days and I really want him to be able to enjoy his time off.

I hope everyone is doing well!

--Amy

Update

Things are going well here. We've been very busy and are ready to get back to some sort of normalcy. My mom and sister stayed with us about a week to help with Aubrey. It was so nice to have them here and they really helped out! Chad's mom and grandparents have been here the last 2 weekends and I think they are coming back this weekend. Then, maybe we can get back to normal life.

Aubrey is great! She eats every 4 hours and mostly sleeps in between. In fact, we've been sleeping so much that I haven't taken many pictures. I'll have to fix that soon . . . She is starting to wake up more in between feedings, so I'm trying to work and blog and email and post pictures while she's sleeping. It's a little difficult, but I'm trying to keep up.

I took Aubrey to the George Bush Library for her first 4th of July Fireworks. She slept through the whole thing! They were beautiful and it was fun anyway.

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend!

--Amy