Holy crap!
Unsure when to count "one month" since September doesn't have have 31 days.
Also, no half birthday...February only has 28 days, saddest news. We'll have to celebrate Happy 3/4 Birthday or something epic, because April 14th is pretty much a holiday in my book, and my daughter needs to enjoy the awesomeness of the 1/2, or 3/4 Birthday.
Anyway, back to month one. It has flown by! ...the rest of this post is written to Makena....
Stats: At your two week appointment, you not only weighed in at your birth weight (the goal) - you surpassed it! (Way to go Rockstar!) ...you weighed 8lbs 15oz!
At four weeks you weighed in at 10 lbs 5oz! What are we feeding you?? You also grew 2 1/2 inches.
You bring happiness and laughter to us everyday.
You are getting more and more alert, but you LOVE to sleep. I have a feeling 13 years from now, you'll be exactly the same, except it won't be as cute, and I'll likely be yelling at you to get out of bed and get to school.
You're morning stretches and yawns are my absolute favorite. The way you scrunch your face and raise your eyebrows - the wrinkles on your forehead, and how your little tiny arms stretch above your head with your little fists.
You also have the most serious, focused, old man face - you scrunch your eyebrows into this little scowl face combined with your tight lips, it cracks us up!
You are also quite the drama queen - one minute you'll be content with your focus face, and the next you decide to cry - and almost like you are just checking to see that it still works, you immediately stop crying and go back to your look. Sometimes when you fuss we blow in your face and you immediately stop, look shocked, and then give us this adorable face - we love you so much!
You LOVE bath time. I think you'd stay in there forever, and you always fuss when we take you out, but getting you all wrapped up in warm blankets with your towel and cuddling right afterwards is one of the best parts of the day.
You also love the carseat. You'd also stay in there forever if we let you, usually sleeping. We get you in the car and within minutes you're konked out.
Everyone is amazed when we've been out and about - they always tell me "I can't believe you're already out!" But really, you've been such an amazing baby, the first two weeks you would have slept through the night if I hadn't woken you up to feed you. Now you sleep in 3-4 hour chunks - so really, for the most part, I get better sleep then when I was pregnant with you (that last month for sure!)
You're dad loves you to pieces, and I love him so much more seeing how much he loves you. You bring such a smile to his face and hearing him laugh watching you fills my heart! He loves to call you "Babykins" and "Stink Bug" (a well deserved nickname!) - He also loves calling you by your first and middle name, "Makena Rae!"
It's crazy how much you look like him - we joke that we're going to dress you up as him for Halloween - he also calls you "mini-Brandon" and thinks you're pretty stinkin' cute. (I agree).
Part of me can't wait to see what changes you'll make in the next month - but the other part of me just wants time to slow down so we can enjoy these moments before they're gone!
Happy One Month Baby Girl!
