1 month!

Honestly, I cannot believe my baby girl is one month old already.  :-(  Where the heck did the time go?!?!  When I was pregnant, people always used to say to me, "you think your pregnancy went by fast, just wait until the baby actually gets here!"  Ugh, it's so true.  Time is flying by way too quickly for my liking.  I want her to stay a tiny little baby forever.

Anyways, enough of the sadness/whining...let's talk about Isabella!  I mean, that's all anyone cares about these days anyway, right?  ;-)

Here are just some things going on with B this past month:

~  As of her last doctor's appointment about 2 weeks ago, she was 8lbs 9 oz.  We have another appointment this Thursday, and I'm sure she's well over 9lbs now.  My girl can EAT, that's for sure!  She definitely takes after her mama.  I love it. 

~  She still fits into almost all of her newborn clothes, but, we're definitely on our last leg with them.  She's getting too long for most of them now.  Hopefully she takes after Hubs and is taller than me!

~  We just used our last newborn diaper this past weekend.  She's officially in size 1's now.  :-(

~  Seriously, Little Miss Piggy can eat, let me tell you!  I honestly haven't had any clue how much she's been eating, since I've been exclusively breast feeding...but, Hubs and I went to a wedding on Saturday night, and while we were gone she ate two 4oz bottles, in ONE FEEDING!!  Hel-lo chubsters.  :-P 

~  Speaking of that...Hubs and I had our first night out since Isabella was born.  Two of our good friends got married this past weekend, so we got all dressed up and headed out for a few hours.  It was torture leaving her for the first time, but, it was nice to be out for a little while...and I even got to enjoy a few adult beverages.  Woohoo!

~  I know I shouldn't say anything, because I'm sure I'm going to jinx myself, but, whatever.  Lil Miss has been a fabulous sleeper, so far!  *knock on wood*  She naps 3-4 hours during the day, and is usually in the newborn napper part of the pack n play for naps.  She's also been sleeping in her crib at night since day one!  At first it was rough...she was eating every 2 hours or so, with an hour of that time feeding...so, I was sleeping in 1-1 1/2 hour increments.  But now, I *think* she may have her mother's love for sleeping...praise the Lord!  ;-)  So far, we've had two nights of her sleeping over 7 hours straight...7 glorious hours!!  And normally, she sleeps at least 4-6 hours straight at night.  I am SO grateful, that's for sure.  Mama loves her some sleep, so it's amazing that I've been so lucky to have a baby that loves her sleep, as well!  (So far, at least!  I know this can change in an instant, and she can end up being up 2-3 times a night again.  I'm praying that doesn't happen, though!)

~  On the sleeping subject...the one thing that we have to do in order for her to sleep so well, is swaddle her.  Thankfully we got a few Swaddle Me blankets at my shower...they've been a lifesaver!  Isabella is a crazy arm sleeper, so if she's not swaddled, she'll flail her arms all over the place and end up pulling out her binky and waking up by hitting herself in the face.  Good times.

~  Oh!  How could I forget?  I had newborn photos taken of Isabella when she was around 10 days old.  They came out SO. FREAKING. ADORABLE.  I can't even believe how great they came out...you know, not to brag or anything, but, my daughter is pretty darn cute.  ;-)  I'll definitely be showing off those pictures soon!  Keep an eye out for that post in the next couple of days.

~  I can't believe I've been on maternity leave for 5 weeks already!  It's going by so ridiculously fast.  I hate that!  Thankfully, I still have another 8 weeks home with B, but, I'm already dreading the day I have to go back to work.  And, don't even get me started on bringing her to daycare...UGH.  I want to throw up just thinking about leaving her. 

Anyways, I think that's about it for now.  I'm sure I can keep rambling on and on and ON, but, I'll just leave you with some cute 1 month pictures I took tonight...enjoy!  :-)

I'm ONE month!  :)

Teehee

 Such a big girl

 Giving Mrs. Elephant the stink eye