Lily's 1st month

Although the beginning of my maternity leave I was very nervous about having to spend the next 6 weeks alone, stuck in the house, it has gone by really fast. (i was also very hormonal then)

At Lily's one month check up she was 21 1/2 inches long (so as long as brandon was at birth) and weighed 8.3lbs. She is sleeping practically through the night! she goes down around 9pm and wakes up around 2 or 3 am and then an hour or so later goes back down and wakes up around 5 or 6 am. We were shocked at how quickly she started this, but clearly very happy! naps during the day are still not really on a sched. and nursing on demand. Dr told us to start giving her a bottle a day, and Every other day make it formula so that way she was ready for daycare. I admit I teared up when she took her first formula bottle... She had 1 shot, but was already crying so it didn't matter much

(easy for me to say)

At one month she was just getting out of NB clothing and was still in NB diapers.

 

Here are some pictures of July 2012!

 

Nan getting to hold Lily for the first time

 Our first walks around the neighborhood

 Me trying to accomplish cooking dinner with a newborn.

 Brandon has been a great big brother.

he helps fetch things for her and has a lot of patience for mom and dad

He does not like her crying. Below he is holding her pacifier in so she doesn't cry

 

 she did not want to be in the picture,

He really didn't want to hold her either...

 Brandon got Fifths disease (hence the red cheeks)

 My one month pictures of her

(she was smiling and talking to the side of her crib... wouldn't look at me)