One month come and gone...

On Thursday, Kacey celebrated her 1 month birthday! Happy birthday little goob! Everything is going so great. I can't believe how much she is growing each and every day. At her one month doctor's appointment, she weighed in at a whopping 9 lbs. 14oz (72 percentile) and is a very tall 23 inches (95 percentile). She's still fitting into her newborn clothes, but I think that will be coming to an end soon. They're just getting a little too short on her. She's going to be a tall one like her daddy!

We successfully made it through Tim's trip to Chicago. My mother-in-law came and stayed with us and that helped quite a bit. We're so happy to have him home though. She definitely missed her daddy! Kacey and I are finally getting onto somewhat of a schedule. She's been sleeping well at night and she's napping better and better during the day (this makes for a very happy mommy too!). We transitioned her into her bassinette this past weekend and that's letting us get better sleep too. While we miss having her in our bed, the last thing we want is to have a 5 year-old who can't sleep anywhere else but with us. She's even started smiling and cooing much more over the past week. It just melts my heart when she gives me that big toothless grin.

She's just a beautiful and wonderful little girl. We are very lucky parents. Although sometimes it makes me a little sad that she is growing up so fast, I can't wait for the new things that every day brings with her.

Oh how the time flies!

I just can't believe my little girl is already 23 days old! She is just the most miraculous thing that has ever happened to me. I can't even put into words how much I adore our little family. It's certainly been a crazy first 3 weeks, but we get more used to one another with each moment together.

Well, here's just a quick synopsis of the last few weeks. So far we've seen our pediatrician three times. As of last Wednesday (2 weeks and 1 day old) she has gained 4 oz. from her birth weight and grown 2 inches! And that was up 12 oz. from just 6 days earlier! She really is thriving which I'm so happy with. Nursing is going really well and I'm so happy that I stuck with it even when it was incredibly painful and difficult. It's so worth it now. I really hope we can keep it up. Sleeping is going well. We're tired, but she's a good sleeper so we appreciate what we do get. She's usually only up one or two times in the middle of the night. My mommy confidence is improving each day.

I love watching her sleep (looks just like her dad when she's totally zonked out and is totally adorable). And she makes the cutest faces and smiles at us. Although I suspect it is just gas at least some of the time, that doesn't make it any less sweet. She's just a great baby. Even survived 2 BC football tailgates so far. So basically, we're just totally loving her to pieces all the time. I hope time slows down soon though. I know before I know it, she's going to be a toddler running around and raisin' hell and I'm sure we'll be loving every minute of that too.