One Month Old

Last weekend my parents came into town. They stayed at my brother’s house, but they spent a few hours when they first arrived with Jessica and I. My Dad hadn’t seen Jessica since she was 1 day old.

We then met up with everyone for dinner where Jessica sucked on her pacifier (since she had gotten fussy in the car) and then fell asleep. She took such a nice nap, we even did a quick stop in the grocery store on the way home. Although, I have to say HEB’s carts aren’t ideal for a baby carrier, so until she gets bigger I won’t be able to go to HEB with just her.

She much prefers her bouncer to her swing, but as long as she is very happy when put in the swing, she’ll enjoy it and even fall asleep in it.

Doesn’t Jessica look like she’s praying in this next picture? It was taken after a diaper change, so maybe she’s praying that that Daddy will be faster at flying her in for a milk pick-up. James has taken to flying Jessica to me and she really seems to enjoy it. I need to get a picture of it.

On Sunday, we met up with my parents and my brother’s family for lunch to celebrate Julia’s birthday, who hit the quarter century mark. Don’t Aspen and Jessica look cute together? I can’t wait until they both get bigger and can have play dates.

On Monday, Jessica became one month old. Time is certainly flying by. She is rapidly growing. The Gerber brand 0-3 month onesies are now too short, although the Carter newborn onesies are still long enough, but not for much longer. Jessica enjoys eating and can be quite the noisy eater. Sometimes, she gets so excited to eat and will gulp so much that she almost causes herself to choke. She is starting to be more alert during the day and enjoys kicking on her tummy time mat both on her back and on her stomach. She can keep herself occupied for quite some time in her bouncer, which is great since that allows me to eat lunch or get dressed. Jessica is a good sleeper, albeit an often noisy sleeper. She has consistently been going to bed in the 9-10 o’clock hour, waking up around 2:30 AM and then again between 7:30 and 8:30 AM. Although last night, she didn’t wake up until 5 AM and then 9 AM, which made me pretty happy. Although, if I had known she was going to sleep that long I would have put a doubler in her diaper and prevented James from changing the crib sheet at 5 AM.

As a side note, at my postpartum check-up at the OB’s office earlier this week, I’m 6 pounds shy of my pre-pregnancy weight. Of course, since I only gained 30 pounds, I lost a third to half of that weight by the time we went home from the hospital.