She's one month old!

This month has flown by and she is getting so big and has so much personality. I have loved staying home with her and dread going back but I am so conforted that she will be staying with my mom and not some strangers. She (and I) are still doing great with the breastfeeding and she is growing so much. I weighed her on our scale at home and she weighed 9.5 pounds. During the past two weeks she lost her umbilical cord stump and got HORRIBLE baby acne. I felt so bad. She literally had 50+ zits on her forehead at one point in time. Luckily her face has mainly cleared up. She still has one or two, but nothing like before. I finally was able to get a sling (third times a charm!) and she loves being in it. If she is fussy and I put her in it, she calms down and usually goes to sleep. It is nice to have my hands free and I have practically eaten all my meals the past week with her in the sling. My only complaint with the hostsling is that I don't feel safe bending over without one hand on her and I think I am going to get a Moby too.

The weekend of Mother's day we went to Orlando and to Ponca and she was a trooper! She slept the entire time at Orlando, except to eat which stinks b/c Mike's side of the family really hasn't seen her awake! Once we got to Ponca she was awake and full of her silly self. We leave for Florida this Saturday and although I am super excited, it is the end of my time being able to stay home with her. Here are pictures since the last post. I need to get pictures from Mother's day weekend and when I do I will post them.

Two weeks old!

These past two weeks have flown by and I cannot believe she is already two weeks old. But at the same time I really don't remember what it was like before her! She had her first peds appt on April 22 and it went well. She was tongue-tied (like her momma!) and she got her frenulum clipped at this appt. She did great and was able to eat with no problems less than an hour after the procedure. Mike really enjoyed having the week off being with her.

This past week my mom stayed with us and she was a huge help! I have finally been able to venture outside the house and Caroline has had numerous successful trips, even in a torrential downpour! I have yet to go anywhere without her. I haven't been without her for almost ten months and it is going to be hard to leave her!! I am already dreading so much going back to work! She has been sleeping pretty well. She basically gets up every 2-3 hours to eat and then goes back to sleep pretty quick. She is already in her crib in her room by herself and I am getting used to her noises-what are just sleep noises and what are I need something noises. She had her two week appt on Friday and she weighed 8 lbs, 2 oz and was 20.5 inches (both 55%).

Next week Mike's mom is staying with us and hopefully it will be less rainy so that we can get out a little more. We took one walk last week and she enjoyed it. Today we went to church for the first time and she did great-barely made a peep. It amazes me that she can sleep through the church band and all the singing! Here are pictures since the last post.