1 Month

On Friday, Makayla turned one month old. Mom and Dad celebrated by going out on their first (much needed) post-baby date. After dinner, we picked up a Baskin Robbins ice cream cake, and celebrated the milestone. We did this with Joshua, so we figured we'd carry on the tradition. Okay, so it's really just an excuse to have cake ; )

How is our little girl, you ask?! In some ways she takes after her brother, but she's so different in many other ways. She spits up like Joshua did; unfortunately, it seems to bother her a little more. She is a pretty needy baby thus far, and is only happy if she's asleep or being held in my swaddle wrap (Moby). I think much of it has to do with the reflux and some tummy issues. She does okay at night, giving us a good 4-5 hour stretch of sleep at the beginning of the night, but then struggles to fall back asleep because of being uncomfortable. We're hoping she'll start to outgrow some of these issues during the second month. When she is happy, she's full of funny expressions and heart-melting gassy smiles. I think we'll keep her!

Joshua loves his sissy, but we're still trying to keep the two somewhat separated as Joshua has had a cold since the day she came home from the hospital. I'm looking forward to Joshua loving on Makayla once cold season has passed, and she's a little more in the clear.

That pretty much sums up the past month. Andrew and I both agree that this first month flew by so quickly. One minute we were taking her home from the hospital, and the next minute we were buying a one-month old cake. We're kind of slacking in taking pictures, but here are a few of our little girl: