She's a 10

Little miss has finally reached 10 lbs! We are so blessed, she's such an amazing little bunny. She sleeps through the night, smiles a ton & is overall perfect. Her Dr said so! Every day I just love her more, and our family is so complete. I almost hate to say it, because I want more children, but Ava's been so perfect, I don't want to risk it. But the next little one will be good and perfect inn their own way. 

"Every good and perfect gift is from above."   James 1:17

2 months // Happy 4th of July!

Look who's already 2 months old! Little miss has been growing on along, getting a little chunk on her body, being a little sweetie.  Her sleeping pattern had been great for us, every three hours, and after midnight she would sleep until 5/6 a.m.  That was going to be great for my mornings back at work. However, this week, hitting her two month mark, she flipped the script on us. A few days she was waking up every three hours after midnight, but thank goodness that only lasted a few nights.  Then she decided to fall asleep around 10:30 p.m., and wakeup at 4 a.m.  Now don't get me wrong, I am super thankful for the long stretch of sleep, but dang, 4:00?!  Why not 5:00?  So that's been different. Needless to say, there have been a couple of mornings we've woken up in the recliner...  

July 4th! We had a fun-filled day of relaxing,  enjoying not going to work,  and a trip to Kmart. (Yes, they're still around.)  We got Ava an activity mat, and she really likes it.  Also got some more formula since she's been doing well with one formula bottle a day.  Today it's been a week of trying  it out.  Thanks to a suggestion from my bf, I went with Enfamil, for newborns. No bad gas or fussiness.  Insert sigh of relief here. And of course we had to get some little fireworks.  We played with them while Ava was napping on her new activity mat (ironic much?), and Coco watched over.  Or Coco was hiding bc she doesn't like the fireworks, but either way when I looked at the monitor from the driveway, Coco was laying right next to Ava. It was precious!  Ava didn't seem to mind the noise, she still slept.  So we made it through our first fourth, in our new house, with our new baby.  I hope everyone had a great holiday!

xoxo

Full time...

Today was the day I'd been dreading for the past two months - my official full day back at work.  I had been doing just fine with my half days but this day brought back all of my new mommy insecurities; will Ava make it without me? Will I manage without her for 10 hours? Omg 10 hours?!?! What was I thinking? There's no way she or I will make it that long without each other!  Obviously we did, though.  Don was off work today, so he got to play Mr. Mom and he loved it.  I got some adorable picture texts & updates on her eating times. He's her father, of course she was in good hands.  But that was not a worry for me.  I just didn't want to be without my favorite little accessory. I mean, this little chunker is adorable!
So there was nothing to worry about, all went well. What will be hard though, is when she starts crawling, talking, waking... I've got some time before that though, phew!  So for now, I'll hold her little body and listen to her breathe as heavy as a. little baby can do. I thought she was crying to nurse, but when I changed her wet diaper, out she went! Gosh, I love this baby.