The First Month

Oh. My Goodness! I can't believe it has already been a month since Blakely rocked our worlds! I had really intended to make this blog more of a weekly priority but something about a newborn has prevented that from happening. She is really keeping us busy! It kind of feels overwhelming to even think about how to write about the first month. It's been such a blur really because it's gone so fast. She has had some really fussy moments (the kind where I'm almost in tears trying to calm her down) and some perfect moments. She tends to give us one bad night followed by one good night and so on and so on. There's really no way to predict how she's going to be from one day to the other. Keeping us on our toes for sure! We have managed to make it grocery shopping with her every week since she's been home. If we go in the afternoon she tends to sleep straight through. Evening outings however are a completely different story. Last weekend we planned on a sushi date on Saturday night. I've been wanting sushi since I found out I was pregnant and couldn't eat it anymore. We got ourselves all ready, got her ready, and headed out the door. She was a little fussy but not too bad when the car was moving. Once we got to the restaurant she was crying hardcore. We couldn't get her to stop! So we decided to give her a bottle- nope. Then we decided to drive around to get her good and asleep. We drove around for about 20 minutes and she was OUT. We pulled back up to the restaurant and guess what. She woke up screaming. We decided this sushi date just wasn't going to happen. We ended up with Wendy's drive-thru that night. We did try again for lunch the next day and that was a success. Thanks for that Blakely. =) That was really her worst moment. Most of the time she's great. She usually sleeps a lot better in the afternoons than the mornings so I spend the mornings bouncing and singing and rocking and doing whatever I can and then the afternoon is sometimes filled just holding her. I could put her down maybe a little more than I do but she prefers to be held and I really am trying to soak up all the snuggles I can get from her right now. She's truly a blessing to our family. We couldn't be any happier to be her parents. Sometimes I wonder how we got so lucky. Ok that's enough for now. Hopefully I'll write again before the 2 month mark. =) -Geneva