Ivy is one month old!

Ivy is a month old! She is such a fun baby and pretty easy so far. What's not easy is transitioning from one child to two. I have had lots of help in the last month and that has made it so much easier. In fact, I am able to catch up on my blogging right now because Chad's dad is holding Ivy and Chad and Ezra are playing legos in the playroom. So I thought I'd better take advantage. 

 

She started smiling right around three weeks and will smile at you when you talk to her. I love it!

 No, this is not a pregnancy picture. It's Ivy and me in the evening when I am trying to get ready for church and she is having her fussy time during the day. She does pretty well in the sling, so I imagine I'll be using that quite a bit for the next few weeks until I can put her in a bigger carrier.

 This picture looks really sweet, but when Ezra stopped "kissing" her, she had tooth marks on her head. Nice.

At one month, Ivy is...
-Eating every 2.5-3 hours during the day, but at night, she eats at around 9:30, 2, and 5:30, so I am able to get a couple good stretches of sleep. She is pretty good at the moment at going back to sleep after she eats. A week or so ago, not so much. She is a good nurser.
-Taking about 5 naps during the day. She sleeps a lot in the morning but is more alert (and fussy) in the afternoons.
-Getting more alert and smiling more by the day. She already seems very interested in everything going on around her, including watching her crazy big brother.

That's it for now...I will be posting her two month post before I know it! Actually, this one is already a day late. Oops. Not a good start.