one month

dear jellybean,

time is such a tricky thing. it seems impossible that it has already been a full month since you arrived, and equally impossible that you have grown and changed so much in only a month. compared to your newborn self, you are staying awake for much longer stretches and now usually prefer to nap in your own bassinet (although you often take at least one nap in the bouncer, or while being held!). you usually go 4 hours between feeds at night, although on a few lucky occasions you've given me a 5 hour and once even a 6 hour stretch! then sometimes you have "noisy nights" where you'll grunt and squeak in your sleep just enough to keep me awake. you generally don't fuss otherwise, so i'll take it! 

you have a very Teutonic temperament: generally calm and unperturbed, with a facial expression that is perpetually unimpressed. we often joke that you are silently judging us all.  in the past week, you've started to smile at us, but it's so fleeting that i've only managed to capture one blurry photo as proof. we love your serious little self! 

constant skepticism

a wee little smile!

this month has been filled to the brim with celebration and time with family and friends. you have met all four grandparents, as well as your Aunt Rebecca, Auntie Kelli and Uncle Colin. Grammie Kim outdid herself, making your stocking in time for Christmas. Christmas itself was relaxed and peaceful. you came to mass for the first time on Christmas Eve, at St. Elizabeth Anne Seton church (how fitting), and then on Christmas Day, Nana, Pappy and Aunt Rebecca drove out to spend the day with us. 

playing the piano with your godfather

on January 1, Father Aron baptized you in a beautiful ceremony at St. Anthony Chapel. we celebrated afterwards with friends at our house, and you got to visit with your baby friends, Laurelin (the daughter of your godparents, Vin and Susan), Sophia (the daughter of Cece's godparents, John and Jen), and Lucia (the daughter of our friends, Karissa and Thomas).  

with your beautiful godmother!

at your one month checkup today, you weighed 8 lbs 11 oz (30th percentile), up 1 lb 9 oz from your birth weight! and you measured 21 inches long (52nd percentile). you are long and lean, just like your sisters! 

you and i still spend most of our time relaxing at home, but you've been out and about to some of your sisters' events, including their Christmas concert at school, choir rehearsals and gymnastics practices. i know that in a blink of an eye, you're going to be doing all kinds of fun things yourself, so i'm taking every opportunity to snuggle you! 

we love you, little jellybean! thank you for being you!