Lena is 1 month old!

On August 3rd Lena turned 1 month old! In celebration of her 1 month birthday I went out to dinner and a movie with my friend and grandma babysat! ha! It was GREAT to have a break and have an evening out, I really needed it. Lena has her 1 month Dr. appointment this Thursday, so I'll be sure to report how she's doing. Last week she weighed in at 7lbs 7 ounces, so she is growing well. Things are getting a teeny bit easier and I feel like I'm getting the hang of this whole parent thing. Lena and I definitely have more good days than bad now which is refreshing. But, this parenting thing is definitely more challenging than I thought it would be. Throughout pregnancy people kept telling me how hard it is to have a newborn and how sleep deprived I was going to be, but I always thought to myself, "No, that's just your baby, my baby isn't going to be like that." YEAH RIGHT! People were trying to prepare me, but I was in complete denial. I'm not in denial anymore!

Here is what Lena has accomplished in her first month:

1. she had her first trip to the mall

2. she grabbed at her first dangling toy, a caterpillar

3. she gave me her first real smile while we were playing "attack of the kisses"

4. she stuck out her bottom lip in the pouty face (which made me laugh really hard)

5. she is slowly growing to enjoy bath time (the crying is slowly decreasing!)

Here's what I have accomplished in Lena's first month:

1. insane one handed capabilities

2. how to survive on a minimum amount of sleep (in the beginning it was 3-4 hours, now it's about 6...always interrupted of course)

3. the skill of super sonic hearing (also known as "mom ears")

4. how to feed a baby in my sleep

5. how to take a shower in less than 5 minutes