Haley - One Month

On May 5th my baby girl turned 1 month old. I am hoping that with a little more time on my hands with this baby I will be able to chronicle some of her growing up. She is an absolute sweetheart and our absolute joy!

She is still our little bit. By her 3rd weight check she was finally over birth weight and at her one month check-up she weighed 7#14.5 oz (25th %ile) and was 22 inches long (90th %ile). Long and skinny just like her brother. By now she is most likely over 8 pounds but I still have people in the grocery store stop and ask me how old she is because she's so little.

She is still a good sleeper occasionally sleeping 6-7 hours a night (amazing at her age). Lucas slept his first 7 hour stretch at 7 weeks ( I wrote it down because it was so memorable for this sleep deprived mommy). But she is for sure waking up more with long awake stretches during the day. I love seeing her bright eyes taking in the world and she is always so content.

And because I can't but help thinking back on Lucas being this little here are two pictures of my little boy at a month old. Especially the second one looks so much like Haley! Good thing most of our pictures are color coded.

Mother's Day

I love my sweet bunch! They made me breakfast and got me flowers and a card. Lucas even wrote an "L" on the card himself and made me the beautiful hat below at daycare. It doesn't quite fit but shhh don't tell.

Pre-Mother's Day

My mom spent the week with us to help me with the kids while Matt was off working way too much. Before leaving today we had a wonderful morning with a Mother's Day breakfast followed by a wonderful walk. Thank mom for everything you do and for a great week!

Surprises

An unexpected surprise from a group of second year medical students I taught. How sweet are they!

We Love Having a Real Yard!

Thanks to all the hard work to get rid of our jungle last year we finally have a real yard! It came to great use today when Lucas' friend Emma came over to play. Haley was oblivious to it all and enjoyed the warm afternoon air

Birdy Quotes

At dinner last night:
L: "When I is big, I'm going to be a prince and live with mommy and daddy."

Prince in his castle:

Quick Trip to Alabama

The kiddos and I took a quick trip to Birmingham and Huntsville this weekend. Matt had a long weekend on call so it was good for us to get out of town and see the families.

We went hiking in Moss Rock, played with friends at the playground, saw Jenny dance in Snow White, went to a great show at the circus, visited with our friend Kim who came all the way from Australia, and had some fun pool time.

Here's a iPhone unload from the weekend. :)