Hi everyone. We have had a busy last couple of weeks. My mom came into town on the 3rd and we have been doing lots. We got our nails done, went to the beach, went shopping (lots) and have been going for walks every evening. Ellie is getting big, she already weighs almost 8 pounds and as of a couple of weeks ago she had grown an inch! She is soooo cute and such a good baby. She is still sleeping pretty much all day but now she stays awake for a couple of hours in the morning and a couple of hours at night (sometimes). She is actually sleeping right next to me right now :-)
On mothers day we (Ellie, mom, and me) went to the beach with my aunt Rachel and her girls. Ellie slept pretty much the whole time we were there. She only woke up twice to be fed and then it was back to sleep. The weather was so perfect, we could have stayed all day. That night Stephen and I went to the Orlando Magic vs Boston Celtics game. It was a good game, very close. It was the first time we both left Ellie at the same time, and the first time I had been away from her for more than two hours. She stayed with mom and did very good. I was a little nervous because it was going to be the first time that she'd have a bottle. A lot of the books I read say that a lot of times breast fed babies won't take a bottle so I was afraid that she would cry the whole time because she would be hungry; but I was wrong. I pumped before I went and left her with two bottles. (Sorry if this is too much information :-) )Ellie took both of the bottles no problem; she is so good!!
Mom has been such a big help. She takes Ellie every morning after her feeding( between 6:30 and 7) and lets me go back to sleep for another two or three hours, however long Ellie will hold off. It's so nice :-) I wake up with Ellie two times in the middle of the night so it really isn't that bad. Sometimes I do fall asleep while I'm feeding her because the lights are down really low and I am sleepy :-) So anyways...
Ellie rolled over from her belly to her back again today!! She did it once when she was 7 days old and I thought it was a fluke. Evidently she is just very athletic and isn't wasting any time. When I put her down to do "tummy time" she starts kicking her legs around as if she is trying to crawl. I think she will start crawling earlier than most babies! She also works on holding her head up a lot, she is very determined to figure it out. I can't believe that she is already a month old. This month has gone by really fast!!
Well, I'm off to get some rest until she wants to be fed again. I'll post pics soon.
