1 month checkup

Ava had a very busy weekend. On Friday, we had family day. Josh took a break from school work and we ran errands all three of us. Ava christened us with her first diaper blowout and I ended up having to change her in the car, that was an experience. On Saturday, Ava went to her first church service and stayed awake the entire time. I am guessing she loved hearing about David and Goliath. On Sunday, we went to Carters and got a ton of great deals on their clearance items. I was also able to use a coupon I got off of facebook. Ava also attended her first party. We went over to one of Josh's classmates apartment for a Super Bowl party. The party wore Ava out so much that she slept for 8 hours that night!

This morning Ava had her 1 month checkup, although she is already 6 weeks. Our little girl now weighs 9lbs. 10oz. and is 20 1/2 inches long. She is in the 50 percentile for her weight and height. She has been cooing and shouting alot. I think she just loves to hear her voice. She smiles at me when she gets up in the morning and is working hard to focusing on things. She is doing really well at holding up her head. She also laughs in her sleep, most adorable thing ever. I wonder what she is laughing at and what kind of dreams she is having. We go back to the doctor on March 2 and this time there will be shots :(

I can't believe how fast she has grown already, newborn clothes are slowly making their way out of her drawers and into storage bins.

shhh, she's asleep

I am finally adjusting to the "mommy" schedule. Before Ava was born people kept telling me to get as much sleep as I could before she arrived, then when she arrived they told me to make sure that I slept when she did. Well, we had numerous guests the first 3 weeks that Ava was home, sleeping when she did? I think not. I was an emotional wreak, I felt like I just could not get myself together. I cried a lot and was always exhausted.....wonder why. As the guests fizzled out and Josh started back to school I didn't see any reason why I couldn't sleep when Ava did and stay in my pajamas all day. I was able to do this for about a week and then I was ready to get Ava onto a schedule so that I could get myself back together before heading back to work in a couple of weeks. Schedule? yeah, right. Newborns don't have a schedule, they make one and it is completely unpredictable. The past few nights have been great though, Ava has slept for 6 hours at a time. I think she is getting the hang of things. It has been so great that after Josh left for school this morning, I was able to take a shower, fix my hair and get dressed, in something other than yoga pants.
I love my new lifestyle of being a mom, there is nothing else in the world like it. I have learned new things about myself. How much stress I can truly handle. Just how little sleep you can get and still function. I have a new purpose. The hardest thing ever is having the nagging realization in the back of my head that soon I will have to go back to work.