One month old today!

It's hard to believe that our baby girl is already 1 month old!  These past 4 weeks have really flown by. Everyday we get to watch Emily grow and develop. She's making "aaahhh" noises now (which is a relief from the crying), she's more alert and we're on the verge of getting smiles and laughs from her.  She especially likes when we kiss her tummy or neck (and when my hair gets in her face)!  She can hold her head up better and even likes to sit on Blaine's lap...of course always focused on her friend fanny (the ceiling fan).

She still pretty much hates tummy time though.  She will lay on her playmat fine for a good while and when I turn her over she does really good for about 1 minute then starts to fuss. I even tried propping her on the boppy but she was already mad at me and didn't like that either.  She'll really pull her head up when she's laying on your chest.

She's has basically grown out of her newborn clothes. We tried to put a sleeper on her just last night and it was a little snug for our piglet!  So we've moved to the 3 month section of her closet.  Some of the things are still a little big but this adorable ballerina sleeper was just too cute.

Notice the little characters on the changing pad under her bottom? Well those were one of the best purchases that I didn't even know we needed. They're these waterproof pads that we put on top of the changing pad (although it's waterproof too underneath the cover) and it's a good thing b/c for some reason she likes to pee AFTER we've taken off her diaper.  Usually it only gets on this little pad and not the whole cover so I don't have to wash it everyday but it does usually get on her clothes which we then have to change! 

She is still a little fussy in the evenings...I'm convinced it's acid reflux b/c of the way she's acting and I feel so bad for her.  We're trying gripe water and it's helping but not curing it.  We keep burp cloths handy everywhere in the house. 

She's also discovered the paci. They're so big in her mouth though that she looks like Maggie from the Simpson's!  She isn't really able to keep a hold of it so we have to help her. Lately she's been pretty content with it though so that's good. Here's Blaine helping her keep it in (what a sweet picture).

Today we made it to Sunday School and worship service at church. I didn't get a picture of her cute outfit before Blaine changed it but this one I thought was equally as cute. Plus we had to change into our play clothes b/c we walked over to Kelli's (Blaine's sister's) house so that Emily could meet her dog, Baxter for the first time!

We had a really fun and busy weekend!  Here are her 1 month pictures...notice how snug her 0-3 month onsies are, guess we'll store those away now too!  Stay tuned for more as we watch our sweet baby girl grow big and strong!