One Month

Oh, how the time flies. It's already been a month. At this time 4 weeks ago I was holding my sweet beautiful daughter in my arms marveling at the miracle of life. Holding my precious in my arms with my husband's arms wrapped around me...nothing could've been better. Here we are a month later and still things are pretty darn great.

Arwen's doing wonderfully, putting on weight like a champ and beginning to interact with Chris and me. Oh my, what a feeling when she smiles at me when I take her to breast or looks up at me while she's nursing. There is nothing like it.

As I'll be going back to work soon Chris and I have started testing the waters with a bottle. She finally gave it a couple sucks today and the look on Chris's face was priceless. Her taking a bottle will be very good for the two of them. She's nursed nearly non-stop since we brought her home and then with visitors his time with her has been very limited. Even though I'm hoping to only have to use a bottle twice a day when I go back to work, those will be two very special times for Chris and Arwen.

Yes, Chris will be feeding her during the day because Chris will be staying home with the Tiny One. Stay-at-home Papa! We are very blessed to have the opportunity for one of us to stay home with Arwen. We decided last fall as Chris was interviewing for a new job that we'd rather have one of us taking care of her instead of enrolling her in day care. I have nothing against day care (my Momma has a day care), but when it comes right down to it, we'd rather sacrifice a little to have this time with our daughter. I'll admit that I planted the bug in Chris's ear about staying home, hoping he'd bite since we were so far from my Momma and thankfully he did. I've never regretted our decision and as the time that I'll have to go back to work rapidly approaches I've never been so sure about a decision. I know this is going to be so wonderful for Arwen, we both do. And thinking of how much fun they'll have here together makes me so happy. Plus, I only work about 15 minutes from home, so I'll be home for lunch time feedings and kisses and snuggles and that helps a whole lot!

So, Arwen celebrated her one month by swiftly pooping on Papa directly after her nice warm bath. I think it was her way of letting him know she wasn't quite finished enjoying bath time, as the water was so warm and cozy. And I can't deny laughing...I just think it's hilarious when those kinds of incidents happen. Except in the middle of the night...2AM is no time for jokes of that degree. My family got to spend time with us today too. They've had so little time with her since sickness has been coming and going in their house, but they've had a break from it and seized the opportunity for some Arwen time.

Now, the three of us are going to wrap up the day with a little BBQ (from the local volunteer fire department...oh so yummy!), cuddling, and Bones!! We finally finished the Buffy and Angel shows and have moved on to Bones. It's a great show, if you like those types, and I highly recommend it. And yes, I know we need to get off our butts, but I have been on the mend so I have an excuse for prolonged laziness. The weather is going to be nice this week though so we'll probably head out for some walks.

Happy one month Mommy's sweet lovely girl! Mommy loves you to the moon and back!