Friday, May 2, 2008

She's Growing Fast!

I don't have a ton to report right now. It has been pretty much business as usual for a while here. Aubrey is sleeping 2 1/2 to 3 hours at a time at night so I am up about 2 or 3 times at least each night but the good part is that she goes to sleep immediately after I feed her. In fact, I don't even need to put her to sleep I can just lay her in her bassinet and she puts herself to sleep! Works well for me because I am on a schedule now of waking up at certain times and I can pretty much get the right amounts of sleep to function like a human during the day without having to nap all the time! It feels so good to start feeling normal again!

Aubrey had her one month visit to the doctor this week. I was excited to find out that she has grown from 7lb 4oz at birth to a whopping 10lb 1oz! She has also grown 2 inches in length. I am so happy to see our girl getting bigger and stronger and healthier by the day. She is growing so much that she is outgrowing many of her clothes that she wore when we brought her home from the hospital. In fact, she can fit into some 3 month clothes already! It is both a happy and a bit sad thing to watch her grow up but I keep finding myself feeling the same way - that I don't want her to outgrow the stage that she is in. The funny thing is that I felt like that when she was 1 week then at 2 weeks and so on until now when she is almost 6 weeks old! I realize now that I fall in love with her every day over and over again and I really don't want her to go back to being a day old because then I couldn't be with the baby that she has grown to be now. What a sweet little blessing we have been given. I can't wait to see what she becomes as she continues to grow and mature.

I am very excited to finally spend some time with Troy this weekend. He has been working tons of extra hours at work and works late every day of the week and also works at least one if not both of the weekend days every week. I am fortunate to have a husband that works so hard which has allowed me to take an extra month off of work to stay home and also cut back the amount of hours I will work when I return. I don't mean to look boastful in this entry, I just want to share the wonderful things that are happening in my life with the people I care about. I hope everyone out there reading this is doing well and enjoying the (hopefully) beauty of Spring!