1 month

wow. is all i can say right now. how in the world are you already one month old? though it has probably been the longest month of my entire life, it has also gone by way too fast. in a way i feel like i am missing it all. i feel like one day i am going to blink and you are going to be 16.

luckily, for now, you are still only a month. big girl! i think you have done more in the last 4 weeks then i did my entire elementary school career. seriously. who goes in a hot air balloon at 6 days old? you, thats who. ps, your welcome.

you have seriously been a dream. as soon as we got home from our stay at hotel hoag, you immediately turned on the charm. sleeping from 10 to 5am, then again until 9! it's like your daddy's morning alarm. perfect for me.. i hated the sound of that buzzer that early in the morning. btw, when are we going to clue him in on how great it is to sleep in past then?

your big brother and sis are borderline obsessed. thank you for being so patient and understanding. i can't even tell you how many times a day i find you snuggled up with one of their favorite animals or toys. or how many times i pull that soothie paci out of your mouth because they insist on the fact that you need it even though you are fast asleep. they fight over who gets to get me your diaper and wipes, who gets to hold the other side of the carseat when we carry you out, and the biggest of all, who gets to sit in the back. thats the seat that actually gets to see your face in a backward facing carseat. your sister almost always wins. she is not one to back down. she loves you that much.


each night all four of us snuggle you. first it's you and me in emmy's bed. "GIRL TIME!" is what emmy yells, followed by you and daddy in dane's bed. ems likes to get in your face and introduce herself. always likes to remind you that she is your big sis. dane is much more tender, always ending the session with a kiss on your head. always. it amazes me just how much they love you. but it's not like it's hard.

you absolutely love with a capital L bath time. love it. from start to finish. from water to lotion to jammies. you love it. and i love the way you smell after it. that makes our lives a bit easier. thank you.

a few days ago i forced the family to get in the car and go for a walk at the beach. having you third hasn't given me the luxury of just pulling out the stroller and going. we have schedules, emmy fights about not having a seat and having to walk, dane doesn't want to sit. he just wants to run... in the opposite direction. i've felt guilty for not getting you out in the fresh open air like that. like i got to with your brother and sister. but we finally did, and you loved it. i promise when summer is over and the other kids are back in school we will do it more. promise. but that first family walk on the beach was perfect. i carried you in the bjorn and you went right to sleep. i was thinking it was your favorite spot until i found the peanut shell. you love that even more, and now i don't leave home without it.


you are seriously perfection. and i am seriously smitten.