Lily- 1 Month

I can't believe it has already been a month since Lily entered our family. Some of the things at 1 month (and before) are:

-currently weighs 10lbs 10oz
-2 weeks she stared staring and making eye contact with us
-Nurses great. Nursing has been a night and day difference with Lily than with Akoy. I'm still pumping a bit but that is just to get the excess out and pump for a family friend. Unfortunately I have developed Thrush (supposedly, I'm getting a second opinion on Wednesday because the medicine is not working) and it has created a few problems. Luckily she does not have it.
-She will not take a bottle. Refuses. Much different than Akoy, who actually preferred it. We have tried numerous times.
-She wouldn't take a binky until a week ago. She is doing better with it and will suck on it for more than 5 seconds. Hopefully she will keep this up. She took a binky early on, but it was the Advent brand and I she started nursing funny so we took the binky away. She is finally taking the soothie brand and that hasn't effected nursing.
-Sleeps pretty well. Usually she will have a 5-6 hour stretch sometime in the middle of the night. She has a hard time going to bed for the night. It's almost that she knows what we are doing. She likes to fall asleep while nursing and then stay there for a couple hours. I don't know how I feel about co-sleeping so we are trying to steer away from this. I don't want her to get comfortable in our bed. She has a bassinett for a reason! She is getting better.
-Loves to be held by her momma. She does like her swing and will spend a little time in it.
-Bryson has gotten her to smile a few times. She has smiled for me, but it's more random and probably more gas than anything. Bryson's are real though, or at least the timing is. lucky duck!
-Whenever she is on our bed or couch, Lily loves to stare at the pictures. Maybe it's because they are in black frames. Or maybe she just likes staring at her family. :) 
-Her dad nicknamed her Lily B. Akoy just calls her baby.
-She has only got bonked on the head twice from Akoy... That's good for a month right? ha
-Outgrown most newborn clothes, and wears size 1 diaper. We had one newborn box of diapers and tried to hurry through them!

Akoy still loves his little sister. The other day I put Lily in his bed with his juice and penguin while Akoy was in the bath. He came in and freaked out. He kept saying, 'no, baby' and tried to pull her out. You don't mess with his juice. He loves to help out with diaper changes and whenever I put her down on the ground he runs and gets diapers and wipes. He is interacting with her more and more each day.  He does get jealous of things that she has when he has something similar. As well as her headbands.


As for me, I cooked dinner for the first time the other night. I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things. I finally sat down and planned some meals and went grocery shopping. I had to go at 10 at night, because I did not want to take 2 kids. Needless to say, I took my sweet time! I finally feel like I have some of my energy back. Now I just need to get rid of a little thrush issue and the flu that I caught and life would be great! :) 

just staring at the window.

She usually hangs out here while I shower

Staring contest

She's got some muscles

She loves her hands up

Watching a movie with her brother :)

hands always up and bent

Happy 1 Month Miss Lily Ann!!