A New Kind of Love

A week old to four weeks old, what a difference

Natalia at one month old....7 lbs 14 oz (two whole pounds more than at birth!!)

Dan, Natalia, and I at a local park. We are a family!

Natalia hanging out with mommy on the couch on her boppy!

This is a new kind of love and wow is it ever amazing. I love you Dan and Natalia. <3

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5 Weeks....

Can you believe that Natalia is 5 weeks old! WOW! The days go by so stinkin fast now that I am constantly doing something. I am still changing a few many diapers, but now they are not just wet, she is not as constipated as she was, so there are more poopy diapers!!!! Only a mother can appreciate this, especially having to watch her in pain for so long. Thank heaven for soy formula.

She is only taking about 3 oz at a time, and I hope soon she will move up to 4. Her tummy is still so tiny, so it can only hold so much. She was 5 lbs 14 oz when she was born and at her month check up she was 7 lbs 14 oz! Almost 8 pounds, but really she is still so tiny.

I had my PP appt the day after my birthday (my first as a mommy) and I got a clean bill of health. My "wound" was undetectable and I got the OK to exercise among other things. :)

Natalia is starting to smile a lot more, and sleeping a tad bit less during the day. At night it really varies on how long she will sleep. She can go either 3, 4, 5, or 7 hours without a bottle, diaper change (imagine that) or waking up in the middle of the night. Dan and I are looking forward to more of the 7 hour nights, but for now we are just thankful she doesn't get up every 2 hours.

We were talking the other night and we had to laugh at the fact that when we first brought Natalia home we were setting an alarm to get up and wake her up to feed her! What in the world were we thinking? New parents. Enough said.

Dan and I are finding more time together at night and it has been great. I miss just the two of us, but I am so thankful to have Natalia in our lives.

Well, I have some laundry that needs attending to, and a kitchen table that is covered with stuff that doesn't belong on it.

Til next time,



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Diapers, bottles, spit-up, OH MY

Is it really only 12:45 PM? I feel like it should be much later. This could be from the lack of sleep I received. However, that should of been the exact opposite since Dan's mom and step-dad are here for the weekend. She had Natalia in the room with her and I thought to myself, WOW, we will get to sleep for longer than 4 hours at a time! Yay! However, that was not the case. I was up at 4 AM since I had not heard Natalia cry from the other room wanting a bottle, and this made me wonder if she had a bottle since 10. I was driving myself insane from just lying there waiting to hear her make a noise of some sort. So, right now I am beyond tired!!! BUT, I might have to take a nap later. Dan and I are going on a date!! We are keeping it simple and just going to a coffee shop to talk. I am looking forward to this, and I am sure he is as well. I am getting butterflies in my stomach thinking about it, like it's a first date or something.

My days now consist of changing a few diapers here and there MANY diapers. The majority are wet, and Natalia hates being wet. Hates is an understatement. It will get better as she gets older, or at least I keep telling myself that.

She is also spitting up a lot. Sometimes it is whole bottles that we just spent so much time giving to her. She will out grow that as well. Right now as much as I hate the spit up and changing her wet diapers every 5 minutes, I will miss her being little. I love the cuddle time she gives me now, and soon when she is bigger and moving around more she won't want cuddle time, or maybe she will. I can only hope.

On the side of my blog I have a list of people I stalk follow, and I want you to check out Five Fridays if you are married. Dan and I went to a marriage "conference" type of thing and the couple that was talking made up questions to talk about, for five Fridays. I get an email every other Friday and right now we are on week 3. They are questions pertaining to your marriage. Example: Where was your first date?? Kudos to you if you can remember, Dan and I can't!!!

Well, I am going to start on Natalia's scrap book while her Granma and Papu are here to watch her!

Blessings,

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