Hard to believe, but Anna is now 1 month old! Very exciting to say the least :) Before we "talk" Anna, here is a picture of daddy on Father's Day with his kiddos:
And of course, silly big brother, Eli, taking a self portrait:
Eli posing for a picture:
I'd say Eli is doing fairly well considering this first month. It's frustrating the weather is SO hot lately as we don't spend as much time outside as we'd like, but we do some. Thankfully, Anna pretty much passes out outside in the heat, so the time we do spend outdoors, she sleeps through most of it in her carrier/wrap. Eli LOVES his sister & the biggest issues actually come from him wanting to pretty much smother her in love & affection & us having to set limits for him. We've seen more acting out around these times which I'm sure is due to him feeling left out or being corrected too much on how he interacts with her. He's doing better, though, with his affection, & slowly beginning to understand she is small & fragile. I remind him that some day soon she will be much more fun to play with :)
As for what we've done this week, Anna & I attended breastfeeding group on Monday & Miss Anna weighed 10 lbs. 1.8 oz. so she's gaining weight just great! Tuesday we attended music class which went well & I decided that since my mom was with me, we would run to Sam's Club for TWO items. We made it through okay, until we were leaving & Anna became frantically hungry. I nursed her in the car while Eli sat in the back & grandma unloaded the cart into the car. It was SO hot, so we were all sweating & my patience was wearing thin. I put Anna in her carseat, got Eli in his, which took forever it seemed as Anna then began crying as though she was going to throw up so I got her out again to nurse. She calmed down & as I put her back in her seat, I noticed that Eli's car seat was unbuckled from the car. I tried to buckle it back up with no luck & I just lost it! I knew Anna would start crying again if we didn't get going, I thought I would have to take out Eli's car seat & reinstall it since it was locked & couldn't retract for some slack to rebuckle, & it was too DARN HOT!! Thankfully, though, I tried again from the other side & it buckled & Anna fell asleep. Phew! These are the moments I do NOT enjoy with 2 kiddos. I know, there are only more to come!!
Okay, on to Anna pictures. Below is Miss Anna on her changing table which she is almost always happy on, just like her brother did at her age!:
Throughout the day Anna is either in a wrap/carrier asleep, nursing, getting a new diaper, or hanging out in her vibrate chair or swing. She just this week started to enjoy the the chair & swing for longer time periods so that is helpful for mommy!:
Smiles anyone??:
Below are Anna's 1 month pictures. What is too cute is you'll see Eli's 1 month pictures & golly do they look alike!! Too fun!:
"I love this guy over here!!":
Sinking backwards:
Smiles again!:
Brother Eli at 1 month:
Anna's 1 month doctor appointment is Monday so I'll try to do a quick post about how that went. I'm interested to see how long she is as she seems to reach the full length of even her 3 month sleepers!! Have a great weekend everyone!
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