Time is Flying By

We have been a family of three for almost one month now. The time has flown by. I was reviewing pictures on the camera today and realized we need to take far more of the everyday moments with our beautiful baby. She is growing so fast. I was in tears just looking back at the pictures from her first few days to how big she is now.

This pink outfit was actually a preemie size. Those first 2 weeks or so, she couldn't fit into any of her newborn stuff. My mom and DH's mom went out and got a few things for her to wear, although many things were too short. I just had a long skinny baby!

This is her first little newborn sized dress she got to wear! She fell asleep like that on DH's lap.

Harlee and I at a relative's. This was our first road trip, unfortunately Daddy had to work. But Harlee got tons of attention from all her relatives.

This was Fourth of July. I was going to get a picture without the tacky pacifier clip, but when we got home she had a major diaper blowout, so I'll have to do some laundry and get some more pics later on.

So how is life now? Crazy fast. I swear all I do is feed the kiddo! For now I am pumping 95% of the time and just breast feeding when we feel like it. She is happy, and gaining weight, so I feel ok with that. We have had a few nights where she has slept for 3 1/2 hrs, which is better than her 2hrs in the beginning. I am learning to let her sleep as long as she wants and be ready to feed her as soon as she wakes up. We have well meaning parents wanting to come over pretty much every day, and I treasure the days we have no visitors. I want to cherish these new moments with just us. I only have 2 and a half weeks left until I have to return to work, and I am dreading it. I wish I could just be a stay at home mom, but not in this day and age.

Oh-we got the DVD "The Happiest Baby on the Block." What a difference it has made! Her crying can actually be stopped! Those total meltdowns that consisted of hours of inconsolable crying are pretty much gone. I only wish we had it for the first 3 weeks! She still doesn't sleep much and is still fussy in general, but as long as the hours of screaming are gone, I can handle it. This is definitely something I will give as a gift to all new mothers I know.