Baby Check: 1 Month

Our sweet baby girl is 1 month old already!  She technically turned 1 month last week, but I'm just now getting around to posting some of the details.  She's starting to get her baby fat and is beginning to look more like a baby and less like a newborn.

Fun noises: She spends her days grunting.  She's naps and grunts.  She swings and grunts.  She takes car rides and grunts.  It's like she's a small, old man.  OH MY GOSH, she's like Benjamin Button!  Actually her noises make me laugh, even sometimes at night.  Effy sleeps in a bassinet at the foot of our bed and I can't see her unless I scoot to the end of our bed.  That being said, I can see the bassinet wobble and I can hear her noises, and sometimes instead of thinking that our room has me, Scott, and a baby in it, I imagine that the noises the baby makes are actually like...a roommate or something.  They sound so adult-like sometimes, like there's a 27 year old college buddy laying in that bassinet, hocking up loogies and occasionally passing gas.  Oh, also, when she poops, you know it.  You know how you see some parents picking up their child and smelling their butt to see if they pooped?  As of now, we don't have to do that. It doesn't always stink but it sounds like an adult having diarrhea.  Effy: if you're 17 and reading this, I apologize.  Thank goodness only baby girls poop and older girls do not.

Swaddled up with Grandpa

Covering up: Effy lives in onesies.  She has some really cute full outfits, but they're mostly for when she's a bit bigger.  So for now, it's mostly onesies.  In fact, there are 4 that are "newborn" size and she's already grown out of them.  Sigh.  They are folded up and waiting to be put in the baby rubbermaid in the basement.  The onesies that seem to fit her best right now are 0-3 months from Old Navy.  I shopped online a lot prior to Effy, but in the last month, my online shopping habit has grown exponentially.  Shopping on my iPhone while breastfeeding is what I do now.  Jealous?  First of all, it's way easier to shop online when you have a wee one and second, shopping for a baby is SO fun!  With my Banana Republic card, I get free shipping on all purchases from Gap, BR, and Old Navy, so scowering the Old Navy sale area online is great!  A $4 sale item delivered free to my door?  Done!  I bought these in gray recently for the baby and they're adorbs on her.  A lot of her little clothes seem to be gender neutral and I can tell when we're out and about, people can't tell if she's a boy or a girl.  I usually try to help people out by quickly referring to her as "she" or "her".  Oh, but homegirl LOVES her some swaddling.  Seriously, she spends a lot of time wrapped up and digs it.  Oh, they make velcro swaddler things which are WAY easier than actually wrapping her in a blanket.  Little Houdini cannot escape and then get upset about the fact that she escaped.

Meal time: Effy is a breastfed baby and is gaining weight like a champ.  Watching her eat is one of the best things ever.  My favorite is when it's been awhile since she's eaten and I'm super full of milk: Effy opens her mouth real wide, her eyes are wide-open, and she'll put both hands on my boob, trying to keep that boob in check.  I can't tell you how many times the words, "Come on Effy! Conquer that boobie!" have come out of my mouth over the last month.  I might also occasionally call her Augustus Gloop because of how quickly and loudly she eats sometimes, much like when Augustus was drinking water straight out of the chocolate river in Willy Wonka.

Play time: Effy's favorite things to do at the age of 1 month...

• Hanging out in her swing
• Looking at lights (about 90% of her waking hours are spent doing this)
• Looking at the ceiling (it's bright white and apparently mesmerizing)
• Snuggling with her daddy and smiling when he talks in funny voices
• Spending time with her loving family
• Riding in the car
• Taking walks
• Making mommy do laundry

Outings: Little lady  has been out and about quite a bit...it's really tough to do with a newborn (trust me...I've cried about it a few times), but the only way to get more comfortable taking her places is to take her places!  She's been to the mall a few times, Town Center, and out to eat a few times.  Obviously she needed to get some queso and go through a Mexican food buffet, so we made that happen.

Also, we survived this first month thanks to lots of wonderful advice, love, and delicious meals.  Thank you SO much to our friends and family who have helped us stay sane and learn how to pretend to have control of this situation.  We love you dearly!

Stop embarrassing me in front of my friends, Mom.