Amelia's 1 Month!

We can't believe our little peanut is 1 month already! It did go by fast but whew, it was a whirlwind that has left this momma tired. Brooklyn has done a great job transitioning, she has her moments but they haven't been as frequent as I expected. She just misses having all the attention from mom and dad, can't blame her! She has loved on her baby sis some though, and those moments are really cute. I think she is starting to realize that Amelia isn't going away :)

Here are some 1 month pictures of little girl!Thanks Aunty Em for the adorable 1 month onesie.

Thanks Aunt Ellen for the FAO bear for Christmas, its still bigger than Amelia!

This was the preferred position...not the previous one...she started screaming.

This little girl wanted to see what was going on...can you say 'haircut needed??'

All she really was concerned about was the FAO bear :)

Loves soft things!

Back to A...she was enjoying rolling around on the chair for a while...

She popped her head up! I think this is the first time she's gotten her head up on her own!

Here are some 1 month facts about Amelia:

- she is eating 3 oz of formula every 3 hours during the day and 3 1/2 oz at night

- she is still waking up about every 3 1/2 hours at night, she has gone 4 and almost 5 one night but that quickly reverted back to 3 1/2 hours :(

- she just grew out of newborn diapers 2 days ago, so we are officially in size 1 (B came home from the hospital in size 1s!)

- she weights 9 pounds 2 oz (50%)

- she is 22 inches long (75%)

- she can still wear newborn clothes but they are finally getting tight (B never could wear NB!)

- she is doing great going to sleep on her own, she loves the passie which B also never did

- she is VERY awake, after she eats she will stay awake for 1 1/2 hours playing on the activity mat (she just started liking this) or in her moses basket, she loves looking at the dots on the fabric!

- she has started to smile some, mostly just the random smiles that don't mean anything but we think we saw one yesterday that may have been intentional

- she screams bloody murder at night when she gets hungry, there is no warm up cry which makes me jump out of bed!

- she has just started making little noises that aren't cries or whines just little mousey sounds - they are really cute!

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Merry Christmas 2011

oh we had such an awesome Christmas! here are pictures in reverse order...hey at least i'm still attempting to blog...i don't know how you people with more than one kid do it! and yes, all my punctuation is incorrect...that should be par for the course from now on :)

Aunty Em, Jonas, and Avie came to celebrate Cmas on the 26th! We had breakfast with them, let the girls play in the adorable dresses mom got for them this year, and opened a couple gifts. we were so thankful they came down to b'ham for a little bit for cmas so we could see them. we really missed my brother, rochelle, jess, and levi...but maybe next year! they were celebrating with her family in mexico, so i'm sure they were having a great time!aunty Em showing B her new cmas pop up book

scary uncle Jonas :)

girls in their matching dresses and tights!

B showing off the kitchen she got from mom and dad for Cmas...she has loved it!

Little Amelia playing with Nanny and Papa - they came down on Cmas eve and stayed the night with us. it was really fun having them here for Cmas morning! we are so thankful they came so we could be surrounded by family.

Brookie opening her first gift from Nanny and Papa

Little Amelia getting loved on and yawning

Brookie had to try on Papa's boots - silly girl

Bebe and Mister came to celebrate on the 21st and stayed until the 23rd. We had a great time with them, ate way too much food, and had some great gifts. First off was the cozy coupe which now travles all over our house every day! :)

They also got her a fun bead toy that mom and dad have owned for over 2o years. they found it online and B's having fun w/ it.

Here's a family shot, all in our PJs :)

A family tradition of mine is to make Cmas cookies, like tons of them, so i wanted to do this with Brooklyn this year. Well, this is our second batch of reeses cups cookies b/c I dumped the first batch in the oven when taking them out...i was furious!

we made a ginger bread house with...well, in front of B...she sat in her high chair and played with the candy...and me and Matt made the house :)

tasting the icing

she got to put some candy on the house...very quickly! :)

Second round of Cmas cookies...we only had one cookie cutter so every cookie was a bell...B didn't seem to mind that they were all the same :)

Rolling out dough with mom and Bebe

Amelia says Merry Christmas!

Little miss Amelia snoozing in a basket...this is just how we take naps around here...haha not really...couldn't resist the santa pic thanks to Ellen and Mike's gift! :)

Amelia!

Sweet Amelia joined us on December 1st at 9:53 am! She was 7 pounds 3 oz and 20 inches long. She is doing great and we are getting use to waking up at night, Fortunately Matt is on vacation this week and next so I have an extra set of hands!! Special thanks to everyone praying for us and feeding us!!! It is so helpful!!

Also special thanks to my parents who kept us going for a week after A was born!!

Sweet Matt had an "A" charm for my necklace!

Sprinkles!

My sweet friends and family have been so good to me! Below are pictures from my sweet friends in the "wives club" as we like to call it. They have been a constant support and encouragement to me and Matt throughout the residency process. All of these ladies are ahead of us in the residency/fellowship process so its been great to learn from them. They are also ahead of us in the baby process as they all have 2 already so I'm learning about that from them also!

We had a great Saturday morning at Laura's house. All our husbands were working so it worked out great for us to get together, eat too much yummy food, open fun gifts and let the kiddos play. It was right before Halloween so it was also a great excuse to get one more wear out of the kids costumes! Thanks to Melissa, Laura, Kate, and Meredith for making me feel so special and loved!

The pictures after those are from my sweet "sprinkle" in Nashville with my family and a few close friends. My sister, sister in law, and mom worked really hard to make it beautiful and special and it was! It was so nice to see all my family before Amelia gets here and to see a couple of really good friends that live in Nashville. Enjoy the pics!

Meredith and Ellis, Melissa, Me and B, and Laura and Penny at "wives club" shower.

Pumpkin muffins with cream cheese icing!

Dogs in blankets!

Rice krispy treats and ghost string cheeses!

Pumpkin diaper cake!

Pretty flowers in a pumpkin that I got to enjoy all week!

Kiddos dressed up - B as a lady bug, Lee as a construction worker, Audrey as "Belle", Noah as a train conductor, and Carter as a storm trooper from starwars.

Mom, me, Em and Rochelle before the family shower at mom's house.

Delicious petifores with Amelia's monogram!

Em and Roch made these adorable popcorn containers!

After the shower Jonas brought Avie and Brian brought the twins over for a family dinner, it was a lot of fun just hanging out and playing in mom's back yard. I love those times, but we missed Matt!

Jesse and Levi teaching Aves and B how to play baseball.

Avie...if you are going to play for TN you have to learn all about throwing the ball!