Monday morning photo shoot

For the first time in her 5.5 weeks, I used the real camera to take photos of Phoebe.  I have to do this more often! 

One month

Happy one month birthday to our Phoebe!  Today was her one month check up, where she was very rudely awakened from a sweet Ergo carrier nap.  At one month, Phoebe is awake more during the day (and plenty at night!), making lots of eye contact, and checking out her surroundings.  This last month has been such a dream.  We love you, Phoebe!

Tummy time

Phoebe loses interest in tummy time pretty quickly, but she looks so cute doing it!  Her limit is the amount of time it takes me to fold four pieces of laundry (the crib has become my go-to folding zone! hopefully one day the crib will serve its intended purpose).

The last four weeks

It's so hard to believe that our Phoebe is four weeks old!  I always knew that being a wife and mom was my life calling, so I am truly living my dream.  Phoebe was born December 19, we got home from the hospital on the 23rd, and Christmas was a [very happy] blur.  Actually, Christmas was crazy!  We were the walking wounded: me recovering from a c-section (not what I had envisioned, but all that mattered was a safe delivery, so I'm very thankful for the care we received and that all turned out well), Phoebe recovering from birth and her first few days on the outside, Chris got MRSA from our time at the hospital :( and Duck had an infected toenail removed on Christmas Eve.  But it goes without saying, our happiest Christmas ever!

Since then, we've been getting into somewhat of a routine.  We've had a bunch of sweet family outings to Whole Foods.  I figured out how to walk Duck with Phoebe in the Ergo carrier.  And just this week, Phoebs and I have taken our first two car trips together: Target and Baby Gap!  Confidence is shooting out my ears.

I am so, so lucky to be Phoebe's mom.