One Month Old

When my brother and sister-in-law had my nephew, they would take his monthly picture with a giant banana. Tony and I loved that idea because you had something to compare his growth to. (Thanks Scott and Brandee for the idea!) Before Lilly was even a growing critter in my belly we decided that if we ever had kids we wanted to do the same thing. When we found out that we were having a baby, one of the first things we did was look for a fun giant stuffed animal. We looked online for a fews days and finally came across a large turtle. We had the turtle purchased and in our house before we even told people that we were expecting.

Lilly and turtle 1 week

Since we have had the turtle we have been trying to come up with names for him/her but we recently decided that we will let Lilly name the turtle when she's ready. Our plan is to take pictures of Lilly with the turtle on her month birthday until she reaches age 1. After that we'll take her picture by the turtle every year on her birthday until she's at least 18.

Lilly and turtle 1 month

Lilly and turtle 1 month

Our first month with Lilly has been great. I have kind of adjusted to getting up at all hours of the day to feed her. She's starting to sleep longer at night (4-5 hours in a row!) She only seems to cry when she is hungry. She has had a couple poop explosions so far that have resulted in poop sprayed everywhere. She lost her umbilical cord 2 weeks after she was born in the bathroom at Triptych.

Lilly has been out on the town many times already. She has been on many walks and loves her carrier. She has been out to dinner, to Target, the mall, the grocery store, Triptych, and both of our places of employment.

She is doing really great holding her head up. She can hold it up off of our chests and look around for about a minute. We look at her eyes every day and guess what color they will end up being. Right now we're both leaning toward hazel. She is also much more alert when she is awake than she used to be.

We're excited to see what changes and excitement month number 2 will bring.