“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?"”

Good morning world! Here's a sweet smile from the Munchkin. Amazing how capable intelligent adults can ben diminished into baboons by the prospect of a baby's smile. 

HIPY PAPY BTHETHDTH THUTHDA BTHUTHDY "I'm just saying 'A Happy Birthday'," said Owl carelessly.

It's Munchkin's 1month Birthday!!

We visited the pediatrician today, here are her 1mo stats:

Weight: 8lbs 8oz, 30th percentile

Height: 21.5 inches long, 50th percentile

Head: 14.25 inches

She had to cry a little for her 2nd Hepatitis B vaccine.

Munchkin smiles occasionally in response to people- mostly funny faces. She can hold her head up for about 30seconds. She has just started grasping toys/jacket strings and reaching for things like Dash noses. She just discovered the mobile on her swing and likes to listen and look for the one in her crib. She eats every 3-4hrs with one long stretch at night for 5-6hrs. Today we found one long curl standing straight up off the top of her head. She has also just started making more cooing noises instead of just cries and squawks.

If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day, so I never have to live without you.

*Catching up on what we've missed*

Mister's First Father's Day 

I debated for a long time about what Munchkin should get her Daddy for his first Father's Day. Well, then I got sick and couldn't do much shopping around, so we ended up with this  fun treat that I think he was pretty pleased about. Nana helped us paint Munchkin's feet and stamp them on a shirt. Mister said it made him feel like a real Dad to get a craft present. :) Don't you worry, babe, there will be many many more. He says I can't encourage ugly tie buying, but he will allow it if it is her idea. 

The best present he got, however, came from Munchkin herself. He got our first purposeful responsive smile! No gas, no burps, just straight love for her Daddy. I think he was making funny faces at her and she just lit up with a big smile. She's done it a little more since then, but I'm glad he got to be the first one. I'm always amazed as how she has responded to him from the very beginning. Even when she was a few hours old she would quiet to his voice and just listen. When I was pregnant and Mister had been gone all day, he would come in and start talking and she would roll around like crazy because she heard him come home. So much for getting a Momma's girl. :)

"Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart."

Denise Feagan Photography did some newborn pictures of Munchkin at 2weeks of age. They were mostly a favor to a friend of ours who is making props for her and selling them on Etsy. We just provided the model, she's a natural don't you think? These are our two favorites. Munchkin HATED being photographed, well, she hated being naked. This first sweet smile is about 10minutes before she erupted after being stripped down. Mister picked her up to calm her down and she dropped a present all down the front of his clothes and floor. lol poor guy

We got this gem after an hour of trying to console her and get her to sleep. She calmed in a tight swaddle and gave us this "are you SERIOUSLY still trying to take my picture?" face for a few moments before erupting again. Thanks to Denise for her patience!

You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.

Confessions of a new Mom:

I let the dog clean her face when she spits up sometimes.
The swing is the greatest invention God gave parents.
Not a day goes by that I don't think of that horrible joke picture of the headset that holds the pacifier in the baby's mouth and try to think of a way that it could be redeemable on some level.
I don't understand how I can only put fluid in  and yet non-fluids can come out.
Munchkin only gets bathed once a week...ish...
Babies should come with a "fill to here" line, and it should not be crossed.
I desperately want to pick at her baby acne (I know, I know, I'm not!).
I'm ruining the planet with paper and plastic kitchen ware.
I'm saving the environment with cloth diapers.
I require at least 5hours of sleep in order to not cry when the baby cries. (doesn't have to be consecutive)
I thought breastfeeding was going to feel more magical, it doesn't.
A successful day= baby taken care of, Lady fed, Mister fed, dogs fed. Period.
I think her sneezes are SO cute and then I remember that I gave them to her and it makes me sad for her.
I need a chart to remind me what an F-stop is and when I'm supposed to change it and what button changes it.
Sometimes I forget to remember that if I feed her now I can go back to sleep faster, instead of resting for just 10more minutes.