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One Month Bug

Happy one month to our little (drowsy-at-6am) Bug!  
By the way, new development- the pacifier.  We tried to avoid it, but hey...when she wants to feed on your breast 24/7 you'd be okay with letting her have this instead too.

It is amazing that time has flown by, but it also felt like an eternity (at night, anyway).  Ella has made vast improvements.  Yesterday, she spent the majority of the day awake (not sure why) and it resulted in 7 straight hours of sleep for the entire family (including McKayla!).  Perhaps this marks the beginning of her new pattern of sleep for month 2.  (Wishful thinking?  A sleep deprived mommy can only hope.)  

In the entire month Ella Bug has been in our family, I've cooked maybe twice...maybe.  The rest of the time, my family has been coming by with food and we've become close friends with the delivery people from various restaurants in the area.  And with the heatwave that's been going on, I have even less motivation to cook, just to avoid heating up the house even more.  Well, it's time I put that to rest beginning today.  My girlfriend recommended a blog to me that posts daily crockpot recipes...365 days!  I'll let you know how it goes because I'm really tired of telling Justin, the delivery guy from the Chinese restaurant (yeah, I know his name), "Nice to see you again."  

On Saturday, Wyatt and I had our very first day date without Ella Bug.  It was short-lived, but we did it.  Since the bottle feeding was going so well, we decided to leave Bug at my mom's house so Wyatt and I could run some errands at the mall for my sister's wedding and sit down for lunch together, rather than eating in shifts.  :)  We...I was doing pretty well until at the end of lunch Wyatt turned to me and said, "Hey, this is the first time you've been without the baby."  3...2...1...TEARS.  I quickly turned to him and said, "Don't say anything."  After getting myself together again, we then proceeded to the mall, where I made a $45 purchase of 0-3 month old clothes for the baby.  (Don't worry, I didn't walk away empty-handed.  Mommy bought a $6 belt.  Really?  This is what Mommyhood is about?  For the rest of my life, I'm sure this is how it'll be.)

We have a busy couple of weeks coming up.  My sister's wedding is in a couple of weeks and both Wyatt and I are in the wedding, so Wyatt's mom will be coming into town to help us take care of Ella Bug.  We are so lucky to have so many amazing people in our lives to help us out.  Bug is so loved.

BONUS PIC:  Daddy changed her diaper and was going to change her clothes that she spit up on.  Afterwards, I was going to feed her until I walked in and she was swaddled up again.  Daddy put her on our bed and was watching her.

Me:  "Dad, what happened?"

Daddy:  "She fell asleep on the changing table so instead of putting her clothes on, I just wrapped her up."

So Bug got a little more sleep that morning.  :)  (Thank goodness Dad put a new diaper on!)
She's cute semi-naked, huh?  :P  Look at those armpits!

God Bless,
Kat

p.s.
*"Bug" is apparently her new name. I'm not sure why we started calling her this.  Maybe because her room is decorated with lady bugs or maybe because she looks like a caterpillar when she's swaddled up tight or that she somewhat reminds me of a rolly polly bug.*

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