Hello July 7th!

My, my. As promised, time has flown by! A month has come and gone and Jona has been with us now for a whole month, it almost seems impossible. Yet, as I ponder upon the little moments living happily in my memory, I realize a lot has happened in the first few weeks of her life that has filled this first month of her life so quickly. There have been quite a few big events. Birth, meeting her family members for the first time, her first shots, her first bath. The list could go on and on. But I think the best moments are the unexpected treasures that stick in my mind. The little moments I would expect to just be mundane, routine minutes that fill up the day yet these are the moments my mind circles back over time and again. I love the sweet wrinkles that fold up her forehead and her arching back as she tries to wake up in the morning, the fussiness that we can't resolve until she is lying on her daddy's chest, or the hilarious noises she makes as she serves us up a dirty diaper. How can a newborn make such a loud noise?!

This morning my mom and I took Jona to her one month check up. The pediatrician was very happy with her weight gain and growth. She's a healthy girl!

At birth... One month....

Weight: 7.8 Weight: 9.2

Head: 13 inches Head: 14.5 inches

Length: 20 inches Length: 21.5 inches

Although I'm a little sad that she will grow so quickly, I also find some solace in the fact that as she grows, there is also so much to look forward to. I can't tell you how excited Ryan is to take his little girl paddle boarding or how much I'm looking forward to her learning to crawl. So as time marches on, we carry with us a few lessoned learned from the first month of being parents. These lessons I share with you:

1. As cold air reaches Jona's butt during a diaper change, prepare for a flood!

2. A bottle of breast milk may only look like a bottle of milk, however, its also four ounces of sanity for mommy!

3. If Ryan is sleeping on the couch these days, its not because he's in the dog house. Sleepless nights at the station, nursing school and Jona have proven to have taken a toll on his restful nights.

4. Help from family and friends is worth its weight in gold!

Love to all our fellow bloggers out there and until next time...