5 Weeks Old Already

Wow, 5 weeks have flown by pretty quickly.   There's no question she's the center of our universe.  Scottie and I are just amazed every day at what a cool little thing we made.  We've gotten our first real smiles this week and let me tell you, when you've gotten a max of two hours sleep at a time, and your little baby has been screaming for an hour and you just can't tell why, that one huge toothless grin when you kiss her nose makes it all go away.   Nights have been pretty unpredictable and sleep is ... what?  sleep?  what's that?  Oh wait, except last night when my little rock star slept a whole 5 hours IN A ROW!!!!  So needed.  She's about 8 lbs now and it seems like she's always interested in adding to that.  Last night we actually went out to dinner with friends and brought her along.  It was a huge moment!   She had been super fussy all day and we weren't even sure we were going to make it through our hello's without a melt down, but she was a champ.  So we're all adjusting and learning from each other every day.  We're told this 5 week mark is when she'll be at her crankiest and so far she's pretty text book, but like I said, the smiles make it all worth it.  And did I mention those big gorgeous blue eyes?

They're the best!!