one month

Sweet Pea is one month old today.

I can't believe it!

Why does the first month after they're born

fly so much faster than the last one

before they arrive?

I want to know.

Right now Sweet Pea...

still spends an awful lot of time sleeping

has let me sleep for 5 1/2 and 6 hour stretches several nights

eats heartily and frequently

gets a lot of diaper and outfit changes

likes to be warm and wrapped in blankets

loves to cuddle

(she often holds on to whoever is holding her)

enjoys being carried in the baby sling

likes bath time very much

is spending more time awake

looks around inquisitively with wide, bright eyes

loves studying the line made by the dark valance and bright window

seems to be recognizing her immediate family

has in impressive array of expressive looks

smiles more and more frequently

(she smiled at me when I bent over her to pick her up this evening)

occasionally giggles

can yell loudly but usually doesn't

It's all pretty normal newborn stuff, but we are all charmed

and take in each new detail with great delight,

exclaiming over her beauty and cleverness

as if she was a super-model-genius-baby.

She brings us all such joy.