My Dearest Avery,
Today you are one month old! Your mommy cannot believe it. This growing up thing is very bittersweet. You are the light of my life little girl and I thank God for you EVERY SINGLE DAY. There is no greater joy than looking into your big brown eyes; my heart skips a beat every time.
You are growing so very well. You were 7lbs 8oz at birth, 8lbs 8oz at your two week appointment. and last week you were up to 10lbs 8oz! Slow down monkey, please.
Obviously breastfeeding has been pretty easy for us. You had your first bottle about a week ago and have had 6 or 7 more bottles since then. I'm not going to lie, I cried the first time your daddy gave you a bottle. I was a tad bit jealous :) No worries though, you still love to eat with your momma.
Some say that you are spoiled but I don't think so. You were doing a great job of sleeping in your crib but you now prefer to sleep on my chest...lol. I'll pry you off and place you in your crib and the minute I do, you are wide awake. Sometimes mommy falls asleep with you on her chest. I'm hoping we can get you back in the habit of sleeping in your bed, quick!
You looooove bath time. I swear you sorta, kinda, almost smiled tonight during bath time. I love bathing you, it's one of my favorite part of our days. I hope you always enjoy bath time.
You sleep pretty well. Mommy has to do a better job of getting you on a schedule but for the most part you sleep 3-4 hour stretches throughout the night. You will wake up to nurse and go back down rather quickly. Don't get me wrong though, there are those nights that you require nursing, singing, dancing and candy to go back to bed. I'm totally joking about the candy (duh) but man, at 4am I'm almost willing to try ANYTHING.
You have pretty much outgrown all of your newborn clothes and I'm actually happy about that. You have tons of fall clothing so I'm hoping it cools down soon. I'm anxious to see you in all of your cute leggings and long sleeves!
I'm enjoying watching you grow and change lil' one. You are so fun. You bring me so much joy and I'm so proud that you are my daughter. Thank you for being YOU. Thank you for making me a mommy.
I love you to the moon and back Princess.
Love,
Your Momma
