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Thursday, February 27, 2014

Anna Love ~ 3 Weeks

First let me say, I'm SOOOOO close to adding some more awesome hospital and newborn pics.  We gave Mrs. Patty SO much work, but she's close to being finished!!  I can't wait to share the pics and the entire birth story!!  :)

Not a lot has changed in the past week other than the fact we are back to real life.  Daddy is fully back to work.  Mom and kiddos are fully back to school.  We actually all started back last week on Monday, February 17th, but I really feel it this week.  I'll be honest and say it's hard.  We are not accomplishing as much as I'd like especially in school.  I'd really like to just sit and hold and feed and cuddle Love Bug all day long.  And eat junk food.  And watch movies.  BUT I can't.  Lots of people say let the house go.  I agree.  But I still have to feed the rest of my crew.  And school must go on.  This is one of the few cons with homeschooling.  The "teacher" doesn't really get maternity leave.  With all of this in mind, let me say this:  For anyone that ever reads this who is pregnant with their first or will eventually be pregnant for the first time, please, please, please sit and hold your baby and do nothing.  Do as much nothing as possible!!  And LOVE it!!  Don't worry about anything else!!  The only time you will ever get this opportunity is when you have the first baby.  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my other kiddos to pieces, but I'd love to just cuddle a newborn with no other responsibilities.  Oh well, I guess I will just have to take what I can get.  ;)

Anyway getting back to the weekly update there's not a lot to report, but here it is in a letter...

Anna Love,

We are still just eating you up!!!!  I can't remember if I've mentioned it or not, but we had to actually come up with a rotation system so that all your siblings could take turns helping take care of you.  Crazy, huh?!!!  They all want to love on you, hold you, and help with you so, so much!!!  They are all such great helpers!!  And they are crazy about you!!

I just finished cutting your nails for the 4th time!!  Seriously, your nails grow so fast.  I cut them for the first time the day you were born so that you would not scratch up your pretty little face.  Then coincidentally I cut them at 1 week, 2 weeks, and today at 3 weeks old!  As I cut them today, I was kind of in awe of how sweet and little your hands, fingers, and nails are.  I mean just look at these sweet, little bitty fingers!!!



While I'm speaking of your fingers and hands, I'm reminded of another detail that I keep forgetting to mention.  Your feet!!!!  I think we received the first comments on your feet when we had an ultrasound around 13 weeks.  We were seeing a specialist and as he was doing the scan he said, "Wow, she has amazon feet!!"  A few weeks later I'm pretty sure our regular ultrasound technician also mentioned how big your feet were.  Now that you are actually here on the outside everyone who sees your feet and toes comment on how big they are!!  Funny!!  Guess you'll be taking after Mommy with your feet.  This is bad for shoe shopping.  It's really hard to find cute shoes in such a big size.  And even harder to find cheap, cute shoes in a big size!!  Sorry, Baby!!

For the most part you are still on the same feeding schedule I mentioned last week, but we have had some cluster episodes where I have just fed you constantly!!  These episodes have definitely contributed to us having a harder week, but I wouldn't trade it for anything!!

Another change that I can't believe I'm even sharing, but hey, I'm trying to remember every little detail so here goes...anyway this change is in your poopy diapers.  Before you were having SO many poopy diapers.  Before a feeding, during a feeding, and after a feeding.  There would not be much to them, but oh so many!!  This week you've started storing them up a little.  Now you deposit more in the diaper but less often.  This change is not resulting in us using any less diapers though, because you still have a wet diaper pretty much before every feeding, during every feeding, after every feeding, and several in between.  AND just to keep things fun, you have a sensitive bottom so we have to change you right away to be sure that your little tush doesn't get broke out.  Speaking of diapers, I've started letting Grace and Mary Ruth change your diapers sometimes.  They just LOVE doing it!!  It's a win for all of us!!!

You are still sleeping on basically the same schedule as last week, but you are staying awake for longer periods during the day.  When you are awake during the day, you put on quite a show.  Your best play times are still at night just before bath and bed.  You are so happy and playful.  You seem to really be trying to talk to us, and you are so close to giving us real smiles.  I think you must already know how loved you are!!

I guess I had more to report that I realized.  The only other thing that I can think to add is that your skin is not really peeling anymore.  Another way you are growing up.  Bittersweet.  I can't believe that 3 weeks have already passed!!

We love you to the moon and back, Sweet Love Bug!!!

Here's a few favorite pics from this past week...


Full Tummy = Happy Baby!!


Still sleeping on her side.  Please don't pay any attention to my messy bed!  


First time on her play mat.  You can't really see it, but she was really playing hard here.  




3 weeks old today!!


Here's one last one....Grace, who has really been inspired by Mrs. Patty, set up a little photo shoot and took this pic all by herself.  Sweet!!!  Me may have a budding photographer on our hands.  


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