And then there were three...: One Month old!

If you don't care about the details then just scroll down for pictures.

At one month:

Weight: According to our scale she weighs about 8 pounds and 9 ounces. Not sure how it compares with the doctors when at her two week appointment she weight 8 pounds 2 ounces.

Percentile: 34%

Height: About 21.5 inches long. Though she seems like she has gotten way longer since she was born because her newborn clothes are all starting to get way too short.

Percentile: 85%

Sleep: Elli sleeps a lot depending on the day. Some nights she will get in a good 4 to 5 hours no problem, others she won't sleep at all unless she's being held. She will sleep a lot during the day though but thinks that between 5 and 7 am is time to be awake.
Clothing size: Still in Newborn. I think she will outgrow the length before she outgrows the width though. She's going to be long I think but not to chubby. That may change though.

Milestones: Can pick up her head when laying on her tummy. She loves tummy time for the most part and likes to pick up her head and look at you when laying on your chest. We gave Elli her first bottle yesterday. Colton was so excited to get the chance to feed her, it was cute to watch. It was pumped milk from the very first day I pumped so it wasn't a ton, which was good because we gave her the bottle and then I breastfed her after to make sure she doesn't get too used to just a bottle to soon. She didn't seem to care at all where the milk was coming from as long as she was getting fed.

Special Outings: We didn't get to leave the house much this month. Just to the doctor, WIC appointment, and sometimes she got to go along for the ride when Daddy took me to class for one of my tests. I did take her to the store once when I just needed to get out of the house.

Month Highlights: Going from being born to being alive is hard. Elli has taken it like a champ though. She has been a pretty easy baby all around, sleeping calmly most of the time and sleeping longer stretches most nights. She likes to be held, but in general doesn't need to be to be content. She gets the hiccups a lot, and is starting to spit up more, but doesn't seem to mind. We started tummy time on the ground when she was three weeks old and she doesn't mind at all and just looks around and tries really hard to keep her head up as long as she can. She also finally got to meet her cousin Dusty this month. He didn't seem to care much about her. He gave her one love then wanted nothing more to do with her.

Big Changes: Elli has gotten the hang of breast feeding. Thank goodness. She went through a growth spurt last week and that was rough because she wanted to eat almost every hour and a half. She now will get a bottle of pumped milk every few days, not too often though because I want her to continue to breastfeed. As frustrating as it was and sometimes still is for me, I am grateful for the opportunity I have to do it for her. Her umbilical cord took a full two weeks to fall off but now she has a cute little belly button (an innie thank heavens). The bruising on her noses and eyes from birth is finally starting to fade too. I have to admit she is starting to no longer look like a newborn. Her legs don't always stay curled up and sometimes she will stretch out and lay stretched out for quite a while.

Elli's Favorites: She loves to be swaddled. That's one of the only ways she will sleep good. She also really likes baths and being rocked and sang too. She will calm down and drift off to sleep if you sing primary songs while rocking her in the rocking chair and holding her tightly against your chest. She likes having a Binky when she is getting tired and fussy and it helps her fall asleep. She also really likes baths. I thought she would hate it because she doesn't love being naked, but she just chills and looks around without a care in the world. She also sleeps amazing on days that she's had a bath.
Thoughts: Jelly Bean is officially one month old!! I seriously can't believe how fast it has gone by. It seems like just yesterday she was still just growing inside me and it didn't seem like she would ever be born. It's been a rough month for Colton and I adjusting to having her. I love her more than anything, and I wouldn't trade her for the world, but it sure hasn't been easy. We of course made it harder on ourselves than it had to be, but still... I am still in school, and have been since she was born. It's been hard to do both. I feel like I didn't get much chance to learn how to be a mom because I was thrown right back into having to do school. I failed my first test of the semester too, granted, I had to take it a week after she was born, but still, doesn't make you feel good. I think I am finally starting to get back into things though and doing better on my tests. I will be going back to school next week for real instead of just trying to do the work from home. That will be really hard. I don't want to have to leave her for school. I'm grateful though that Colton will be home to take care of her. I honestly am just incredibly grateful for Colton. More than I could ever say. He has been truly amazing, changing most of her diapers, bathing her, and taking care of her all night on the nights she refuses to sleep unless she's held. He's still doing 18 credits of school this semester too, so it has been rough for both of us to learn to adjust and do both.