You're One Month Old!

Micah-


Today you are one month old! The last four weeks have brought countless new adventures for all three of us. Each day you become more and more aware of the world around you. We watch your eyes take more in every single day. When you were born you barely fit into your newborn clothes and we had to go out out on your first week of life and buy you smaller clothes so we had something you could wear. Now you have just been growing like a weed! You came home from the hospital and two days later had already gained 5 ounces. Two weeks later you had grown an inch! Now you fit just right into all the newborn clothes we had for you. We are amazed to see how you change every day.



You were popular since your first day of life. You had so many people so excited to come visit you at the hospital. At one point you had so many people in our hospital room we joked that it was your first party. You have had people travel from near and far to visit you . Many of Mommy and Daddy's friends from work came to see you at the hospital and then you had lots of family fly in all the way from Texas. You got to meet both sets of your grandparents this month and your Aunt Jenny came all this way just to see you. You loved spending time with all of them and getting to cuddle up and nap with them and play with them. It was a really special treat for all of us to have our family come to see you.




We love everything about you and there are so many little things about you being so new to the world that just amaze us! You are so soft. Your baby skin is amazingly soft to the touch and I am in love with how smooth your elbows and knees are since they have never been used! When you were born your right ear was flat at the top and the nurse to us it was just because you weren't quite done growing it yet. She told us that you would keep growing and it would curl over. Sure enough in just a week your ear was "fully grown"! I think one of our most favorite things though, was how cute your cry was the first days of your life. Although we hated for you to cry, when you did you made the cutest little squeaking sound. I never want to forget these special things that made you, you in your first days of life.


These days we are beginning to get into a routine. You slept in our room for the first two weeks and then we put you in your crib. We all started to sleep better when you got in your own room. You are happy baby and you love to play. We play on your mat and do tummy time. You amaze us daily with your strength and development. From day one you have been able to hold up your head for a few seconds. Now at your tummy time you move your legs so strongly we thing you are about to crawl away! You can also already turn to your side. When we put you in your crib for a nap and you just lift up your legs and swing your body over to lay on your side! You are a morning person. In the mornings you are so alert and ready to play! Besides playing, we sing songs and read books. You are starting to really take interest in things and you follow these things with your eyes. You amazed the pediatrician when you did this at your two week appointment. Mommy and Daddy already know you are a genius though!



One of the things we do often during these pretty spring days are take walks. You love to be outside and the stroller and sling both lull you right to sleep. I like to think that all the walking just tires you out! We can spend hours walking around the neighborhood or on special days going to Swan Lake Park to visit the swans and see the beautiful blooms. You met your first friends this week too. You and baby Shaun like to take walks together and you got to meet baby Kaysen on the first day of his life!



You have changed, grown, and learned so much in just four short weeks. You stole our hearts the moment we met you and we love everything about you! We can't wait to see what the next month holds for us.


Love,

Mom and Dad

Micah at 1 Month Old