Week 0 - Organized chaos. We arrived home on a Tuesday and introduced Eva to her home. JD, Kim and Maddy visited our first night and brought enough food from Livonia Bakery to feed us for the next couple of lunches and dinners. Ellie was amazingly sweet and excited to have us and her sister home. Maybe a little too excited. She got up 3 or 4 times that first night. It must have been hard to have all of us together while she slept on the other side of the house.
Fortunately, Grandma Weitzel stayed with us the fist few days to help be an extra pair of hands. And then when she left, Gigi Robison came over to help. We are definitely smarter about accepting all help this time around. I don't think we have said "no" once...you offer and we accept :)
Week 1 - Braden was still off work and we were enjoying the family time. He spent lots of extra time with Ellie which she loved. They would go outside and build obstacle courses and just pal around.
We celebrated our first Halloween together. Ellie and Eva had matching blue princess costumes.
Week 2 - Braden heads back to work. Leaving our little bubble made me sad. Life is so good when you don't have to focus on anything else but each other. Our little vacation from reality was sweet and so appreciated.
By the end of the week, Eva had outgrown her "newborn" clothes. You could really start to see her change. The little chicken legs all newborns seem to be born with were getting little, countable fat rolls. Her little butt was starting to fill out and looking like it had some "meat" to it.
Week 3 - We started experiencing gassy tummy troubles this week. So we started focusing on anti-gas measures (burping, gripe water, gas drops). Poor little thing looked so uncomfortable. But by the end of the week, we seemed to be getting the hang of burping and more and more gas seemed to be expelled from her little bottom. It's tough being little when all systems are new and nothing seems to be fully functional just yet.
Mom and Dad Robison said that Eva would follow my voice, by turning her head and try to track me with her eyes, no matter where I was in a room.
Week 4 - Eva experienced her first cold. I was almost in tears at first. I tried so hard to keep her away from germs. I've been hesitant to go anywhere or do much of anything for fear of exposure to all the winter germs that are starting to float around. But fortunately she weathered the experience well. No fevers. Just congestion. We started Vitamin D supplements and propped her up in a swing for sleeping. By Friday's doctor appt, she was doing well.
On Thursday, we started to get our first smiles and coos. And she really started to seem to interact with us. Her hand movements have become more intentional with her little hands grabbing onto things she wants. She also is able to hold her head for decent amounts of time, which is making holding onto her so much easier.
We also confirmed our guesses...she'd grown like bamboo this first month with a visit to Dr Gordon on Friday. She jumped from the 20th percentiles to 70th percentiles in height and weight. Weight was 10lbs 4ozs, height 21.7ins and head circumference 14.5ins. She's now filling her 3 month clothes nicely and doesn't have much room left.
Lastly, her sleep habits have been GREATLY appreciated. From the beginning, she seemed to know her nights. She started sleeping somewhere between 8-10pm and then continues to sleep only waking for feedings. So although I'm not getting great sleep being the feeder and changer, I'm not pacing the house like a zombie trying to get her to sleep (knock on wood!).
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