One Month Old Already?

Where did the month go? Caroline is growing up way too fast already. She is such a good baby. She mostly eats and sleeps. I normally feed her every three hours from beginning of one feeding to the beginning of the next, sometimes every two hours. I try to keep her on the "Babywise" routine which means during the day every three hours she eats, has awake time (which doesn't always happen because she is a sleepy baby), then takes a nap. I am breastfeeding her, but she has taken one bottle from Tommy, so I am thankful that she will do that. She occasionally takes a pacifier, but she doesn't like it as much as Lyla did. We have to work to get her to take it and she doesn't keep it in very long. At night, I feed her before I go to bed at 10:00, then around 2AM and again around 5 or 5:30AM. Luckily she goes to sleep quickly after I feed her. I am so ready to drop one of the feedings and get more sleep. One night last week she did only get up once at 3:30 and I was so excited, but I guess it was a fluke because that was the only night. Caroline loves her bouncy seat and swing and does well in the carseat as long as we're in motion. We went shopping today and she didn't like it too much when the stroller stopped.

Lyla is still very much in love with Caroline and always wants to hold, hug and kiss her. She's such a sweet big sister. Here they are in their "Big Sister" and "Little Sister" shirts.

We have a similar picture of Lyla like this when Lyla was about the same age.

This is Sophie the giraffe, a gift from my friend Mary Lauren. She was born in Paris and is made of natural rubber. She's a squeaky toy and a teether. Sophie and Caroline have already bonded.

This is one of my favorite pictures of Caroline. We were doing tummy time. Her neck has been pretty strong since day one.

Tommy, Lyla, and Caroline had a photo shoot last week. They took some cute pictures that show just how much Lyla loves her little sister.

Lyla took this picture of Tommy and Caroline all by herself. Of course I love this one with Tommy looking at her.

This is Caroline's nursery on her one month birthday. Her nursery is a work in progress, but we are almost done decorating it. She hasn't officially moved in yet, because she still sleeps in our room. We are leaving it pink & brown like it was for Lyla, but are doing a monkey theme. It's hard to find anything with pink & brown & monkeys so Tommy painted the pictures above the crib. When we complete the nursery, I will post more pictures.

Here is Caroline at one month old. She's so big!

We have been blessed with two beautiful sweet girls and love them both so much.