Selah has been with us a whole month! Yes, its hard to believe and all those other cliches (that are quickly coming true) you can enter here: ___________.

I have wanted to update the blog a lot more frequently but typing with one hand is kinda annoying. If I ever have two hands free I’m probably showering. Speaking of, I should probably do that now while she’s snoozing… we’ve had a wonderful time with visitors and I hope to blog more about that later.

Selah smiled a real smile at me at 3 weeks, and also lifted her head. She’s quite the strong little bugger. Everyone that holds her says that. She laughs in her sleep. She’s done it a few times- I mean making noise, huge smile, shoulders shaking, the whole bit. Oh man!!

She HATES baths. She holds onto my shirt when she eats which is just about the cutest thing ever. Shes making a lot more eye contact and is awake more and more. I’ve already cut her nails twice and its time to do it again. Her feet are usually cold and I cant stand it when she cries. I’m a new mommy I’m supposed to feel that way. The books say so. So far, she doesn’t seem to like the swing. We take walks every morning, sometimes she likes them, sometimes she wakes the neighborhood.

When she falls asleep on me and I’ve been sitting there holding her for a while, sometimes I’m quick to put her down so I can do other things. As soon as I put her down I think she’s lonely and I immediately want to hold her close to me.

I want to take a picture of her every day. As I look at her right now, sleeping on my other arm, I must share with you that she looks EXACTLY like her father when she sleeps.

I’m so thankful for my baby girl. We’re buds. She cries right in my ears and has made me a new normal, but when other people hold her and she turns her gaze in my direction because she hears my voice…THATS my new normal.

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