One month old Harper

Today Harper is one month old. Although she is still pint-sized she has grown so much! Already she has out grown her first preemie out fit, which swamped her when she was born, & she has lost most of her beautiful dark hair only on the top of her head, making her have a really awesome mullet tail.

By her first doctors appointment, a week and a half after she wad born, she had already grown 2 inches taller. & by the next appointment she had shrunk a half an inch. Obviously this can't be accurate, probably due to how much squirming she did when the nurse measured her, but I think it's hilarious, & something everyone should know anyway.

Within 2 weeks of being born she discovered her hands tasted pretty good, & in the last week decided her thumb tasted even better! Although it's quite cute to see her stick her tiny thumb in her mouth, I am sad to say I am trying to replace the need for her thumb with a Binky. Up until last night she acted like the Binky was gagging her. But last night she did take it, & was comforted for a few minutes with it. I am hoping though that it is not something we have to constantly rely on.

Recently she has also discovered that her tong can go passed the outside of her mouth. So on accasion she'll stick it out for us. On Sunday she gave Granna & me her very first, fully awake, smile!

I'm not good at telling who little people look like. But for now all I see is Jared in her features. Especially the little crusty faces she makes!!

First Post!!

For whatever reason I haven't gotten into blogging until today. I think I feel left out. So I am going to try it, see what I think, & go from there! I am quite intimidated to start my own blog. Mainly I just don't like the idea of anyone judging me on my poor writing & grammar skills, or the things I decide to write about. But after snooping through a few peoples blogs I felt slightly guilty being able to read their thoughts, without providing them the opportunity to read mine. & like I said I felt kinda left out.

Also, so you know up front, I set up this blog & will probably post most of my posts from my little itouch. I am sure there will be many mistakes that I would have noticed using a normal computer, but that is normally not an option for me. & who doesn't enjoy typing short stories on little touch screens? (sarcasm)

I think another reason I was motivated to start blogging was my 4 week old baby, Harper. (who is amazing) I know I can easily (& will) record her progress in my own private record. But I would like to think there are enough people out there who think she's awesome enough to want to know what's going on with her too! So now I feel like I actually have something interesting to write about. I'm not saying I won't write about anything else, I plan on it. But my new mommy mind only revolves around her, & anything baby related. I'm kinda obsessed with baby info.

I feel like I am just talking to myself... I don't understand how anyone will come across my blog unless I tell you about it. & if that's the case then I would just tell you my thoughts in person. But like I said, I'm trying this out, & we'll see how it goes!!

Enjoy!