1 month!

Today is Monday June 1st and Riley is 1 month old!

So how has life been with a newborn? Well a few words: interesting, frustrating, fun, messy, tiring, smelly, hungry, stressful and awesome all mixed into one. The first few weeks was really frustrating with Riley not sleeping well and getting use to feeding her every 1.5-2 hours and not having any sleep. But as they say "you get use to it" it is true! Before I was pregnant i was like a rock when i slept and now any noise she makes i am awake in a drop of a hat, so strange to me. Andy rarely wakes up so it must be some mother instinct thing. Oh and the thing they say about a crying baby and your boobs leaking is so true. She cries and I am like a sprinkler. hahahaha!

Though we have not noticed it as much as everyone else she has grown! She no longer fits into any newborn sleeper or hardly any outfit that is NB size due to her long long long legs. So now she wears onesies with pants or swims in 0-3 month outfits. But at least she can stretch out and be more comfy. I made a run to babies-r-us yesterday to purchase a few sleepers that are long enough and it is crazy, she has so many outfits and sleepers that i have to pack away since she is getting taller/longer. No idea she was going to grow this fast!

And who would have thunk that Andy and I would have a tall baby? :)

Last Tuesday was my first day taking Riley out for a trip - just the girls. I had originally planned to go to Old Navy to get more yoga style pants as this is the "in between" phase for me and make a run to babies -r-us. However plans derailed when we got to the baby store and Riley started to cry about 20 minutes into our trip. Luckily Babies-r-us has a mother's room so i was able to change and nurse her, but Riley has a tendency to take forever to nurse - so i was in there for a long time. Not to mention she totally blew out her diaper and went through 2 diapers and 2 onesies while i was in there. UGH!

So our plan is for this Thursday to go to Old Navy and try to get my stuff again. The nice thing is that babies-r-us is right next door so if I have to nurse/change her i can run there. This is for sure a life changing thing, learning to plan around nursing time!

I have posted a few more pictures on Facebook for those folks that have FB accounts. Below are a few pictures as well and we will make sure to make a new video soon as she is getting funnier and funnier with her little noises.

We hope that this blog post finds you all well!

The Lodatos!