1 Month

This little peanut is already one month old! She is affectionately known as Baby Pen. She went through a phase of eating every 2 hours around the clock. Since this meant I wasn't sleeping any longer than 1 1/2 hours at a time, I decided to take it into my own hands. At the two hour time she would scream and want to eat, but that's when the little bink came in hand and I just held her off for 30 minutes to an hour. After two days, she's on a much better 2 1/2 - 3 hour schedule. She's even had a couple of 4 hour stretches the last few nights!!

Penny has reminded me so much of Olivia. There are several moments when I feel complete deja vu. She has much bigger lips, not quite as much hair, a little cleft in her chin, but has those same big eyes and big cheeks. Pen has the longest fingers, toes, arms and legs. She is so long and thin. But she's slowly getting a little more chunky.

She loves to sleep with her mouth open. She also almost always will turn her head and sleep on her left side. We love this little girl and are so excited to have her in our family.

Livy has been a great big sister. She has been very patient, and she will grab things for me when I need them. The other day we were leaving in the car, and Ryan told Livy, "Be a good girl for mom because Baby pen is probably going to cry a little bit." Then Livy turned to him and said, "Dad...no. She is going to cry a lot!". It was the funniest thing. When the baby does cry, she'll try and give her her binky, or turn off the tv or any music playing because "Baby Pen doesn't like it". I'm so grateful these two girls have each other.

Preschool

Livy started Preschool this year! She is actually a year younger than everyone, because you're supposed to be 3 at the beginning of the school year and she turns 3 in October, but we know the teacher and she knows what a smarty pants Livy is so she let her come early. She has been so excited. She already had her pink Minnie Mouse backpack, but she loved going to the store to buy all of her supplies. She goes twice a week for 2 1/2 hours. She went her first day and didn't even look back. It's been so nice for me too to have a few hours to run errands with only one child! I love watching this little girl grow and learn. We love our little smarty pants.