Paige was one month old yesterday!
She is the perfect piece to the puzzle that is our family!
From what we can tell thus far she is one laid-back, content, happy little girl.
She likes to be in the car so long as it is moving or she has completely fallen asleep. Those first few minutes where we are trying to get Luke buckled in and ourselves buckled in are the worst. She is screaming her little head off, but as soon as we start going, there is silence. And then comes the stop sign or stop light and the screaming begins again. But then it stops once we start moving. I find it so interesting that just a quick stop can elicit such a BIG reaction. Ultimately she falls soundly asleep and all is good!
We have been getting more and more awake hours from Paige everyday. Although there are some days where she seems to sleep all day and I get nervous for what the night will be like, but then there are other days where I feel like she hasn't taken more than a few catnaps and hope that doesn't continue through the night.
Really though we still haven't had one bad night
(knock on wood). The past two nights we have putting her down between 8 and 8:30 (rather than closer to 10 like we had been doing). The first night she slept until 3 and last night she slept until 4:30. Hopefully we have found her sleep window and this will continue! After a diaper change and nursing, she even goes right back to sleep for another 3-4 hours. We are seriously blessed with a great sleeper thus far (I really hope I am not completely jinxing myself with this post!).
We have also stopped swaddling her as of last week. She was still sleeping well, but I just felt bad hearing the grunting and groaning as she would try to work her arms up and out. So we put her in a sleep gown one night, but I told Wally that if she didn't sleep well that night, back to swaddling we were going! But she did sleep well and has been in sleepers every since. And the picture below is how she sleeps every night. Poor girl just wanted to put her arms up!
With it being SO HOT outside lately, our days consist of a lot of snuggling on the couch while Luke and Daddy swim or play outside for a bit. We have made frequent trips to the library and some stores though.
At the library...
At Kohl's with Mommy...
She has had a few bottles. Our doctor recommends waiting until at least 4 weeks to give a bottle and we had no reason to give her one any sooner or so we thought. Once Wally's car was on it's last leg we knew she was going to need a bottle so that we could car shop. So she took her first bottle from Daddy at 3 weeks and had no problem. She then took 2 more from Grammy while we were car shopping. She seems to be following in Luke's footsteps - as long as it's milk, I don't care where it comes from! She has only had one other bottle since then and I don't really see the need for her to have them very often, but I want to make sure she continues to be fine with them since ultimately I will be going back to work
(sigh!). 
Paige weighed in at 10 lbs. 6 oz. at her doctor's appointment today (80th percentile). That is just over 2 lbs. more than her birth weight - way to go girl! She also grew 2 1/2 inches and is up to 22 inches long (76th percentile). I swear she is growing like a leaf! We were given a prescription for the oral thrush that she has and were told some ideas to help clear her face and little bit of cradle cap. But really, she is perfectly healthy!
Look how long she is!
She still has that dark hair although it seems to be thinning a bit on top. Her eyelashes keep on coming. I would love if they would be nice and long like Luke's! Her eyes are still a dark blue. I can't wait to see the final outcome on those!
Her head is really strong! She can lift it from side to side with no problem and frequently will pick her head up off your shoulder and look you right in the eyes - I love that!
And the smiles are here! :) I have been able to catch a few on camera!
Paige you are a wonderful baby and fit into our family perfectly! We are really enjoying the family of 4 you have made us!
LOVE!
