One month old already!

I can't believe I just typed that...one month old! Where in the world did the time go?!? Well, I do know, but it still went by fast. Our little Rachel is getting so big (11 pounds!) and she just gets sweeter and sweeter every day. Although I love a million things about her already, here are some of the highlights:

• Her beautiful face


• The way she holds my hand when she's eating


• She's still sleeping through the night


• Her big, blue eyes


• Her head full of hair


• The way she'll try to focus on Ethan when he's playing near her


• How she loves her bathtime and just relaxes in the water


• Her sweet spirit


• Her newest trick of smiling!

She's having a lot more happy and awake times during the day, but she's been a little fussier lately in the evening. But we'll take sleeping from 10 pm - 5 am, and then back to sleep from 6 - 8 am. People have told us that bigger babies sleep more, and we would agree with that theory. I was looking at Ethan's calendar yesterday and noticed that we started him on Prevacid for reflux at 3 weeks old. I'm debating on making an appointment for Rachel to see if she has reflux, too, but I think we're going to hold out a little longer and see if she gets better before putting her on medicine. Anyway, she's healthy and happy and it's amazing how she just fit right into our family.

For those of you who didn't follow our blog when Ethan was a baby, we took his picture each month with this A&M bear to see how big he was getting. Here is Rachel's "1 month and a bear."