Three Weeks

I can't believe my daughter is three weeks old! Where did the weeks go? Matthew is back to working half days and my mom is back helping me out while we get use to Matthew being at work. Ellie has gotten so big! I'm sure she weights close to 8-9lbs by now. I'm slowly feeling better. I hate my blood pressure medicine! It makes me dizzy and I have to be very careful when I get up from sitting or laying down. My incision is looking great and you can't even see it unless I point it out. My allergies are bad so I am taking my clariton again. Matthew's dad is cured of his infection! Thank god! He finally got to hold his grand daughter a few days ago. I got to go out for a girls night with Katie and Heidi and my mom. It felt really good to go shopping and have dinner. I did miss my little girl though and was really happy to get home and hold her. It was weird to be away from her for a few hours but its good I took some me time. Its been really hard at night. Ellie doesn't like to sleep at night at all. We change her diaper, feed her and hold her but she wont sleep till we put her in bed with us.. a really bad habit but by 4am we don't care and just want to get to bed. She is too young to just let her cry in her bed. We keep trying every night to get her into her crib and hopefully in the next few weeks she will start to get better with sleeping longer in there then a few mins. She is really strong. She can lift her head when she get angry enough and has super strong legs. Changing her diaper is harder then I thought when she kicks and screams. We love to watch her make faces and can't wait to see her smile back at us and not just when she has gas. Her umbilical cord has fallen off and we have taken her out to Carabas for dinner and Bojangles for breakfast. We also took her to Baby's R Us to pick up more supplies. She was a good girl and it was fun to go out. We also went next door to see the neighbors for dinner. I will be happy when the doctor says its safe to take her out even more to see more people. This weekend her Great Grandmother Luela will be visiting her and monday her second cousins Meg and Hannah will be stopping by. There are so many people for her to meet and I can't wait for more people to come see her soon. She seems to like bathtime better now that its not a spounge bath. The warm water is great to sooth her. She still gets fussy when she gets out because she is most likely cold. We love her so much. Every day with her is a blessing from God and we thank him every day for her!