(written July 17th)

I can’t believe there’s only one more weekly update before I write her one-month post. Seriously… wasn’t she just born?

I wish time could slow down. I need a million more afternoons filled with tiny baby cuddles. I could sit forever holding her, breathing in her sweet newborn smell and kissing the ultra-soft peach fuzz atop her head.

Kaelyn’s still eating every two hours or less, even at night (except for maybe one three-hour stretch)! I keep joking that she’s just trying to catch up since she started out so small. It seems like she especially likes to cluster feed in the evenings before bedtime.

Speaking of bedtime… I’m still not sure she knows what that is! We’ve had some rough nights this week (I think I saw every hour go by on Monday night). She sleeps like a rock if we snuggle her, though. I’m really not into co-sleeping… but we let her stay in our bed on Tuesday night and we actually got some rest. When it comes down to it, a person can only go so many nights with minimal shut-eye, and the choice was to either sleep that way or not sleep at all.

I was so proud of her last night though- she slept by herself all night long, only waking up to eat. I’m really hoping that phenomenon repeats itself tonight!

When Kaya was three weeks old, I started putting her to bed in her crib. Kaelyn is still nursing more frequently at night than Kaya was, though, so I don’t think we’re quite ready. Not to mention that the girls will share a room, and Kaya would still rather sleep on the floor next to the door instead of in her bed… which means that I’d probably wake her up anytime I’d go in there to get the baby in the middle of the night.

We started tummy time this week. I’m impressed by how strong she is! It does seem like she has more control of her neck muscles now.

Kaelyn went to her first sacrament meeting at church, too. I fed her right before we left home, but she needed to eat again by the time the first speaker began her talk!

She does seem a lot more aware of what’s around her now, too, so we’ve even been playing with a few toys. Of course, she also just loves to look at us and hear us talk to her.

We love you, Kaelyn Grace! Your little smile just melts my heart.