If you follow me on Facebook then the above pictures are not new. Sorry! Josh just recently downloaded some new ones to his computer so I'll try to put those on the blog soon. As you can already tell, though, I'm not blogging as regularly right now. :) I'm not doing much of anything right now except take care of these two precious kids. And sometimes I eat and shower. And maybe sleep. That's about it. :)
So, Sofia is really 7 weeks old now, but I have to catch up, so this is her one-month-old blog post. I did take these pictures on the day she turned one month. The time is going by even more quickly with two and recording the details about her is going to be a challenge! I hope to do it, though, because I have loved looking back on the first 3 years of Jakub's life through my blog. I had it all printed as a Christmas gift for our family. Maybe I'll make it 3 more years on here so I can print a book for her to keep as well.
So, at one month she had a great check-up at the doctor. Here are some of the things I remember about her at that time:
- She weighed 4.35Kg or 9.6lbs, which was an increase of more than one pound since birth
- She already out-grew her newborn clothes and was fitting better into 0-3, and really 3mo clothes in length of arms and legs.
- Her feet are really long and skinny and the smallest newborn socks won't fit well. I think she's going to be tall! :)
- Her hair is still present and still very brown with some reddish highlights in the sunlight.
- Her eyes are just starting to lighten up around the very center and still look very blue
- She smiles a lot with gas, but not at us, yet. :)
- Jakub LOVES her and often kisses her, hugs her, and calls her "his Sofinka" or "his baby."
- Jakub likes to rock her and care for her, and if she cries he makes sure to tell me that she wants to eat
- Sometimes when she cries Jakub will say "I think her wants her brother." All girls are a "her" right now with him.
- She's eating about every 3 hours in the day, sometimes 4, and she's making one 5 hour stretch at night between 10pm to 3am, then she goes back to 3-4 hour intervals.
- She only cries when hungry or with some gas, other than that she's a pretty happy and peaceful baby.
- She likes to be held when she has gas and especially seems to be clingy to her mama. :)
- She already tracks you with her eyes and will follow a finger or toy for a bit from side to side.
- She did really well at the doctor, just like Jakub used to, and didn't cry but just watch the doctor curiously as she was examined. They said everything looked good and healthy, including the hematoma site on her head from the extraction. It's getting harder now and slightly smaller, and if you didn't know where to look you wouldn't even know it was there. I can't help but see it though and I'm thankful it's getting better.
Well, that's all for now. I better not push my luck with writing for too long. :) Josh and Jakub are at the store getting groceries and Sofia is sleeping, so I'm enjoying a rare moment to myself. Overall we're doing well, but we're definitely having a week/week-end of adjustment right now since our parents have all returned to the states and we're on our own now with the two children. They helped us so much, and we greatly enjoyed the company and having family with us for so long, and we're missing them now! Jakub's needing more focused attention from us and he gets upset sometimes when we can't be with him or play with him the way that he wants. And Sofia has suddenly decided she would rather sleep in our arms for her daytime naps (thankfully she does really well at night still) so it's been challenging. We'd appreciate your prayers as we learn what life with two will be like for us here. We are loving them both so much, though, and thank God for two healthy and beautiful kids!
