A few pics to get you by

Daren's first time feeing Georgia

They really do nap together

Learning

This I have learned from my one month as a mother:

-Its OK to do one thing at a time and focus on only that one thing.

- Giving one person your undivided attention it priceless and necessary. Facebook, texting, email and the news will still be there later but this moment will not.

- Don't procrastinate. If you don't do it now, it may not get done at all.

- The difference between procrastinating and putting something off because you really need the rest.

- Selflessness meets many of your needs and actually feels better than selfishness.

-My body has done something incredible and miraculous and it deserves to be treated with kindness in thought, word and action.

- God's love for us is unfathomable. He loves me more than I love her, and He loves her more than I love her. Unfathomable!

- Its OK to need to put the baby down just so that you have nothing and no one touching you.

-Making marriage a priority needs to be a priority.

- Even when totally sleep deprived and hormonal you still get to choose the words you let come out of your mouth.

- Its OK to ask for help when I need it.

- I love my little family.

One month old

Same girl. Same shirt.

Four weeks later.

I don't mean to brag

I don't mean to brag... but I totally do.

My sweet baby girl is one month old today and is fresh off of her first overnight trip to the Seattle area where we attended the 7th out of 9 Glow girl weddings. As any good new mom does, I purchased our first pack-n-play on the way out of town and had my husband huck it into the back of the truck along with the plethora of baggage I had packed for the two day event.

Now, I understand the risks associated with testing the fates of motherhood and jinxing whatever good behavior or patterns are emerging in your children with very little actual work from you, the parent. But for this I am willing to take those risks.

Little Baby Georgia slept for 7 hours straight, two nights in a row, in a hotel! I, of course, did not sleep all of those hours straight as I woke up at our usual times to reach over and feel the breath coming out of her nose or to jiggle her just a touch to see her move. But my month old baby slept through the night twice. It was shocking and incredible.

I had to sing at the wedding and was especially relived that I didn't have to spend the whole night awake and have my voice be iffy for my good friends special day. God was smiling on us in that hotel room, I think.

Here is the little champ lounging away the hours in her new favorite place to sleep. Look how she is even smiling a little! There really is nothing like a good nights sleep.

Signs Sleep Deprivation

Sleep deprivation will do funny things to a person. It can change you into a different person all together in only a few weeks and make you do things that are completely out of character. Case in point...

Last night I offered half of my cupcake to my husband.

I live and breathe by my very strict "I do not share dessert" rule. No, law. This is a family law that has been tested and proven year after year and I stand very steadfast in this. But...

Last night I offered half of my cupcake to my husband.

"Do you want half of this?" I said after just one bite. He did a physical double take with his head that reminded me of a shocked George Jetson or Fred Flinstone when Judy or Wilma did something crazy.

"I'm that tired" was my response. And he smiled and snatched his half of the cupcake before I could change my mind and devour the entire sweet thing right in front of him.

Sleep deprivation can make you do funny things and shock those who love you most.

Last night I offered half of my cupcake to my husband and...

Even Georgia was surprised.

His and Hers

She may look like him, but she sleeps like me.

Family Roles

Mother and Daughter- We really like each other

Our baby girl turned 3 weeks yesterday and it seems that all of our family roles are beginning to form.

Boomer The Gentle Babysitter

He likes to site next to her when she's crying and next to us when she's nursing. He still gets up with me at night when I'm up to check on her, if she happens to sleep longer than expected...you know to check to make sure she's breathing like any good new mom, and when she eats he wakes up and plays with something until we go back to sleep.

Burl the Enforcer.

Burl is not one to lean toward the gentle side, instead he tends toward the protective. He gets very anxious when she cries too much and will follow me around the house, with his little fast feet dancing, to make sure I'm solving the problem. I often find him at my feet while we are at the changing table. Here he is with our nephew, Nathan, just stopping in to make sure he is ok to be holding her.

Georgia's First Real Bath

Baby girl's first real bath. She wasn't convinced it was a good idea.

Mom and Dad both lending a hand to help

Our family photo after we all made it through our first bath