Long time gone...

So, I told myself that I would definitely try to keep up with my blog last November when I started one again, but many months have come and gone without a blog post and no excuses. The lack of posts will definitely have to change, though, since many great things have happened to our family since last fall. The greatest and definitely best has been the new addition to our family. No, we did not get ANOTHER dog (although I'm sure Bodie and Bentley would have preferred that haha), but something even better. On July 6th at 1:25pm we welcomed our beautiful daughter into the world, Emma.  We fell pretty hard for her right away, and have both been in love with her ever since.

She is already a month old now and I can't believe that I have let this much time slip by without documenting some of the things we have gone through already.  I hope to use this blog as a place to write down the little things I know I will quickly forget, but will definitely want to remember in the future.

I guess the major theme so far for us is eat, sleep, poop, and repeat, but we would not want it any other way.  :) The lack of sleep at the beginning really got to us, but we have finally gotten into a better routine and have gotten use to the reduced sleep schedule.  We were fortunate that both sides of the family got to be here for the birth which meant the world to us, and my mom stayed for a week and a half once the hubby went back to work which helped so, so much!  I don't know what I would have done without her.

Maternity leave ends at the beginning of October, so I'm treasuring these moments at home with her while I can.  She is starting to follow us around with her eyes which is really neat, and also lift her head in very short intervals.  Gotta get on top of that tummy time!  I think she is also starting to learn how to smile which we love, and can't wait until it's not attributed to gas. haha  Although she did a bit of cluster feeding toward the beginning of her life, we are now on a better eating schedule, thank goodness, and she is growing like a weed.  

I can't wait to see what the future holds, but at the same time I want her to stay this size!  Time just goes by too quickly.