Lily is One month, 3 days

It is crazy to think that Lily is already a month old! Every where I go people tell me how little and precious she is which is nuts to me because she seems to be growing so much! We aren't sure how big she is now (we go to her 2 month appt in May), but her newborn clothes are mostly all too small. While they aren't too tight, they are all too short. Is my child longer than normal? Doesn't she know who her parents are, we aren't tall! haha. I am shopping around a bit some different brands because while the newborn is too small, the 0-3 months swallows her!
So most of you remember we had a turtle dove Mama bird who made one of my herb pots her new nest. She had two babies right before Lily was born and shortly after we came  back from the hospital, we noticed she had nestled back in our flower pot to have more babies! She just recently vacated for the second time, who knows if our porch has become her permanent home for her baby raising!

Lily had a big day on her one month birthday. We took her to The Nook for breakfast and then to church. As you can see from the picture below, Daddy dressed her. After he showed off his skills at her having a matching bow, I told him how cute she was but how sparkly skull and bones might not be appropriate or church haha. Nonetheless, she looked adorable in her cute shirt from Aunt Jamie. As for church, it didn't go as well as expected. Typically when we take her out, she sleeps the entire time in her car seat. Because I had a dress on, we brought her a bottle with water and a "to go" formula pack to mix with it. About 15 minutes into mass, she started to fuss. I quickly mixed the bottle as she started to get louder. I must confess, I got powder all over! Right as we shoved it in her mouth and she started to quiet down, we realized it was leaking all over her! I forgot to put the stem in the bottle that prevents too much air in her tummy and it apparently leaks everywhere if you forget it! She has really gotten louder and has quite a high pitched scream when she doesn't get her way, so when JF removed the bottle from her mouth she was quite vocal about it. We were luckily in the "quiet room" but seemed to be getting dirty looks even in there haha. We grabbed all the stuff and bolted out to the car! I guess next week I will try to be more prepared! I added a cute picture of her "cool like my aunt" shirt, also courtesy of Jamie :)

 Threw this one in just because :)

A few more things happening the last week or so, Lily has started to really start grabbing at stuff. She has pinched JF a few times and ripped a few hairs out of my head haha. She has also started to hold her bottle, so cute! When we feed her she grabs at our fingers too. She has started to smile a lot and even laugh a few times. JF played peek-a-boo with her one of the first times she giggled. She will also giggle a little when he tickles her under he chin or knees. It is crazy how much she has changed already! Please stop growing, Lily!!
One little adventure she had was shopping at the outlets last weekend with JF, myself, and Jamie. We went to eat at Bay Bay's Chicken and Waffles first, went to the outlets and then Target. We were gone for about 4 hours! It is quite clear she already takes after her mommy and Aunt Jamie and loves shopping! :)
Lily also had an evening out with the Schwarz family. We all went to the Tequesta food trucks last Friday. Kyla (almost 2) and Caroline (2 weeks older than Lily) were there to help hopefully entertain Lily. Unfortunately for them, Lily slept the entire time...even during the loud reggae music :)

So I mentioned how she has developed this high pitched scream, right? We joke around calling her cranky. She will be sound asleep one minute and scream bloody murder the next when she doesn't instantly get what she wants, whether it is a diaper change, milk or she has gas. She really is loud now...like makes you flinch when it is 3 am and she is screaming right in your ear type of loud ;)
There has also been several occasions during the day that she is high maintenance. Even though most of the time she will lay by herself and entertain herself while looking around or playing on her mat, there are other times she will not let me put her down. I recently started using her baby carrier more often. It is pretty awesome because she falls asleep almost immediately and it allows me to do dishes, laundry, or bake as you see from this picture that JF took lol.

I added two videos that are pretty cute. The first is Lily half asleep. It shows how much she is grunting lately. In this video, her grunting wakes her up! The second video is an example of her being fussy and wanting me to hold her constantly. My routine everyday is I put her in the swing in the bathroom with me while I shower and get dressed. She usually sleeps right through it because she loves the heat of the bathroom and the sound of the shower. On this day she woke up early and was rather cranky. While I tried to blow dry my hair quickly, I realized how much she loved the sound of the blow dryer. As you can see from the video, she instantly fell asleep!

I hope everyone has a great week!! :)