1.  So, she's one month old today :) (One of her great-grandmothers made the blanket--isn't it pretty?!) I couldn't get her to wake up for anything. Haha, I guess that's what I get for nursing her first ;) I wanted to put her in a cloth diaper like I did with Jack's pictures, but she's too tiny and she STILL hasn't lost her umbilical cord stub thing. Good grief! 2.  I went to the library and got my library card!  I even checked out two actual hold-in-my-hand-turn-the-pages books :) I started reading the first one, and although I know they both (the second is the sequel) were in the "juvenile" section, the content and language (innuendo) in the first book is not something I would recommend for anyone under 17. But, the storyline is great so far! You can read the entire first chapter here , I believe. 

I actually fixed a meal tonight, and the three of us sat down as a family and ate. This was new because The Husband usually isn't home during dinner. And, it's different because I haven't felt up to doing anything other than make a sandwich.  Jack had some frozen peas, peaches, frozen blueberries, and some of the mac and cheese I fixed. I opted out of giving him the asparagus this time around. :) He LOVED the mac and cheese. He shoved whole handfuls into his mouth. He was pretty gross by the end of the meal haha ;) Since The Husband was home this evening, I was able to take a shower before 10 o'clock for a change. Here are two of my loves snuggling.  When I got out, she was wide awake and ready to eat :). She's so very sweet. And noisy. But mostly sweet!

1.  Yes, I did have a bowl of ice cream (thanks Dad, for placing it in my freezer!) as a mid-morning, post-nursing snack while reading about breast feeding.  2.  And, yes this little girl (who is also post-nursing in this picture) is pretty darn adorable in this teeny tiny outfit her grandparents gave her. I had to dress her up for her 3-week appointment, right?!

Three weeks ago today, I was wheeled into the operating room, and Ella Hope made her entrance into our lives.  Seven days after that, we got to bring her home. She's such a doll.  Yes, you sure are!  (Onesie courtesy of Aunt Kelli)

**updated with link below--3:45pm** ***updated with pictures of the kids :)--5:00pm*** 1.  I had forgotten just how NOISY a sleeping newborn is.  It's crazy listening to the amount and types of noises that come out of that little body as she rests (especially when I'm trying to sleep at night, too!). When she's awake? Not a peep, haha! 2.  The rain today! I don't know how much we've had so far, but it's rained all night and all morning steadily (and sometimes downright hard). Lots of lightning and thunder have joined the rain, which makes for a pretty drowsy day. A lot of roads are flooded/closed, and many people tried to drive through the water only to find that they couldn't. I'm very thankful The Husband had to leave as early as he did for work this morning, or he might have gotten stranded, too.  3.  Our garage is on a slab (the house is on piers), and unfortunately it's allowed a lot of water to pool in there. And, w...