Viv's One Month!

Happy ONE month birthday Viv!  

Here is a link to Viv's newborn pics on the photographers blog:: http://www.jstoiaportraitdesign.com/blog/welcome-to-the-world-miss-vivian/

You really know how to keep us on our toes.  We can already tell you are a determined little lady who knows what she wants.  Poor Eric, three of those in his house!  Starting out almost a pound lighter than Stella at birth, Viv popped right up to over 11 lbs by the time she was a month old, a full LB bigger than her sister.    

one week

bath time!

the chunky cheeks starting to form

 her reaction after hearing thunder for the first time!

this just cracks me up...need to get the sleep where I can take it

When Viv is hungry, I am pretty certain all of our street knows it!  Her "hawk" cries have even gathered a response from Stella to the tune of "Moooooommmmy what IS dat?  Is dat Vivi cries? {said with the biggest bug eyes}.  Poor Viv spits up quite a bit...the pro?  We get to change outfits and wear more cute clothes.  The con... laundry, laundry and more laundry!  At three weeks she got a terrible case of baby acne, to which Eric and I had no clue what to do since we hadn't experienced it with Stella.  It looked so painful, poor Viv.  And sleep, or lack there of...how quickly your mind forgets this stage!  This was a pretty typical scene prior to Eric leaving for work the first few weeks.  After the early morning feeding, it would be tough to calm her down unless we slept together like this, which I certainly didn't hate!
  

Stella has adjusted so well to being a proud big sister.  She is mommy's little helper and often loves to imitate whatever I am doing (including nursing...which is adorable at home until I get a notice from school that she is doing it there).

Some of Viv's firsts this month:
- Doc Appt - back up to birth weight after 1 week!  Woo hoo.
- First family walk

- First Easter celebration

- Visit from all immediate family members including a trip from Uncle C all the way from Denver

- Walk with Auntie Heidi and Hallie

- And last but certainly not least was her first official acknowledgment from Jack that she was not temporary.