Life with Ava so far...
- We are all just in love with this little one. She was welcomed with so much excitement and love and joy that it has been hard to be frustrated with the fussy times and sleepless nights
- Besides normal newborn fussyness, she is pretty content at least compared to Ariy. By this age, Ariy was already on medicine for reflux. By 3 weeks old he was obviously in pain after eating and often inconsolable. She is happy to be held most of the time and very content after eating although she does spit up a lot.
- She is awake and aware!! Ariy was a sleeper from the start. I felt like we didn't really hang out with him much until around 6 months. He still sleeps a ton (yes, we are thankful). This one though - she already loves to look around and is awake for a lot longer stretches then Ariy ever was as a newborn.
- She has started smiling with a big open mouth grin and squinty eyes. So fun, can't wait for it to be more consistent.
- She is tiny (at least compared to Ariy). At 2 weeks she was 8lbs (basically her birth weight 7 lb 15 oz). Ariy by this point was about 1lb past his birth weight at 9 lb 5 oz. He was huge.
- She is all girl - her legs, feet, fingers and toes are just long and slender and delicate. We are hopeful she will be able to wear cute baby shoes.
- She has just graduated out of newborn clothes, at least most of them. She looks like she has grown mostly in length.
- Our favorite feature - that HAIR. Sh still has a full head of hair. It looks like it has a reddish tint but we are not for sure on that yet.
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