1 Month

Our Baby Ruthe is 5 weeks old!  Time is just flying, and she is growing like a weed!

Stats
weight: 10 lbs. 2 oz
length: 21.5 inches
head circumference: 14 7/8inches

Milestones
Papoose can roll over!!! She started doing it at 3 weeks and 2 days old.  We thought it was a fluke, but she's kept doing it!  I've lost count of the number of times she has rolled over tummy to back.  She hasn't rolled from back to tummy yet, but trust me, she's trying!

She also loves to kick her legs wildly during tummy time, resulting in scooting across the floor by up to a couple feet and/or rotating around in a spot.  More than once I have left her in one room to go to another room, only to come back a few minutes later and she's rolled over, facing a different direction, and a foot or so from where I left her.

If she's moves this much as a newborn, I wonder what adventures she'll take me on once she learns to crawl and walk!

Rolling over is usually preceded by Papoose getting a little angry about being left on her tummy. :-(

Sleep habits
She's sleeping GREAT!  She goes to sleep between 9pm and 10pm usually.  A couple times she's kept us up til 11pm, but it's usually on a weekend, so no worries.  She'll wake up to eat once, usually between 3am and 5am, and then go right back to sleep until about 7am or 8am.  A few times, she has slept through the night, but I still wake up to pump milk those nights.  So I don't get any better sleep when she sleeps through the night, but hey-- I've got a 1 month old with incredible sleep habits.  I love it!

don't you just LOVE sleeping babies???

Sister Love

Munchkin adores her Baby Ruthe!  I love to see how much love and concern Munchkin has for Papoose.  When Papoose is sleeping, Munchkin will go to her bed and just watch her sleep for a few minutes and say, "Baby Ruthe sleeping.  Baby Ruthe pretty sleeping."

When Papoose is on the floor for tummy time, Munchkin will lay down next to her and insist that she have tummy time, too.  Munchkin also likes to show Papoose her toys.  Sometimes, Munchkin asks me to put Papoose in the stroller so she can take her for a walk, and Munchkin insists on pushing Baby Ruthe. I love that Munchkin wants to play with Papoose!

tummy time for both my babies

playing on the floor

sharing the dinosaurs

going for a walk... Papoose fits in the doll stroller!

Munchkin is a bit possessive of the blankets in the house... i've noticed she has started accumulating them in her room.  When Papoose is wrapped in a blanket, no matter what blanket, Munchkin tells us that it is her "blanken" and she wants it.  Most of the time we tell her that she needs to share that blankets, and everything is ok.  But if Munchkin is tired, we've been known to having minor crying fits about who's blanket it is.

Munchkin: "i love you, baby ruthe, but this is my blanket, so i'm taking it back while you sleep."

At bedtime after saying prayers, we do something like a family huddle cheer-- we all put hands in the middle and shout, "Love ya!" (it's something Brad did growing up, so we do it in our family, too).  From day 1, Munchkin has insisted that Baby Ruthe do "love-loves" also. And then she gives Papoose a hug a kiss, even if mommy is trying to feed Papoose at the moment, which makes things awkward. I must admit, that one of the greatest joys I have found as a mommy is seeing how much my girls love each other.  It just makes my heart all warm and fuzzy!

can you say, "awe!"

more kisses...

sweet-ness!

And before I mislead anyone into thinking our home is always picture perfect and peaceful... Proof that the Neeley house isn't always full of rainbows, sunshine, and smiles...

Big sister trying to make little sister be quiet... feel the love?

sometimes, Munchkin likes to "ruthe roll in blanken"... Papoose doesn't enjoy this game very much, yet.

Looks like typical sisters to me!

Munchkin and Papoose really are average siblings that argue, fight, tease, annoy, etc... but in the end, they love ever other so much!

No matter how much they bicker, they really love each other!