One MONTH

Sweet Miss B,

It has alREADY been a MONTH since you made your BIG appearance into our lives and home ~ you are a PERFECT addition!!

We feel pretty blessed by you and your easy going nature and the fact that for the MOST part we have been able to figure out what might be making you grouchy (dirty pants, hungry or tired are pretty much the ONLY things that you cry about)

The past 3 nights you have done GREAT sleeping (not that you were ever "bad" before) but we have done some 5-6 hour stretches and MAN did that feel GOOD to both mom AND dad :) You are starting to be awake a bit more during the day and focusing on people who are talking to you and trying to actually SEE them :) (having a little visit with Auntie J.T. before Minnie got her hair cut at J.T.'s new barber shop)

 We've taken you on a few mini-adventures... Market Basket and the nearby September-Fest so Daddy could look at some fishing things and we could do some Christmas shopping with the R Clan... you did GREAT on both outings... you love your pseudo-Ergo aka front-pack carrier... coupled with a bink and you snooze away...you MUCH prefer it to your car seat/stroller combo...

STILL our biggest struggle is getting you to eat like a BIG girl ~ we are not having to supplement you with any extra b-milk MOST of the time but getting you to eat is sometimes just BRUTAL for both of us...you and I had to make a trip back up to the "big city" because I thought I was getting an infection but pretty sure we caught it in time so I didn't have to take antibiotics and mess with your system anymore... also, thankfully Mommy has some great prayer warriors that know how important this is for us and they are "standing in the gap" for me at all hours of the day and night. I can feel it and we have had some better days. I'm convinced we'll get it, some way some how...

Your big sister thinks you are just the BEST thing ever and when I took the two of you to mail a package at the P.O. this week she practically hollered at the worker... "LOOK AT THE BABY!!" :) She's very proud of you and very proud of the fact that she is a big sister. I hope the novelty doesn't wear off :) too soon :)

Daddy is starting soccer this week so you'll have your first introduction to "big girls" pretty soon when we take your big sister to practice so she can run around like a crazy girl and get some of her "wiggles" out... next year will be fun to see you both scooting all over but this year I'll enjoy how snugly and tiny you really are :)

We love you SO much Miss B and we are SO thankful that God hand-picked YOU for OUR family.