Lydia's one month now...

Hard to believe. The days are long, but they sure move by quickly ("the days are long, but the years are short" is a saying I've heard that seems quite true). Lydia is a month old now and it seems she just was born. She had her 1 month checkup yesterday and she is doing well. She is up to 10lbs, which puts her in the 75th percentile for weight, and she's in the 60th percentile for length at 21.5 inches.

So she is doing well, although she has become a bit of a colicky baby. Katelyn was that way as well. It doesn't happen every night, but more often than not she has a crying spell for about an hour in the evening, and boy, does she have some lung power. I don't remember Katelyn being so loud when she was colicky, but Lydia flat just screams sometimes. We often wonder if the neighbors are being kept up by her! Katelyn's colicky period lasted about 3 month, so we hope in another month or two, this phase will pass also (hopefully sooner) for Lydia.

She's still pretty consistent in her sleeping. Most of the time she is about 3 hours in between feedings. Occasionally she'll just make it two hours. So she hasn't started to stetch out too much yet, but that will come in time too.

Titus has become quite the affectionate brother with his little sister. He loves to hold her (his holding consists of us laying Lydia on his lap, with pillows supporting her, while he holds his hands behind his back and stares at her with a big smile). He showers her with lots of kisses and hugs, and though he tends to be a little over exuberant in those hugs and kisses, they are very well meant.

And Katelyn of course is a wonderful big sister. She holds Lydia on her own. She still isn't too comfortable yet when she begins to cry, and she's quick to call for help when she starts to fuss, but she's become quite the helper around the home, keeping an extra set of eyes out for things that need done and brothers that need kept off of bookcases, dressers, etc.

We have enjoyed having some of Colleen's family (her father and her brother's family) in town tonight as they pass through on their way to a family reunion in Michigan. We would have liked to attend this reunion also, but decided against it with Lydia so young. We went to the park tonight and it was a beautiful evening. Almost felt a bit cool once the sun went behind the trees. We've been blessed recently with some very nice weather, a little on the cool side for June/July. Tomorrow it is supposed to get into the mid to upper 80s, but most of the days recently have been in the mid to upper 70s. So the kids had fun tonight playing in the park and having a little Sonic food for our picnic at the park. Sonic is a favorite of ours, especially now that they have their dollar menu.