one month

ruby bloom is one month old today...

it's crazy how fast newborns change. i swear i can almost see her growing by the second. every morning i wake up and think, wow you look different.

honestly, i wasn't super excited for the newborn stage. a bunch of our friends just had babies and i thought they were adorable, but i didn't leave wishing i could take one home to hold all day. it sounded exhausting and inconvenient. well, it's both and also wonderful. i love cuddling her all day. rain has progressively become less snuggly. she came just in time.

i'm trying to soak up this age. she may be my last. when i would start to feel nostalgic with rain, it was comforting to know i would get to do it all over again. now i don't have that. 

rain constantly asks ruby, "why are you so mad?" the crease on her nose does make her look a little grumpy. even haj and i joke that she's always angry.  hopefully she'll lose that reputation as her nose grows into her skin.

this no sleep thing is much easier this time.  i guess nothing is as shocking the second time around.

some of those newborn tricks didn't come back to me right away. it took way to long to figure out how to put her down without waking her. she needs to be in a deep sleep. she can't be making any dream noises, fluttering her eyelids or flashing sleep smiles. she needs to be completely limp. arms dangling!

i don't think babies are supposed to be able to intentionally smile in the first month, but i'm almost positive i made ruby smile twice a few days ago :)

rain calls her "ruby balloon". i'm not sure if it's because he can't say bloom or somehow misheard us. now he just thinks he's funny and i think he's adorable.