Adah & Eva

I cannot believe Adah will be four weeks old on Monday! So will she be a month old on Monday or not until November 17th?! I can never quite wrap my head around that... Meanwhile my niece, Eva Elizabeth (I AM AN AUNT!!!) is one week old today! Talk about overwhelming, abundant, beautiful blessings from our good Lord! At times it feels like it is too much! 

Slowly we are learning how to be parents.  As baths have gotten more enjoyable for Adah they have gotten more enjoyable for me!  I was a wreck the first few baths when she wailed the entire time.  In any situation a crying baby lessens ones ability to think clearly and heightens the level of intensity.  We have somehow figured out how to live with the random intervals of awakeness in the middle of the night.  We are definitely better at knowing why she may be crying and remembering ways she likes to be soothed.  There are times I still can't believe she is our daughter.  I just stare at her and try to fathom that she is part me and part Kyle and that she is a person and is going to be grown up like us one day and that God has a plan and a purpose for her life... whew! Needless to say, we love her! 

This past Monday we went to visit cousin Eva and Aunt Lauren and Uncle Brad.  It has been so fun being pregnant with my sister and now going through the labor process around the same time and now having newborns at the same time! I am excited to continue this journey with her and for our girls to be going through the same stages and Lauren and I to be figuring out each stage at the same time.  What a gift it is! 

Well, Adah is sleeping so I have a small amount of time to tackle the dishes and if I'm lucky get a load of laundry going.  Enjoy the pictures!