Kidd's Ring

I can't believe she's already a month old (plus a few days - I'm a tad bit late, oops)!  We've been enjoying her so very much!  Here's what she's been doing: ~ she's found her voice and has started cooing {it's so sweet} ~ ~ she can slowly start to follow things or people with her eyes ~ ~ she's smiling more intentionally and has this great really open mouth smile/laugh ~ ~ she's getting better at holding her head up ~ ~ she loves looking around and taking everything in ~ ~ she enjoys a pacifier or sucking on her hand if she doesn't get one ~ ~ she is awake a few more hours in the day than at the beginning ~ ~ she loves playing with her tongue and sticking it in and out {it's soo cute!} ~ ~ she's got baby acne just like her mommy had {sad that I passed that on} ~

Look who got her first letter in the mail the other day: We are loving our little baby girl and watching her grow. 

It's so wonderful not being pregnant anymore ... yet strange and a bit sad as well.  There are so many thoughts, emotions and feelings floating around these days.  This is such a special time that we are experiencing with our first baby.  However, I miss feeling those sweet little kicks.  I do not miss those uncomfortable stretches though or the continuous heartburn or feeling heavy.  I love being able to see, snuggle, smell, and love on my baby!  Felix and I still look at her and think, "Wow, she's ours!"  We feel extremely blessed with such a good baby who sleeps a few hours at night, nurses and then goes back to sleep and isn't too fussy during the day.  Yes, we do have our fussy moments, but that's to be expected with a baby, right? We're loving watching her grow and become more alert with each passing day.  It's so fun seeing her facial expresses as she sleeps and those accidental smiles just make me want to melt.  I LOVE her ...

born August 13th at 2:32pm  weighed 8 lbs 2 oz 20 inches long We are completely in love with our sweet baby girl.  We feel so blessed to have received such a wonderful gift! This is our prayer for her:  And we pray ... that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God. Colossians 1:10 

I used the time to make a plum streussel cake for my hubby.  He's been asking for a streussel cake (he doesn't ask for things often, so I wanted to make it for him), so yesterday as we went by the market, I told him to pick any fruit he wanted on top and I would make one.  So here we are ... I love streussel cakes!!  Still waiting for baby ;) Friday I have another appointment at the hospital to check that everything is still ok.  I'm curious to see what they say ...

...I've made two meals and two different types of breakfast breads and frozen them {now that I've typed it out, it doesn't seem that great...}.  If only we had a bigger freezer and didn't have other stuff inside of it, like ice cream! ;)  I think I'm going to try and use some things like peas {yuck}, frozen pizza, hashbrowns ... up so that I can use that precious freezer space. You see European size fridges are quite a bit smaller than American ones and let's not even compare the freezer part.  I'm actually lucky when it comes to fridge size.  Lots of people have one that is as tall as your counter and that's it! Thankfully when we moved into our apartment, there was a big fridge already in the kitchen.  However, not long after we lived here, it died.  We didn't waste much time in buying a new one that had the same size.  We have exactly three skinny freezer drawers - which is better than one, which I had in my last apartment. Another hard par...

We were able to go to the park with our friend and take some maternity pics several weeks ago.  We had a wonderful time and the weather could not have been more perfect.  I can't believe that very soon we'll get to meet our little girl!  The due date is exactly one week away.  We'll see when she actually decides to come!!!  These past few weeks have gone by fairly quickly, now it seems to be slowing down as it comes to the actual waiting for baby part.  It's hard not to be to anxious, excited and nervous.  I'm working on trusting completely in the Lord and waiting for His perfect timing ...