Well, today Rane is one week old! She is a wonderful baby so far. She only cries when shes is cold (diaper change/bath time) or if she has a burp that just wont come out (which has only happened twice) She eats at regular 3-3.5hr intervals except at night. She seems to go about 5-6 hours between her "last" meal of the night and her "first" meal of the day! Last night she went down at 12:15am and I woke her up at 6:15am. She was still very content and could have probably gone longer, but due to her check up this morning, I wanted to get the day moving! She is just a joy to have around. She makes great faces and loves to stretch! Swaddling will fix almost ANY problem and she sleeps very well between feedings (This certainly helps us catch up on sleep/chores)
She will let anyone hold her or kiss her and I have yet to find anything that makes her unhappy (other than being cold).
We have been so blessed by an AMAZING group of family and friends. Our Sunday school class has gotten together to make sure that we have meals brought to us every other day from now until the middle of July! My mother has taken 2 weeks off of work to help out during the day with laundry, running errands, grocery shopping, addressing birth announcements, and watching the baby so I can shower, etc. Mike has stepped into the temporary role of Chick-fil-A Operator, taking care of all of the month end duties at work and making sure all is well there. My employees have been SOOO wonderful about being self sufficient and have only called a time or two, allowing me to rest and not worry about work! God has blessed us with such a great staff! I am just blown away!
I guess the theme for the last week is intense gratitude! Gratitude to God for a healthy baby girl and for the people He has put into our life, and gratitude to those people for the ways that they have gone out of their way to show their love to Mike and me!
To quote the chorus of an old church hymn:
"Count you blessings name them one by one, Count your blessings see what God has done, Count your many blessings, name them one by one. Count your many blessing see what God has done"
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