We are quickly approaching the one month birthday of Baby J. It's crazy that it's gone by so quickly, and it's even crazier how big she is already. I think they seriously do grow in the middle of the night. This week Aunt Jen came to stay with Family Walker for the week. Aunt Jen was a big help for me in that she was there to hold my hand and help me with (what I feel were) big deal new-mom activities: driving with baby in the back by herself, taking baby on an outing, and what to do with the evening fuss fits.

The first is pretty easy to get; we only went to the shopping center that is literally across the street from my apartment, but it was quite a big deal for me to leave Baby J back there by herself. We were driving for our first official outing: a trip to Starbucks and an errand to Target. Baby J was quite wonderful! She slept for the ENTIRE 2 hour adventure. And I came home just a little closer to feeling like a normal person who goes places.

Now, I don't want y'all getting the wrong impression and thinking that Baby J is difficult. I've actually been informed that she is quite a good baby and gives mommy and daddy adequate sleep during her 4 hour sleep stretches. However, over the past few days, we've noticed that Baby J was getting fussy in the evenings. Aunt Jen was great and we figured out that she probably isn't eating as well as I thought she was and was simply hungry. A bottle at mid-day and a bottle in the evening have seemed to fix our problem!

So that's our life this week. Lots of trial and error, and even more staring at Baby J. It's crazy that you really can't get sick of looking at her, even when she does the same things over and over again. :-)