4 Weeks Old!

I am a day late, but Ava is 4 weeks old!!! Time has really flown by, and I can't believe half of my maternity leave is over :( We were at the doctor yesterday, and I thought we were going to get Ava's umbilical cord stump removed, but instead Dr. B just re-cauterized it saying that there was still too much blood flow for it to come off yet. Supposedly, it will fall off sometime this week, which I really hope for so that we can give her a proper bath. While we were at the dr., she got weighed - 7 lbs 8 oz! She is growing and doing really well. We have had a couple of nights of good sleep (the picture is of her in her bassinet, see she does sleep there sometimes :) and she is continuing to be more awake during the day. Anna and McKenna still want to hold her and feed her all the time and McKenna has started to 'mommy' Ava even more. Most recently, when Ava is crying in the car, McKenna will hold her hand and make 'shhing' noises and softly say 'It's okay Ava, we are almost there'. It is really cute, and it sometimes even works to quite her down.

My biggest hurdle to get over for the month of April is that we will be registering Anna for kindergarten in a little over a week! I can't believe that she is going to start kindergarten this year, I still remember her being in the NICU like it was yesterday, it doesn't seem possible that she is going to be 5 in July. She is really excited about school and keeps telling me that she can't wait to go to kindergarten. McKenna would also like to start at Isbell this year, and doesn't understand why Anna gets to and she can't. It will make the logistics of the morning that much more interesting on days when Anna has to go to school, McKenna goes to preschool and Ava will either be with grandma or the sitter - we will see what time Patrick and I make it to work!

I am off to try and finish the drapes for Ava's room - maybe they will be finished by the time we move her to her own room...