Adventures with Adam and Emily: Olivia's First Month

I am going to have to break up the next few posts since there are so many changes and os much to share!!

First, we'll start with Olivia's first month. Here are her stats from her one month visit to the doctor (including some photos of the visit) before I jump into a review of her very busy first month!

Height-21.5" (64 percentile)
Weight- 9 lbs 7 oz (64 percentile) which was up from 8 lbs 1 oz at her 2 week checkup!
Head Circumference- 37.8 cm (74 percentile)
Milestones- she learned to breastfeed effectively after starting out with a tongue tie, she cries nice and loud when she is hungry, she can turn her head from side to side during tummy time (with some effort)

In her first weeks, she got to take a few short excursions, including trips to the supermarket, Target, the Library of Congress, and a few restaurants. We were fortunate for a few warmer days in DC, and for the cooler days, we stuck with short outings around the underground mall that was attached to our apartment in Crystal City.

Our first set of visitors came when she was 4 days old. Mom, dad, and Betty were lucky to come during her first few weeks, because she hardly cried at all and mostly slept and looked cute! They stayed from December 24th-January 1st, so they were able to celebrate Christmas and New Years with us. Mostly we ate, cooked, looked at Olivia, and they cheered me on as I battled with the difficulties of the first few weeks of breastfeeding (hands down those were the hardest weeks and the hardest thing I've ever done!).

Yes, those are cankles

Our family photo on Christmas day

My two loves fast asleep in the wee hours of the night- amazing how much Olivia's face has slimmed down since this photo!

Never too early for storytime

One of her early outings to the outdoor space near our apartment

Exploring our nation's capitol

Facetiming with Carlos

Olivia with Auntie Betty, Gong Gong and Popo

After they left, Adam, Olivia and I had a few days alone as our small little family. We went in for her two week check up, where it was a relief to learn that she was gaining weight (with all the challenges of breastfeeding, I wasn't sure if she was even getting anything to eat!). We also got her passport photo taken at the State Department and ran around trying to get her passport application submitted.

Two weeks old- hard to believe with all that hair!

Daddy keeping his little baby girl warm

Her passport photo- this will stay with her until she's 5!

After that, Auntie Susan arrived from Jan. 7-12th to help out and to meet her new niece. Susan gave little Olivia lots of love and attention, and provided some great advice as a first-time mama! We also celebrated my birthday with sushi, ice cream, cupcakes, and also making pizza! Fun times!

Bathtime!! Olivia's still not sure if she likes it or not

Getting Starbucks with Olivia

One night our power went out so we called up Nathan and hung out at his place where it was nice and warm! :)

Auntie Susan loves Olivia

Adam filling out the application so we could pick up copies of her birth certificate that we needed to officially finish up the passport printing process

Nathan showing us the mad skills he learned while working at Nicoletti's

After that, Lexi and John came all the way out from Colorado to visit us. Their visit was filled with good food, good company, and watching a LOT of Dexter on Netflix (thanks Betty, haha). During their visit, Olivia went in for her 4 week check up.