Lots and Lots of Smiles

After those first few weeks of total chaos and less than the desired amounts of sleep, the smiles that come in later weeks make it all worth it.

Our little bean is now six weeks old. Six weeks!! I know that doesn't seem very old, but to us the time is just flying by. I'm not going to lie, those first few weeks were really rough. I was running on fumes and I'm sure Kaleb was doing the same but paired with going to school and work on top of it. 

All Smiles with Grandma Persson and Aunt Sarah

Now, it's six weeks later and we are getting the hang of things. Sure, we still don't get incredible amounts of sleep (that 3am feeding is really killer!) and we still struggle to soothe her cries sometimes, but when she wakes up in the morning and gives us that big grin we know that every tear, diaper, and waterfall of puke is all worth it.

We had the special opportunity to experience lots of things in the past few weeks. 

1. My parents and younger siblings were able to fly in, giving Aunt Sarah and Uncle Jared their first look at Lilly. They loved every minute and even helped babysit overnight!

2. Kaleb and I celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary and enjoyed our time at the Cheesecake Factory, watching the movie Pan (which was very good), and spending the evening at Anniversary Inn, especially enjoying the lack of a 3am feeding :)

Lilly with Uncle Josh

3. Kaleb's parents drove down for the weekend, giving Grandma Kjar her first moments with Lilly, grandchild #4. Watching her hold Lilly and just pour out her love was priceless.

4. Lilly was blessed at church on Sunday and was given a very special blessing by her daddy. We recorded and typed it up for her so she can look back on it when she's older. 

We are so blessed to have this little girl... Exhausted... But blessed :)