Lyssa Lu

We call her our Lyssa Lu and Riley calls her his Lyssa Wu...anyways she is our LuLu and she is 4 weeks old today!  Why does it feel like she has been here forever?!  Could it be the long days and sometimes sleepless nights...maybe! : )  I look back on our first week with her and can't believe how much has changed.  At a mere 4 weeks old our girl smiles at us when she gets her hair brushed.  She is alert and awake and when you pull that brush out while talking to her she charms you with her gummy smiles.  I caught 3 or 4 big smiles on camera and we have watched it over and over again numerous times because it's so darn cute!  We and anyone who holds her sees her smile in her sleep all the time but this is real awake smiles.  The ones that let you know how happy she is and how loved she feels.  I was laying on the floor facing her yesterday and I told her "mommy loves you" and Riley said from across the room "Wiley loves you too Lyssa Wu," and she smiled.  Once again, where was my video camera!?  


At 4 weeks old our girl...


Eats about 4 ozs every 3-4 hours.
Loves to be held so she can see what's going on around her.  
Is so alert and holds her tiny head up so well that you would think she is more like 8-10 weeks old.
Is sleeping from about 11 at night til about 12:00 noon the next day and getting up pretty consistently about every 3-3.5 hours.  
Is wearing newborn diapers...duh, just want it on record.  
Is starting to get a little chub to her tiny legs.
Is starving hungry at night and aggressively eats!
Is finding her thumb when she is hungry and just might be a thumbsucker!  Ahh!  
Is a cuddler and needs to be held when she is tired.  She does great in the middle of the night while she watches her ocean but during the day when she is tired she wants to be loved and held tight and she gets overtired quickly so you'd better pick that girl up at the first signs of tired.  
Is so pretty and never ceases to amaze us.


I was changing her diaper yesterday while Riley stood on her rocking chair to watch (he loves to watch diaper changes!) and when I was done we always just let her lay there and look around while we talk to her and wait for her to find us.  Riley asks me to pick him up and we both stoop over her with our heads just inches from hers while we tell her how cute and pretty she is, what a good girl she is and how fast she is getting big.  


We love our LuLu and all of the pink she has brought into our lives.  


Thank you God for giving her to us.  


Look for her one month pictures later today/tomorrow after I am able to take some : )  


Also Happy 22nd B-day to her GodFather Kyle!  See you at the Bou later for your b-day drink.