So December happened

While most people are writing blog posts recapping all of 2011, I’m going to focus on just December since I seem to have neglected my blog that whole month: Let’s see, I went into labor on December 3^rd, Allison was born on December 4^th, and as of today I have a one month old.  That pretty much sums things up!

I won’t really dwell on the details of the whole labor thing – suffice it to say it wasn’t super fun – and after waiting this long to write anything, I’m not even sure where to begin with recounting Allison’s first month of life. Here are a few highlights:

-First of all, I have to point out that after my paranoia about her being a big baby, our “little” girl weighed in at 8 pounds 9 ounces and was 22.5 inches long at birth.  While it wasn’t particularly fun to deliver that size baby, I’m convinced that being on the bigger side has helped make her a good eater and able to go relatively long stretches between feedings (which translates into more sleep for mom and dad).

-I also have to address her appearance, because we have been told on more than one occasion that this baby does not look like she belongs to us! Although the sonographer at our 36 week scan told us AK (one of her many nicknames already) was looking pretty bald, this kid popped out with a full head of dark hair.  Given my blonde hair and Tim’s relatively light brown hair, I’m assuming this is the main reason people are secretly wondering if I was actually never even pregnant and we just stole ourselves a baby last month. Before you go calling the cops, I’ll have you know I was actually born with a pretty similar head of dark hair that ended up turning blonde later. I couldn’t find a really great baby picture of me that young, but judge for yourself whether you see at least SOME family resemblance:

I’m not saying she’s the spitting image of me, but I think she at least looks like she could legitimately be my child. Oh and on the second picture of me, check out what looks like a little bit of a middle finger gesture – this has been one of Allison’s favorite things to do since we caught it on camera during our 20 week sonogram. Unfortunately I don’t have any baby pictures of Tim handy right now, but my mom thinks Allison looks like him so we’ll go with that as evidence of further family resemblance.

-So far, our little gator (another current nickname) has been what I think is a pretty easy baby. She sleeps well and she eats well, which is about all we can ask for at this age. She’s also pretty active (which isn’t surprising with all the movement she was doing inside the womb). Some of her current favorite activities include: going to the bathroom right when her diaper is taken off, projectile pooping four feet across the room while being changed (her dad was proud of that move), making funny faces pretty much all the time, and of course giving the middle finger during photo ops. 

Right now we’re just enjoying watching her change and grow, and we’re excited for all of the new things that will come over the next several months! I plan to follow this post up with a one month update ASAP, so get excited for that.