Last week Ava turned one month old – it’s amazing how fast the time goes! We took her to get her one-month pictures taken and I think we got some good ones. We weren’t sure we would even get anything useable, since she was not in a good mood when we got there. She was crying and wouldn’t cooperate. Dawn fed her right before we left in an attempt to make things go smoothly, but she still wasn’t having any part of it. We changed her and ended up feeding her again at the photography studio in an attempt to settle her down. We finally did get a few pictures we could use, and one in particular with her head on her hands that we really liked. It was worth all the effort just for that picture!
She is now at five weeks, and becoming more aware of her surroundings every day. She holds her head up really well and looks around. She’s still very calm and content most of the time, but she gets mad really fast when she’s hungry. As long as jump to her needs, she’s happy. A diva in training! And she does like to eat, too – we estimate that she’s up to almost 11 pounds now, and she’s getting a little thick in the arms and legs. Last night I even noticed elbow dimples. She’s actually started outgrowing some clothes.
We think she has smiled a few times on purpose, but of course it’s hard to tell.
Sleeping is going pretty well. She will usually get in a feeding around 9 or 10, then go to bed fairly easily and sleep for 3-5 hours. We typically only wake up once or twice at night with her, and she goes back to sleep. Unfortunately she is in the habit of waking up around 5am and not wanting to go back to sleep. Sometimes by the time I finally get her back to sleep it’s already time to get Emily up for school, so it ends up making for some early mornings!
Ava had her first trip to the zoo yesterday. I’m not sure she really appreciated the animals, but I think we’ll go again 
A few more pictures:
She is such a sweetie and like you said so aware of her surroundings now. We love the new pics! Lily stole one of mine though, so if you have any extras…:)