Road Trip!

What a trip! Savannah and I took a short trip with my parents and cousin Xander to visit with family up in Chesterton, IN. It's about a 6 hour car trip and Savannah was a perfect passenger. Savannah got to meet her Great Aunt Vicki, cousin Steve, Uncle Don, Great Aunt Rhonda and cousin Saralyn, Great Grandma Metzner (my maternal Grandma), my Godmother Shelly and husband Rick, and her "middle namesake", Great Grandma Crockett! Oh, My! Lot's of important people all in one place.

While we were visiting the "Oz Fest" (Wizard of Oz not Ozzy Ozbourne) was going on in the town park. While it looked interesting, we did not participate. The weather was pretty chilly so we got to give our fleece suit a practice run. She was not a fan of putting it on or taking it off, but she was a trooper. Traveling with an infant definitely comes with more baggage...literally.

In other Savannah news, she's been successfully sleeping through the night! She'll sleep anywhere between 8-10 hours. The catch is that she consistently eats every 2 hours during the day and she's not patient when waiting for a bottle. We go from content to inconsolable in a blink of an eye. This is very unusual for a 1 month old, but our pediatrician assures me that if she's taking in enough ounces in the daytime and gaining weight, she's fine and we should consider ourselves lucky. I think it may have been his first time when a parent is concerned that they're baby is sleeping too much.

In my "What to Expect the First Year" book, they list a few things that your baby should be doing at 1 month (holding up head, rotating from side to side, turing head to the sound of your voice, etc.). Savannah was doing all of the items listed except "smiling in response to our smile", until today! It was so fun to know she's smiling at me because she wants to and it's not just gas :).

Our Dr.'s appointment will be Tuesday and I'm still not looking forward to it. I'm curious to know how long she is now because she seems to have grown that way. She's officially out of newborn sizes and that breaks my heart. I'm really not ok with this getting bigger business!

Enjoy some pictures of the past week, including our trip! Photo 1 is Savannah and Grandma Crockett, Betty Lou and the second pic is Savannah and my lovely godmother Shelly.