one month young.

Sunday was my due date.

I am very very happy I was not pregnant that long.

It also marked 1 month of life for Quinn and John.

Time flies when you're having fun.

At one month old, Quinn . . . 

* is very alert. She has longer periods of awake time, where she is very calm and her eyes are open and she just looks around.

* looks more like Chris's side of the family in general, especially the dimple in her chin. Her black hair is getting lighter, which  makes me a little sad. But it also has a tint of red in it, so it will be fun to see what it does.

* reminds me a LOT of Carly as a baby. Her face and how she acts. I can't really explain it, they just seem a lot alike already.

* makes really fabulous facial expressions. She also sticks out her tongue all sorts of different ways to show off how cool it is. She is hilarious.

* as you can see, she has a really awesome head of hair. It is so soft and fluffy, especially after a bath. It is impossible not to bury your nose in it. It is fun to have a baby with so much hair. It does make headbands hard, though. Not that I'm that into headbands anyway. My bad.

* is already very "baby" rather than newborn. Her face looks a little older and she is stronger. She's so mature.

* loves to do backbends. When you hold her or try to burp her, she bends backwards to try to look at you. She did it early on in the hospital, and it is so cute to see her lift her head and bend up to stare at you. She especially likes to stare at her daddy.

*nicknames include Quinny, Q, Q Baby, and Little Mouse. Little Mouse came in the hospital. She has these big pretty eyes, and she would (and still does) keep them wide open and peek out when you hold her against your chest. She looks like a little mouse with those big shiny eyes. Cutest thing.

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At one month old, John . . .

* is still more "newborn" than Quinn. He sleeps a lot more, and just seems younger. But he has times where he'll wake up and look around and be very calm, and he is just about the cutest thing ever.

* looks like my side of the family. My mom said he gives her flashbacks to her own babies. He even has red hair, for the time being.

* is a little prince. He likes being held. Especially by Mimi.

* is fussier than his sister. We were wondering if the formula was bothering him, so we switched to sensitive and he seems to be doing better.

* is growing too fast. He had an appointment at 2 weeks old after he was released from the hospital, and weighed 5 lbs 12 oz. A week later at his weight check he weighed 6 lbs 7 oz. Eleven ounces in a week is not too shabby. Guess he is making up for lost time.

* has a stuffy nose that won't go away. It isn't really a cold, and the doctor said his lungs are fine. He just has gunk up his nose. It drives me crazy, and I'm sure it drives him crazy too since he has a hard time breathing at night. I've become an expert booger-sucker operator. But his sensitive formula actually seems to be helping the situation, so maybe it was being exacerbated by the dairy.

* is super sweet and snugly. The pediatrician and nurse practitioner in the hospital nursery said they liked to hold him just for fun, because he was so sweet. He has lots of ladies swooning over him.

* he doesn't seem to mind baths in general, but when I take him out he SCREAMS like a baby being born. It is too cute and funny to feel bad for him. Such a dramatic little prince.

* nicknames include John John, John Boy, Little Prince, and Baby Bear. Baby Bear also came from the hospital when he was brand new. Carly has this little animatronic bear that moans and squeals that she calls baby bear. John made sounds that sounded just like him.

We love these kids. 

A lot.

Happy 1 month, Q and J. 

We're glad you joined us.