Perfect Cadence

Eden: One Month

-around 10 lbs
-awake more and more
-very noisy snorts
-tolerates her brothers
-ravenous when awake
-parties at night
-turns to our faces and voices
-loves to be held
-easy to console (except during this photoshoot)
-hates when her bow falls over her eyes and when her nose is wiped
-very loved and adored

*****

We've officially had little Eden for a month! It's been a very good month. She has been my easiest baby to console and just loves to eat above everything else! My family came into town to help the first week and they were a godsend. Then Sam had his Paternity leave the week after that. So I've had it pretty easy.

I was so nervous getting pregnant. I knew I wanted more children, but motherhood is so hard the thought of adding on sounded daunting. So I added a quote by Elder Andersen to my phone's wallpaper to help me move forward. "Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling...it is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.” There is no "good time" to have another child, so I acted on faith. And Heavenly Father has blessed me so abundantly. I am doing well so far and I can't get over my precious daughter! She is the perfect addition.

Silly at the hospital

My beautiful daughter

First bath at home

Despite being so rough, they adore her!

First trip to the beach

Dressing her is by far one of the best parts of my day

Already sooo awake

I could stare at her all day, and I do

Squishy girl

Corpus Christi Trip

When Sam was on Paternity leave, we couldn't resist doing something together as a family, so we decided to finally make the trek down to our nearest beach two hours away in Corpus Christi. Eden was only a week and a half old, and I couldn't get in water just yet, but we thought it would still be fun with precautions.

We chose the South Padre Island and got to park for free due to Sam being Active Duty in the military. After getting everyone dressed and ready at the visitor center, we found a little spot for ourselves and set up camp. Eli immediately headed to the water and got bowled over a few times before he had enough, and Joey is our scaredy cat and seemed done with the beach two minutes after getting there (sigh).

The rest of the time we both took turns taking Joey to the gift shop, then to get lunch, then to get a snow cone (he was the hardest to take care of!). Eli was sooo content digging in the sand, then building a sand castle. I hung out with Eden most of the time and took pictures of our adventures. Sam tried to go snorkeling but the water was extra murky that time so it was short lived.

I think it would be fun to go camping on the beach one of these days, but for now, it was a quaint two and a half-hour beach time that took four hours to drive to get, haha. We'll have to go and do it again for boogie boarding, better snorkeling and beach-walking.