hard to believe

I can hardly believe my sweet girl is over 8 weeks old...

(sigh)

time is passing way too quickly!

newborn photos

Here are some pics from the

make-up newborn photo session

with Lora Denton:

They turned out great!

Thanks, Lora, a million times over!!!

1 month stats

Makayla had her one month check-up recently

and she weighed 7lbs 6oz

and has grown to 20 inches long!

Yay...the girl is growin'!

Here are some cute photos of our sweetie:

napping in her bouncy seat

snuggled in her towel after bath time

swaddled up like a burrito

cutie pie at one month

photos of the day

relaxin'

someone loves her paci

Monroe Family Photos

My beautiful Nanny when she was 16

Bunny Powell Monroe

My handsome Pop

Moi Madison Monroe Jr.

My aunts (my dad's older sisters) went through

some Monroe and Powell family photos recently

and were kind enough to put them on CD for us.

I am so happy to have these photos...

they truly are treasures.

The above are two of my favorite...

I think the photo of my Nanny (my Dad's mother)

is absolutely stunning,

and the one of my Pop (my Dad's father)

is quite stately.

I am sure I will be sharing more along and along

but these two I share in fond memory

of my Nanny and Pop.

Makayla: 1 month

Makayla turned one month old on July 2nd!

Crazy...how sleepless time flies!

She is growing so quickly,

gaining weight and becoming much more alert.

We go for her one month doctor appt on Friday,

so I'll report on her stats then.

For now she is already becoming quite the traveler,

she has already been to four states:

North Carolina (home sweet home)

South Carolina (stop off to see her Great Grandmother)

Georgia (2 week visit to Nana and Papa's house)

and Florida (first weekend beach trip).

She is a wonderful car rider and just snoozes away.

Waking only when she is hungry.

She eats about every three hours during the day,

and either naps (her preference is still being held to nap)

or plays with her hands and stares around in between. 

We are working toward a three hour

schedule of: eat, activity, sleep...but as you can

imagine any kind of schedule, even a relaxed one,

 is a little tough for a four week old.

So we will keep working toward that.

Night times are still day-by-day. She mostly continues her

three hour eating routine throughout the night but a few times 

she has gone four to five hours.

 These nights are more enjoyable :)

She doesn't like sleeping flat on her back or in her crib,

so she is mostly sleeping in this little baby papasan seat

we borrowed from Brandon's brother/sis-in-law

or when being held.

Something else we are working on...

We have loved our visit to Waycross!

Taking daily walks with Nana,

golf cart rides (to induce sleep) with Aunt Liz,

and napping on Papa's chest.

Makayla is one lucky and loved little girl!

One more day and we are headed back to Charlotte...

we are both going to miss Nana and Papa

and will have to come back very very soon!

MMC also got to meet lots of Monroe relatives

at Fernandina Beach this past weekend.

Other things Makayla loves:

movement

paci

Aden and Anais swaddle blankets (so soft)

her Daddy!

gulping down her bottles (cute little piggy)

holding her hands near or on her face