Busy First Month

Why, hello!!

I am four weeks old today, and let me tell you, this first month has been PACKED with running around, going to many places, getting smooched on by family, and, of course, keeping my mom up at night! :) Here are some highlights of my first, busy month of life:

1) Family came to visit!
I was lucky enough to have both sets of grandparents visit and to have most of my Willardson aunties visit me as well during my first month and for my baby blessing. With family in town and so much to do and so many places to go, we rarely had a spare moment to sit and relax (although as a newborn, I could really sleep anywhere!).

2) I got my first cold:
runny nose, yucky cough, and pink eye! What more could a girl ask for!?!

3) I went on my first road trip to Nauvoo, Illinois.
We had so much fun in Nauvoo! Mom and Dad got to go inside the beautiful temple and do temple work, we all saw the Nauvoo Pageant, and we got to see all the sites of Historic Nauvoo.


4) We also went to Carthage, Illinois.
On our last day of vacation in Nauvoo, we got to visit Carthage Jail where the prophet Joseph Smith was martyred. I fussed and slept most of the time, but Mom and Dad seemed very touched by the whole experience and spirit that they felt their. It was an amazing, testimony-building vacation.

5) I cracked my first real smile at almost 4 weeks old!
Of course, now I don't care to humor anyone by smiling again, no matter how hard they try or how dumb they look trying to make me smile!

6) I went on my first trip to the zoo!

7) I got to see the Mississippi River: both in Minneapolis and in Nauvoo, IL.

8) I grew a nice pair of chubby cheeks.
Mom calls it my food storage.


9) I slept, A LOT (except for at night!).
I love to sleep anywhere, so long as I can have my hands up by my face or in whatever weird position is comfortable for me.

Practicing piano in my sleep:

It has been an exhausting month. I think this calls for another nap!
Until next time.....