1 Month

So I decided to go ahead and write this post now, while I was thinking about it, or it would never happen. That is why there will be no pictures to go along with this post, but at least I did it for the record:o)

So our little Allie is one month old already! It is so crazy how fast the days fly by. It definitely makes me appreciate every little moment. Well, most moments anyway:o) Allie isn't doing so well sleeping at night...she does great during the day!!! Not that I am really happy about that! Sam and I are both sleep deprived at the moment. I told him that I will start sleeping with Allie in the other room so that at least one of us can get a decent amount of sleep! :o) Hopefully it gets better in the next few weeks. We were just really spoiled that our first baby was such a good sleeper.

Allie is looking more like Brooklee every day (to me, anyway...everyone has their own opinion:o) She has started to smile (not gas grins:o) and respond when I talk to her. I love it when they get to this stage. Well, hopefully I will post some updated pics of her and Brooklee in the near future!

INTRODUCING.....

Allie Larynn Curtis

Born May 28th at 7:43am...6lbs 13oz 20in

So I hate putting this picture on the blog, but these are always sentimental because it is the first time you get to hold your baby, so I went ahead and put it in for memories' sake:o)

My sister Sarah took these amazing pictures of allie...isn't she so stinking adorable?!!! I think so anyway:o) Labor was SUCH a breeze compared to my labor with Brooklee. I woke up at 1:30am and my water had broke, but I wasn't really having contractions. I went to the hospital and I was dilated to a 4...they had me walk around for an hour to get my contractions going, which worked, and went back and I was a 5! It took me hours, no, days to get to that with Brooklee! I asked for an epidural, which they were afraid to give me thinking it would slow down my labor, which in lots of cases it does, but I told them that it sped it up last time so they went ahead and called the anesthesiologist. It was wonderful! My contractions weren't too bad up to that point, and then I just didn't feel anything! She was born a little less than an hour after I got the epidural, so it worked just like last time!

Brooklee absolutely LOVES her little sister and can't get enough of her, which is scary at times:o) She wants to hold her and feed her and burp her...it gets a little overwhelming, but I wouldn't have it any other way! It is crazy to think that we have two kids now, but I am slowly getting used to the idea of it:o)