Wittle People Wednesday

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So in love...

The bucket list!! Item #1...AZ State Fair

Most of you heard that we will be moving to Montreal at the beginning of the year. We are all pretty excited, but  it's also a little intimidating. Our move date is officially January 3rd, 2013...eek! That is only 6 weeks away. The move led to a conversation with my older daughter about things we want to do in Arizona before we move. We decided to make a little "Leaving AZ bucket list."



Here are the items we have so far:

1. Go to the AZ state fair...eat funnel cake.
2. Go to McCormick Railroad park.
3. Go to the Phoenix Zoo.
4. Visit  the "Cherry Street" Christmas light displays.
5. Have a Holiday/Moving/Meet Eliana party.
6. Eat at Organ Stop Pizza.
7. Take a family picture in front of a cactus in the middle of nowhere.
8. Visit the Grand Canyon.
9. Trip to Sedona.
10. Visit a couple local museums (Science museum and MIM).
11. Eat at China Village.
12. Eat at China Way.
13. Eat at the NYPD pizza by our house...was suppose to open  months ago :/
14. Take Parker on the light rail.






At the beginning of the month we attended the AZ State Fair and crossed the first item off of our list.  My brother had come into town to meet Eliana and my dad and Aunt Sharon also joined us. I thought it was funny because I have lived in AZ for most of my life and I can only remember going to the State Fair one other time.




Eliana was 3 weeks when we went. She just snuggled in the Beco carrier most if the time.





 



It was a good thing Mark decided to try the fried twinkie as he may never have another chance to eat one, lol.





One of my biggest reasons for going to the fair was to eat a funnel cake. We live only a couple blocks from the fair and the hardest thing was to leave the house and smell nothing but the food at the fair.





I'm glad we were able to kick off our bucket list with such a fun event,  it was a great day with family.

Eliana is one month old!

Current stats: 

Weight: approx 9lbs (25th percentile)

Height: approx 20.5" long (10th percentile)

Clothing size: newborn

diapers: newborn cloth diapers

At ONE month

Loves mama's milk

Loves cuddling

Loves being swaddled

Loves showers

Loves her swing

Loves to sleep

Loves to be talked and sang to

Her nicknames are Ellie, Little Miss and Miss E. 

Eliana is a great baby. She sleeps great, is always content, and makes having three kids a breeze. At least for now. Honestly, she barely cries. She makes a few squeaks here and there when she wants your attention. 

Eliana loves noise...she sleeps even better when I'm vacuuming, sewing or when Parker is running around the house laughing. Once it's too quiet, she usually starts to stir. 

Eliana eats every 2-3 hours, a little more often right before bedtime. She goes to sleep around 7pm. Eliana will get a little cranky if we try to push that to a later time. She loves her sleep. She will take up 2-3 times in the night for feeding or changing, but will wake up fully at around 7am.  

She does pretty good holding up her head when she is laying on our chest (with us sitting at an incline.) It's a little tougher for her when she is flat on the floor. Most of the time she is doing tummy time using the boppy pillow.

She will sometimes smile when I talk to her and I've heard her laughing in her sleep when Parker is singing in the background. I'm thinking she loves Parker's voice. 

It's been a wonderful month and we are looking forward to more adventures to come! 

Love you so much Eliana.