1 month old

I am one month old today! Happy Birthday to me. Here I am sitting in my rocking chair that Nana and Papa gave me. This rocking chair is older than me. My great great grandpa John Reidle bought it in 1921 for his 1st born. He grew up in the Flint Hills near Matfield Green. His parents came from Austria, married and started a family there. This rocking chair has been passed down through the generations and now it is all mine.

At night when Mommy rocks me in the big rocking chair we listen to a cd of lullabies. One of the songs on the cd is Edel Weiss. Edel Weiss means white flower in German. Daddy double checked this at my 3am feeding. Mommy was talking to him, and asked him what it ment, because Daddy took German classes.

My great great great grandma Katie (John's mom), spoke and read in German. She did not read in English, but she could speak English.

So I am one month old. It has been a long exhausting month of all new things. I have changed a lot over the month. Right now I weigh 8 lbs 10oz. When I was born I weighed 6 lbs 14oz. I am 21 inches long, and I started off at 20.5 inches. I like to look at my googly eye guy, diggity, and anyone who wants to talk to me. I can see pretty well up to about 4 feet away. My hands still don't do what I would like them to. There are all kinds of things I would like to grab onto. I enjoy my bath, and traveling to new places. I absolutely hate being buckled into my carseat, but once I'm in, I'm fine. I've had to get my seat belt loosened and gone up a size in diapers this week. I am finally able to wear some of my 0-3 month clothes. I have so many clothes to wear. I hope I get to wear each outfit once before I grow out of it. I mostly just grunt and growl. Mommy thinks I sound like a bear cub. She nicknamed me "growly bear".