October

October has been a big month for us!  First of all...Brandon passed the bar!!!  Not that anyone really questioned it, but it was so great to see his name on the list and feel like it is officially over (for now).  He was sworn in on Thursday and is now officially licensed to practice law in the state of Louisiana.  I'm so proud of him.

Earlier this month we went to North Carolina for Adrienne's wedding.  I was a bit of a crazy new mom at the airport, wiping EVERYTHING down with sanitizing and disinfecting wipes...it was all I could do not to wipe down the guy sitting next to me!  Airports are so disgusting.  Anyway, it was a fun, but very short trip.  Genni had a hard time being in new places with so many people at only 3 weeks old, but she did great.  She slept on both flights there and most of the way back as well.  Adrienne's wedding was really nice (from what I saw in the back trying to keep the baby quiet).  Brandon doesn't like putting head bands on her, I guess he thinks they look better on him...

After Adrienne's wedding.

Genni with her Grandma Zeller.

And with her Aunt Danielle.

With Brandon's grandma.

And the three of us with Gabe and Alejandra and the twins (Gabriella was sick of sitting still for pictures).

 Genevieve is growing so fast!  I love it and hate it all at the same time.  The last of the umbilical cord fell off on Wednesday which was exciting, but also really sad.  It's like the last part of her "newborness" (not a word, I know) and the part of her that connected her to me for nine months of pregnancy.  She only has one or two newborn sleepers left that she fits into and she has officially moved into size 1 diapers.   She had her one month check up on Wednesday and she is just perfect!  She now weighs 10 lbs 6 oz and is 22 5/8 inches long...which is about the 75th percentile for both weight and height.  She is growing and changing so fast, I'm having a hard time keeping up.  She now has great eye contact and will turn when Brandon or I talk to her,

this was an especially cute instance when she followed his voice with her eyes.  She is starting to find her voice which has resulted in more cooing, and yes, my heart almost explodes every time (and also some stronger crying...which is less adorable).  She had a few really bad days last week after I had eaten dairy products with each meal one day, so I finally gave up dairy and we have already seen a huge improvement.  And it actually hasn't been as hard as I thought it would be to give up, as it turns out, I like sleep more than cheese, and ice cream.  She has gone from only sleeping an hour or two at a time during the day to taking real naps and more frequently, which makes for a much happier baby when she wakes up.  She has also gone from sleeping 4-5 hours with a feeding in between at night to actually sleeping through the night for the past two nights, which has been incredible.  This isn't something we expect to be a permanent change, but we are happy to have it for now.  And by sleeping through the night, I mean that she has slept 5-6 hours, woken up for a feeding and then gone back to sleep for about 2 hours.  I haven't had this much sleep in months!  She is an incredible little baby and we couldn't possibly love her more.  She makes the cutest faces!  Here are A LOT of pictures for proof.

 This is her preferred way of sleeping, but unfortunately it puts some limitations on what I can do while she's napping, so she doesn't get to stay here for long.