She's 1 week old!

Today Mackenzy is 1 week old! This week has been a roller coaster ride, but we're getting through it beautifully. She is an amazing baby and although she has her days and nights a little mixed up, she's very easy to read and easy to soothe.

I've been feeling pretty good. I'm still a little sore at times and I can tell my body is using muscles I haven't used in months, but I can tell I get a little stronger each day. I have had one of our mothers with me just about every day when Ray leaves for work and they have been amazing. My mom has been doing the cooking and his mom has been tending to her while I take a nap/shower/have a baby free moment. I'm so thankful for a wonderful support system and this week would not have gone as smoothly without them.

After much research on baby carriers, I decided to purchase a Moby Wrap (http://www.mobywrap.com/) and she absolutely loves it! I put her in there at least once a day and it enables me to get some stuff done since I have 2 hands!

Unfortunately I wasn't able to convince Ray to wear the Moby Wrap, but he likes the Infantino baby carrier better so that works. Little bit is so small so we decided to wait a little bit before we use that carrier on her, but we had to give it a try!

If you come to our house during the day, this is most likely the sleepy face you'll see! She's a little confused about night and day and although I wake her up every 3 hours to feed her, she'll go right back to sleep...

Here she is again sleeping in the co-sleeper. It's been amazing to have her right next to me on the side of the bed. If she wakes up crying or I have to wake her up to feed her, she's just an arms reach away. I highly recommend this bed!

And of course... what kind of parents would be be if we didn't document the 1st bath at home. Ray gave her the bath because he was in the nursery when they gave her one in the hospital and knew what to do. She definitely does not like being washed, but she loves having her hair washed. It took 2 of us to wash her and we got water all over the floor, but at least she's clean!

Below is my attempt to document Mackenzy with her eyes open and cracking a bit of a smile. Most people don't get to see her pretty eyes because she sleeps during the day!