top knots turban c/o, splendid romper (old / similar), freshly picked moccasins c/o

Crosby is five months old today! It’s crazy how fast it’s going – we’re trying to savor every minute while she’s still this small but she’s changing every day. This month she’s starting interacting with us much more and has finally started to notice and pet Mackie. I can’t wait to see their relationship develop.

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When I was pregnant I had so many thoughts on how things would be once Crosby arrived. Like every first time mom I only wanted the best for her – the best car seat, bassinet, diapers, wipes, etc. I planned to exclusively breast feed, but sometimes things don’t go according to plan.

The first few weeks with a newborn are rough and nothing can really prepare you for it. When I was pregnant everyone told me to get all the sleep I could because once the baby arrived I’d be a zombie. And I did because I never had a problem sleeping or got to an uncomfortable stage in my pregnancy – I was lucky. However, once Crosby arrived I turned into that sleep deprived zombie everyone warned me about. It was hard to see it as temporary and imagine life on the other side.

When I was pregnant I spent so much time looking for the perfect diaper bag. And at first I was really underwhelmed with what I was finding. Most were bags I’d never want to carry, I couldn’t understand why it was so hard to make a cute diaper bag. Flash forward to now, with a four-month-old, and I’m realizing that not only do I want a diaper bag to be cute, but I also need it to be functional. I think I finally found one that’s both!

I thought I loved Amazon and then I had a baby and realized I couldn’t live without it. The first few weeks at home with a newborn you don’t want to leave your house. There’s never been anything more convenient than using the Amazon app and ordering whatever it was we needed at that moment… a pumping bra, diapers, sleep sacks, nail clippers, white noise machine – just to name a few. The best part was they’d show up to our house the very next day because we have Amazon Prime. I honestly don’t know what new parents did before this.

And just like that our little peanut is one month old! It’s been both the shortest and longest month of my life. When we first got home from the hospital Jeff and I were both amazed at how quickly days were passing. In the beginning we were trying to learn and develop a routine and every moment seemed to be spent looking after her, which definitely made time speed up. We weren’t sleeping much because we were feeding her around the clock and we were in such a fog. Now that we’re more familiar and comfortable with our new roles, days are getting easier and more relaxing.