one month old

eleanor turned a month old last week

 eleanor is so calm (thank goodness)

she sleeps a lot of the day

and has her most alert time from around 7-10pm

which is pretty nice since 7pm is when the other kids go to bed

then around 10pm she falls asleep

i put her in her cradle

and she sleeps for around 6 hours straight

then when she wakes up

i bring her into our bed and she nurses and sleeps the rest of the night

she is starting to give little hints of a smile

and loves to look at me

her hair a light brown/strawberry blond
and i think it's going to get lighter and lighter
plus it's curly when it's wet

the kids just love her

and hazel asks to hold her probably 15 times a day

the adjustment to four has been a little tricky

but not because of eleanor

just because it's a lot of kids

i can't really take them all anywhere by myself yet

but we do make it out to the playground occasionally

and we're all happy she's here
even if the house is never clean
and i rarely shower..