One month!

On July 16th we celebrated Laura's first month birthday.  As was tradition during Grace's first year, we lit a candle and sang "Happy Birthday!  Laura was a bit overwhelmed at first but she'll get the hang of it!  Our first month with Laura was great.  She proved to be an amazing baby.  She slept a lot but also was very interactive.  On her first month birthday we had our first official smile.  All month she had been grinning but they didn't seem to be in response to anything specific but by one month we could tell she had started responding to us.  During the first month we dealt with a bit of acid reflux which started to disrupt her (and our) sleep.  We started sleeping in the papazan and then transitioned to Fisher Price's Rock and Play.  That thing is a miracle!  The first night we had it and she slept in it (right around the one month mark) she slept through the night!  Seriously! Like from 11 to 6!  And it's just gotten better since.  The first month proved--Laura was exactly what our family had been missing!  And despite the tears in most of these pictures, she really is a happy baby!