Happy Firsts!!

Abby has now had her first St. Patricks Day, Easter, and last Monday we got our first SMILE!! Now she smiles often and has even started to coo a little at daddy. Smiles are such a reward for all your hard work, and it makes the long hours of crying or little sleep in the evenings all the more worth it! I'll be dragging myself out of bed to feed her at 2am and be groaning about how early it is, and once I get her in the nursery and she's sitting right in front of me, she stares right at me and gives me a couple smiles and even makes a few cute noises that make the early hours feel like happy hours.

Along with those though, we're still managing her first diaper rash and her first bouts with "colic" (we're still not sure if that's what it is, or if she just has a special attachment with crying everyday for hours in the evening, usually starting around 5pm and on until she goes down for the night). I'm surprised our neighbors haven't come over wondering what we're doing to our child to make her cry so much...we're trying our best to be the best parents. This is our first too...