{what would have been} 40 weeks

While I work on our little muppet's "birth story," I figured I might as well ride this one out to the bitter end / hammer out a little update on Life: One Week Post-Quesita.  I'm also using this opportunity to obnoxiously post oodles of photos I've already obnoxiously posted elsewhere but can't get enough of.  Forgive me. 

Musings on the Weekly Photo:  Not a photo I would normally post voluntarily, but I for one had no real concept of what a normal body looks like one week post-partum, so hopefully this sucker gives someone else a decent idea of Non-Us-Weekly-Reality.

On our way to celebrate One Week of Awesomeness with lunch out!

Marination Time: Today, February 28th, was Miss L's due date... Happy First Week, Muppet!

Maternity Clothes: Whilst hanging around the casa, PJs are the name of my game {mostly nursing gowns}.  If we brave the outside world or if guests are visiting, I'm rocking the Old Navy maternity maxi skirt or Ingrid & Isabel leggings with a nursing tank and a LEC Heritage cardigan. {Side Note: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HERITAGE CARDIGAN? If it's discontinued. this will be worse than the Michael C. Hall / Jennifer Carpenter divorce, for reals, y'all.}

Fruit of the Week / Size: Cheesette is the size of a SEVEN POUND REAL-LIFE BABY. Or a seven pound wheel of brie in the shape of a baby.  Take your pick.

This little taquito weighed in at 7 pounds 13 ounces at birth but, due to jaundice and some "lazy sucking" {labeled already, poor kid}, lost a substantial percentage of that number.  Thankfully, she's eating  her way back to her fighting weight and currently tipping the scales at 7 pounds 2 ounces.  

Favorites {Bebe's}: swinging, all-access-pass to her hands, being burped by daddy, mama's "Nipple on Your Nose" song {by the time the child turns one, I shall have an entire Broadway show's worth of feeding songs}; back scratches, the ceiling fan.

Favorites {Mama's}: snuggling during nursing, eau de bebe, itty bitty costume changes, Angry Muppet Face, how her hair curls when she gets flushed, walks around the neighborhood.

Dislikes {Bebe's}: Not too many, actually... She is generally such a happy camper! She really only screams when her diaper is dirty at the same time she's decided she's starving.  She doesn't love working for her food {hence the Angry Muppet Face}, but we're working hard to remedy that one!

Dislikes {Mama's}: Our current feeding regimen {more on that later}, but it's all for a good cause, so I can't complain.  Bilirubin heel pricks {behind us, thankfully}.  Incision pain that keeps me from accomplishing a bunch around the house when I actually have the energy to do so.

Nicknames: Leity Bear, Burrito Baby, Taco Baby, Taquito Baby, Muppet, Mini-Mupps, Munchkin.

We'll save Highlights for the mother load birth story post, but damn if it hasn't been an entire week full of them.  This little one is my heart... I can't believe she's ours!