our elise

elise is almost one month old and she is getting cuter by the day! we are all doing well, mainly because my parents are here to help out with so much. elise is not sleeping through the night yet (still waking every couple of hours to eat), but she goes right back to sleep after her feedings so that is great. lucas and emma continue to love and adore their baby sister. at 2 weeks, elise weighed 7.6 pounds...3 ounces above her birth weight. way to go, elise! but, at almost 4 weeks now, she still hasn't lost her umbilical cord stump. elise is very alert when she's awake and she loves to look around. about 4 days or so ago, i noticed that she looks back at you when you look at her. i could just hold her in my arms and stare at her face all day long. i already feel like she's growing up way too fast and pretty soon she won't be a baby anymore (sniff sniff). look at how she's growing...