Ashley Brianna Tofslie is 1 Week Old!

Sweet baby Ashley. That is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Ashley.My calm, sleepy baby. That is probably why I keep calling her sweet-pea. She is such a great nurser which is a wonderful blessing. After she was born, I let her nurse to her heart's content and it was TWO hours! Then after swaddled and in her isolate, she was STILL rooting. Eyes closed, slowly rooting away. And because of that, Ashley naturally took a pacifier. GREAT! So now at home at night, I can nurse her and put her down awake with the pacifier and she just calmly puts herself to sleep! CRAZY to me. I had to work and work to get Lacy to sleep as a newborn(she has been a snap since, but new born..yikes!) During the day Ashley so far has been quite easy as well, only fussing when she's ready to eat. And in between feeds she sleeps or calmly chills with her family, taking everything in.
Something that is so uniquely Ashley is when she is working up to cry. I have not yet found a good way to describe it. The first time I heard it was when we were still in the hospital and the nurse was giving Ashley a bath. I laughed so hard with the nurse it hurt my aching belly! Here is what I am working on. Maria thought it sounded like a little puppy yelp. It also sounds like a squeaky squeal. Yes, I know, not great descriptions, but it's SO adorable!
Ashley is so easy and so different from my last experience with a newborn, that I told mom that it almost scares that something is wrong or I feel like by swaddling her she will sleep longer than she wants to. Which is so silly. I KNOW she will let me know when she is hungry, but this sweet, sleepy, hungry baby has been so easy thus far. And for that I am SO thankful. It may change and that will be fine, but so far I am counting my blessings.

In all of Lacy's diaper time her blow-out diapers can probably be counted on one hand. And that is most likely due to the NUMBER of diaper changes she needed per day. So far Ashley has already exploded twice out of her diapers and both landed all over mommy:) Hope this is not foreshadowing of what's to come!

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In only one week, Lacy has become a fabulous big sister and loves to help, always wanting to hold her, touch her, kiss her, and share toys with her. It's hard for me to hold back tears when she wants to read or sings to Ashley. What a wonderful week. I just wish I could slow down time to relish in this special and short stage in our lives.

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