oh hey, I'm one week old

I cannot believe that our little Everly has already been here for one whole week

I'm feeling very lucky to have fallen into motherhood fairly easily

we have been blessed with a healthy baby who sleeps

our biggest challenge this week has been keeping the weight on Everly 

I was pretty sure I would have an eight pound baby

and instead, I had a baby who weighed 6lbs 13oz at birth

and then by wednesday she had lost 13% of her body weight 

dropping down to 5lbs 15oz

now considering everything that could happen to a baby,

we knew this was a very manageable situation

but being a new mama and just seeing your little one get smaller by the day

wasn't the easiest thing to handle 

but after a few tears and some great support from the mr.

we powered through, knew that everything would be fine

it just might take time

so since wednesday we have been working around the clock to keep the 

little lady fed and full

which meant supplementing with formula

and we used a little syringe to feed her to not interfere with nursing

four dr. visits later we are officially moving in the right direction

and today we found out she weighs 6lbs 4 oz

and yes, the husband did hi-five Everly after we took her off the scale

very proud moment for these new parents 

so happy one week of life miss Everly Mae