Cornett Family Adventures: 7 weeks old

It's so hard to believe that our little Ellie is 7 weeks old today! These last 7 weeks have gone by so fast. Every day is a pretty basic routine. Ellie has been sleeping through the night these last few days, which is AWESOME!!! She goes to bed around 9:30 pm and wakes up around 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning to get her diaper changed and to eat. After she eats, she stays awake for about an hour and then goes back to sleep. She will sleep till about 10:00 or so. When we wake up, I change her, get her dressed, and feed her. Then we hang out for a couple hours. Around 2:00 or so, she will take a nap... this is around the time I get chores done, or go run errands if I need to. About 4:30/5:00 she will eat. Depending on what day it is she gets her bath around 7:00. She hated her bath at first... but now she LOVES it!! In the evening we like to hang out as a family. Kenton gets home from work around 6:00 pm, and when daddy is home it's play time :) She eats around 7:00/7:30... then again around 9:00. She usually falls asleep around 9:30 when she is nursing. And that is pretty much how our days go! I love having my sister home to help out. It is so nice to b able to take a shower, and eat when I need to. It was VERY hard when I didn't have help. I managed (obviously), but it was definitely a challenge.

I had my 6 week check up last week, and everything looks great. I can pretty much do whatever I want. I still like to take it easy, but for having a c section, I'm doing very well! Nursing has gotten a lot better. Whoever says "just get passed the first 2 weeks and you'll be just fine" is LYING. Lets not kid ourselves, it takes more like 6-8 weeks. After having mastitis twice now, I think things are going much better. By the way, mastitis is an infection of the milk ducts. It hurts like a mother, you have a fever, and it pretty much feels like you have the flu. It's not easy to take care of a baby when you have it, in fact it's very hard!

Kenton has been doing very well. He is still working away at Target. He has been studying very hard so he can eventually have his health and life insurance license. He wants to become the next Dave Ramsey :) I am so proud of him, and very fortunate to have him as my husband and Ellie's daddy. Speaking of which, she is a TOTAL daddy's girl. Kenton makes her laugh and smile all the time. It's so sweet :) Today is Kenton's day off, so Ellie is hanging out with him right now.

Here are a few pictures. I will be taking some more soon. I would like to get some professional pictures taken of Ellie... but these will have to do for now! Love you all, hope to see you all soon!!!!