Lucy sleeps through church :)

Chris & I were really happy today that we got to go to church. It takes a lot of work to go somewhere and coordinate her feedings and bring all of her things that we may need while we're out, but we were successful today, and it was great to see friends at church this morning. It was a great service with lots of great Christmas music. We fed Lucy right before we left and she managed to nap through the entire service. We enjoyed introducing her to friends at church. She looked adorable in the Christmas outfit given to her by her Grandma Emily and her little black Mary Jane shoes.

She is doing really well, but her feedings continue to be hard and bring us some frustration. She's nursing really well now (or at least much improved), but now she really fusses when we try to give her the bottle after (we're still supplementing with pumped breast milk as our pediatrician has told us to do). So I feel like she's getting good feeds from the nursing but she pretty much refuses to take much of the bottle afterwards. Hopefully this does mean that she's breastfeeding better and maybe we'll be able to get rid of the bottle altogether for awhile if her weight continues to be good at her next check-up which is on Thurs. Jan. 3rd.

She is our little doll and has brought us so much joy. We're really excited for her first Christmas with us and our first Christmas at our new home in Portland. It's been a very blessed year for us, and we have so much to be thankful for. Wishing all of our family & friends who are far away from us a wonderful Christmas. We love you!