November 2, 2009

OUR SWEET LITTLE PUMPKIN

Baby Grace is 4 weeks and 5 days old today! She, Daddy and Mommy are all doing great, and we are learning something new about each other every single day. Mostly, Mommy and Daddy realize a little more just how beautiful our little girl is and how much we love her. Grace is also learning many new things about herself. She now lifts her head quite well for short times, she loves to look around at her surroundings and track moving objects, and she is beginning to smile when smiled at! Grace is also starting to graduate from grunts to coos and she's becoming slightly more coordinated (enough to get her fist to her mouth when needed). And, when I weighed her today, she was 10lbs, 8oz...almost a 3 lb gain! Grace has now graduated to some of her 3 month clothes and she's entirely done with newborn diapers. Unfortunately, our pretty little girl is also losing her hair (so much so that Dad's been giving her a comb-over for the last few days), and she has acid reflux and a very sensitive tummy. So poor Grace has had some pretty fussy days as I try to figure out what foods to eliminate from my diet to make her feel better.

Although tons has been happening, and many wonderful friends, grandparents and uncles have been keeping us company and getting to know Grace, I have not included many photos this time. The format of this blog isn't really set up for the hundreds of photos I'd like to share, so instead I've included a link HERE to a website made up only of photo albums. Please feel free to browse and download anything you like! In case you need it in the future, the actual web address is... http://gracesdebut.shutterfly.com/. Enjoy!!