I'm four weeks old..

It's not easy getting old...

So if you're born on January 30th, when are you one month old? It's trickier than you'd think -> february 30th doesn't work... So we'll just go with a celebration of turning 4 weeks old, and leave it at that.

Official weights, sizes and all that jazz will be done tomorrow. The ad-hoc solution at home with the food scale and the fruit basket just doesn't work very well anymore, but I'm betting that I click in around 8lbs, 8oz - which would be a respectable rate of gaining weight.

I'm eating well, and sleeping well still. This is a really good thing. I need to chow once between midnight and morning, but otherwise I sleep. Truth be told, I snore.

I'm increasingly alert, and for longer periods of time. I can focus on faces that are about a foot away from my head, and I'll turn to follow sounds. My eyes will track differences in contrast. I've been to a number of places in the last couple of days. I went to the library, and to the butterfly pavillion, and shopping, but I slept through all of the above.

That's about it for now. Look for a weight/size/official pediatrician report.

Love, R.

Fun With Bath Paints

You want open eyes AND a smile? No way

Hey there, everyone

I am bigger and better than I was before. That's right - I'm gaining about an ounce a day, although the makeshift baby scale at home has maxed out. I'm also sleeping well - last night I ate at midnight, then wasn't up again until 5:30am. Everyone agreed that I could keep on doing that.

Mom maintains that I've smiled at her, Dad thinks it's gas. Again, there's agreement that I can keep doing more smiling. There are some pictures of me with my eyes open, but mostly I squint.

I still spend a lot of my time eating and sleeping. My brother Daniel likes to hold me, and doesn't seem to mind if I'm awake or not.

Until next time.

R.

It's party-time!

Whew!

It's been busy around here for the last week. Grandma Babe went back to Houston on Saturday, and I sure miss her. She was fun, and it was nice of her to visit for almost 5 weeks. I hear my cousins were missing her, though, so I guess I'll share. I cried at the airport when Dad said I couldn't go with her.


That same afternoon, I went to Carly's birthday party. She's 4 years old. I can't say "birthday", but I can say "Happy to Carly".

The party was at a children's gym/activity center in our neighborhood and was a blast. I got to bounce on a trampoline, throw all sorts of balls around, slide down slides, ride a zipline and play in the ball pit. The best part was trying to figure out the water fountain. There were organized games, but they were really mostly for the bigger kids. For some live action shots - you know what to do. Click Here or on the image of the video.


Then it was Farmor's birthday on Sunday, and I got on a videoconference to sing happy birthday to her along with my cousins Leo and Jacob. That was fun. "Happy to Farmor".

And today, Harrison came over and we had a tea party on the newly snow-free deck. Whew - I told you I was partied-out.

I know a few more letters. When I count, I think the series goes 1,2,3,4,5,6,9,4. No-one knows why. This week, I've gotten much better at answering the question "what color is that?" - I used to always just say "wed" (red), even though I knew differently.

At storytime at the library, I've started participating in the games and songs more. I'm still at about 23 lbs, which makes me pretty darned skinny for my age.

Oh, and Rachel is still fun to hold - even if I did get in a bit of trouble for knocking her on the head.

Until next time.

D.

Move over, Elton John

I might not have told you that I sing and play the piano. Well, check it out for yourself by clicking here or on the photo of me at the piano.



There's otherwise not all that much to report since last time. I've been playing with Rachel, my cars, and Grandma Babe.



Yesterday I started throwing food at dinner time. I have an excellent arm. For some reason, the parent's don't seem impressed.

You also may not know about my fascination with shoes. Here's me hiding every single shoe in the laundry room.

One of my favorite games these days is hide-and-seek. I call it "Daniel-boo" when I'm hiding, and "Papa-boo" when I want him to hide.

That's about it for now. Oh, my excema is all cleared up.

Love, D.

I'm 15 days old!

Family, Friends

Today I went in for my 2-week checkup, and all is good. I'm back up to 7lbs, 7oz - basically my birthweight, which is what they wanted to see. That's 25th percentile for weight I'm also 21.5" long (90th percentile), and13.875" head size (30th percentile).

Take all of that together, and I could be described as a tall, skinny girl with a small head. I see a career in modelling.

Every day, I spend more time in an alert state. I'm still eating well, and sleeping quite a bit - I only wake up once/night, which the parents think is awesome.

That's about it. Until next time.

R.

Share Baby!

Hey there, friends

Did you think that I forgot about you? Never! The editors just haven't had time to sit down and write much.

In any case - there are some updates from around here. I really like my baby sister, and that's not just bragging for the blog. My favorite new saying is "Share Baby", which means that I want to help hold her.

There's also an unexpected benefit to her showing up - a lot of people that sent her a present or card also sent me one. Yay! I like "pesents". I won't list any right now for fear of forgetting someone, but thank you!

As you can see from the pictures, it's finally getting warmer outside, and the snow is melting after almost 8 weeks. Playing outside is fun.


I know more letters than before - I recognize and can name: A, B, C, D, F, I, O, R, V, W and X - I think M is a W and that K is an X, which is actually pretty reasonable, I think. Today, I counted to six.

In other news, my excema is back on my leg, and has been flaming up for the last couple of weeks. It doesn't bother me at all, but we are back to treating it with desonide, which is a little stronger than the over the counter stuff.

That's about it for now. Have a great week.

Love, D.