Friday, July 4, 2008

Happy 4th of July!


It's Natalie's first holiday and I, of course, got her an adorable outfit to celebrate it. She has been super smiley all day and just a joy, as always! We decided not to go to the fireworks because she's still so young and we're not sure if she'd do well with the noises. We'll take her next year though -- Wake Forest also has a children's parade and art festival for the 4th which we plan to check out next year.

Yesterday, while I was reading her a few books, she added her own take on the stories with endless amounts of cooing -- it was wonderful! Although she's been cooing for a few weeks now, this was the first that she did it as if she was telling you a story. I loved it!

Natalie's 1 month appointment was this last Tuesday. Dr. Hewett said she's doing great and given her weight gain (she's up to 9 lb. 3 oz already!), we don't have to wake to feed her every 2-3 hrs anymore. We can let her sleep as long as he'd like! YAY! Of course, that night she decided to start a growth spurt or something, and was awake every 1.5-2 hours to eat. This continued throughout the morning -- it was a long 24 hrs for me! But she's back to her normal schedule now and is getting about 1 four hour stretch of sleep in each night (usually early evening though, 9 p.m. - 1 a.m). Dr. Hewett confirmed a number of things I had questions on and had looked up in books (I do a lot of reading on what to expect, etc.). Natalie also got her 2nd Hepatitis B shot :(. She, of course, screamed which was heartbreaking! She calmed down quickly after I picked her up and cuddled with her -- it's such a great feeling to be able to soothe her!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I love that N is such a little chub-a-wub. E was always so scrawny,except for her cheeks which you could see from space. I think she wasn't 9 pounds until she was 1.5 months old...and she was born 8 lbs 1oz

Love the dress, by the way