Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Sophia picked up a toy


This is my 1st post ... it is being done w/ 1 hand so please forgive.
I went into the kitchen and she had picked up the toy & was shaking it. She was still doing it after I ran upstairs & got the camera.
Sophia loves kisses ... she smiles & giggles when we give her kisses.
Last nite, she was getting upset b/c she kept grabbing her own hair & pulling it. We would pull her hand off & she'd do it again. It was sad and funny at the same time. She did it twice.

Monday, July 7, 2008

One month in and we are still sane

Sophia celebrated one month on Saturday. (Time flies) I am happy to report that Daddy Dave, Mommy Michele, and Sophia are all doing well. (Couldn't really think of anything alliterative to go with Sophia.)

First month highlights and learnins :) -
  • Friends and family are very generous and supportive
  • Babies can sleep through almost anything. But only during the day.
  • Mommy Michele is amazing. (Stamina, instincts, sacrifice.)
  • Flex Spending is one of the best things we ever did.
  • It's amazing how much time and effort we had to spend working with our respective HR groups to get time off, benefits changes, etc. Not a small amount of time.
  • Truly fascinating how "everything else" just doesn't seem that important anymore.
Anyway, on to what may be of actual interest. Sophia is doing well. Today we took her to the doctor. She is 9lbs 2.5oz. That's in the 50% range. Considering that just 11 days ago she was at 7lbs 11.5oz (still below birth weight) we are very happy with recent progress. She's in the same ranges for head size and length. (I feel like I am describing a swordfish catch.) Well, we are happy with 18.6% increase. Hopefully she can keep that up.

And as is my custom, I'll finish this post with some pix and a video.

Pictures of Sophia

(Note: for those of you on non-Flash supporting devices, you can view the pics here)


Video of Sophia

A silly video of Sophia moving around. I had some requests for "action footage" so here ya go.