Cooperation

I've been a very good girl lately. I enjoy my baths now and have stopped crying during them. Look at how well I fill out my tub! At least my legs are still thin.I love to look around and relax. The louder it is in the house, the happier I am. I'm very different from my sister that way.Mommy did a photo shoot with me for my birth announcements. This is a sample of the pictures, but not the one she's using. You'll have to wait to see more pictures from that photo shoot. I cooperated the whole time by keeping my eyes open and not crying.Mina snuggled me up after my modeling session.Finally - a picture where you can see both of our faces!I was wide awake this morning and then took a three hour nap this afternoon from 12-3. Mina slept from 1-5 so Mommy had a great day as far as time to herself goes.Mina got a mani pedi this morning. She has cute tootsies. They're so cute that she didn't want to wear socks or footed pajamas. Mina held perfectly still during the whole process so she knows how to cooperate too.Last night Daddy gave me a bottle of mommy milk. I drank a bit of it so my parents are relieved.Last night I challenged my parents by needing to eat every couple of hours. The night before I did a 4 hour stretch so it was only fair. I'm a good sleeper over all.

My parents are trying to get me to cooperate by giving them a smile. Mina's first social smile was given to Nana and Papa while Mommy wasn't around to see it. They're coming to visit on Friday so that's Daddy and Mommy's deadline. I smile all the time in my sleep so it's only a matter of time.

Bright Eyes

I've been keeping Mommy busy so she hasn't had the time nor the energy to blog. I'm an incredibly easy baby except when Mommy gets on the computer. I hope this entry makes up for lost time! Please leave some comments so I know that people are following my blog. I'm starting to get a complex.

Mina is obsessed with my ears, well actually, all ears. She doesn't squeeze them too tight.I told her it was a little early for me to start solids, but she tried to talk me into sharing her cereal bar the other day.Aunt Claudia came to visit on Saturday. She got to hold me first since she guessed my birth statistics the best.So big!Macy held me very nicely. My sister had a great time with Macy and Hailey in the morning. They carried her all around and chased her. I've never heard her laugh so hard in the two weeks I've been alive.Cheese!Later in the day, I got to meet my other cousins. Leif and Mina colored while everyone else paid attention to me.Mina insisted that Leif use purple.Anya held me for a while. She's an experienced baby holder.We went and visited at the hotel on Sunday and I watched my sister and Daddy swim. Look at how high Mina flew!Milo sure can make some scary faces.Mina is very photogenic.I got my diaper changed on the table and then I sunbathed for a while.Leif and Mina played with a Yo Gabba Gabba! plate. Leif refused to swim and just did laps around the outside of the pool instead.Milo is a baby lover.Mina moved the chairs so she could sit by Daddy at the side of the pool.I took a nap in the dish chair on Sunday and was very happy to get to use a pacifier. I can't believe my sister didn't like them. They're awesome!Mommy has stopped calling me smelly belly. My cord stump smelled terrible, but it finally came completely off the other day after she switched me to disposables for a couple of days. Now I'm back in my cloth diapers and looking much cuter (despite the crying).See! I like them. Here's a random picture of the table Grandpa made for our dollhouse. It's Mina's, but I'm going to play with it some day.Mina loves to give herself shots in the belly button. Weird, huh?I love to sleep on my belly on the couch. I sleep there while Mommy and Mina eat lunch and while Mommy puts Mina down for her nap. Some days I even sleep there for a couple of hours while Mina naps so Mommy gets a chance to relax. She has to stay near me though because sometimes I act like I want to roll and I move my head from side to side.Here I am hanging out with Mina. How exciting.My sister is gorgeous.Mina has been letting me lay in my play gym without hassling me too much. She always wants to hug, kiss, and hold me. I bet she was touching my ear judging by the look on her face.And the reason for the title of this post - I'm awake a lot more these days. I refuse to look at the camera, but I love to look into my mommy's eyes. She holds me up by her shoulder and I pull my head away from her so I can look at her. She gives me kisses when I do that so I need to keep practicing. I'm one strong baby!
I hope this will tide you over for a bit. Mommy will work on getting more pictures of me with my eyes open. The next post will probably be on Mina's blog so be on the look out.

Food, Glorious Food

I've figured out that food is wonderful in the last couple of days. I could eat all day long - so I do! Mommy never strays too far from my side. When I wasn't eating very well I managed to put 19 ounces on in a week so I expect to be the size of a small toddler in another week.Great Aunt Lois came to visit me on Wednesday.I'm much more awake these days and have long periods of observing the world. Mommy took me along to tot lot yesterday and I happily stared at a white brick wall for an hour.Mina sure loves to give me kisses! She's usually nice to me and seems to feel sort of bad when she hurts me.Mina's new game is "ready, set, jump." Here she is in action.Nana loves me.
Mommy has more pictures and will get around to loading and editing them soon. Who knows which blog they'll show up on.

Pumpkin

Mommy started calling me Pumpkin last week. I can't figure out why, can you?

I had my first bath at home on Tuesday night. It was very relaxing.I kept my eyes closed most of the time.Minnie and Daddy lotioned me up and did my hair in front of the fireplace.This is what I looked like with a bili level of approximately 20. Isn't it a pretty shade of orange?Here's one of my spa pictures. I didn't mind baking under the lights for a day. I even got to take the goggles home. Mina tried them on and she liked them too.I was all tired out on Thursday night right before we got the go ahead to return home.If you look closely, you can see my dimple on my left cheek.Mina and I wore wool pants on Friday and sort of matched. Mine were made by one of Mommy's friends so they're extra special.This picture was taken this morning. I slept all snug and cozy in my sleep sack last night. I've been sleeping for 2-3 hour stretches in my bouncer every night. However, I don't like to eat very much at night so Mommy wakes up really grumpy and in pain. She'll appreciate it if I don't need her at night soon enough, but I plan to wake her up all the time once her body would allow her to sleep better. That's what babies are supposed to do.Daddy took this picture because he has one that's similar with Mina.

On Friday I got some time alone with Grandma because Mommy and Mina went to tot lot. Maybe I'll get to go with in a few weeks. Mommy is amazingly mobile and itching to get out of the house. It's probably because I took it easy on her when I made my arrival.

I get to meet Alaina and Matthew this week. I'll make sure Mommy takes some pictures during the chaos. Plus, there aren't any pictures where you can see my face and Mina's face clearly so she needs to work on that.

Spa Day

I've been keeping Mommy so busy that she hasn't even taken the time to come on here and announce my arrival. I arrived on January 22 at 4:11am. I decided to take it easy on her and practically came out without her even having to push. Yep, I'm a sweetheart.

There are lots of pictures of me that Mommy will load once we get back home, but right now we're back in the hospital. My skin is bright orange like a pumpkin so I earned myself a spa day. I get to hang out under these really bright lights and wear some super cool shades all day and all night until my orangeness starts to go away. I should get to go home tomorrow as long as everything goes okay. Don't worry about me. I'm enjoying myself and Mommy is finally getting a chance to sit and relax. Weird that a hospital admission is kind of less stressful.

My sister is pretty cool. She was a little naughty for a couple of days throwing things and hitting (generally not me, just my parents in most cases), but she's been really sweet the last couple of days. She held me and kissed me before I left for the hospital this morning. She also says, "It's alright, baby," when I cry and helps with my diaper changes. I can't wait to see her when I'm feeling more lively!