6 weeks old today...Oct 29

We are beginning to establish a routine...I plan to stay with you two days a week after your mom goes back to work. So during these days when you are taking only very short naps and your mom is very tired, I'm staying with you two days a week and stay overnight to help out. It is such a treat to see you so often & watch you grow and change. Right now your favorite song seems to be "The Ants Go Marching". You smile when I sing it and march with you in my arms. You smile a lot. You don't know that I don't sing very well. But I do know a lot of children's songs. We listened to "Toddler Tunes" on the TV music channel. You liked that too. On Tuesday I'm going with your mom when you get your first immunizations.

October Days

October 18 I went with your mother to The Children's Hospital diagnostic clinic for you to have an ultrasound of your hip since you had a "hip click" that could have indicated a problem with your hip. Fortunately all was well. But it was a reminder of how wonderful it is that you are healthy (as well as beautiful & smart). I spent the night with you then the whole next day which was when we took pictures of you in your Halloween outfit. You are so alert and beginning to sleep longer so your mom is getting more rest. You are now one month old...the time is going so quickly!! What a joy to have you in our lives.

Happy One Month Birthday!

One month ago today you were born! This picture was made by a professional photographer and is one of many many beautiful pictures of you. I have continued to be luckly enough to spend time with you. I spent Wednesday night at your house & then went to the pediatrician with you and your mom on Thursday. You grow & become more beautiful every time I see you. I had a calendar from when your mom was a baby noting how long she slept etc. She slept all night by the time she was your age...but you are not a good sleeper! But you're good at everything else. I told your mom maybe this means you'll be easy to wake up every morning for school? I'm going to see you tomorrow...you'll be one month plus one day!

Three nights in October

I visited you on Friday before I went to Mobile to spend the weekend with my Mother. Then, on Tuesday morning I came back to your house to spend 3 nights with you. The post-bath picture with your duck towel was taken the night before, but you didn't change a lot in one day. You are beautiful. I got to hold you almost all night Tuesday & Wednesday. But Thursday night you slept a little longer between feedings so I had fewer hours to hold you. You are almost 3 weeks old so you are getting more mature every day. I went from visiting our oldest family member, your 91 year-old great-grandmother Evelyn Hastie, to our youngest family member, 17-day old Lyla Evelyn. If you also live to be 91 it will be 2102...wow! You make eye contact, smile, and seem to enjoy the annoying songs I sing to you. Right now the alphabet song seems to be a favorite. I read a book to you & you seemed to follow along with the pictures. It was about a moose with a loose tooth. What a delight to have you in my life. You are light as a feather to hold. You are growing so quickly. I plan to enjoy every moment I get to be with you!