awake!

Adelaide's grandparents from Wisconsin visited for a few days over Easter, and she had so much fun taking them on many adventures. We went to Cirque du Solei, all her favorite coffee shops, a tour of Joe's school ... you name it! And she slept through almost every minute. She's quite agreeable and easy to take along wherever we go, but she's quite content to sleep through the sites! Here's a rare awake moment, showing off her big eyes. :)

so strong!

This is part of Joe's favorite Adelaide game: tummy time. He puts his hand under her feet and she'll push against him and scoot her belly forward - making it look like she's 'crawling' across the blanket or up his chest - he's very excited that she's so advanced (sshh, don't tell him that it's just her stepping reflex and she's actually not 6 months ahead of schedule!). Anyway, it's super cute that she works so hard to lift up her head and legs - maybe she knows that she's going to have to get strong if she's going to keep up on family adventures :)

first bath!

Adelaide got her first real (ie not sponge) bath today - and she loved it!! Joe said she curled up in 'womb position' so maybe it felt familiar. Soon she'll learn to splash and then we'll have to take baths away from all the cloth things, but you can see she's pretty content, like always (knock on wood!). :)

My first lesson

Well Adelaide will be one week old tomorrow, and she's already learned so much. And so have we. Last Tuesday was my first venture away from her, to an afternoon class. It was a short class and she slept contentedly on Joe's chest - never noticed I was gone. To my surprise, it was not so easy for me. For the first time, I realized that I am now a "me" not an "us" - I have become so used to constant companionship over the past 9 months, constantly talking to and communicating with the growing person inside me, and suddenly I realized that I was all alone - no one to rearrange my internal organs, no reason to rub my belly, no one to talk to! ... I sat in class blinking hard and sobbed all the way home ... I felt so unexpectedly abandoned. But I learned an important lesson - Adelaide and I are now two separate people, but we still need each other.

10 fingers, 10 toes!

Well for anyone that hasn't heard our exciting news, here's the brief update: Adelaide Marie was born yesterday (March 2) evening at 5:28pm. She is a wonderful 7lbs 5oz, 20 inches long, and so adorable! Her first 12 hours of life were very content - she's had lots of quality time with Dad, Mom, grandparents. We are really happy to have such a precious addition to the family :) - oh and yes, she has a little bit of light-colored hair!