Ed and Jen's Family Blog

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Bumblebear

The weather has been lovely recently so we put Matilda in her swing seat and brought her outside to the patio.
The little bear hanging from the top would swing in the breeze and Matilda seemed fascinated.
It's so cool to see her interested in her toys and surroundings.

Snuggle

Matilda noticed her toys this week. She likes to hold this pink puppy.

Friday, August 15, 2008

New Developments

Matilda is 6 weeks old today. So far she has learned to cry... and smile and laugh, and she recognizes Ed and I as her parents. She has rolled over, is growing well and holds her head up while she's laying on her tummy, and this week she started to notice her toys and her hands, and here's a video of her using both of those developments reaching for her teddy bear!

Hmmm... I don't know...

Friday, August 8, 2008

Our First Tornado

We had bad storms on Monday night, and we had to head to the basement to take cover.
Thankfully, the tornado that was spotted didn't do any damage to our neighborhood. Here we all are hanging out under the steps. Matilda slept through the whole thing.
I used to find storms exciting. They never ever scared me. Until last night. It's totally different when you have the baby to worry about.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Church Clothes

Most of the time Matilda just wears jammies or a diaper, but on Sundays I get to put her in her little dresses and fancy hats for church and she looks so cute! Check out the pinkness from this week!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

I got my hands back!

My baby wrap arrived today and it works great! Matilda is happy and snuggly in there, I'm more comfortable and I can actually do things with both hands again! It's awesome!
Here she is all wrapped up.

One Month

Matilda was one month old on Monday so we went to visit the pediatrician for a check up.

She's perfect! She's been gaining almost an ounce a day and now weighs 9 pounds 2 1/4 ounces.
She has grown as well and is now 22 1/2 inches long!
She is in the 90th percentile for height and the 50th percentile for weight. If she keeps that up we'll have to get her into basketball!

As far as other developments go, she's eating well, she only wakes up twice at night and is learning to put herself to sleep if we put her down drowsy. She started smiling at us purposefully last week--which is just the best thing ever, and she has even rolled over a few times while we've been doing "tummy time."

She's healthy and strong and a good happy baby, which makes me a happy mommy!