Sunday, August 24, 2008

6 Weeks Old!

I can't believe 6 weeks have passed since Gracie came into our lives. She has grown so much over the past 6 weeks and is doing something new almost every day (or at least it seems like it). She is such a sweetie and so much fun to play with. She has started smiling a lot. When she wakes up in the morning and fusses a bit, it go straight into her room and she always has a big smile for me. It's so sweet....almost makes it worth while to be up at 5am! :-) (Keep in mind, I said almost.) Five in the morning is still too early for me!

She has started cooing and being more vocal. She even laughs a little and sighs which is totally adorable. Of course, I'm a bit biased. She is getting stronger by the day and lifting her head for longer periods of time and moving it around. She is also still rolling over - I guess it wasn't a fluke! She can go from her tummy to her back and is quite proud of herself when she does it. I don't think she likes 'tummy time' much, so instead of fussing and wanting me to roll her onto her back, she just prefers to do it herself.

My friend Dena commented on the fact that she is losing that 'newborn' look and she's totally right! Her little face is getting so much more 'baby like' instead of 'newborn like'. Crazy!

We took a quick trip to see Gracie's Grandparents, Great Grandparents and Aunties this week and will be back down in Roseburg again for a longer stay in a few weeks. Grace loved the visit and did fairly well. I think she spent all of 10 minutes the entire time NOT being held. So many people with so many laps to cuddle on. She loved it. She did decide to go on a bit of a hunger strike and wasn't in the mood to eat much while we were there. I think she was just so excited about everything that was new. She chowed down as soon as we got home.

Here are a few more pictures of Gracie and Daddy - my two favorite people in the world!
Hmmmm, who looks more tired in this picture??

I call this one "Who, me??"



And the grand finale...possibly my favorite picture of the bunch. She was quite playfull when I snapped this shot and you can really tell. So sweet!



5 comments:

Dena said...

Could Goro get any cuter holding his lil angel? Sooo soo cute!

I can't wait to meet Gracie in person. I can tell she has a ton of character already. This kid is going to have a sense of humor. She has this look that I can't quite put my finger on it, but just that she knows something and that something is really funny!

Brooke said...

She is so cute! She's definitely got more a baby look than a newborn look now I agree. Allison was hanging out in here while I was looking at G's pics and she said "That's a cute baby!" Of course it was more like "Dats coot baby!" but the meaning was stil there!

the o's said...

glad your trip to roseburg was fun! are you in for mom's group thursday?

Kelly said...

She is growing into baby phase now. I cannot wait to meet her in person.

She is so beautiful and so full of personality. I can't wait to see what the future holds for her.

Love ya.

Lisa said...

she is adorable! I cant wait to meet her........one of these days!