Ada-Ruth news: no only is she smiling more, she's reacting to our actions more as well. I can almost make her smile at will, provided she's not being fussy. And she's increasingly fussy. Last night it took two hours to get her to fall asleep and during those two hours she didn't seem to have a position of comfort.
20081220
Now Where Is That Camera?
Ada-Ruth news: no only is she smiling more, she's reacting to our actions more as well. I can almost make her smile at will, provided she's not being fussy. And she's increasingly fussy. Last night it took two hours to get her to fall asleep and during those two hours she didn't seem to have a position of comfort.
20081214
Still More Snow
In other news, Ada-Ruth continues to be a joy. Our most recent scare occurred last night shortly after I re-arranged the entertainment area. With the couch relocated the light fell differently upon her head, highlighting her little fontanelle. Since it was the first time that Kimberly or I had seen it in such sharp relief, we were concerned that it might be sunken, a symptom of dehydration. Naturally when we went to change her diaper and check, she peed all over and giggled.
Finally, it has snowed again. I realized with chagrin that we have more sidewalk and driveway to shovel than we'd had in Chicago. Fortunately all of the snow to date has been powder and fairly easy to move. Even still, I think I want a snowblower, preferably a tractor mounted one....

20081212
5 Weeks Today
20081207
The Daily?
Okay, so now I'm no where near being daily with the Ada-Ruth Lorraine postings. Please forgive me. The past two weeks have been so fun-filled I haven't had the time.
First and foremost, Ada-Ruth continues to grow and change. This past week we took her in for her first pediatrician visit (with Dr. Fabio). She weighed 9 pounds 2 ounces and was at 21 inches in length. This puts her at the top end of the normal range of growth which is a relief. Going into the visit we already knew she wasn't in the same sort of low-growth danger our lactation consultant had expressed some concern about a couple weeks ago, so Fabio's info was reassuring more-so than surprising.
Other Ada-Ruth developments aren't as definitive. It seems as though she's becoming more expressive, but as with her earlier facial expressions nothing is particularly lasting or predictable. The other remarkable change since the last post has been her desire to move, thus creating a third reason for her to cry. The first two were hunger and dirty diaper. Now she'll start to fuss, refuse to eat and have a clean diaper. So I'll lift her upright and bounce her gently up and down, seemingly the only act which will calm her. And so I have become a Johnny Jump Up.

The other big news here has been the Thanksgiving week. As mentioned in an earlier post, Gramma and Grampa Weber came to visit for the whole week, joined later by the Grandparents Southern, David and Melissa, Paul and Anita, Jeffrey, Jeannie and Becky and ... well, that was it. At this time all the reports are in and all are favorable.
Everyone managed to get home without incident in spite of some weather in the Midwest. We even got a few inches of snow a few days later.
Somehow Judy even managed to get all of the leftovers into our refrigerator.
David, Melissa, Paul and Anita all spent their last night (in the area) at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park of which Anita got some excellent pictures.
Other Ada-Ruth developments aren't as definitive. It seems as though she's becoming more expressive, but as with her earlier facial expressions nothing is particularly lasting or predictable. The other remarkable change since the last post has been her desire to move, thus creating a third reason for her to cry. The first two were hunger and dirty diaper. Now she'll start to fuss, refuse to eat and have a clean diaper. So I'll lift her upright and bounce her gently up and down, seemingly the only act which will calm her. And so I have become a Johnny Jump Up.
David, Melissa, Paul and Anita all spent their last night (in the area) at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park of which Anita got some excellent pictures.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)