Brian had not seen Grace in real-life so this would be exciting for everyone.
No surprise, Grace and Brian immediately became best of friends:
MORE PICS OF BRIAN’s VISIT HERE(CLICKY)
Uncle Brian Comes To Visit -Spring Break
OH MY!!! **TERRIBLE SUNBURN**
Spring was here and Mom and Dad got a bit overzealous —
Took Grace out for some sunbathing where she got 3rd-degree sunburn on her face -everything except where her hat protected her delicate skin.
Please, we’re begging family and friends to not call Child Protective Services, as they’ll surely take our baby away!!
(of course maybe April fools day?)
Cake for Mom, Grumpy Grace …..
Mom’s birthday had arrived and Dad and Grace were not as organized as they would have liked. Fancy dinner plans for mom and dad were postponed -Everyone has been very tired as Grace has been pretty fussy as of late. Still cute, still doing great -but not sleeping on any good schedule. We’re trying all the smart things to get her on schedule, but not much luck. Lately she only wants to sleep for about 30minutes at a time -we’re all exhausted!
- Grace and Mom ready to celebrate Mom’s Birthday …with the Giant custom cake that Grace got for her.
- Grace showing the mood we’re seeing all too often these last days
More pictures of the last days can be seen HERE(CLICKY)
Another Bath; Late-Night Aerobics and Misc Stuff
Grace continues to change everyday ….yet so many characteristics remain the same, -some becoming even more defined. She’s still very active at night and we hope to get her off of that schedule. She pretty much goes into hibernation during the day. We’ve kept her on the new baby formula that is supposed to help her be a little less ‘gassy’ and perhaps that is helping.
Just a few videos and pics over the last few days:
Here is a video of Grace doing bath#2 …you can see she’s getting a bit better 🙂 …and you’ll see she has already learned how to make a natural jacuzzi!
And here a video:? Grace does what she does best ….active and full of spunk (and fussiness) late at night. This is her time -when everyone else is trying to sleep.
A few more pictures of the last days HERE(CLICKY)
Grandma Jo comes to visit!
This was an exciting time as Grandma Jo and aunt Mary came to visit.
And among the festivities –a trip to the park and a ride down the slide!
Many More Pictures of the time with Grandma Jo HERE(CLICKY)
First Bath!!!
Well, only 2.5 weeks after coming home from the hospital, Grace would FINALLY get her first bath. A good time with Grandma Jo visiting!
Video of the a portion of the bath
Many More Pictures of the Bath and time with Grandma Jo can be seenHERE (CLICKY)
Grace Gets A New Swing!
No bellybutton, Friends visit and a night home with just Dad
Well this morning it finally happened:? The bellybutton stub fell off. We knew it was getting close. Grace didn’t seem to care much one way or the other, but mom and dad are glad that the crusty nuisance is gone.
Later Kris and Barbara came by to take Kathryn to dinner. A nice break for mom. Pictures can be seen HERE(CLICKY)
Meanwhile Dad and Grace had a wonderful evening of stories, naps, eating and a good mix of silliness too.
Doctor’s appointment; Outing to the park… Hangin’ with Dad
Grace had another doctor’s appointment (March18) and scored another A+ grade. She gained 9oz or a bit over 1oz per day which is very good! We’re all very impressed and proud, and the next doctor’s appointment is a full month away.
Then Grace had her first luncheon outing -with mom and dad at Claim Jumper’s restaurant.
Today (March20) Grace and mom took their fist solo outing (without dad), they went to the clinic to get blood drawn for the follow-up PKU test. This is the last poke until immunization shots which start in a month or two. Then they picked up Grandparents Rose and Ray and went to the park for a bit.
Pictures of the last days can be seen HERE(Clicky)
St. Patrick’s Day!!
First St. Patrick’s Day (10days old) was a quiet one home with Mom and Dad.
A great Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner for mom and dad and a nice evening. First time ever that Mom was home on her favorite holiday of all time.
More Pictures of St. Patrick’s Day can be seen HERE(Clicky)
Birthday -1week old and a nice weekend
Hard to believe, already one week old!! Things really do fly by.
Grace continues to do great, loving to sleep during the days and much more active at night.
In preparation for the birthday, Dad brought home a GIGANTIC chocolate cake. This cake weighted twice as much as Grace. The cake came a few days ahead of the actual birthday and by the time the birthday rolled around, much of the cake was missing!!
Sunday was a nice day with visitors including Mom’s friend Barbara. Barbara saw Grace the day she was born but not hands-on. Here they finally get to meet face-to-face. Dad hopes this is the beginning of a long friendship, Barbara is the best!
And later we got some good pictures of Grace doing what she does best:? Being silly without even trying and keeping her parents full of pride and laughter
More Pictures of this weekend can be found here(CLICKY)
More good fun with Grace (+ more pictures)
Well the last few days have been fun and interesting.
For Starters: Grace seems to be getting better at sleeping during the night. Uhhh, well, …..kind of. It seems every-other-night she sleeps. And Uhhh, -every-other-night she doesn’t. But overall there is no doubt that she’s getting a bit better at sleeping during the night. -Certainly better than the first few days -But still lots of room for improvement. During the day she sleeps and sleeps and sleeps -nothing has changed there!
We’ve taken some pictures and videos and still trying to figure out the best way to share them all -without getting too crazy with them here on the blog -so we’ve created some mini pages -and we’ll see if this idea works. Below are few examples:
Here(Clicky) is a video taken with Grandparents Ray/Rose and their friends from NY +Kris. It is pretty funny. And a day or so later they were back(Clicky).
We’ve been staying busy with activity during the day …even though Grace sleeps through pretty much all of it! We all took walk in the neighborhood and end up at the nice park just down the street. Mom caught some video and pictures of dad and Grace on the swing! It all can be seen Here(Clicky).
Today we learned it takes us a long time to get out of the house when we want to go somewhere! Today’s destination was the Sparks Marina where we got a GREAT walk in. Good for all of us -and an absolutely beautiful day here in Reno. Certainly the best of the year so far. It can all be seen Here(Clicky)
Back home we had a nice dinner and then Ruth and Cindy stopped by with fun and nice presents for Grace –Here(Clicky).
Eventually time for everyone to go to sleep -but again Grace didn’t think that was a good idea …Here(Clicky) you’ll find pics of the bright-eyed grace as she soaks in the night-time fun!