Happy Valentine's Day! It's been exactly 14 days since our Norah was born, and what a busy 14 days it has been! Mommy & Daddy are being kept occupied by getting to know their little girl. We are still determining what squeaks mean what and what squeals mean something else (luckily, we are getting much better at speaking "Gurgle" :-).
Ms. Norah is now gaining some of the weight that she lost in the hospital back as well as attempting to lift her head and smile. Our little one is also (sort of) on a sleeping/waking/feeding schedule. She sleeps like a champ, and it is actually almost a battle to get her to wake to feed. Despite her sleeping, she is having more 'awake' periods during the day in which her baby-blues are open and darting around taking in all of the new sights that they can.
Mommy & Daddy have also discovered that Norah HATES to be changed. During diaper changes, our quiet little angel screams and reaches a crescendo pitch that trained opera singers would have trouble matching. :-) We don't blame her, though. Who really wants to be stripped naked with the cold air hitting them? :-)
In addition to Norah getting to know her parents and her parents getting to know her, she has had a fair amount of adoring visitors. Thanks to all who have come to visit, as well as all who have sent gifts and well-wishes. We can't tell you how gratifying it is to have such wonderful friends and family.
We'd like to share some photos of Norah with her new friends (James, George, Vieve, Christie, Andi, Sarah G., Gina & Monica); the most important of whom, Norah's big brother, Angus, arrived home last night (THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH, Schwall family, for taking such good care of our little guy).
Again, we hope you all have a happy Valentine's Day. We are celebrating with our newest little Valentine right here!
J & D
