Baby Burrito

Dahlia's taking-in-the-world face: big wide eyes and her mouth in a little o of concentration. :-)

Pregnancy Photos

Our wonderful friend, Morgan Parlier, took some pictures of us when Jessie was 36 weeks pregnant. We took these at the Duke Gardens. With a 5 month old baby herself, it took Morgan a little bit to get us the pictures, but we are happy to have these beautiful pictures now! 

Mom got a haircut!

Short for the summer and to avoid Dahlia's grabbing hands. :-)

Dahlia's Nursery

Pretty girl

She was happily sitting up on Mom's legs.

Laying outside

When we sit outside on a blanket, Dahlia relaxes and stretches her whole body out. She loves to be outside.

Relaxing Sunday Morning

Just hanging out in her swing, taking in the world...

One month old

Dahlia is one month old today!

We had her pediatrician appointment yesterday. She weighed a whopping 8 lbs 3 oz. !!! Her doctor says she is growing beautifully and looks fantastic. We agree!

A little about Dahlia...

Well, Dahlia has been with us for about a month, and we have come to learn a few things about her:

• She is the easiest, happiest baby on the planet. 
• She loves to be swaddled.
• She is a very quiet baby. She rarely ever cries. When she does, it's usually because she is cold, although she has recently started to mildly cry when she is hungry. 
• While she hated sponge baths, now that she gets to sit in a bath of warm water, she seems to like bath time. 
• She is such a little baby, she has to use a preemie nipple on her bottles. Once Mom and Dad figured this out, she successfully started taking bottles of breast milk, much to Mom's relief as that meant that Dad could take a night feeding and let Mom sleep. 
• She makes lots of little noises all the time. We have never heard a noisier newborn. It's much nicer than crying! 
• She is quite a sleepy baby, but she is starting to have more and more times of being awake and alert. 
• When she isn't swaddled, she has a hard time laying still. Her arms just whirl around. The older she gets, the easier time she seems to have of it. Especially if she is outside. She seems to really like being outside. When we stretch her out on a blanket on the ground, she lays still and just looks around. 

She is a wonderful baby, and we are so, so glad she is with us. 

She's getting bigger!

Sleeping unswaddled like a big girl while Mommy does some paperwork.

Playing XBOX with Daddy

The vibrating chair

Dahlia loves the vibrating chair on her swing. She actually laid still in her chair unswaddled.
It's the only time we have ever seen her be still while not wrapped up.