Say Cheese

I now understand why this is a moment that many parents wait and wait for - the day when your kid finally smiles back! She's been "smiling" for a few weeks - but this past week or so has been the first time she was obviously smiling at us doing something goofy (e.g. all the funny noises and dorky chatting I'm doing in the video - just ignore me, I guess one will do anything to make their baby smile!)

And yes, she's back in the rainforest - apparently, it never gets old.

Oh and a little shout out - thank you Grandma Allison for the adorable "Hadley" onesie!

The Playgroup

I've been meaning to post a photo of our mommy play group for a while now. This was taken when Hadley was 2 weeks old...she slept through the whole thing. It's going to be so much fun when she can stay awake and play with all the girls! We do have one boy in the group, Kacey's little boy Townes who didn't make it that day. Poor little man always with the ladies!

From left to right back row:
Courtney (mom of Kaitlyn - 1 yr.), Nancy (mom of twins Rachel and Julia - 1 yr.), Me.
Left to right babies:
Julia, Kaitlyn, Rachel, Mira (mom Robin not pictured) and Hadley.

Mi Familia

We had such a nice visit with my Mom and Loren - it was amazing having two extra pairs of hands around the house and two extra people to play with Hadley every day. The first day I had to get ready and out of the house without them here was an experience! Thank you guys so much for such a great visit and for all your help.

We can't wait to come home in May and introduce her to the rest of the family. You're all going to love her!

In the picture above Hadley is wearing a personalized bathrobe from one of my Mom's co-workers, Lori. So cute!

Hadley in the Rainforest

Hit the play button to see her in action!

50/20

Hadley had another visit to the Mutterberaterin today and weighed in at 3950g! (This is 8 pounds 11 ounces for those at home). The nurse estimated that she is in the 50th percentile for weight....and the 20th percentile for height. You never know what might happen though, mom was in the 5th percentile for height so we at least know that Hadley will be taller than me! Imagine if we wind up with a 6 footer on our hands...